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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Apr 15 7:24am | Replies (46)
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This may sound odd but you are stuck with the medical model of health they can't treat until there is a diagnosis that fits into the medical model. You may need to look at a holistic or functional approach. You won't be prescribed meds for relief. You will go through a very long intake appointment then a decision on how to approach. The changes that will be recommended to you will mostly be dietary. The goal is to bring you into health as naturally as possible.
I work with both medical doc and holistic doctor. As I get healthy I've been able to reduce and eliminate medication
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100% to this comment! I also work with an MD and also an ND (Naturopathic Doctor). I also receive regular acupuncture treatments which, believe it or not, have lessened my anxiety. Don't ask me how- just reporting the fact :). An MD will diagnosis (hopefully although they make a lot of mistakes) and give you medicine to deal with symptoms and an ND will work on alleviating or lessening the root cause. For instance, I too, have several auto-immune disorders and I take meds (Synthroid). My ND explained that auto immunity might be genetic but more often it is caused by inflammation in the body. The main reason for inflammation is toxicity in the gut. So I cleaned up my diet (I wont list all of the things I cant eat), drank a lot more water, took specific dietary supplements, exercised (not as much as I should) and it has made a world of difference. I hope this is helpful to someone.