I had to spend thousands to go through a dozen medications for medical issues. Eventually turned to supplements in part because it was much easier to experiment.
I have a couple meds and treatments I’ve been begging doctors to try, but they aren’t aware of them so refuse to consider.
Go onto any support forum and you’ll find countless tales of doctors not listening or not knowing current info on a condition.
You'll also find tons of people who swear by their home "witches brew" medication. People who are just feeling a placebo. Or people who think they have the forum's banner illness but actually have something totally different and much more benign. They heal over time naturally, but attribute it to gum root jelly concentrate.
I've been there a few times before. And while inevitably monkeys popping random pills will find something, separating the signal from the noise takes time and studies. The things that doctors pay attention too.
Disclaimer: Yes there are out of touch doctors and yes random medicating has lead to amazing discoveries.
I have a couple meds and treatments I’ve been begging doctors to try, but they aren’t aware of them so refuse to consider.
Go onto any support forum and you’ll find countless tales of doctors not listening or not knowing current info on a condition.