Are doctors and the USDA and FDA COMPLETELY wrong, about everything?

[[Ju...]]

I'm at close to 5 years out, eating a really good diet every day, everything is a real food, nothing comes from a box, nothing is preserved, and it's usually organic as well. Even my spices, I try to do organic each time if possible. I don't use any creams on my skin, I don't take any vitamins out of a bottle, I don't take prescriptions from pharmacies. I don't take supplements, and I don't drink fake juices or anything else. No vaccines, no injections, none of that.

Because of those reasons above, I haven't been sick in 5 years. When I was taking pharmaceuticals, I was sick at least a couple times a year. I used to get headaches, now I don't. I used to get the flu when I took vaccines, now I don't. I used to get stomach pains when I took Tums and antacids, now I eat as much acidic food as possible, lots of tomatoes and limes and fruits. Now my stomach seems to be bulletproof, never has an issue.

I used to listen to doctors and the so-called experts about not eating before bed. Now I eat huge meals right before bed, and I seem to sleep a lot better. The experts always told me not to look at my cell phone before bed, and to turn off the TV before it's time to go to sleep, and I used to get really bad sleep. Now I stare at computer screens and cell phone screens and TV screens until I'm tired, and then I sleep like a baby.

During coronavirus, the authorities shut down our country and told us we needed vaccines, and we could die without them. They said it would stop the spread of the virus, and that we needed to wear masks. It's possible, but I got sick anyways, I still got covid. I went to my doctor and told her that, and she said maybe you would have died without the vaccine. My response was possibly, and maybe it did nothing at all. One thing was for sure though, the vaccine gave me horrible side effects and the worst stomach pain I've ever encountered, and I still got covid nonetheless.

The FDA keeps approving harmful medicine after harmful medicine, year after year, decade after decade. People keep reporting these harmful meds, but they don't take them off the market. What's the point of reporting them and having thousands of people talk about their major side effects, if they're going to keep selling them anyways? And why aren't they coming out with any legit solutions to our illnesses, instead of only treating symptoms? It doesn't make any sense to keep masking things, if you can find a cure instead. So why is it that we don't have any cures for anything? Leads me to believe it's not possible, nature was intended to be nature.

When you consider the real world out there, the mother nature world, the native world, the pre-industrial days, that's how things were supposed to be from the start. We died from weather, we died from predators, we died from illnesses, and we weren't supposed to be around that many people from the start. Now we have fake solutions, synthetic pills, elected college graduate authorities, some kind of imaginary world that we created as humans. Did it do us any good? Are we healthier now than we were prior to these fake governments? According to the native americans, no we're not. I believe them, everybody's sick physically, and everybody's sick mentally.

When you consider our medical authorities or our legislators from whatever countries you're living in, do you ever think about how they got there? They went to the same high school as us. They grew up in the same neighborhoods playing with the same toys and riding the same bikes, swimming in the same pools. They got a college education, most of them were fraternity or sorority people, getting drunk. They got their degrees, now they're trying to control the whole world and tell us where to live and what we're entitled to, what kind of food we should have, what kind of pills we should shove down our throats, what kind of vaccines we should stick in our arms? How would they know?

I frequently think about the native americans. They were living well for 14,000 years undisturbed, and then look what happened. These fake governments and fake authorities and fake tests and fake FDA and fake USDA foods, fake synthetic materials from factories, fake water treatments, fake everything, ruined us. It only took a few hundred years to destroy the fish populations, the wild animal herds, extinct many species, and now we're supposed to listen to the same people who created the mess? The same neighbors we used to have?

And now everybody thinks it's some kind of magic Discovery when they read an article in the media, talking about a new diet. Like a ketogenic diet, a carnivore diet, a Paleo diet, a vegan diet, etc. But have these so-called experts ever stop to think, maybe we're in the mood for something for a certain reason, like nature intended? If we're craving sugar and we want an apple, it's probably for a legitimate reason like we actually need an apple. If we're craving a salad, it's probably because we actually need a salad. If we're craving a big juicy steak, it's because we need meat probably.

