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Re: Ask HN: What is your personal experience with alternative medicine?

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Post by gwn7 »

ryandvm wrote: post #29
gwn7 wrote: post #26

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This is exactly the kind of comment I did not ask for. If you have an anecdote yourself please share. I'm not suggesting that it works beyond anecdotes, nor the opposite.

With respect, that's kind of the thing about forums - you don't get to control the commentary.

I have no problem with that, nor am I trying to control the commentary. But I have a right to criticize too, have I not?

This can be seen as my humble attempt to moderate the discussion; to point the commenter to the direction of the original question. (S)he doesn't have to comply and I'm fine with that. Sorry if my tone bothered you.

Re: Ask HN: What is your personal experience with alternative medicine?

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Post by amp108 »

markdown wrote: post #9

I suffer from psoriasis. Avoiding gluten made a significant difference in symptom reduction. I know that this isn't really "alternative", but many people do poke fun at people who avoid gluten. Someone close to me died of cancer a few years ago. None of the many alternative treatments you can find online (some of them quite disgusting, but also the commonly mentioned ones... soursop, vitamin C, marijuana, etc) made a…

People poke fun at other people who avoid gluten without having a legitimate condition that justifies it. I don't know if psoriasis does or not, but I know a friend of mine whose mother was diagnosed with Celiac disease. Once he started avoiding gluten, his health (and demeanor) changed until he was almost a completely different (and much happier) person.

Re: Ask HN: What is your personal experience with alternative medicine?

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Post by superasn »

ceras wrote: post #11

I suffered from chronic pain that was starting to seriously interfere with my life for a couple of years. I could find neither a cause nor non-invasive solution till I read The Mind-Body Prescription[0]. It quickly and completely fixed my problem. I actually learned about the book here on HN: I'm usually a very skeptical person, but enough self-proclaimed skeptics (who were embarrassed to admit they even read it) cla…

Don't know if you will ever read this comment but i wanted to say a huge thank you and give a big hug for sharing this.

I have been suffering from back pain for nearly last 10 years so much so that I was nearly feeling disabled lately with my back pain. Sleeping, eating, waking up all I thought about was the pain and how everything revolved around it. Anyway, long story short I stumbled upon your comment and decided to give it a try. I was nodding all along the book and lo and behold I felt compeletely and 100% cured even before I could finish it. It's like somebody has given me my life back. Today was the first time I taught my daughter to walk by holding both her hands without worrying about bending my back.

I think Dr.Sarno is a real genius and a hero for me (too bad there is some much stubborness and skeptism about his methods). Thank you so much for sharing his work!

Re: Ask HN: What is your personal experience with alternative medicine?

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Post by taparisbat3 »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #19
throwawaymath wrote: post #18

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I'm having trouble deciding if your experiences were good or bad from this comment. Have the 17 years you've spent on this been helpful or a waste of time?

I've gotten very good results, good enough that the entire world would like me to know I am both deluded and a liar. (I wish they would pick one or the other. Either I'm actually crazy, but believe what I'm saying to be true, thus not lying, or I'm lying for some reason, which means I have mental clarity about what's true and what's not and I'm not deluded. You can't have it both ways.)

Can you elaborate on your changes?

Re: Ask HN: What is your personal experience with alternative medicine?

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Post by DoreenMichele »

taparisbat3 wrote: post #34
DoreenMichele wrote: post #19

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I've gotten very good results, good enough that the entire world would like me to know I am both deluded and a liar. (I wish they would pick one or the other. Either I'm actually crazy, but believe what I'm saying to be true, thus not lying, or I'm lying for some reason, which means I have mental clarity about what's true and what's not and I'm not deluded. You can't have it both ways.)

Can you elaborate on your changes?

Which changes? My dietary and lifestyle changes? Or changes in my state of health?

Re: Ask HN: What is your personal experience with alternative medicine?

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Post by bigmit37 »

mgarfias wrote: post #28
bigmit37 wrote: post #21

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How did you find the tumor ? Did you have any symptoms?

Have had high-ish to actually high bp for some time. Meds didn’t touch it. I was in the doc looking for some chemical assistance for having to deal with my ex. Was found to be diabetic, and was referred to a clinical pharmacist. He was going over my stuff and saw the high bp, along with low potassium and suggested that it could be hyperaldoseronism. A couple of blood tests later suggested that this was the case, and…

I hope the operation goes well and you feel much better.

Re: Ask HN: What is your personal experience with alternative medicine?

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Post by DoreenMichele »

taparisbat3 wrote: post #37
DoreenMichele wrote: post #35

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Which changes? My dietary and lifestyle changes? Or changes in my state of health?

Both.

As indicated above, it doesn't really fit in a single comment on HN. But, very incompletely:

Dietary changes:

Current standard medical advice is a high fat, high salt, high calorie diet. To meet those criteria, they literally encourage people to eat junk food.

I did the opposite. I got very picky about food quality, salt quality, types of fat consumed etc. My focus is on nutrition and an anti-inflammatory diet, though saying that falls far short if what's involved.

Lifestyle changes:

I gave up my car and made other changes that reduce my exposure to chemicals my body doesn't cope well with. I do a lot of walking and I currently do freelance work from home to reduce my exposure to germs and increase my control over my work environment.

Health changes:

I've gotten off all medication. I used to be on 8 or 9 prescription drugs. After getting off of them, I took OTC drugs for years. I'm now drug free.

The hole in my lung has closed. My sleep quality is vastly better. My energy, mental clarity and mood stability are all better. I am less sensitive to allergens and chemicals. I get cut less easily. I no longer have chronic low grade nose bleeds.

It seriously doesn't fit in a single comment, but there's your nutshell version.

Re: Ask HN: What is your personal experience with alternative medicine?

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Post by taparisbat3 »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #38
taparisbat3 wrote: post #37

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Both.

As indicated above, it doesn't really fit in a single comment on HN. But, very incompletely: Dietary changes: Current standard medical advice is a high fat, high salt, high calorie diet. To meet those criteria, they literally encourage people to eat junk food. I did the opposite. I got very picky about food quality, salt quality, types of fat consumed etc. My focus is on nutrition and an anti-inflammatory diet, thoug…

wow, thanks :)
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