My head is slightly spinning. So many suggestions, so many possibilities. To eat dairy or not to eat dairy? To eat gluten or just to exclude wheat? To have further blood tests / urine tests / stool tests / spit tests? Eeeeeeeek. Have I done appointment overkill??
I have just returned from seeing a naturopath who works to correct normal body function through natural means. She was adamant, and I mean uncategorically adamant, that I should exclude all dairy (except for thick cream and butter - great!), gluten, caffeine and alcohol from my diet. Contrast this with the lady I saw last night who works in functional medicine on the bio-chemical level who said that yoghurt was great (and I tend to eat a lot of yoghurt). "No," said the naturopath firmly. "Yoghurt is not fine. You don't know what goes in to it."
Ok. Deep breath. Anyway, let me tell you about my 'emotional clearing' yesterday which was led by a fifty year old lady who was a fireball of the most exuberant energy I've ever met. She kept laughing and telling funny little anecdotes whilst drinking coffee with cream, cinnamon and turmeric and telling me about her 'babies', two grey African parrots who her life 'revolves around' and that sleep in little tents at the end of her bed. She was a character, one of those people you don't forget in a hurry. One of the things I really liked about her was that she had clearly done her research and came armed with papers and analysed questionnaire results, all pertaining to me and my situation. She lives in a busy whirlwind, but she is a person who cares deeply about others and helping them.
We did my 'emotional clearing,' which is not as odd as it sounds, as essentially it was just talking about my life in considerable detail. 'Tell me your Once upon a time there was a baby called Rebecca, born to.....' story" she said. So I did. I talked and talked and told her everything whilst she listened. She would then think for a little while and then repeat it back, offering some analysis. She offered up some insights, asking if certain things resonated with me. But by the time we had got to the end of all this, I was utterly dry-eyed and unemotional and you know what, it just didn't feel relevant.
I have felt, more and more over the past months that there is something physically wrong with me. Of course the sustained insomnia has had a huge impact on my emotions and relationships but this has only come about as a result of the symptoms. I think I've told you all that there have been many nights when I've fallen into bed at the end of the day, utterly exhausted yet as soon as I am lying down, it feels almost as though somebody is prising my eyes open. Something has felt wrong inside.
I will talk you al through this in greater detail at some stage as she gave me a lot of information, but everything this lady said to me last night made SO MUCH SENSE. In a nutshell: When I had Maya, my adrenal glands were already stressed because of the Crohn's disease. Then add to that breastfeeding from an already depleted system, plus THREE rounds of that. All without taking any form of supplements to replenish myself. She even went as far as to say she has known of huge number of cases whereby babies born from mothers who are depleted in this way never sleep well as they are not receiving quite what they need. Anyway, all really interesting. She had a strong sense from the hours we were together that the insomnia, whilst possibly starting because of emotional issues, is not related to that now as I have dealt with my emotional demons from the past. She really felt that my ongoing insomnia is a result of my bio-chemical makeup and this is something that WILL NOT be picked up easily. She has put me on a whole host of supplements to replenish my beleaguered system. The naturopath also suggested I need monthly Vitamin B12 injections as she talked me through the dangers of B12 getting too low - pretty sobering stuff.
Wow. So much to think about. Am almost feeling I don't need the psychiatrist now...but maybe I should just go anyway to cover my bases. What do you think?
I have just returned from seeing a naturopath who works to correct normal body function through natural means. She was adamant, and I mean uncategorically adamant, that I should exclude all dairy (except for thick cream and butter - great!), gluten, caffeine and alcohol from my diet. Contrast this with the lady I saw last night who works in functional medicine on the bio-chemical level who said that yoghurt was great (and I tend to eat a lot of yoghurt). "No," said the naturopath firmly. "Yoghurt is not fine. You don't know what goes in to it."
Ok. Deep breath. Anyway, let me tell you about my 'emotional clearing' yesterday which was led by a fifty year old lady who was a fireball of the most exuberant energy I've ever met. She kept laughing and telling funny little anecdotes whilst drinking coffee with cream, cinnamon and turmeric and telling me about her 'babies', two grey African parrots who her life 'revolves around' and that sleep in little tents at the end of her bed. She was a character, one of those people you don't forget in a hurry. One of the things I really liked about her was that she had clearly done her research and came armed with papers and analysed questionnaire results, all pertaining to me and my situation. She lives in a busy whirlwind, but she is a person who cares deeply about others and helping them.
We did my 'emotional clearing,' which is not as odd as it sounds, as essentially it was just talking about my life in considerable detail. 'Tell me your Once upon a time there was a baby called Rebecca, born to.....' story" she said. So I did. I talked and talked and told her everything whilst she listened. She would then think for a little while and then repeat it back, offering some analysis. She offered up some insights, asking if certain things resonated with me. But by the time we had got to the end of all this, I was utterly dry-eyed and unemotional and you know what, it just didn't feel relevant.
I have felt, more and more over the past months that there is something physically wrong with me. Of course the sustained insomnia has had a huge impact on my emotions and relationships but this has only come about as a result of the symptoms. I think I've told you all that there have been many nights when I've fallen into bed at the end of the day, utterly exhausted yet as soon as I am lying down, it feels almost as though somebody is prising my eyes open. Something has felt wrong inside.
I will talk you al through this in greater detail at some stage as she gave me a lot of information, but everything this lady said to me last night made SO MUCH SENSE. In a nutshell: When I had Maya, my adrenal glands were already stressed because of the Crohn's disease. Then add to that breastfeeding from an already depleted system, plus THREE rounds of that. All without taking any form of supplements to replenish myself. She even went as far as to say she has known of huge number of cases whereby babies born from mothers who are depleted in this way never sleep well as they are not receiving quite what they need. Anyway, all really interesting. She had a strong sense from the hours we were together that the insomnia, whilst possibly starting because of emotional issues, is not related to that now as I have dealt with my emotional demons from the past. She really felt that my ongoing insomnia is a result of my bio-chemical makeup and this is something that WILL NOT be picked up easily. She has put me on a whole host of supplements to replenish my beleaguered system. The naturopath also suggested I need monthly Vitamin B12 injections as she talked me through the dangers of B12 getting too low - pretty sobering stuff.
Wow. So much to think about. Am almost feeling I don't need the psychiatrist now...but maybe I should just go anyway to cover my bases. What do you think?
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