08/16/2019 In Podcast Episodes
What Treatment Should I Choose? – Patient Advocate Adrienne Nolan-Smith
The patient advocate who was diagnosed with Lyme disease at 11 offers advice for navigating the complex world of healthcare and mental health. She discusses experimental/non-approved treatments (hyperbaric oxygen therapy and bovine colostrum therapy), integrative medicine, the complicated world of pharmaceuticals vs eastern remedies, the struggle to get to the “root cause” of health issues, and how to find a doctor that will be your best advocate. She also discusses losing her mother to mental illness.
Charlene Pray
09/25/2019 at 7:29 pmIn trying to find my way to function I began with many alternative ways of coping, Nutrition, supplements, exercise and time in nature. and all of that and I am sure it was helpful but it was not enough and one day I was doing well, energy was good, and something triggered my brain and I could feel a chemical change .It seemed like it was from nowhere but now I understand triggers. In order for me to do therapy, I needed to medicate. And I will tell you a few of the theripist that I worked with told me I should just give up. I trusted that I could heal and I hope you will to.