Try: Music can help engage the cr in social activities even when other approaches fail play the cr’s favorite upbeat music and encourage him or her to dance along with the songs encourage the cr to invite a friend over to listen to music and or dance encourage the cr to take dance lessons at the local senior center or ymca suggest an outing to a local concert or musical

Materials: Recordings of music music player

Categories: Emotional Psychological, Social, Mobile, Some Supervision, Good Verbal Comm, So-So Verbal Comm, Fully Aware, Somewhat Aware

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References: n/a

Keywords: Aloof withdrawal socializing dancing music music therapy

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Try: Get involved in a community activity or volunteer to meet new people find an interesting hobby join an interesting online social group avoid thinking that only one person in the cr’s life matters remove things that make the cr feel obsessed like photos keep a notebook to write about feelings and thoughts avoid feeling guilty it may be that the cr is lonely become more self focused

Materials: Notebook and pen

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological

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References: how to overcome obsession available at

Keywords: Obsessed anxious needy can’t let go

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Try: Eat fresh vegetables and fruits eat a fiber rich food fiber improves working of intestine and stabilizes the symptoms avoid caffeine and fat they may cause cramps in intestine drink at least eight glasses of water every day avoid carbonated beverages gas produced due to their consumption will worsen the symptoms eat small meals frequently instead of a large meal eat foods that have a good amount of carbohydrates like rice and pasta if the problem persists have the cr see a physician

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical

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References: irritable bowel syndrome ibs 2004 available at

Keywords: Irritable bowels stomach ache gas stomach bowel

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Try: Exercise regularly reduce tension help the cr de-stress his life avoid taking laxatives too often

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical

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References: irritable bowel syndrome ibs 2004 available at

Keywords: Irritable bowels stomach ache stress exercise

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Try: Use lists mental images or visual prompts these all can help the cr forget his forgetfulness tear out some magazine pictures of things the cr has trouble remembering and tape them where he will see them picture of tooth brush taped to the bathroom mirror

Materials: Pen and paper magazines scissors

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical

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References: 18 home remedies for memory problems by linnea lundgren and michele price mann 2007 available at howstuffworks com

Keywords: Memory train of thought forget

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Try: Try eating foods that are sources of natural estrogens these include alfalfa soybeans soy sprouts crushed flaxseeds garlic green beans sesame seeds wheat yams pumpkin seeds cucumbers corn apples anise seeds cabbage beets olive oil olives papaya oats peas sunflower seeds

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Gender, Female

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References: homemade medicine by charles silverman 2011 3rd edition e-book available at

Keywords: Menopause hot flashes irregular periods menstruation low estrogen

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Try: Drink 8 glasses of steam-distilled water take 800 mg of evening primerose oil three times a day

Materials: Evening primerose oil

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Gender, Female

Information: n/a

References: homemade medicine by charles silverman 2011 3rd edition e-book available at

Keywords: Menopause hot flashes irregular periods menstruation

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Try: Cr should give him a certain amount of time to make small decisions and stick to that decision schedule for instance if the cr has five or six different hair brushes to choose from at a store the cr should give him two or three minutes to make a choice remind the cr that his time is precious and the more time he spends torturing him over small decisions the less time he will have for other much more enjoyable activities

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological

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References: how to be decisive by smartdraw com 2011 available at

Keywords: Indecisive decision making can’t decide

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Try: Remind the cr that sometimes debating a decision is a smart thing to do for example if the cr sees a blouse she likes at a store but the price is too high the right thing to do is to debate her decision about the item suggest that the cr go home and think about the purchase over night or wait until the blouse goes on sale

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological

Information: n/a

References: how to be decisive by smartdraw com 2011 available at

Keywords: Indecisive decision making can’t decide

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Try: Try eating a high carbohydrate low-protein bedtime snack like toast to fell sleepy

Materials: Bread

Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical

Information: n/a

References: 10 home remedies for insomnia by howstuffworks com 2011 available at

Keywords: Insomnia can’t sleep trouble sleeping

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed