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To be looking so differently now at Drs, schools etc etc

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Loveafridaynightchippy · 26/09/2024 22:11

Has anyone else had a change of opinion about things that they’ve not really questioned and always just accepted before, in the last few years?
It could be since a became a mum, but I’m wondering if it’s more.
My Dd has been very ill recently and I’ve gained much better help, advise from less traditional Drs-think medical Drs who focus on naturopathy too, homeopathy and so on, I never knew anything about homeopathy before my Dd got ill. The results I’ve seen are incredible and much more positive that traditional things like antibiotics, painkillers and so on.
I used to be a teacher and loved it, but I’ve found myself really questioning if this is the right system and the right way of doing things and am increasingly doubting traditional schooling. Even the way the majority of us work, the 9-5, the commutes, snatched weekends with loved ones, the yearly holiday.
Maybe I’m just becoming an old hippie! 😂
Does anyone else feel like this?

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Xenia · 26/09/2024 22:28

It doesn't work and is a load of rubbish but if it has some placebo effect for you and as long as you are acting within the law if you deny your daughter treatment then I suppose you could do it...... bit risky though.

Birdscratch · 26/09/2024 22:27

The placebo effect is a powerful thing.

MeowCatPleaseMeowBack · 26/09/2024 22:27

Please stop taking your child to quacks.

Loveafridaynightchippy · 26/09/2024 22:26

@Stormyforcast Yes I think that’s it really

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Loveafridaynightchippy · 26/09/2024 22:25

@nothingcomestonothing She had them and they didn’t help the problem the same way homeopathy seems to be. I know, I never even knew or bothered about it before, but ur really does seem to be working.
Definitely not discounting traditional ways and obviously realise the importance of antibiotics etc-however, there are other ways alongside traditional methods and other doctors who seem to know much more about the link between the gut and the brain for example. A lot of traditional doctors don’t seem that knowledgeable about many things these days in my experience (I’m not in the U.K..could be this, I don’t know)

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ReadingInTheRain583 · 26/09/2024 22:25

Don't mind me, just getting comfy

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Thistooshallpass24 · 26/09/2024 22:23

I've got some snake oil for sale , limited edition especially for winter 2024, any takers?

AnneLovesGilbert · 26/09/2024 22:21

Antibiotics are one of the greatest inventions in human history and no one will change my mind about that. Likewise vaccinations, I’m eternally grateful my children won’t have to face polio and other horrors.

My view of work and work/life balance has changed in ways I couldn’t have imagined.

nothingcomestonothing · 26/09/2024 22:20

Homeopathy has no evidence base, at all. If your DD is ill and needs painkillers and other meds please give them to her.

Summerhillsquare · 26/09/2024 22:19

"Less traditional doctors" doing homeopathy - so not doctors then? Beware the grift OP, they are capitalising on the rationing and under funding of public services.

Stormyforcast · 26/09/2024 22:18

Same.
Life doesn't seem to work so trying to find an alternative route to suit but also not being too hippie ISH