Ailments and Labels is a section of articles, entries, and
stories about ADHD/ADD/PPD and all the other Labels we succumb our
families to. Have you or someone you know been labeled by a
Doctor or other member of the medical field? Have you heard it
from a friend, neighbor, or even thought it about yourself? We
have put together a tour of our remedy, with testimonies of others who
agree with us. We greatly appreciate the cooperation of all our
contributors, for helping make this an understandable journey for you.
ail·ment (lmnt) n. A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness.
di·ag·no·sis dg-nss) n.pl.di·ag·no·ses (-sz)
The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause
of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history,
examination, and review of laboratory data.
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder n.Abbr. ADHD Attention deficit disorder in which
hyperactivity is present.
INTRO:
My name is JILL. I have always been a holistic health person, and I
personally do not agree with most medical terminology, nor do I like labels.
Labels are big words that use smaller Latin words, compiled into completely
different languages, to convey the closest thing they can come up. Or at
least that's how I feel when I try to read them. Therefore, you will read
many things here that don't necessarily match what a Doctor would say. I
do not claim to have a medical degree, nor is any material on this site a
recommendation to be followed without first consulting your health care
technician.
I have always believed you were what you ate, put on yourself, or inhaled.
No, I am not saying we were perfect because we were far from it. We still
have a great distance to travel too. My children are 29, 11, and 8, and I
have never bought bags, boxes, bottles or any product that I considered junk
food. Always having great meals and snacks each day, had been a lifetime
goal for me to do for them. I thought that a homemade meal consisted of
the main food groups and as long as I ate them in a balanced and nutritional
conscious manner, I was doing right by my family. I went as far as making
my higher learning studies in Child and Human Development, and Nutrition.
I guess you can tell from my websites;
GardenOfGood.com ,
[HolisticHealthCorner.com,
NaturalHealthyLiving.com,
EdibleLandscape.com recently sold], and
4HomeSchool.info (because schooling at home became necessary in order for
them to learn anymore.
Recently, my darling son and middle child, was involved with some shady
friends and due to his anger, out of control behavior and resulting problems; I was at my wits end trying to understand where or how I went
wrong. With a few rounds of counseling under our belts, and being just
short of locking him up, I was almost ready to comply to what others were saying
and administer Ritalin or some other horrible (in my eyes) drugs to control him.
We had tried it all! Removing sugar, take away privileges, friends,
home-schooling, isolation for hours in his room, what ever it took. But
nothing worked. Revolting as the thought seems to me now, I knew my
family was headed for even bigger troubles with a smaller one just behind him.
I always said that God works in mysterious ways and through people. I
had just met a new friend, Diane, whose child was diagnosed ADHD and put onto
medications. God sent someone her way, who introduced her to the
"Feingold" way of life.
The Feingold Association of the United States (FAUS), is a membership of
families who learned that their children could be treated through diet, instead
of synthetic medicines. When I first met her little girl, Kelly, I thought
she was sweet, settled, and not hyper at all. Diane said it was because
she had stuck to her diet that week. I didn't understand what she meant
until our third or fourth meeting. Kelly was not the same child at all.
She was loud, hyper, ill mannered, and actually a true cry baby. Oh my,
she was just like my son! Diane alerted us by saying she had
eaten wrong. It all started to make sense to me. I learned much from
her that day, went to the Feingold website, and within hours it all clicked in
for me. I became a new member. The rest is history except to give you
great examples of our new life, and wonderful testimonies from other FAUS
members, who have given us permission to add their story too. Why do they
write these? Because most FAUS members, are so convinced that they wish to
volunteer, so they can help others free their selves of the heart aches they
have endured. That, coupled with the facts that they too had tried it all
until they found the only way that works. We are living proof!
Here are the resources that we suggest.
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