Giving In To, Not The Alternative

Is it true that there is a real difference between Alternative and Conventional Medicine?

For the following also, I am not saying that author/s and texts are necessarily refined purists who are saying that the ONLY way to go all the time every time is with alternative medicine. But it does sound like that sometimes for sure when you read what's out there.

Clearly learning more and more about the different subjects tends to educate me and show me what choices I have and how I can be more informed about them. The bottom line though is that a course in Naturopathy for example, with a Naturopathic text book, will spout the Natural, and personally I would not be studying it and learning about alternative medicine if I did not think that was the way to go all the way. When possible.

But I actually don't necessarily agree that the alternative route may be the way to go for "everyone" "every time". And here's why...
There are times where I have felt that I have exhausted my arsenal, have exerted my efforts, given it enough time, and...? well..? nu...? and there's nothing left to do but pop a pill. Thankfully these instances have been very few and far between. In my case it's been with the rare headache mainly, and for various reasons. The last time it was purely out of necessity and logistics. It's circumstantial. I'll explain.

After having attended a festive Purim Holiday celebration the night before, where we drank lots of red, dry, wine, I awoke with a HUGE headache and hangover. To me this was funny, as I had not actually gotten drunk or indulged in an exaggerated manner. No one, we were somewhat inebriated and definitely in good humor.
The drinking was quite subdued, and controlled, and though the wine was abundant it was not in excess. The alcohol should have worn off by this point for sure.

Then I remembered! Despite the food and the meal, there was no way I had had enough water the day before, even with my intermittent drinking. I was basically dehydrated for the most part and thus my headache, nausea, and dizziness, et al.

What was I to do? I had to work a full shift for 5 hours with a patient every half hour that needed to be treated with Osteopathy. Plus I could not afford to take off sick as I really needed the work.
I started drinking water, possibly took some Nux Vomica the traditional Homeopathic hangover remedy, started working some pressure points and Reflexolgy... Even if all this could work, I had no time to let it or to attend to it, and others, my patients were depending on me and needed me fully. I first also needed to get to work on time.

Thankfully when I got to the pain clinic where I work, and I arrived on time, my colleague and superior an MD from the former Soviet Union, an Anesthesiologist was already there. I gave in to myself and the situation, and asked him for an Acomol or two from the nurse's room. He humbly apologized and told me there was none, but gave me I think it was an Optalgin instead.
Who knows, they all look and sound the same to me. It's medicine for G-d's sake whichever way you look at it!

It usually takes about a half hour for the stuff to kick in. It was a bit delayed in my case, and I had to force myself through a couple of grueling first treatments. I even told my director that if all else fails, I may have to cut out and leave in an emergency for health reasons.

After more than an hour though, my headache was gone, I was able to function and focus, drink much more water and hold it down, and even eat. I was thankful for the pill actually, and glad I was able to do what I did.

It really helped me pull myself together, but I thus learned from personal experience about the powerful “drugs” many of my patients take and how it affects their system, and most likely overwhelms their liver when taken for long periods on a daily basis.

This whole thing is as opposed to the other week when for some reason most likely related to fatigue, I woke up in the morning with a bad lingering headache in my left temple. It was getting pretty bad, banging in like a nail and cutting like a knife intermittently when I moved in certain ways.

I had some Bach Rescue Remedy lying a round, grabbed a couple of drops and rubbed it into my left temple. Then I grabbed my recently bought DiaDens frequency generator and put on the goggle attachments and ran the eye fatigue headache frequency for five minutes while lying in my recliner.

Man! It felt weird, like my eye balls were being sucked out while also being pumped from the inside. I even opened my eyes during the treatment to make sure I was okay. Everything was fine and dandy and my eyes were still seeing and functional, so I shut them for the duration. Was cool!

I finished, and Ta Da it was amazing. NO HEADACHE! GONE! I love that little machine. I was refreshed, replenished, completely cured and continued my day at home doing work as I needed to. Amazing, but circumstances specifically allowed for it this time.

I definitely believe that the first line of defense should be the natural and so called alternative when possible, but if all else fails, or I have no other choice because of the situation or circumstances, there is no reason to needlessly make myself suffer, to let things get worse, and to ruin my day and prevent myself from accomplishing.

Wake up to the reality at hand!