So why are we listening to clueless people? Why are these people considered authorities in the first place? Maybe they got so stuck in their science tests and experiments, that they started to think it's more important than our natural instincts. How's it possible that a science test is more accurate than our natural instincts? And how is it that listening to Medical authorities about what our body needs, is more important than what our bodies are telling us?

I look around at the different countries in the world right now, and some are better than others. Some are extreme poverty and dictators, others are pretty free to do as they wish, with limited government interference. Some have great weather, some have 120° heat. Some are nice and dry and you can go for walks each day, some are frozen over half the year. But one thing is similar around the entire world, everybody wants good food and good sleep, and everybody wants to be left alone by their government. So why are we still listening to our governments, instead of doing what we want as a whole world?

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EXCELLENT EXCELLENT POST!!!!!!!! Been saying this forever. Doctors make us sicker, Teachers make us more ignorant and less critical in our thinking outside the box. And the safety organizations put in place by governments (FDA,etc)  make us more vulnerable to harm. It's such a revolving door of money and power really. If you go down the rabbit hole and look at whoever is head of the FDA at the time it is almost GUARANTEED you will get the the cold reality that they have been on boards for Eli Lily, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, etc. Can anyone say CONFLICT OF INTEREST!!!!!!!!!! Hmmm. 

 

It is a very dangerous hive mind of special interest groups and their representatives of any field turning a blind eye for quick buck$$$$$$$

[[WU...]]

Well-written and well-paced rant, enjoyed!

[[re...]]

I mean doctors are pretty great if you break a bone, get in a car wreck, cut your hand bad and need some stitches, but woe to the poor soul that gets an unknown illness, is misdiagnosed, or has some kind of brain issue or trauma. They might as well do blood letting as they treat the brain so primitive like with all their neuro toxins. Psychiatry or neuro doc practice hasn't really gone into the new age yet and still are acting  like dinosaurs with how they treat brain problems because it is still such a big mystery which is even more of a reason to be so carful with mind meds. There are no true tests such as blood sugar, blood pressure, and other conditions with more proper diagnostics and the appropriate treatments. No real test for neurotransmitters and diagnostically a bit more accurate for what you would need. We really are lab rats and it saddens that in 2024 I still I hear of these cold turkeys and rapid tapers initiated by doctors. The status quo really is killing people and  needs to STOP NOW.  Or stop taking the Hippocratic oath. It is pure madness of such a higher magnitude than many of us have been labeled due to a DSM that has more and more labels every year for the human condition that most face and it doesn't always need to be medicalized. 

[[Ju...]]

Yes our reality is an unfortunate one. Even on benzo buddies, I have to be careful of my political and substance abuse and anti-doctor limits, I can only speak so much on the government without violating benzo buddy rules. Like I can say I've been harmed by doctors, I don't agree with the thing they do, but God forbid I say more than that, it becomes a problem. But how do we disagree with the medical system, without being anti-ductor? It's tricky.

Or let's say I don't agree with our government agencies, I have to be careful with our limits on this website, or it can tiptoe along the lines of anti-government. But are we not living in a government created world where everything is political? So if we aren't in agreement with the higher Powers at the moment, which nobody seems to be, does that mean everybody's anti-government? Again, it's tricky.

With all that being said, I still think the Native Americans had it right. Why did we have instincts from birth? Why do we have natural Sensations for certain foods? Why do we experience pain and side effects from synthetic pills, unless we were never supposed to take them in the first place? What is a side effect? I would think a side effect is a negative effect.

When we hear about illnesses on the news, such as cancer or insulin resistance, neurological conditions, mental illness, etc, why would we think that it's from a government labeled condition, rather than being from malnutrition or destructive societies and lifestyles? Is it possible we don't have anything wrong, that we're just experiencing negative effects from life in general as well? Again, I think it's just negative effects.

