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    Delicate sensibilities of some doctors

    Welp I'm pretty sure I offended my cardiologist today. He only just now got to my follow up after my POTS diagnosis months ago. We had talked in the past and he agreed to allow me to heal myself naturally. He was totally on board. Today after reading my diagnosis papers he wanted me to start a crap ton of medications straight away. Lol.

    I stood my ground and told him no. I told him that we had already talked about me going the natural route and that is what I want to do. I was proud of myself. If I take their medications and get sick, they wont suffer for me. It will be me who suffers, sometimes we just have to stand up for ourselves.

    He gave me the old lecture about placebos and not trusting what I read online. Well doc, I read actual medical studies and actually study them, not just conspiracy websites. Of course I didn't tell him that nor did I feel the need to. I am making great progress doing what I am doing. If I was on their meds I would be worse off, I know it because I already tried it.

    I find that it takes a lot to stand up to them because they went to school for years and years to get that degree, and it offends many of them to the core when a person brings up a medical study or fact. They think who does this lesser educated person think they are? It really can offend them if they have that kind of ego, rather than just wanting their patient to be healed.
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    Cognitive-behavioral therapy has shown pretty great results.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adelaide View Post
    Cognitive-behavioral therapy has shown pretty great results.

    I have read about that too, just not a fan of cognitive-behavioral therapy. But I have found that total relaxation exercises help a lot. The one thing that helped me the most was this one doctor who said if you have this condition you should stay upright at all times and never lay flat ever. When I listened to that advice it changed the game for me. It took about a week of hardcore suffering, but then things started to level out a bit enough for me to stand up again. It was pretty awesome.
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    Good luck with that! There are a lot of things that can get better by changing behaviors, mostly diet and activity level, that we overmedicate for now.

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    There is a great deal of CYA in US medicine.
    If they conform to standard practice then they have little issue should their program fail. If yours fails then they have to fight your families lawyer and their own insurance company. It adds greatly to the cost of US medicine, that they are forced too follow.

    I'm probably not alone in knowing a few people like you that took a more natural route and did much better at least in terms of quality of life. I actually know 2 that were sent home to die. Nothing to do. They had 6 months left and of course I heard these stories in one case 20 years later. They changed lifestyle and dumped all the meds. A good friend had stomach cancer and fought it of with an all natural high fiber diet. Meals were boring but his survival was greatly extended.

    It is your life not theirs.
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    Lol i told off mine years ago. I have MVP. He kept putting me on the wrong meds. Was healthy, ate right and kept passing out. Walk 10 steps and felt like I had ran 2 miles. If I could have controlled it without meds, that would have been better. His nurse suggested the med she was on and it's worked ever since. They can only guess most of the time, you do what you think is best. They misdiagnosed my Mom and she had a massive heart attack, Dad quit his meds and ended up with congested heart failure. Just keep on top of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roadmaster View Post
    Lol i told off mine years ago. I have MVP. He kept putting me on the wrong meds. Was healthy, ate right and kept passing out. Walk 10 steps and felt like I had ran 2 miles. If I could have controlled it without meds, that would have been better. His nurse suggested the med she was on and it's worked ever since. They can only guess most of the time, you do what you think is best. They misdiagnosed my Mom and she had a massive heart attack, Dad quit his meds and ended up with congested heart failure. Just keep on top of it.
    Good to see you Roadmaster. How are you doing? Sorry to hear about your parents, that's awful. I'm glad you finally got a medication that helped.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just AnotherPerson View Post
    Good to see you Roadmaster. How are you doing? Sorry to hear about your parents, that's awful. I'm glad you finally got a medication that helped.
    Doing good thanks, I have been taking Nadolol for over 30 years now, have not passed out since.

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