anthony
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Here I am writing this thread, in the hope that sufferers of PTSD can evaluate for themselves the beneficial differences between the use of conventional medicines and prescription drugs vs. natural medicines, therapies and remedies. I guess I am starting to get a little frustrated at people who suffer more exagerated symptoms from traditional medicines, but then their doctors just prescribe some more in an attempt to counter act side effects, instead of changing medications, experimenting with different avenues, all in the best interest of the patient, and not themselves. This frustration of mine is stemmed from half witted doctors no longer careing about the essence of why they became a doctor, instead careing about their own wallet, financing their new car, boat or house, and the patient is just a pay cheque to them.
Lets face it, how many people go to a doctor, are seen within five to ten minutes, diagnosed, given a prescription medication, then thrown out so the doctor can get the next patient in? Most here I think. Find an exceptional doctor as I discuss below, and it could take you from 15 minutes to an hour with that doctor, for them to fully evaluate you, ask you a full range of questions, not just half the picture, and look for the cause of your issue, not just write you a script to treat the symptoms you present them.
How many times has a doctor told you after writing you a script, if it doesn't work within a few days, come back and see me? How many times has their prescription medications failed you, and you have gone back and seen them? (Another $70 for them just having you turn up) They then write you another prescription, or increase your current one, kick you back out the door so they can get the next $70 patient in to do the same with. Doctors who are looking at putting 8 - 12 patients through within an hour, are thinking about nothing more than having to make their hourly rate of $560 - $840 an hour earnings. Do you really think they still have your best interest at heart? If we, the patients, continued to take this abuse, then they, the doctors, will continue to abuse it. Find yourself a better, more thorough doctor, and others will tend to change their ways as business falls off. They may even remember why they became a doctor, which wasn't to fund extravagent lifestyles, but help people. Go looking at doctors more in tune with their patients, and you won't see them driving $250,000 cars to work, you won't see them living in over the top houses, because they have more care and concern for you the patient, which is the most important thing to look for in your doctor choice.
We all know about the often harsh side effects from conventional medicines, and when pro-conventional doctors begin treating the side effects of one medicine, with adding another medicine to the equation, in the hope (guess) that you may get some relief. Whilst both types of medicines have their ups and downs, natural medicines, therapies and remedies often don't come with harsh side effects, ie. treatment of depression doesn't come with a side effect of increased depression and suicidal thoughts, as most traditional anti-depressants do.
Conventional medicine more often than not treats the symptom, not the actual cause. Natural medicine more often than not treats the cause, not the symptom. See the vast difference between the two?
My recommendation from experience, is to find physicians who are equally sided, in that they use natural medicines and recommended treatments to treat a majority of illnesses, though they are not anti conventional medicine, and if a natural alternative does not work or exist, then they will use conventional medicines, possibly in conjunction with natural alternatives, to treat the symptom and the cause at the same time.
Do they exist? Well, yes, doctors who sit on the fence, and not on one side or the other, do exist, you merely have to look for them. We have an exceptional medical center we use where all doctors are both traditional and alternative medicine qualified. They look at each case on its merits and decide whether a natural medicine will help, or whether you need a traditional medicine, such as anti-biotics instead. Our doctors ring us for follow-up if one of us is extremely sick, not just tell us to come back to the office. Finding doctors that do care is not a tough task, it just may take you a little looking to find them within your area.
Let me make an example here shall I, of say prozac, one of the worlds biggest selling, most prescribed drug for depression. Lets have a look at the some of the side effects associated with taking prozac with PTSD, and lets see what increased damage it is going to do to us, with the sympoms PTSD already gives us, which the Prozac is supposed to be treating, not making worse.
Gee, look at that... most of the frequent and common side effects of Prozac, are exactly what we already have with PTSD, and most certainly don't need made worse by taking a drug that is supposed to make us feel better. If you speak with a naturopath, you will find alternative medicines and treatments, none of which present any of those side effects that are going to make our PTSD worse, instead of better. Drugs such as Prozac, and most of the SSRI's only make our PTSD worse than what it already is, let alone many of them are addictive, and we then need to endure withdrawals to get our bodies off them, which is painful within itself. Most think that the reactions they have when weaning themselves off medication is so bad, they begin taking it again, where in fact it is merely our bodies responding during withdrawal, and presenting withdrawal symptoms to us. Go another month or two past totally taking yourself off meds, and you suddenly begin to feel as though your PTSD is no longer as bad as it was when medicated.