When I think of Psychiatry and the DSM-5 book, who's that supposed to be geared towards in the first place? Somebody with a so-called label, might be a better functioning member of a tribe out in the real world, in the wilderness. Think predators, think food gathering, think fishing, think shelter building. Do you really think an obedient city worker that is purely capable of a nine to five and making paychecks for a boss, has the same survival Instinct as someone that's good at hunting animals and building shelters? I don't think so. Does that have to do with our politics? Possibly, look at rural areas compared to crowded Urban areas.

Our Congress and senators are all lawyers for the most part. What does a lawyer do for a living? They make arguments, they persuade parties. There's always a two-sided argument for everything in life. Currently, our Congress and senators are putting up the arguments for the country. But what if the overwhelming majority need the other side of the argument? That means they're not getting it, because of the lawyers running the country. I feel like it's a big Court case, and the overwhelming majority are losing against the Hotshot lawyers.

And yes you're absolutely right, big Pharma is run by lobbyists and lawyers and money. They're also the ones that are running psychiatry, they're the ones recommending the Pharmaceuticals to be prescribed by the DSM-5 book. I had a conversation with my mental counselor about this not long ago, he agrees we're living in the dark ages. He informed me the American Psychiatric association is a committee full of random people and they're the ones that create these conditions on a yearly basis, based on opinions. It's like a senate or congress committee, only it's labeled the American Psychiatric Association instead.

When you actually stop to think about the government in general, and the people in the high seats, they are just like us. Regular humans, went to the same schools, played in the same neighborhoods, drink the same beers in college, read the same academic material, but they got promoted. Once they got promoted, they started claiming that they are the authorities and they have the right to rule us and make our decisions. In reality though, they're still the same people as us. Only difference, the overwhelming majority is allowing them to rule us. Is this natural? Is this our natural instinct, like ants or bees letting the queen be rule them? I don't know.

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I love everything once again JIT what you have said. There are sooooo many people on here that are just so brilliant in their critical thinking skills that I think it's a shame to be called "anti medicine/science" when it is clear to me all we are doing is being critical of it and not taking a stance one way or the other. And after a negative reaction be it benzos, ssri's, antibiotics, anti nausea, steroids etc.......... sometimes our bodies just cannot tolerate the western medical treatment model anymore unfortunately so why shouldn't we be allowed to vent and be very critical and cautious of these so called "miracle drugs" that have harmed us due to careless practices via lazy, powerful pharmaceutical rep influenced doctors. Modern medicine/ procedure certainly has it's place and can save lives if properly instituted. But also it has a RISK/BENEFIT profile which I think the benefit diminishes the more meds one takes. Or procedures they go through with. And the possible adverse reaction goes sky high. This is just my own observations with so many class action lawsuits as well as all the poor souls harmed on this site. 

When someone at the top of the food chain like Anthony Fauci says "I am the science" in not so many words that is INSANITY!!!!!! Any one theory is supposed to always be questioned or debated to move forward (which is the scientific method) and you can't just silence opposing research and when enough anecdotal accounts of harm or new discoveries start becoming clear in medicine you have to take note and perk up your ears if you are in a top position somewhere. 

 

I think the creator of this site (Colin) and his staff just don't want a cult where everyone is crazily dogmatic and I do understand that completely. And the great thing about the team of this site is that they DO understand what we are going through as they have been through the wringer themselves which is commendable and we can't say "well they just don't get it" cause they definitely do.  But no offense to Colin and any other leaders here, but Colin is in the UK I beleive and they seem much more in tune with the dangers of these meds (as well as meds in general) and have a different approach in prescribing/deprescribing (possibly due to the Ashton influence? I am not sure). Where in the states where I am from it is a disaster with the direct to consumer, constant bombardment marketing of ALL drugs and the massive power and overreach of these behemoths called big pharma. They are, I believe a trillion dollar biz by now. And it is really not a political issue (weather you watch Fox or CNN or whatever network there is drug commercial after drug commercial in between the paltry biased news they both report) I feel  both sides and the bigger players of these sides have huge interests, and I could almost guarantee, stock in these big drug companies. 

