
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cienc ... pons33.htm
That is an amazing list of exotic treatments.miri wrote:I have fibromyalgia (not MS, even if some symptoms may mimic that & Lyme).
In the past, during seeking high & low for cures, I tried many IDIOTIC protocols recommended by "well-intentioned" people online (which has a way of spreading like wildfire, due to their various followings, because placebo works for so many people and because they're SO CONVINCING).
Among the radical stuff i've tried were:
colloidal silver ingestion - ugh!
epsom salt ingestion - OUCH!!! (definitely damaged me inside)
coffee enema's
DMSO applied to gums for tooth pain - UGH! and zero pain relief
food-grade hydrogen peroxide - caused me to GAG & tasted horrible.
...so i said "no way jose" & stashed the H2O2 bottle in the basement
...every so often adding drops of it to water to keep in squeeze bottle for toothbrushing
Salt/vitamin-C protocol (actually caused my front teeth to chip.
...must have done internal damage too.
There's so much more i tried, that I can't remember.
I'm weary of life by now (no soul left). Disillusioned by this world full of LIES.
Of course placebos work.miri wrote:yeah, well skeptics are irrational too (I did like the part about the hubcap though ;)
It's the middle-ground that's least irrational.
Now the below might have offered a balanced view
Shermer with Art Bell (video no longer available):
Actually, placebo does work for many
This made me laugh! The next time I explain placebo to someone, I hope you don't mind if I use your son's story.centenarian100 wrote:A few years ago, my son hosted a party in his dorm room. He borrowed an empty bottle of grey goose vodka from another friend and filled it with bottom shelf vodka. He told me that people were raving about the quality of the vodka all night
yes, there are weird things people buy into or whatever reason give it a shot. even this peroxide thing and many more. But, if mainstream med. had anything so great to offer most trying these different some call crazy would take them up on it. first, ins. would pay for it and a person wouldn't have to search high and low and hope they find something that's gonna address them and their cause and effect. mainstream seems to have forgotten how individual a human can be. they throw everybody into a bushel as with this thing they named ms. this way they get more bang for their buck. where as crazy as some things may seem to some - it might be someone else's answer. so, we seek.centenarian100 wrote:That is an amazing list of exotic treatments.miri wrote:I have fibromyalgia (not MS, even if some symptoms may mimic that & Lyme).
In the past, during seeking high & low for cures, I tried many IDIOTIC protocols recommended by "well-intentioned" people online (which has a way of spreading like wildfire, due to their various followings, because placebo works for so many people and because they're SO CONVINCING).
Among the radical stuff i've tried were:
colloidal silver ingestion - ugh!
epsom salt ingestion - OUCH!!! (definitely damaged me inside)
coffee enema's
DMSO applied to gums for tooth pain - UGH! and zero pain relief
food-grade hydrogen peroxide - caused me to GAG & tasted horrible.
...so i said "no way jose" & stashed the H2O2 bottle in the basement
...every so often adding drops of it to water to keep in squeeze bottle for toothbrushing
Salt/vitamin-C protocol (actually caused my front teeth to chip.
...must have done internal damage too.
There's so much more i tried, that I can't remember.
I'm weary of life by now (no soul left). Disillusioned by this world full of LIES.
I think it's interesting how the history of medicine has some many unusual treatments over the years that develop incredible hype with amazing anecdotes.
I read a book a while ago called "why people believe weird things" by Michael Shermer, and he discusses the cognitive biases people have and what leads people to believe unusual ideas.
here is a video of him giving a ted talk on the subject:
It's very broad and isn't focused on medicine, but the conceps are similar