Christ_empowered
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I do this alternative health thing...Orthomolecular. dates from the 50s. The idea is that you take high dose vitamins for health stuff (psych stuff, in my case), plus "standard treatment," if "standard treatment" helps you and is available. So...
I'm trying to find a way, now that I've (miraculously...) "recovered" from (shock 'treatments,' drug abuse, psychosis, etc.) to figure out...
"is this hippy stuff really helping?" so, I try to get to digging on The Google, and...
wow. The mainstream people accuse Orthomolecular people of being a "cult," while the Orthomolecular people point out that their treatments are waaay cheaper, less toxic, and are often compatible with drugs, surgery, etc. Me? I'm just trying to figure out the best way to stay healthy, get healthier, and avoid the pit falls of tranquilizer treatment (tics, twitches, turning into a semi-vegetable, memory problems, massive weight gain, etc.), while still getting what I need out of "standard treatment" (in psychiatry...that pretty much means suppressing symptoms...sort of like cough syrup, every day, for the rest of your life....). ugh.
so...I thought I'd ask...
have y'all had any luck with "alternative" health? Not just Orthomolecular (which, btw, seems to have faded in overall popularity, but seems to kind of retro-chic in Hollywood...weird....), but anything...herbs, teas, anything outside the mainstream. Mega-failures...I guess I should gear up to hear those, too, right? LOL.
Thanks.
I'm trying to find a way, now that I've (miraculously...) "recovered" from (shock 'treatments,' drug abuse, psychosis, etc.) to figure out...
"is this hippy stuff really helping?" so, I try to get to digging on The Google, and...
wow. The mainstream people accuse Orthomolecular people of being a "cult," while the Orthomolecular people point out that their treatments are waaay cheaper, less toxic, and are often compatible with drugs, surgery, etc. Me? I'm just trying to figure out the best way to stay healthy, get healthier, and avoid the pit falls of tranquilizer treatment (tics, twitches, turning into a semi-vegetable, memory problems, massive weight gain, etc.), while still getting what I need out of "standard treatment" (in psychiatry...that pretty much means suppressing symptoms...sort of like cough syrup, every day, for the rest of your life....). ugh.
so...I thought I'd ask...
have y'all had any luck with "alternative" health? Not just Orthomolecular (which, btw, seems to have faded in overall popularity, but seems to kind of retro-chic in Hollywood...weird....), but anything...herbs, teas, anything outside the mainstream. Mega-failures...I guess I should gear up to hear those, too, right? LOL.
Thanks.