Well I haven't posted much lately, mainly because I've had such crazy stuff going on it is just incredibly hard to believe.
So for those of you who didn't know starting about a month ago I was basically diagnosed with post-partum depression/....(gasp) schizophrenia.
Now that I feel normal and rational I can actually talk about it. Ya see I started believing all kinds of crazy things like it was the end of the world. Weird weird. Yeah, and on top of having a newborn baby and a two-year old. Anyways come to find out.......I HAVE MERCURY POISONING!!
Here I was beating myself up for being all crappy, crazy and such and finding this out. The effects of it were so bad that I am RELIEVED to find out, lol. We've come to conclude that the nature of Alane's birth somehow stirred up the mercury from when I worked at the dental office, bringing it out of my bones and brain (metals from water and stuff such as dental work like to sit in your bones and cause health problems, pretty creepy huh?) anyways and it stirred it up in my system and caused all kinds of mental manifestations...most likely why I felt so crappy after Andrew's birth too.
So I've been up north the past week doing chelation treatment to get it out of my system and not only do I feel 150% better I actually have found that I don't mind needles so much. The effects of my IV's have been so positive I actually look forward to my treatments each time. I even a little bit of positive thoughts toward an epidural. Not sure that I'd go there, but at least I might not mind a hydration IV if I ever do decide to go to a hospital for a future birth.
So for anyone reading this and have witnessed any of my weirdness, its hard to explain but I guess all I can say is that part of my craziness was a spiritual high from Alane's birth and led me do a lot of things that if you didn't understand our church might seem pretty weird. So anywho Please forgive all my weirdness!
Thanx to everyone for all your support during what we now somewhat fondly refer to as my "crazies"
And moral of the story, when you see silver flying at the dental office from the replacement of old fillings, Spit it out! And certainly try not to breathe it in!
8 comments:
I am glad that you were able to get the help that you needed, and that you are feeling much better. Pam
Oh my gosh I would freak out when we were drilling silvers out. yuck and yuck and you would just see the patinent swallowing it all. sick. I heard that Cilantro is a wonderful cheleate (sp?) You know what I mean. Good think I like cilantro! How are you btw? glad you are feeling better. I got really depressed after I had my little guy. no fun being a stay in bed mom.
Wow soo glad you're doing better. I've been looking for a specialist to remove the designer and I's metal fillings one of these days...where did you go? If you don't mind sharing...:)
Glad you are feeling better! Sounds like you have been through a lot. Its hard to deal with all the change in hormones on top of not sleeping and taking care of kiddos all day!!
Glad to hear life is getting back to normal. Take care!
Wow, I'm so sorry! How awful, and how glad I am that you are feeling better now. I would be interested to know how you found out what was wrong with you. Do they have tests for that? Was it an allopathic doctor or a naturapath? You are so lucky to have figured it out and not just been put on prozac, which sometimes helps, but sometimes makes it much worse. Take care of yourself!
Not sure if you've read it yet, but I wrote a blog post that was featured on Mormon Mommy blogs about PPD. Here's the URL:
http://mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com/2009/05/ppd-sisters.html
You're not alone. ((((hugs))))
Thanks for being so frank about that! It's so comforting to hear about other mother's post partum feeling. After my second baby, I had a bona fide anxiety attack about climate change, peak oil, you name it. Not that those problems aren't very real and pressing, but the hormones definitely set them off the deep end. I could hardly enjoy my new baby boy because I worried and cried all the time. You are not alone.
Must check this chelation out. Does this mean that I should get my silver fillings switched out with plastic?!
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