 

The native American way of life you speak of is quite an accurate assessment and i agree with you a hundred percent. The reason being it is TRIBAL and the community takes care of it's own. I also understand the natural approach to natural healing and food they incorporate into their society as well.  With the introduction of big multi national corporations and the technology boom. We have become unhealthy due to isolation and technology (and I feel the constant exposure to strong wireless radio waves on brain/body function) being our only source of socialization. I mean I vow if I ever get some kind of money/ or investors. (I am looking into it right now) I am opening a place where people like us can congregate while we taper IN PERSON for god's sakes. A freaking "hugs" online doesn't cut it anymore and shit needs to CHANGE NOW!!!!!!!!! I understand it is all we have at the moment, but we also have to figure out a way to move forward in the bigger picture. We need that in person tribal/commune type support. if we wanna really get scientific there are tons of studies out there on the power of human in person touch and interaction for a healthy brain.  If we were heroin addicts or alcoholics we would have tons of support and places to go in groups. I have noticed the one thing about Psych med/taper/ medicine and medical error people  for the most part is that they live quite healthy lives with food and exercise and being real proactive in their health as opposed to a junkie or boozer eating circle K, QT, Cumby farms, sugar/carb/chemically injected convenience food. 

And don't even  get me started on our gen z youth and their drop out rate of society cause they know they are screwed with these monopolistic approach to life as these corps and institutions have become their guardians and parents basically. 

And back to the topic of drug co. monopoly power:

It is so so so tragic to mess with a young mind chemically with these neurotoxins. At a minimum every doctor should prescribe exercise and diet and deep deep therapy for problems of the youth which is just hormonal (if we wanna get scientific, I prefer to call it the human condition) many times as you are going through so many changes when you hit puberty. And really have an issue with things. 

 

Sorry for the rants. It's just that you JustinTime and member "Scooby" hit the nail on the head in regards to these issues and truth/critical thinking/ writing should not be silenced because it is uncomfortable. 

[[WU...]]

24 minutes ago, [[r...] said:

is in the UK I beleive and they seem much more in tune with the dangers of these meds (as well as meds in general) and have a different approach in prescribing/deprescribing (possibly due to the Ashton influence?

Errr, no actually, in the UK they still dish them out like smarties!

[[re...]]

 UNBELEIVABLE!!!!!!!!!!! I have heard bad things about the NHS in general, but I have heard good things about the UK and EU population and specialists being a little more aware of the dangers of meds. 

[[WU...]]

1 minute ago, [[r...] said:

I have heard bad things about the NHS in general, but I have heard good things about the UK and EU population and specialists being a little more aware of the dangers of meds. 

Not in my experience, they are pretty bad, at least the GP's anyway, but even the so called specialists in various departments looking at my neck spasm still continued to prescribe benzos and gabapentin, tramadol you name it. I only took the benzos thinking they were the least bad, and boy was I wrong!

[[Ka...]]

24 minutes ago, [[r...] said:

 UNBELEIVABLE!!!!!!!!!!! I have heard bad things about the NHS in general, but I have heard good things about the UK and EU population and specialists being a little more aware of the dangers of meds. 

@[re...] sadly, it’s pretty dire here in UK 

22 minutes ago, [[W...] said:

Not in my experience, they are pretty bad, at least the GP's anyway, but even the so called specialists in various departments looking at my neck spasm still continued to prescribe benzos and gabapentin, tramadol you name it. I only took the benzos thinking they were the least bad, and boy was I wrong!

@[WU...] agree. As patients we are so often failed by GPs 

 

 

[[re...]]

So worry to hear that WU. What a mad mad worldy system going on everywhere.

YUP Gabapentin is the their new go to "wonder drug" what a freaking joke. They give this poison out to pets now too like it is candy. I think in time this will be the new opiate/benzo dea no no list in ten years or less. Docs will be pulling everyone off it cold turkey like they have done with the benzos. And will create even MORE health problems and strain on an already taxed medical system. 

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Meant to say "sorry". 

