Posted by rayww on January 4, 2003, at 10:23:50
In reply to Re: empower: Disclaimer, posted by Phil on January 2, 2003, at 18:53:22
> It is always good to see if your doctor will endorse the treatment and monitor your progress.
It is illegal to post on the box of any herbal that it is a remedy for:.......... or that it specifically helps this or that. Therefore, a doctor cannot prescribe it. He has approved and has said he knows many who have been helped, some who have not noticed any difference, but none whom it has hurt.
> If they say no, you can go it alone but it would be irresponsible of me to not do a disclaimer.
Likewise, I would also disclaim pot as an alternative to a high in reality. As was mentioned in a previous post, drugs can fake a spiritual elevation in the mind, but that is not to say there is no such thing as the real one.
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> There are a lot of people reading what's said here and I worry that someone, especially if they are recently diagnosed, will throw their meds away and go to a treatment that has no real studies to back it up. It works for you and that is great but what if it doesn't work for someone?
>You don't throw your meds away. You can tell when it is time to decrease them by the way you begin to feel. I wonder who reads here. I wonder if there are people out there who can't afford the luxury of therapy or medicine, who have to rely on us. Not everyone has a PHD or knows how to express themselves at the computer. I have no credits to my name in the professional realm, but I give myself credit for life long learning.
> BTW, I'm not sure what you mean by your question?
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>Oh? Then, I suppose you have never considered the Master Physician a Doctor? Most people here think that God is real, not just some kind of imaginary people-grouper.
Answers should be more simple than complicated. Help should be more free and easy to come by, than take all of our money and be hard to find. Life should go smooth, and not always get hung up on ruts and bumps. We should be able to sail smoothly over obstacles. It should be, could be, but isn't always. Just as drugs can bring a temporary relief to emotional pain, our heads can also create pain. There is pain in the perception, fear in the unknown.
How high did you stretch this morning? When we fail to stretch it becomes easier to slump. I'm slumping today, but Christmas always over-stretches us, so to slump in January is acceptable.
To all the readers who read but don't post, I love you, happy new year, may each day be better than the last, may you continue to learn. Love rayww. (did you read that right ?:)
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