I hope you're feeling better again soon Dawn. Even people who are well, and doing versions of the Paleo diet, can feel very sick if they "cheat" with things like pasta and alcohol. You picked two of the fastest-acting sugars possible LOL, crash and burn. But that's good. It means that your body has healed so much from the diet you used to eat that it will tell you in no uncertain terms not to feed it those things anymore. I've been there too LOL. It happens.

Tracy, I'm not convinced my amalgams were the problem. At first I thought I had SAD. Then I thought my troubles stemmed from nutritional deficiencies. These can cause all sorts of problems, like the hormone imbalances you mentioned. (Post natal depression, 99% of the time, is the body's way of crying out for nutrients it was robbed of in order to grow a baby. 99% of the time the doctor's response is to give a drug.)

I actually think that the main problem comes from being at home all the time, no help with child care, no time alone with my husband to go out and do things, very little adult contact. I wanted very much to be here to raise my own daughter, but I think my mind needs to be more active. I am bored and lonely, bottom line. My little girl is wonderful, but we humans weren't meant to be shutting ourselves away from everyone else in houses all day.

I had no amalgams in my mouth, then got 4 all at once, and got depressed 2 months later. I thought I may as well pursue this as a possible problem, just to make sure I'd covered all the bases. (I've been working on finding a job for months but it's slow going, no one seems to want to advertise for a part-time English teacher.) I'm beginning to think this was maybe a stupid move that will only cause more problems, but all I can do now is deal with the consequences.

Can I ask how you found the naturopath you are working with? I can't find any around Leicester, but I'm not sure how to look apart from using the internet.

Linda.