Back To The Herbalist

As some of you know, I am a huge advocate for herbal medicine. I personally see my herbalist/iridologist if I have a concern before seeing my regular doctor. Herbal therapy has helped me through some really difficult times - miscarriages, carpel tunnel syndrome, depression, and anxiety attacks just to name a few.

At the very beginning of this process with Raquel, I did go with my gut and see my herbalist. I was told that Raquel was "switched", meaning she had a reversed polarity. As someone who was treated for this 15 years ago, I was not surprised, especially considering that I was switched when I gave birth to Raquel due to a stressful pregnancy (Mom being terminally ill and passing away shortly thereafter). And if you're switched during pregnancy, you typically pass this on to your unborn child.

What is reversed polarity? It's a disease of the physical electrical system. It effects the way your body deals with mentality, immunity, and just basically your overall general health. Keith Smith - my herbalist/iridologist says that: "A shift in the polarity of the body changes the way electrical conduction flows through the cells. Our body has a North and South Pole, just as the Earth. When something causes a shift in our system, our axis also changes, thus your poles have reversed, and your body cannot operate in the most perfect way."

Last Saturday morning - after dealing with a pretty horrific day on Friday - I decided to take Raquel to the herbalist to hopefully get something that would calm her down and help her deal with the Depakote withdrawals. The very first thing Keith asked me was if she was having problems with her bowels. I found that odd, but told him, yes, ever since the start of the medication nearly a year ago, Raquel has been plagued by chronic constipation. He said that the bumps around her mouth and on her lower cheeks tell him that her bowels are trying to self-regulate.

He then tested her and I was told, again, almost two years later, that she is switched. Talk about going full circle. How does the saying go? Hindsight is 20/20? I will not beat myself up for going the route I did. I am definitely relieved to have had the tests done and so many things ruled out. But I am going to keep her on the herbal program, have started a journal to document changes/patterns in behavior, and Keith will be monitoring her every 5 weeks. We don't see her neurologist again until July.

Keith did give me an herb for calming and I have to say, since giving it to Raquel, she is not suffering as much. The weekend was much better than last Friday, although she is still not sleeping like she should be. Last night I was up with her from 12:30am - 4:45am. That makes for very long days!

Tomorrow her new behavior therapist comes. That should be interesting...