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Originally Posted by lurkingforacure
The question I have is this: how on earth do we figure out what is going on in our bodies, when they are full of meds with some known and a whole lot of unknown side effects? We cannot possibly get an accurate "read" on what is wrong with us when we are riddled with drugs, many of which cause the very symptoms they are supposed to alleviate. Yet we cannot realistically get off the meds to see what all is going on!
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Never has anyone articulated exactly how this feels so well- I cannot put it into words other than to say it is like feeling trapped by our bodies, an unyielding medical profession and research system, and a crude outdated treatment that can be addictive and life threatening to stop taking. The line between disease status and treatment only becomes blurrier. Doctors used to prescribe "drug holidays" until they noted the mortality rate; in its place we have DBS. Is that any more or less risky?
Laura