I used to roll my eyes at people who would get depressed during holidays. Seriously, what was there to be depressed about? And then my mother died. It’s not her absence that upsets me the most. It’s been 10 years since she died and I have learned to live with that void. It’s how our family tradition and togetherness died with her.

I don’t blame my father for that. He has a new life now with a wonderful, beautiful wife. And she has her family there. I’m a grownup now. I have husband and a child. And if anything, I should …read more

 
So…What I have decided to do is to share my journey to energizing my adrenals with you. Am I cool or what?
This way, if you are the adventurous sort, you can come along for the ride, doing what I am doing and we can compare notes..or if you want to wait and see then you can do that too.

 
Yesterday I consulted with a nutritionist.
Now, I have consulted with a nutrionist before, at the VA, but I am not talking about a pseudo-doctor.  This was someone who understood supplements, homeopathics, and herbals and was on the same page as I was.
It was interesting and now I have alot of research to do.

 
If you are expecting to read about herbal remedies for add/adhd that is coming.  It is just that I think people run to medications too quickly for an easy fix rather than changing some of the things that may be causing the problem.
It is my opinion that we’re creating alot of the problem of ADD/ADHD by our lifestyles.  In the late 1800s anyone who was able to read was able to read Charles Dickens or GA Henty.  In fact these authors were read by children in the sixth and seventh grades.  Complex sentences, long passages of descriptive phrase.
Today many adolescents …read more

 
Marc and I spent the morning and much of the afternoon at the VA today.  As always it was frustrating…maybe more so today.  Marc’s doctor changed his meds to a synthetic morphine, and pushed up his fentanyl patch to the highest dose possible  They just can’t seem to figure out what is causing the pain, and have not been able to keep it capped at under a level 5 or 6 for very long at all.  His primary care physician is stumped and frustrated.  So are we.
Anyway, after we were done I needed to pick up some alpha lipoic acid …read more

There are tons of herbs and combinations that can help with menstrual cycles, menopause and everything in between but two that need more press are Vitex (chasteberry) and Black Cohosh.

 
If you have felt frazzled lately, and desperate for a vacation, then maybe  Valerian is just the herb for you.
I keep certain herbs on hand at all times, and make sure that they are fresh. One of these is Valerian capsules. Valerian is good for many things. It has some similar effects to the chemical medication, Vallium.

Gayla was talking about panic attacks on Guerrilla Parenting and it reminded me that that was another subject I wanted to cover here.
Panic attacks are a complex problem, and I do not profess to understand all about them but I do know what has worked for me in the past..in fact I rarely suffer from them at all any more and usually when I do I know what triggers it.