Posted by bleauberry on November 16, 2009, at 18:18:14
In reply to Re: Peter Breggin, posted by Katgirl on November 15, 2009, at 9:31:08
Your story is so heartfelt. It hit me hard because it is so similar to my own.
I had no problem switching amongst meds at normal to high doses. It wasn't until after I had been taken off all meds that things changed dramatically. And now, like you, it is as if a door had been closed and locked behind me, that I may never return to where I was. Tiny amounts of any meds and many common supplements or herbs affect me profoundly, almost always in a negative way.
I do believe there is hope however. Though we don't know anything about it at this board, and though it would seem bizarre, strange, unscientific, whatever...people do get well all the time with homeopathy. By homeopathy, I am talking micro doses...1/6th to 1/100th or even 1/1000th the doses other people take.
For us science minded people, it doesn't make sense...how could 3 drops (maybe 1mg) of st johns wort per day bring remission when it is supposed to be 300mg 3 times a day? Well, the homeopathy doctors have their explanations, and it kind of makes sense, but still, it is a new way of thinking to those of us here. Not new to them, but new to us.
My Lyme doctor practices this, without knowing it. Many of his patients are very sensitive. He has had good luck with doses like 1mg Lexapro. Of course, he isn't thinking homeopathy and probably never heard of it, but that is in fact what he is doing. And it works.
What I am trying to say is that I am totally convinced there is hope and there are answers...but that they will involve dramatically different doses of things than before. For whatever reason, our bodies will reject normal doses but embrace microscopic doses. It's almost as if all we need is a hint to wake everything up.
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