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Doctor Danger
Saturday,
October 31, 2009
Just read your story and I was very moved... enough to write to you.
I'm sorry you suffer bi-polar but am glad you showed the strength and courage to nix Dr. Danger's pill "fix" and go the holistic route.
In the long run, it's better for you - as I'm sure you know.
Might I suggest you find a PCP (Primary Care Physician) with a holistic viewpoint? Dr. Ziton at the Sample Road Medical Clinic is very good and will "swing" holistic if that is your choice.
Further, whenever new meds are prescribed, ALWAYS check with your holistically-inclined PCP before filling the scrip. ASK for a holistic alternative. He or she might have a more natural, healthier suggestiion for your course of treatment. Yeah, it maybe costs you the price of a visit but how much will you pay in side-effects and pain (possibly death!?@?!?), if you proceed without heed?
I had a full hysterectomy 11 years ago and the ob-gyn dr mandated hormone-replacement therapy. I balked when I read on the scrip the (estrogen, I think), caused weight gain, darkness on the face, and maybe I'd grow a moustache (yikes!).
My holistically-inclined PCP doctors at the time okayed the use of phytoestrogen and evening primrose oil (available cheaply at health food stores), as a holistic alternative, a good multivitamin and gentle walking (30 minutes) every day. This was a recommendation by a friend who'd gone through the same thing and had the same horrified reaction I did at "mandated" hormone-replacement therapy.
I'm delighted to say it works! I'm now down to taking the phytoestrogen and evening primrose oil capsules just on the last week of the month when I'd usually have my cycle. I walk every day and, although I've gained a bit of weight, I'm blaming it on my love of chocolate, QP's with cheese and movie popcorn - not on synthetic estrogen.
Too many times the deal is "just shut up and take a pill to fix it." You have to advocate for yourself and be proactive and actively engaged in managing your health and care, as you found out.
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