Trichotillomania Linked to Immune Systems Gone Awry?

I am a midwife, and an attachment parent. I run in the natural parenting circles. I am a liberal and a Catholic. I am a leader and not a follower. I question. I tend to question authority especially. I do not do things just because the doctor says to.

We stopped vaccinating our children long ago, when my daughter was 6 months old and my oldest son was about 30 months old. My youngest son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye yet. We were already beginning to question vaccinations, and doing a lot of research. I told our pediatrician about our doubts about vaccinations, and, it being November, he talked us into agreeing to get our daughter at least the vaccine against pnummococus which tends to happen more often in the winter and can lead to RSV especially in LBW (Low Birth Weight) children of which my daughter was, weighing a mere 5lbs 4oz (anything under 5lbs 8oz is considered LBW). We agreed to the single shot and forwent all the rest that she was "due" to have. He also checked her ears, eyes, etc and gave her an official "clean" bill of health.

Within an hour our sweet little girl was screaming bloody murder. I will never forget her screams. She screamed for hours, and then started running a fever. I called the pediatrician's after hours number and he said he would see her first thing in the morning. When we got there in the morning the official diagnosis was the *worst* double ear infection the pediatrician had ever seen. Both ears were severely infected. My daughter was 100% breastfed, as was my oldest, and neither one had *ever* had an ear infection (nor have any of my children SINCE). I told him it was caused by the vaccine and he denied it adamently. I told him we were no longer going to vaccinate, and he dismissed us from his care. None of my children ever received another vaccination (my youngest has never received ANY injection).

Of course, my oldest was already after age 2 by then, and had received all of his vaccinations up until then, even the varicella vaccination (chicken pox) of which he GOT chicken pox less than a week later.

And now, here I am, reading this article which says that trichotillomania may be linked to an immune system gone awry. My oldest is my trichster. One of the reasons I stopped vaccinating was because of our insane auto-immune disorders in my family. We have everything from rhuematoid arthritis to juvenile diabetes in my family history. We have Asperger's syndrome, SID, and mental health disorders in my husband's family history, and in my OWN PERSONAL history I have Chronic Ulcerative Colitis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, a history of hypothyroidism, and hypoglycemia. Vaccinations have been linked to auto-immune disorders (because vaccines cause your immune system to act inappropriately). I didn't want my kids to be spared a few uncomfortable days itching or feverish as a child only to be wrought with auto-immune disorders that can be crippling as an adult.

Yet this article says that trich has been linked to an immune system gone awry. We already know that my son has been vaccinated more than any of my other children. That he probably has Asperger's Syndrome and definitely has Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Thank God for homeopathy (which, by the way, has also treated my auto-immune disorders with 100% success). I am happy to see that there is research going on about trichotillomania, now I just wish that the medical establishment would acknowledge that they just really don't know what damage is being done by all the vaccinations given to our children. To think if I am this over-run with autoimmune disorders and I was only given a few vaccines, what would happen to my children if they have these susceptible genes for auto-immune disorders if they received the 20+ vaccines in their first two years of life?

Another Huge Accomplishment!!

I just read my blog and realized a few posts back I said my little trichster was pull free five months, and it has really been about 4 months. Sorry about that

But the accomplishment is that we realized he was pulling in October, and he went on the homeopathy in January. That is 3 months of pulling. We are now in "recovery mode" pull free for more months than he was actually pulling to begin with!!! (by our best estimation of when he started) GO MY LITTLE TRICHSTER!!! YAY!!

"Recovered" Trichster!!

I am happy to say we have had no return of pulling behavior since the homeopathy!!! I am now considering my son a recovered trichster! What a short but *very* stressful time in our lives, not knowing what was happening, where to go or who to turn to. Ultimately the best thing I ever could have done for him was seek the help of a homeopath, tanya kell www.tanyakell.com who very patiently helped us with phone consults to take care of my precious little boy. I am forever thankful for her!

My son's hair has grown completely in!!!As you can tell in the picture, it still looks "thinner" in the picture in the spot where he pulled most, but it's not, it's just that some of it is growing in blonde! Don't know why...he's never had blonde hair (even though both his siblings do) even as a baby. He is so happy again, and so am I!! It is amazing how such a harmless seeming behavior can make one mommy fret and be so upset at herself so much!!

The icing on the birthday cake (his 9 birthday is coming up LOL)? The nail biting recently *also* stopped!!! He still touches his lips with his finger tips, but no more biting! We are so blessed!!!
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Yay!

We are now nearing five months of pull free if I am counting correctly!! Here is the latest pic of my sons favorite pull spot!!

Tanya Kell has been a blessing to this family. I am so glad that I found her! www.tanyakell.com

as you can tell you can barely see that he was pulling!! I did notice that some of his hairs grew back blonde :( I am assuming it means he permanently damaged the follicle.
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