Natural Remedies for Lipedema

I have lipedema. I have had it since I was in my early 20's but I didn't know that is was a condition or what was wrong with me until now. For me it gets worse with changes in my hormones, ie. birth control pills, childbirth, aging, etc. I slowly gained weight over time in my legs and butt, then it starts going into my arms. I can turn my affected areas into muscle by working out at the gym making my body firm, but it did not get rid of my size created by whatever the lipedema does to me. However, my weight stayed the same, it was the oddest thing and didn't make sense to anyone. Cardio did absolutely nothing for me. I didn't want to look like a big woman body builder, so I needed to stop. As soon as I stop body building, I lost the muscle with 20 lbs the first month and then my body went back so same obese look. When I was in my late 30's a friend turned me onto a diet pill through a doctor and a wellness clinic. I started taking phentermine, got a divorce (less stress), drank more wine (resveratrol) and beer (estrogen), drank protein drinks (metafast) breakfast & snack, ate 1 meal a day either lunch or dinner (usually a green salad with chicken), drank coffee and had 1 splurge meal a week, usually breakfast. I went out with my friends and danced often. I lost 50 lbs in about 6 months! My legs no longer rubbed together at the thigh! I did not have pain in my legs, butt and lower back! I felt wonderful. A feeling I had not experienced since I was in my teens. I fit into clothes from high school. I finally wore shorts in public again! Unfortunately, I got pregnant at 40 and the hormones and stress brought the lipedema bounding back fast. I gained the 50 lbs back in the first 3 months of pregnancy and another 50 lbs by the time I had my baby. My doctor gave me a hard time and I left the office crying after every visit. My doctor did not understand I wasn't eating too much or just sitting around. I have always been a very active person and nothing I have done ever could get the weight off of my legs. I am not an obese person and am very tiny when thin, I have a small bone structure, and the weight is very painful to carry or touch. I had other health issues during and after my pregnancy from being so overweight and infections give to me by the hospital where I almost died. Residual problems from "life saving" medications while in the hospital have left me with new health issues on top of the lipedema. My weight went down and then climbed back up and I was heavier than at my full term of pregnancy. Twelve years later I am on phentermine again and am in my 50's now, it keeps the weight from piling on, gives me energy, I have lost about 40 lbs over the past year or two and I am still about 80 lbs overweight. The doctor will not prescribe phentermine once a person hits 60 years old so I am determined to lose more weight before then. What I will do after I am 60 I do not know but I hope to figure out before then. I recommend the phentermine to everyone with this lipedema problem and wish everyone good luck.