Alternative Medicine – The Blog

Can you deduct, for example, over the counter medicine recommended by the alternative medicine doctor?

If it is recommended by medical doctor for you to take, then you can claim so much for buying it as long as it is documented and you have saved all receipts for any medicine bought. Vitamins don’t count as medicine. Also check if your stat allows for what is called medical miles. These are miles used to and from doctors and to and from drug store to get medicine.

I am 18 and have had social anxiety disorder and depression for years. There is a family history that no doubt I am connected to. My mother, British, tells of her mother having agoraphobic attacks in public and having to look after her and take her into hospitals. My mother is also mental herself, with agoraphobia. My eldest sister is similar but not to the same extent, and also very self-concious and paranoid. I and both my sisters have suffered/suffer depression. Ever since little I’ve always been shy, and that’s all I thought it was even when growing up as a teen. But I know it’s more than that and each day everything grows darker. My online friend from the UK (I live in Australia) is a psychologist and has identified me as having mild social anxiety disorder.

My problem is that I can’t "talk". Everything I say I am self concious of. I struggle making conversation and exercise self backlash on every awkward occasion such as this. I worry when I am out and about that everybody in their cars is watching me, that people sitting down outside cafes are watching me, that people sitting in the seats behind me in buses are staring at me. I’ve had a few recent near-panic attacks on buses just because of this. I wish to enjoy life, talk freely, be social and in the end, be the most successful person out of my highschool class next year. I finished school last year in New Zealand and moved to Australia soon after, where my sisters live nearby. I had a bad time at school with bullying and not fitting in. I felt I was always judged so now I judge all of them and want to be the most successful our of them.

I am gay and out to most people. After I moved to Australia in February this year, I then moved to live independently in another city just a week ago. I also joined dating sites and found an amazing friend. We have dated twice, but he still considers us just dating and says a relationship would be weeks away – if ever. He is getting over a recent breakup. However, I continue to destroy my self esteem and hope by being paranoid that he is still having other dates on the side and probably won’t choose me in the end, even though he is honest and well mannered and looking for long term like me. And he probably won’t choose me. After all why should he? I’ve barely talked in person so we hardly know each other. And unless I get help it might always be that way. I don’t want to tell him what is going on in my life as he might feel pressured and back out. But part of me does want him to understand because he might support me.

This dilemma of dating has made the high point in the last few days. All my worries about the uncertainty of our future collided with other worries last night, and I had an emotional breakdown. It involved me uncontrollably crying loudly for ages, feeling so alone, like there’s no hope whatsoever and wanting to kill myself. During this I SMSd him and am now really scared he is disturbed by it, as he hardly ever contacts me now.

I can’t afford a psychologist or anything. IS there any free services that give similar help for healing mental problems? I will not take meds as I only use alternative medicine which is also what I want to study next year. I would like it if somebody wants to message me and form a chat setup as well. I NEED HELP :’(

an 18 year old guy should be enjoying life as it is . based from your notes your self esteem continues to be lowering down . and come up to the point of making you sad so severely . it sounds that pschoneurosis is also attacking your personalty as you have some emotional breakdowns and anxiety attack is obviuosly sensed , you know these things happening to you should be brought up to your trusted friends and relatives , expressing verbally your fears , anxieties will surely be easen . the professional counselor could help you too . a religious clergy are with open arms to listen of what you will talk to them . meanwhile it is more helpful and encouraging if you indulge yourself to your favorite sports . and regular hobbies to divert your attentions making yourself active and be more optimistic . you will be thinking of positve things to regain lost self worth and self esteem .

I heard that conventional soap just tricks you into thinking foam equals clean.

I’ve also heard that "antibacterial" soaps are kind of pointless, but had soap does break down oily residues on your hands that just water can’t get rid of.

The Health care bill wages war on alternative medicine. Even a casual look at the fine details shows a clear desire to steer people away from chiropractic, acupuncture, supplementation, and energy medicine, and spiritual therapy and help/care. Any thinking person should be OUTRAGED since WESTERN corporate drug company and government controlled medicine is best when mixed with spiritual healing and treatment.

The politicians…who mind you are all corporate fat cats before public servants…will do away with all forms of healing that do not directly profit them. We need to be archiving data and hiding it in remote locations so that it can be found in thousands of years after all forms of alternative healing have been outlawed by the government.
This is a lot bigger an issue then most people understand.
John McCain is waging war against supplements right now. Once the FDA gets involved in determining what herbs/supplements can be sold expect the potency, efficacy, and access to supplement/herbs to dwindle down. Disinformation campaigns have and will be waged…..

http://www.infowars.com/mccains-dietary-supplement-bill-an-attempt-to-implement-codex-alimentarius/

i would like to ask mr sparky and ratz above if he/they ever been treated by alternative doctors/homeopaths.
i would like to ask him if he ever sat in the hospital for 6 days being pumped full of pain killers so much that his vein in his arm collapsed….has he ever witnessed how the doctors have attractive lady assistants come into the hospital and try to sell surgeries and epidurals to patients in pain and under the influence of hard core opiates….

And then has he ever left that hospital in a paralyzed state in a daze from painkillers and steroids….been carried into his homeopath…and 10 minutes later stand up…bend down and touch his toes….and after 2 more treatments been virtually pain free even though his disc in his spine ruptured and he was told by "traditional" doctors he needed surgery or else he would not be able to walk…??

well thats my story and anyone against alternative medicine i guarantee has no personal experience with it. they are brainwashed and their ego makes them have immature judgments against things they do not understand.

What does he study, work etc.

"alternative health reformer" ?

Put that term into Google, you won’t get any results apart from your question here. Maybe it’s because it’s a role that doesn’t actually exist?