Now have a look at some of the more natural alternatives available. Regardless what you may think (cause I used to think the same until I had things done to me and they worked compared to conventional medicine doing nothing) if you don't try, you will never really know. You could be suffering endless crap with medications, compared to finding out that another natural alternative did the same thing for you, if not better, without making you feel worse. Trust me, give natural alternatives a shot please... I will stick my head on the chopping block for natural medicines, no problems at all.
Lets face it, how many people go to a doctor, are seen within five to ten minutes, diagnosed, given a prescription medication, then thrown out so the doctor can get the next patient in? Most here I think. Find an exceptional doctor as I discuss below, and it could take you from 15 minutes to an hour with that doctor, for them to fully evaluate you, ask you a full range of questions, not just half the picture, and look for the cause of your issue, not just write you a script to treat the symptoms you present them.
How many times has a doctor told you after writing you a script, if it doesn't work within a few days, come back and see me? How many times has their prescription medications failed you, and you have gone back and seen them? (Another $70 for them just having you turn up) They then write you another prescription, or increase your current one, kick you back out the door so they can get the next $70 patient in to do the same with. Doctors who are looking at putting 8 - 12 patients through within an hour, are thinking about nothing more than having to make their hourly rate of $560 - $840 an hour earnings. Do you really think they still have your best interest at heart? If we, the patients, continued to take this abuse, then they, the doctors, will continue to abuse it. Find yourself a better, more thorough doctor, and others will tend to change their ways as business falls off. They may even remember why they became a doctor, which wasn't to fund extravagent lifestyles, but help people. Go looking at doctors more in tune with their patients, and you won't see them driving $250,000 cars to work, you won't see them living in over the top houses, because they have more care and concern for you the patient, which is the most important thing to look for in your doctor choice.
We all know about the often harsh side effects from conventional medicines, and when pro-conventional doctors begin treating the side effects of one medicine, with adding another medicine to the equation, in the hope (guess) that you may get some relief. Whilst both types of medicines have their ups and downs, natural medicines, therapies and remedies often don't come with harsh side effects, ie. treatment of depression doesn't come with a side effect of increased depression and suicidal thoughts, as most traditional anti-depressants do.
Conventional medicine more often than not treats the symptom, not the actual cause. Natural medicine more often than not treats the cause, not the symptom. See the vast difference between the two?
My recommendation from experience, is to find physicians who are equally sided, in that they use natural medicines and recommended treatments to treat a majority of illnesses, though they are not anti conventional medicine, and if a natural alternative does not work or exist, then they will use conventional medicines, possibly in conjunction with natural alternatives, to treat the symptom and the cause at the same time.
Do they exist? Well, yes, doctors who sit on the fence, and not on one side or the other, do exist, you merely have to look for them. We have an exceptional medical center we use where all doctors are both traditional and alternative medicine qualified. They look at each case on its merits and decide whether a natural medicine will help, or whether you need a traditional medicine, such as anti-biotics instead. Our doctors ring us for follow-up if one of us is extremely sick, not just tell us to come back to the office. Finding doctors that do care is not a tough task, it just may take you a little looking to find them within your area.
Let me make an example here shall I, of say prozac, one of the worlds biggest selling, most prescribed drug for depression. Lets have a look at the some of the side effects associated with taking prozac with PTSD, and lets see what increased damage it is going to do to us, with the sympoms PTSD already gives us, which the Prozac is supposed to be treating, not making worse.
Chest pain, suicide attempt, hypertension, palpitation, weight gain, bone pain, confusion, emotional lability, sleep disorder, depression, depersonalization, hostility, paranoid reaction and hyperventilation.
Gee, look at that... most of the frequent and common side effects of Prozac, are exactly what we already have with PTSD, and most certainly don't need made worse by taking a drug that is supposed to make us feel better. If you speak with a naturopath, you will find alternative medicines and treatments, none of which present any of those side effects that are going to make our PTSD worse, instead of better. Drugs such as Prozac, and most of the SSRI's only make our PTSD worse than what it already is, let alone many of them are addictive, and we then need to endure withdrawals to get our bodies off them, which is painful within itself. Most think that the reactions they have when weaning themselves off medication is so bad, they begin taking it again, where in fact it is merely our bodies responding during withdrawal, and presenting withdrawal symptoms to us. Go another month or two past totally taking yourself off meds, and you suddenly begin to feel as though your PTSD is no longer as bad as it was when medicated.
Now have a look at some of the more natural alternatives available. Regardless what you may think (cause I used to think the same until I had things done to me and they worked compared to conventional medicine doing nothing) if you don't try, you will never really know. You could be suffering endless crap with medications, compared to finding out that another natural alternative did the same thing for you, if not better, without making you feel worse. Trust me, give natural alternatives a shot please... I will stick my head on the chopping block for natural medicines, no problems at all.
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