Who is fibromyalgia free? If yes, what therapy/supplements, etc. did they use (ed)?
I had fibromyalgia in 1975. It knocked me out of medical school and left me homeless, destroying my life.but while I was homeless, it was as if the universe had put a “holistic homeless medical school” sign on my park bench. I met physicians, naturopaths, herbalists, energy workers, and a host of other health care practitioners during this journey. Each of them taught me bits and pieces of the puzzle that I needed to be able to recover.Since then, I’ve spent the last 40+ years researching and teaching people how to get their lives back. We have published four studies on effective treatment for fibromyalgia, including a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study, which showed that 91% of people can improve with an average 90% increase in quality of life (p<.0001 vs placebo) using what we call the SHINE Protocol.There’s no magic bullet. Rather it takes a comprehensive program to help restore energy production. This means addressing:SleepHormones and HypotensionInfections and ImmunityNutrition andExercise as able.The exercise part of the protocol was applied to both treatment groups (there was no way to effectively blind it), so it was not the exercise that got people well. But conditioning as much as one comfortably can without triggering post exertional malaise is helpful for any illness.I’ve also written several books on the subject including The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution as well as From Fatigued to Fantastic. I hold a US patent for a computerized physician, which we made so that everybody could have access to effective treatment. I’ve also created a free Energy Analysis Program available at Vitality101 with Dr. T which can apply the SHINE protocol to help people optimize their energy production. This simple quiz takes about 10 minutes and can also analyze pertinent lab tests if available (although one does not need the lab tests to do the quiz).I have fully recovered myself, and have helped thousands of people from all over the world to do so as well. Fibromyalgia is a very treatable illness, but it takes a comprehensive treatment program to do so
Does high-functioning schizophrenia exist?
I had a friend who was a schizophrenic and when he was on his medication he was little different from anyone else. He held a job (he worked as a contractor writing software), lived independently, and the only real outward indication that there was something wrong with him was due to the side-effects of his medicine, which were pretty nasty — they caused him to have a number of tics as well as feeling a frequent need to pace.His illness took its toll in another way, however — he was convinced (at least this was his claim) that his unmedicated state was reality and that the medicines merely altered reality as part of a plot by his doctor, his ex-wife, the police, etc. to keep him controlled and prevent him from seeing his kids. So, eventually he would always stop taking his medication, his condition would deteriorate, he would withdraw (presumably so people couldn’t see what was happening to him) and as he got less and less capable of coping with his situation, he would eventually show up at is ex-wife’s house demanding to see his kids (violating a court order), he would get arrested, committed and put back on his meds, ready to begin the cycle anew.