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And never, ever tell the patient what they've written about them for future doctors to read.

I grew up learning that illnesses had a single treatment e.g. antibiotics for tonsillitis or cough medicine for a cough, and once I'd had that treatment I would be better. It has taken me years to unlearn that.

If a physical cause for a mental disorder is found doesn't that immediately move the condition out of the hands of the psychiatrists and into the hands of the doctors who deal with tangible health problems? A psychiatrist can do nothing useful to cure or help a patient with syphilis.

One reason I think society has to be wary of psychiatry is because they keep expanding the definition of what constitutes a mental disorder, and have stretched it way beyond breaking point. In recent years I've read about toddlers going through the "terrible twos" being diagnosed with...

This kind of research investigating gender bias in diagnosis and treatment has been done many times before over many years. How many more times does it have to be done to prove what is screamingly obvious to the vast majority of women? Does it ever make any difference at all or is it just...

Anecdotal info about things that have helped me with various symptoms : Cramp I used to suffer from severe cramp in my feet and lower legs a lot, but have managed to fix it. I rarely get cramp these days : 1) Salt - I drink a mug of this when I get warnings of incipient cramp ...

I think blackmailing patients to take drugs is despicable and ought to be a crime.

Yes I know - several of the thyroid charities are stakeholders. The doctors using the BMJ article as bona-fide new guidelines are jumping the gun and appear to be doing so simply out of self-interest.

Somehow I doubt it, if the patient's TSH was under 20 when last tested. The doctors who've read that article and who think hypothyroidism is over-treated generally are likely to seize on it as a way of saving money. As far as I know all mammals, birds, fish and amphibians have a thyroid and...

According to the thyroid forum I read some GPs have read the article in the BMJ about only treating when TSH > 20 and are implementing it already. A couple of people have been taken off their Levothyroxine too. It didn't take long to start wrecking people's lives. If the affected people can...

There has been a very good Rapid Response to the article in the BMJ given in the first post in this thread : https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2006/rr-6 It's well worth reading.

http://occupyme.net/2019/04/05/dr-collins-transcript-of-remarks-on-april-5-2019/ There is thread about it : https://www.s4me.info/threads/blog-occupy-me-i-want-to-believe-dr-collins-but-i-don%E2%80%99t.9130/ Collins was speaking at this event ...

@rvallee Perhaps the above is why comments were turned off.

@Sly Saint Sharpe was mentioned on the website of the American Council on Science and Health. I'd never heard of them so I looked them up. https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Council_on_Science_and_Health They don't seem to be a very savoury group.

I've been trying to get into a keto diet for the last 18 months. I would give myself 3 out of 10 for effort. I keep plugging away, but it really is 10 steps forward, 9 steps back. Due to MCT being so very expensive I've been using coconut oil which is often mentioned as a not-very-good...

I have this problem as well. I have wondered if my body and brain would eventually adapt, with sufficient time, to using fat/ketones for fuel or whether my need for carbs is built in with the foundations (so to speak) and can't be overcome. I have wondered if there is a way of finding out, but I...

I'm making attempts to eat low carb, high fat at the moment. I've found my sleep has improved, but pain has generally worsened.

I would have thought that anaesthetics are more likely to trash vitamin B12 and make things worse. The nitrous oxide used in many anaesthetics destroys/oxidises the B12 in the body and makes it useless. https://www.b12-vitamin.com/anesthesia/

I wonder how much the various surgeries Jen has had actually cost her. Are the surgeries something that only the rich can afford? In the UK are they something that the NHS has ever carried out?

Thanks Wonko - for some reason I wasn't seeing that.