The Art of Falling Apart

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The statement above is a positive spin on falling apart and I’m trying a lot harder these days to be positive.

I’m not mentally falling apart, no, I’m talking about physically and the positive spin on this is that things are actually falling in place from the point of understanding why.

One of my OT mom’s has introduced me to a book that has completely changed the way I view illness, diagnoses, symptoms, etc. It has helped me to understand things I often wondered about but couldn’t put my finger on. As I have studied each day very hard trying to find answers to the millions of questions I have about how I can better serve my OT kids and their families, all of these studies have reached a pinpoint, FINALLY.

I have learned so much in the last several months vs the last several years of study, that I have already started on the second edition of my first book titled ‘The Dragonfly Approach.’ All of the questions are now being answered and I am in awe of the future possibilities that have opened up for the treatment of everyone, especially children.

I have dedicated the last 26 years of my life to learning, figuring, asking, and implementing all of the things I feel us OT’s need to do to help these kids we work with and it all started with my own ‘falling apart.’

Let me back up some . . .

I have never ever been fond of taking synthetic drugs but before I had done such extensive research, I just caved into Western medicine handing me pills to fix what ailed me. At one point, I was on the birth control pill, high blood pressure medicine, antidepressants, ADHD medication, and baby aspirin. At first, I was on birth control to avoid getting pregnant then, later on, to control my heavy flow that left me faint at times.

Well, the pill is a killer in a sense. Almost 3 years ago, after having been on the pill for 5 years, all of my hair fell out and my blood pressure went sky high at the same time. I thought it was from the immense stress I had been under that had finally ended once I married and settled down with the Professor. No actually not at all! Because of the pill, I had to get on another synthetic medicine to help me control my blood pressure plus a dose of baby aspirin.

Also around this time, I decided that blending a family was horribly distracting so I stupidly asked to be put on ADHD medication to help me do a good job. Well, this combination caused another ‘falling apart’ in a sense. I began to have horrible gut issues which is now called leaky gut, though it wasn’t leaky gut at all but rather ammonia permeability.

Ammonia permeability is when your digestive system fails to break your food down properly so upon entering the gut, it settles in there and rots. Rotting food produces ammonia gas which is the culprit that permeates the gut wall and travels into the body. Ammonia in the body is not good at all and wreaks havoc on the whole system causing a myriad of issues such as malaise, skin issues (for me it was horrible eczema which required yet another synthetic cream to help, which it didn’t), fatigue, poor sleep, etc.

Now you may be asking, why is the food not broken down properly? Well, synthetic drugs are, in my opinion, the number one on the list but adrenaline is another culprit. Adrenaline is released when we are stressed and/or if we have a vagus nerve that is not working properly and causes us to stay in a constant state of fight or flight. Staying in this state causes the adrenal glands to over-produce adrenaline and cortisol, hence helping to cause ammonia permeability.

Well, having every hair on my person fall out after only being married to the Professor for 6 months was a horrific nightmare. Having my blood pressure go up pissed me off as it had ALWAYS been 110/70 and exercise and diet weren’t helping it at all.

So here is what I know. The pill caused my hair to fall out and elevated my blood pressure. I had gotten on an antidepressant at the end of my previous marriage to cope with the crumbling and this added to increased blood pressure. My ADHD medication is a stimulant, which can also cause an elevation in blood pressure. The synthetic drugs I was taking helped to cause my ammonia permeability so I had started a vicious cycle in my body having pills thrown at me and being gullible enough to believe that it would solve all of my issues.

A BIG FAT STINKIN’ HA!!

With the knowledge I have gained over the last several months, I have taken myself off of the birth control pill and had my tubes out (there’s more to this story a few blogs back about a botched IUD, also synthetic), I have stopped taking my ADHD medication (which I recently discovered is the reason my gums on the back of my bottom teeth are eroding because it has caused a tongue tick to where I run my tongue up and down the back of my teeth constantly, so I have done this to myself, not my toothbrush, though it has not helped), and recently stopped my antidepressant. In addition, my diet has completely changed with this knowledge and guess what has happened? My hair is thicker, thank God it grew back, my blood pressure is back to normal, I am no longer depressed, my ammonia permeability is gone, but . . . another thing has happened recently after I was bitten by a spider 4 weeks ago.

A spider bite can cause a virus known as Lyme’s Disease, yes its a virus not a bacteria, to begin to bloom in your body. Many people can have the Lyme virus in their systems and it can stay there forever without coming to light. Certain situations can cause this virus to turn ugly such as mold, mercury, pesticides, bee stings, spider bites, overprescribed synthetic medications, stress, and physical injuries. (Not just ticks can cause this virus to unleash itself.)

Within two days after the bite, every joint in my body felt like it was melting. I couldn’t stand up, I was restless, I couldn’t sleep, and my tennis elbow, which was going away (from overuse), came back with a vengeance. Three weeks later, my tennis elbow pain moved into my wrists causing me severe Carpal Tunnel syndrome symptoms! So severe, I have been waking up 3-4 times per night with extreme burning and numbness. I have splinted, iced, exercised, TENS’ed, dictated my notes instead of typing them, taken an anti-inflammatory (though not happily), etc. with no relief.

I am going to see my holistic chiropractor this coming week and she believes, as do I, that I have caused a Lyme disease uproar triggered by the spider bite. Unfortunately, the current medical tests for this aren’t sensitive enough and it is likely I will test negative but at this point in the game, one has to go with the symptoms. Luckily, I have already started treating myself naturally and things are better in just 2 days.

Our bodies were designed to heal on their own in most cases but we have been brain-washed into thinking otherwise. God gave us fruit, vegetables, herbs, essential oils, meditation, yoga, prayer, etc. to help with this healing. We are being snowed that synthetic drugs will do the trick and in most cases our doctors, though they are trying, may have no idea what’s wrong with us and it’s easier to shut us up or fix what they ‘think’ is wrong with a pill.

I know I may be killed along with many of the other out of the box thinkers saying this but the reason there are ADHD and autism today is because of a heavy metal overdose passed down from our ancestors who used to drink mercury elixirs for crying out loud, shaken down in this era’s kids setting it off with the vaccinations we are told that we need to get. No, the vaccinations are not the cause, it is the ancestral metal passage that accumulates and unfortunately, the vaccinations for some kids sets the ADHD and autism off.

Our ignorance can be turned around if we just listen to the natural way of living. Why do you think God gave us fruits and vegetables? God made our bodies in a wonderful way so we can bring about healing. Putting all of this synthetic crap in us is poisoning us and always will. Natural is the way to go.

The book that has brought all of my studies together to the pinpoint I mentioned is called ‘Medical Medium’ by Anthony William. He has no idea that he is one of my besties but maybe one day, I will get the honor of meeting him and telling him so.

No one ever got anywhere by thinking inside the box. Breaking free of the box and seeking the natural is the only way to be human. Wouldn’t you agree?

Love y’all!!