WU and/or Katrina:

Damn even in the UK where the whole Ashton thing originated from, you would think it would be so much better. Are more docs in the UK at least more familiar with her methods or do they try to put her in the "quack" category and dismissing her protocols?

[[Ka...]]

@[re...] I’ll generalise but sadly no!

Firstly, my feeling is the late Prof Ashton is kind of unheard of (plus the late Prof Lader) by most of the practitioners in who’s hands/care we are placed. That’s my personal view. We then find out typically via peer support about Ashton manual. 
Secondly, my experience is that in general GPs & other medics may not agree with their research/findings/approach & rush us to go on/come off meds & disregard WD or even recovery phase. 
You’d think it would be better. 

[[re...]]

SIGHHHH!!!!!!  Why do I keep hearing about this in 2024!!!!!! I just can't fathom the ignorance and pomposity  of this.  Disregard WD and a fast deprescribing phase?????? WHAT???!!!!

And we need to stop making excuses for doctors still living in the dark ages with all of this. It's sometimes a crisis of life or death. And financially puts so much more strain on insurance and medical care. Alot of this is the DEA (or whatever regulatory agency in your place of habitation) campaign that benzos are like heroin or something and you can treat them like addiction medicine treats cocaine and all that. Of course some people are taking bars and bars of xanax a day and that is a different situation. But god help the person who took them therapeutically and have been gaslit by the medical people. 

[[zu...]]

"Pharmacy"": This is from pharmakeus (fem. pharmakis) "a preparer of drugs, a poisoner, a sorcerer" from pharmakon "a drug, a poison, philter, charm, spell, enchantment." Beekes writes that the original meaning cannot be clearly established, and "The word is clearly Pre-Greek." 

The DSM is basically the Malleus Maleficarum of our times.  World without end. 

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Zulango:

 

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!! True true. I see that. 

Sometimes it feels like sorcery what they have done to us. 

 

I always wondered why in the hell does the AMA (American Medical Association) have two snakes on it. It is called the caduceus. 

 

Now it was changed to the Staff of Asclepius. One snake around a staff and get this...........they say that they changed it to Asclepius because he was the ancient mythical god of medicine, Aesculapius, who was renowned for his gentle remedies and humane treatment of the mentally ill. OH THE IRONY!!!!!!!!!!

All this greek mythology in it's symbolism, but yet it is supposed to be all scientific. I just ask questions I really don't have any conclusions, but it is all so strange to me. 

[[re...]]

Sorry I meant "Zulutango"

[[WU...]]

56 minutes ago, [[r...] said:

All this greek mythology in it's symbolism, but yet it is supposed to be all scientific.

It is  quite fascinating how these institutions use the old symbolism, not just medicine,  pretty much all major institutions, as though somehow there is more trust if they add a Greek symbol or a Roman laurel leaf as part of their logo, another Greek word. Makes you wonder if we are all Greek originally? I dunno its all Greek to me!

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Yeah WU I agree. I think they are really laughing at us with all these things that they do. OMG you should just see some of these drug commercials and the god awful cheesy theme music and dancing around. There is one diabetes medication about lowering a1c and when it comes on and that singing and dancing starts I just cringe. And there is another one for "Ozempic" that uses that old 70's tune "oh oh oh it's magic u knoowww. better believe it's not so.  Instead of it's magic they put the word Ozempic in there. It is so freaking ridiculous here in the states with these cheesy drug ads. I feel I am living in some kind of science fiction dystopian novel like Brave new world or 1984. It is so weird. 

 

God I just love all the amazing minds here and critical thinkers. Considering the brain alterations we have all experienced due to all these drugs. It amazes me we can still have these kinds of convos. It really gives me hope. Keep it coming you brilliant folks. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[[WU...]]

I think diabetes is the latest "go to" diagnosis, everyone is getting it!   I don't have TV or listen to radio so I am thankfully ad free, even on youtube I see nothing at all thank God! I watched a film called "Ship of Fools" yesterday made in the 60's that I had never seen before. It seems most people are on it and don't even know!

