08/07/2025
This might seem off topic for this page but trust me it isn't. It's about mental health and how you need to advocate for yourself because Allopathic (Western Medicine) doctors do not have the training on nutrition, hormones, exercise and neuroendocrine disruptors like microplastics and chemicals that might be causing your physical symptoms. Instead they do what this video depicts: they imply or directly state it's an issue with your head not your body.
It isn't all in your head. But it is messing with your head!
The good news is functional
medicine doctors and naturopathic doctors do have this training. The bad news is in some states they are not on insurance panels so the treatment is really expensive. Shameful they aren't welcome on panels.
In my 30s I found myself in this same place. I had symptoms doctors couldn't make sense of. They put me through the ringer with test after test, but telling me all along that I didn't really deserve this testing. It was all in my head. Eventually they suggested a stint in a mental health facility.
I refused. I advocated for myself. And then I found Naturopathic medicine. With one test they discovered the culprit: Lyme Disease.
After 4 years of seeking an answer I finally was told it wasn't in my head. It was real. And the true irony? I lived in Connecticut at this time. And Lyme disease is named that because it was first discovered in Lyme, Connecticut. How could they miss it? They didn't give me the right test. They tested me for Lyme three times. But they used the cheapest test for insurance not the best. I paid 500 dollars out of pocket with my Naturopath to take the test known to be more effective at diagnosing Lyme. After 4 years of suffering 500 dollars saved my life.
So as a therapist I urge all people to not treat your doctors like Gods. They are human and sadly many have been ill trained. Some are AMAZING too. So this isn't a post to bash western medicine.
It's meant to raise your awareness. Don't settle for poor treatment.
Read the book Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means for more on this topic.
A clip from my longer interview with renowned OB-GYN and women’s health expert Dr. Mary Claire Haver, whose discourse around menopause has revolutionized how...
