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Functional doctors

Healthy Living | Last Active: Aug 7, 2022 | Replies (16)

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Not all functional medicine doctors are outside the insurance system. Some large clinical practices have functional medicine practitioners (typically Nurse Practitioners with more training) available by referral.

This may have been lost in my long post above, so I will repeat:
Rather than give up in despair, maybe look for a practitioner through an organization that certifies and trains professional in functional medicine? I found good information about what functional medicine is here: http://www.ifm.org

And on the same site, I searched for certified practitioners near me:
http://www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/
Then, if you identify a doctor or nurse practitioner near you, check out the doc.

And I will repeat what we often tell people here: Never seek medical care from an Ad (on Google you can identify these by the tiny word "Ad" in the top line) - look for professional organizations, certifying agencies, etc. for advice. Exercise your right to be a smart consumer.
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well first i never saw a function doctor that didnt not take insurance, i prefer not to go to a nurse practioner, case it point my gyn office first visit she misdiagnosed me with something that was life long i wont go into it but basicly i was so upset i was reseen by a actual gyn doctor the nurse practioner was wrong. so she put me through stress and fear for not reason. i have no desire to see a functional dr again yes its my bad i responded to one that advertised on facebook. yes he wanted to make money, yes he tried to convince me certain bloodwork was bad leading to all these serious things. yes i just had bloodwork and all those things were normal. right now im not going to say any more as what im dealing with medicly i wouldnt wish on anyone.

What is Mayo’s approach to functional medicine?