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QUOTE="SNT Gatchaman, post: 548359, member: 7967"]Daily Beast: Scientology Is on the Brink of Killing an Entire Medical Industry A life-saving modality. My cousin survived because of treatments, and also a neighbor. The Hollywood Scientology cabal needs legal prosecution over its agenda.

"Personality Disorder" was on my medical record from a different health system in 2005! I just discovered it and got my GP to delete it. I guess when the MD got overwhelmed by the patient (me), he gave her a PD diagnosis: Avoidant? No. Paranoid? No, Histrionic? Well, I do love using words. OCD...

Yes. Doctors have a sworn duty of care, to try to save the life of someone. They choose, especially for a young person, a treatment that will solve the immediate life-threatening problem, such as TPN (even with the inherent risk of line contamination, sepsis, rehospitalization and even death)...

For some reason I'm liking Minnesota a lot these days.

I'm happy to see caffeine gets first mention on the list of non-prescription "After Exercise and Behavioral Interventions" treatment options (which include ginseng, yoga, acupuncture, and reflexology.) They may have left out ubiquitously offered Tai chi.

Bonus: adds more facial hair. And makes you feel like one of the guys. (I tried it.)

I like their use of objective tests (superficial burn on forearm followed by application of capsaicin cream--ouch). And others (see https://cdn-links.lww.com/permalink/pr9/a/pr9_2023_04_25_bested_painreports-d-22-0128_sdc1.pdf)

Hello Julie O, I wonder what your sources are for your statement that nasal medications (I'm assuming you include nasal steroids) can have a "particularly pronounced effect on the brain." I have moderate to severe fibromyalgia and some symptom overlap with ME/CFS x28 yr duration. My use of...

https://longcovidtheanswers.com/ for clinicians, and for people suffering from long covid. (Background about the website on TWIV microbe TV by Dr. Daniel Griffin. July 13, 2024, episode 1130. At 13 minutes in to 31 minutes.)

I can't wrap my head around exactly what the benefits of ACT are supposed to be and what that means... when the pain continues whether or not you adopt a positive attitude and the exhaustion ensues when you try to up your activity level.

"Your Brain Holds Secrets" NYTimes, July 6, 2024 (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/health/brain-donation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U0.yG56.AQUoRkz7Ci-L&smid=url-share) More info on procurement: the local medical examiner or pathologist does the extraction of the brain and delivers it...

The details per their website are that they want the brain harvested (through the back of the neck) within an hour of death. And that a family member or close friend has to call the harvesting team. They can harvest at a mortuary. But at this point, the logistics of this (unless you die at a...

Indeed, the (non) functional-bps folk are catastrophizing around the concept of catastrophization. And besides, the damn word is too long and hard to spell.

I'd be an idiot if I didn't "employ avoidance behaviors." Problem-solving, something our brains evolved to do. (Adaptation to new environments, learning to survive. My body has become a new environment.) So lazy and facile to project blame onto the patient rather than ask oneself to deeply...

I would ask people you know in your area which doctors are beloved by their patients (ie good bedside manner, dedication, not arrogant or dismissive). Then, you could, and probably would need to bring in some articles referencing diagnosis, and treatments you wish to try. My family practice...

And what would poor Rafa have to say about this tennis defamation.

Ahem. I'd place bets that people get better results from actually being in natural green environments rather than a green light (will make money for someone) therapy, but I may be prejudiced. My medical reporter father hid in a garbage can in the 1950s at a chiropractic convention where red...

Cost saving dereliction of duty.

Low-level laser therapy, cold laser = photobiomodulation The modality is lacking adequate studies for almost all illnesses/diseases it is touted for. That said, if it were covered by insurance, I might try it for FM upper body areas of pain.

Maybe Dr. Walitt is more careful to be subtle now in voicing his beliefs. Here, a 2016 interview about FM. See minute 7:03 Question: what is fibromyalgia? Walitt says essentially that FM is how people experience suffering in their lives.