Posted by Hombre on June 22, 2010, at 19:44:16
In reply to Re: Thought I Would Share a Success Story, posted by bleauberry on June 22, 2010, at 18:06:48
Wow. That sums up my thoughts to a T.
People systematically give meds a chance, admit that everyone responds differently to them, but almost haphazardly try supplements and herbs with much less patience. And I almost never hear anyone credit exercise, a strict diet or any other seemingly lowly form of self-care. Not to say that these alone will be enough, but can we honestly check them off as having failed? Hence the need for an algorithm.
Then there are the victims. While I am certain that there are a lot of people that *have* been put in worse shape by careless doctors with loose prescription pads, I feel like I am not hearing a comprehensive list of things tried to undo the recklessness or inadvertent mistakes of said doctors. I'm not issuing blame, I'm more upset at the way information is weighted. Maybe that's because this is a meds board, but when it comes to the people, the real people who post here, they need healing. Healing to become whole. Healing at every level of their being.
I think the great fear is that the meds won't work. I've had this fear. If all those billions of dollars and thousands of super intelligent people can't fix it, then who can? And when the meds do work, but only sort of, are we to believe that that's it? Is this the best I can get? Should I even be on them if I can't poo, can't get it up, can't sleep, can't feel? What is my safety net if I get off the meds? If there were other sections of a larger algorithm to explore, I'd feel a lot better if meds did not end up as shiny as the adverts and industry-funded studies promised.
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