Alternative Medicine - Why Don't These People Talk?
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
Shingle Springs, California
April 18, 2008 4:34pm CST
I'm using several alternative treatments for conditions that conventional medicine either hasn't been able to treat, or only to a certain point or only with drugs that have side effects. I've found help for:
1. herniated disc
2. fibromyalgia
3. depression
4. psoriasis
5. other things
First of all, most of these treatments aren't covered by insurance and they can be expensive (probably not as expensive as some of the conventional treatments if THEY weren't covered though).
Secondly, I had to go out and find these treatments myself and/or get referred by an alternative practitioner. Nobody in conventional medicine sent me or had ever heard a lot of this stuff.
Why doesn't insurance cover something that obviously works and that is often less expensive than what they DO cover?
And why don't all these people talk to each other and educate themselves about other disciplines so that they can refer people somewhere where they can actually get help?
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4 responses
@drpriti (94)
• India
19 Apr 08
Yes, what u say is right.Most of the time people don't know much about alternative medicine.Especially small children if they are put on homeopathy they develop good resistance power.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Apr 08
I may take my children in but for right now I have a lot of health problems to deal with and they don't really.
@FitCoachJess (278)
• United States
22 Jul 08
I will love it when the day comes that traditional and alternative medicine join forces to really treat the whole person. I am a hypnotherapist and I work with many people with cancer (usually people on chemotherapy, to alleviate side effects). I also work with other ailments (depression, self-esteem issues, weight loss, even asthma). The body and mind are connected and when they are working together, the results can be amazing.
My sister had a bone marrow transplant in 1987 (when it was still considered "experimental"). She used traditional treatments, and visualization, meditation, drawing pictures of healthy blood cells growing in her bones, psychotherapy (with a very alternative-minded therapist). 20 years later, she is alive and well. Was it the medicine, the alternative work, or both? I say both.
I have been in practice for 17 years and only a few times have I received referrals from the medical community...even though I often refer to them.
I would love to see both side working together AND when insurance covering alternative medicine.
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
16 Jul 08
sigh the advancement of medical science. it'll probably take forever for insurance to cover alternative treatments. as it is, there are enough scams going around for medical insurance. the addition of alternative treatment would most probably cost a bomb for insurance companies.
it's not that alternative treatments don't work. it's just that there's too little studies and research on them. none of the universities are offering a course on it and no authoritative (recognised) body is willing to stand behind any of these treatments. i do believe in alternative treatments and it's really sad that these treatments are not covered. even traditional chinese medicine, having thousands of years of history, is not covered by my insurance policies.
@nancymalik (22)
• Gurgaon, India
11 Jul 08
Homeopathy has ceased to be an alternative medicine. It is the second largest mode of treatment in the world after allopathy
