Now we're seeing Bekah, who has severe chronic pain that someone has convinced her is related to a range of total bullshit such as Lyme disease and severe mold allergy
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Oh man they're using an ozone machine to 'decontaminate' the car and clothes Again, expensive, and a total waste of time
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Back to ME dude, and he's being treated by a GP who is into "integrative" and "functional" medicine, both buzzwords for alternative medicine This will be, um, interesting
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Apparently the 12 diagnosis woman believes "every" doctor who she has spoken to I am not surprised It sounds so frustrating
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"ME/CFS is a group of symptoms" Exactly The causes are just largely unknown
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This means that the TREATMENTS - pretty much all of them - are almost totally unproven Doesn't mean that they are necessarily worthless, but they do not have evidence regardless
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Most of these people are suffering. They are really, truly unwell They have also been lied to
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Even the smartest people can be conned It is sad, but happens all too often
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I feel so sad for that person. Example of how medical opinions are powerful interventions. Should be evidence based & given by someone actually knowledgeable
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It's just so obvious that she's been failed by the medical community somewhere and is instead being 'treated' by scam artists So depressing
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