| Throwaway for fear of being discriminated against based on this post. I found out last year that my mentally and physically debilitating chronic illness is caused by mercury toxicity. This was after spending over a decade studying alternative medicine and reading the work of biochemists. I've come to the conclusion that doctors are not appropriate for treating many chronic illnesses--biochemists are. I'm following a treatment protocol that was published in 1999, has it's roots in the 70s, and in addition to supplements uses medications that were invented in the 50s. It's nothing short of miraculous. There are thousands like me who are having equally miraculous results, including 4 close friends of mine. It's sad how long it takes for legitimate cures to go mainstream. And this cure in particular has been repressed for political reasons, and probably also profit-motive reasons (although I suspect unconsciously). The people with this illness are routinely mocked by healthcare workers, claimed to be idiots by the mainstream media, and avoided in everyday life if they talk about their illness. After this experience, I have zero faith in the current healthcare and political system to cure chronic illness. It would be better to give up on it entirely and let biochemists take the lead. And it's not just the government/healthcare-system/big-pharma/whatever, it's everyday people who just repeat what they hear because it's easier than evaluating the evidence. And then they vote to keep the same system in place that fails millions. |