Edited March 3 by [WU...]

[[Ju...]]

Yeah those commercials are getting ridiculous. The United States is already bad enough for consumerism and marketing and sports and politics. Now you turn on the television, and it's guaranteed that you see some wealthy white woman smiling with a bleached set of perfect teeth, spinning around dancing in some fairy tale garden, with her white dress blowing around in the wind.

Either that or you'll see a politically correct Family full of mixed races, like a Chinese child, a black father, a Hispanic mother, and a white step sister. And they're all sitting there smiling about their antidepressants, and eating perfectly healthy food in some fairy tale neighborhood, with a bunch of white picket fences and perfectly manicured lawns.

Or you'll see some high-end Hot Shot lawyer going into a skyscraper to tackle his team meeting, and he'll get into his ferrari, and he'll be grinning away at how he beat anxiety with his new medications. That type of stuff, you know, the non-existent reality of psychiatry. But big Pharma makes it look like a reality, and I'm not exactly sure why the authorities are allowing this nonsense to be marketed like it's candy or food.

It's a shame, it's dangerous. Consumers literally see it on tv, they ask their doctor about it, the doctor says sure because big Pharma recommends it, the American Psychiatric Association recommends what the big Pharma companies recommend, and the consumer gets what they want. The consumer gets a lifetime full of side effects AKA actual bad effects from the pills. Again, there's no such thing as a side effect. You're putting something in your body, either your body agrees or it doesn't. It's not a "side" effect, it's the only effect.

And yeah, what's the purpose of the diagnosis anyways? They're only diagnosing the symptoms, but not the problem. If you eat plates full of sugar and lay around in bed for 2 weeks, and then you go to a psychiatrist, surely you're going to get diagnosed and prescribed something. But what if you're out in nature hunting and Gathering and running around and taking naps outside and looking at snow-capped mountains and nice islands, and then you go to a psychiatrist two weeks later? I'm assuming you probably won't feel like taking the meds, even if they were prescribed. And in that situation, when does the psychiatrist ever not diagnose somebody? Seems to me that there's always a diagnosis, whether somebody needs something or not.

[[An...]]

There are good doctors out there who treat mostly with lifestyle medicine and not pharmaceuticals. Joel Fuhrman, Caldwell Esselstyln, Dean Ornish....just to name a few.

There are times when you must take Rx'd meds to live. Type One Diabetics for example must take insulin or they will die.

I hate taking meds (Rx and OTC) but they are sometimes necessary. When I do,, I try to take them for the shortest duration possible. I just had two dental implants for example. It would have been foolish of me to refuse the antibiotics my dentist gave me. I am not anti-doctor or anti-big pharma. I simply do my due diligence, use common sense, weigh the risk VS benefit ratio, and then make an informed decision and prepare myself to live with the consequences of my actions, not blaming anyone.

[[Ju...]]

I'm not anti-doctor either, I'm just anti big Pharma at this point. I used to think like you, I used to think there was a reason for all the meds. I used to hear stories about insulin like you, and think it was accurate. But then I got to thinking further, thinking outside the box. Is it true that there's even type 1 diabetes? Who knows, maybe it's our society eating too much sugar. Maybe if we didn't have fake sugars in our foods, and we weren't eating fake breads, diabetes wouldn't be around in the first place. Do you know what I mean?

Or I could be completely wrong, people might die without insulin. But it's hard to say, how long have we been taking medications and eating fake foods? What year did diabetes start? And the year that it started, who created the diagnosis? Is it possible that humans messed up, made a fake diagnosis from the start, and it was something completely different, and the humankind started playing around with Biology and sugars, which later on caused diabetes as we call it?

Most people that have diabetes who end up cutting sugar out of their diets completely for several months and only eating real foods, the diabetes goes away. I used to live with somebody who claimed they had a severe form of diabetes, they even used to pass out when I first met them. When their blood sugar would get low, they would literally hit the floor. But after we started eating healthy for a couple months, their A1C was almost normal again. And then a few months later after continuing to eat healthy, it was completely normal. It was supposed to be a lifelong diabetic condition, ended up being related to foods and nothing more. Does it apply to everybody? Who knows, but most people don't try to find out.

