There is absolutely nothing wrong with seeing a medical professional about a medical issue, and I'd certainly trust any pill they prescribe more than a "home remedy" that you can look up absolutely anywhere.
Not wanting to put "chemicals" in your body is absolutely ridiculous because everything is chemicals. That "natural" stuff that you prefer?? Chemicals. The only difference is that they happen to be chemicals that were found in nature as opposed to chemicals specifically synthesized to do a specific job, even though, many times, they may very well be the exact same chemicals, just from different sources.
And preferring things because they're "natural" is also a ridiculous notion, because, even disregarding the fact that many of them have the same chemicals, there's also the fact that not everything in nature is good for you. Poison ivy is "natural", does that make it good for you? No. Just because something's man-made doesn't make it inherently bad for you. Do man-made drugs have side effects? Sure. But so does a lot of the shit you can find in nature. The only difference is that the man-made stuff comes from medical professionals who at least have some idea of what they're doing -- and it exists for a reason.
Plastic isn't natural, does that mean we shouldn't use it? What about hand sanitizer? Eyeglasses?? I dunno about you, but I don't plan on walking around blind just because eyeglasses are man-made and therefore evil. I don't care if there's some herb I can eat that will supposedly make my eyesight better -- the doctor tells me I need glasses so glasses I shall wear.
And you know what else is man-made but I'm certainly not going after any "alternative" source for?? My ADHD medication. I am honestly so sick of people acting like this stuff is "poison" when it is honestly the one thing that keeps me functioning as a college student. I was a mess before I was diagnosed and really struggling in school, too -- I do not know how I would get through life today without it.
Does it have side effects? Hell yeah, I'm not going to kid anyone there. But it sure as hell beats trying to tell myself that I don't need it and then wasting all my time struggling to remain focused enough to do even the most basic assignments. And I certainly don't feel like re-structuring my entire diet just because some Youtube commenter says that you can "cure" ADHD just by cutting out a thousand and one foods, either. This is what works for me, and I'm sticking to it. You think I could find some herb that would work better?? Well, if it actually does (which I highly doubt) then that would be great, but I'm not switching from one to the other just because it's "natural" -- especially since, if I tried eating an herb, I wouldn't have a doctor to tell me what a safe dosage is, which means I'd have to figure out the right amount just through experimentation -- never mind the fact that some samples of said herb might potentially be more potent than others, meaning that I'm heading into territory that is A) unreliable and possibly not as effective as it could be at best and B) downright dangerous and possibly even deadly at worst.
And again, that's assuming that this hypothetical root even contains the same chemicals as my medication in the first place. If it doesn't? Well, I'd love some verification that it's actually effective -- and, even if it is, there's still all the same problems as before of the chemicals in this herb not being as easy to take controlled doses of and all that.
Oh, and then what about vitamins, huh? Vitamins are great, imo -- especially if your doctor tells you that you're lacking some vitamin in your diet and that you'd feel more energized or avoid other health problems if you had more of said vitamin. And just taking a pill is a lot easier than trying to stick to some diet that will get you more of that vitamin. And, these vitamin pills, they aren't even drugs, really -- they're just vitamins, things that already exist in plenty of "natural" foods and that you can take in pill form just because it's easier.
But I have a friend who really probably does have some vitamin deficiencies (I'm no doctor so I can't say for sure, but, that's what it seems like, given a lot of what she seems to struggle with), but, would she ever take vitamins if a doctor told her to? Noooo because they're not natural. And I should mention, too, that this girl has a lot of dietary restrictions that prevent her from having a very diverse diet, which is not only why I suspect that she probably does have vitamin deficiencies, but it's also why, if she does have them, it would be nearly impossible for her to get those vitamins anywhere else than a pill.
But, she would refuse that. She'd rather suffer from fatigue and muscle aches and all these other things just because it's not natural to get the same vitamins that exist in nature, only in a pill form that she'd actually be able to eat.
Oh, and this is also the same girl whom I've seen lying in bed with the worst period cramps, practically unable to move -- but does she want to take any painkillers?? Nope, she'd rather lie in bed and have an unproductive, pain-filled afternoon where she can't do fucking anything except moan and feel sorry for herself, because taking a pain-killer is unnatural.
And even if there were any common side effects from pain killers (which I for one have never experienced), I highly doubt that it would be worse to suffer through than that much pain. I'd rather have an effective treatment with a minor side effect than an inneffective treatment with no side effects any day, because at least then I can actually solve the problem that I'm trying to solve.
Sorry for ranting, but this is something that I do indeed feel very strongly about. If you really want to avoid man-made treatments just because they're man-made then fine, that's your decision. I think it's a stupid decision and I'll list out the reasons why there's no need for you to suffer instead of getting real treatment, but, at the end of the day, that's your decision and I guess I can't stop you -- but if you dare try to make me or anyone else feel bad about getting man-made treatments for anything, then no, no no no, you can just leave us alone and enjoy your roots and snake oil, but there's no reason why we can't get actual treatment for our illnesses as a doctor prescribed.
OH, AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE WHOLE ANTI-VAXXOR MOVEMENT. GET VACCINATED, ALL OF YOU. Unless you have an actual medical condition that prevents you from getting vaccinated (which some people do have) then get your vaccines. Because even if you don't think you're putting yourself at risk for disease, you're still putting other people at risk. Those people who can't get vaccines like I mentioned? They'd be fine if everyone around them is vaccinated. That's called herd immunity, and it works. But when you suddenly have people who aren't getting vaccinated just because it's "not natural" even though that is no good argument at all, then, well, even if you don't get sick, those other people very well could -- and you could be transferring measles and other nasty shit that vaccines practically made extinct up until now to all sorts of possibly very young individuals who could very well be seriously affected by it.
Just... do what your doctor says, stop going for "natural" when there's no reason for it, let those of us who do take real medication do so in peace, and for the love of all things good and pure that are left in this world, get vaccinated.
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