Think about these mental conditions. There's a difference between having anxiety, and having an anxiety condition. There's a difference between depression, and having a depressive condition. Supposedly only a doctor can diagnose that, and the condition is a more severe form of it. So why is it that you only see a doctor for 10 minutes, and they're able to determine whether or not it's a condition? You would have to know somebody long-term, to know what they're actually going through. On top of that, somebody would have to explain things well to a doctor, for the doctor to get a good understanding. Most humans don't describe things very well, especially to strangers. Does that mean the condition is completely thrown off from the description from the patient? Most likely. Or is it possible that the doctor didn't put enough time into diagnosing? Most likely.

But I agree, I've broken several bones and I've had many stitches throughout my life. Doctors come in useful for that kind of thing. Same with getting organs removed, they come in useful for that too. Or like you said with teeth, they're very useful for pulling wisdom teeth and fixing broken teeth. But these are all physical ailments, these are all things that they can see and work on. The brain is a whole different story, they don't know enough about it yet. Even my mental counselors and mental doctors from the past, admitted that they're still working in the dark age. I will never trust any doctors that want to play guessing games with my mind ever again.

[[WU...]]

9 hours ago, [[J...] said:

some fairy tale neighborhood

When really we are in a modern version of an Heironymous Bosch "Garden of Delights" painting !

You write very well on this surreal world we are living in. We've all been duped, but not any more.

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Yes YES!!!!!!!!!!!! JIT. You have basically the exact vision I have with this sick madness of opportunity the top of the food chain has chosen. Harm at a high cost to keep the status quo goin and rich suburbia quiet and soulless at the expense of so many harmed. Like you I feel many industries wouldn't even be needed if we got back to the earth and the correct ways of living. Like ie. eating in a seasonal way. Whatever is naturally growing at that time should be what is eaten. And all these young young kids (especially boys) need to be running around getting that energy out. To hell with ADHD diagnoses. Get off the computer and go play with your friends learn how to fall down and scrape your knees and see how quick they heal. Antifragility at it's finest.  

 And I feel doctors should be a bit more discerning in their treatment options and diagnostic criteria. Sometimes regardless of what a book or the literature says you have to listen to patients and not belittle the things they are feeling. I think this would go a long way in the healing process alone.  Lots of us just want to be heard by SOMEONE at least in authority calling the shots so we can get some real credible info on healing or at a minimum correct deprescribing. I feel like I am on Mars with these neuros not even mentioning neuroplasticity, high fat/keto, aerobic exercise for bdnf, etc. 

 

Antibenzo:  Yes you are correct. I have tried to say this in many of my posts that this isn't to just bash doctors or anything. But we can't discount the HUGE impact based on just one error a doctor makes can have on a person for the rest of their lives. More than many other trades or professions. And when someone in a different profession DOES make a mistake say a commercial aviation pilot/mechanic. Well then there are actual consequences for their actions. There are real things in place for acknowledgement and compensation to victims. How many doctors have killed people or maimed them and the patients have no recourse.

My rants with docs are more about the pills they throw at us without proper testing of the human brain or spiritual issues. Even the best neurologist really doesn't know much if we are being completely transparent here. And especially the pompous attitude they have when their patients try to tell them things. They just won't listen and seem to have a god complex the most of them.  And many people unfortunately certainly aren't even going to get high quality neuros depending on their insurance. And I wonder if those docs you mention even take all kinds of insurance. Most of the best docs say like Mark Heyman are pay out of pocket I believe.

I am on the epilepsy reddits and you should just see what they are doing to those people over there. They taper them off KEPPRA for god's sakes. Like 3000mg in 2-6 months or so and YUP you guessed it they start having gran mals again and these poor people think they are having a relapse reinforced by their doctors yapping when it could just be serious withdrawal from that fast of a taper.