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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 291718" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'm neither a big cheerleader of conventional medicine, alternative medicine, or anything medicine. But I'm going to tell you what bothers me about the alternative medicine places I know about. Of course, one is the price and the "gotcha coming back" AND the high cost of the supplements, which price out anyone not wealthy enough to go as insurance won't cover it.</p><p></p><p>The other, and I notice this especially in my autism group, is the ferver in which people believe in their remedies. The DAN doctor crowd really think that if you don't pay the money for a DAN doctor (who aren't doctors, by the way) you aren't helping your kid. About half of us go and about half don't. The ones that don't have to suffer hearing about DAN doctors ad nauseum even as we see no difference in their kids. If we saw great improvements, we'd all be going to DAN's. I think there is also a placebo effect in the minds of some (I am NOT referring to the original poster--I am talking about some NOT ALL parents in my autism group). They go to a DAN doctor and suddenly their child is miraculously better, but only they can see it. Call me skeptical.</p><p></p><p>I do what helps me and my son. If doing a rain dance would help us, I'd do it. If taking vitamins would change us, I'd do it (I have tried vitamins and ended up in ER for a Niacin reaction). I tried diets and they didn't work for me. I tried 'em from Feingold to gluten-free. Nothing. Nada. That doesn't mean they don't work for other people, but you have to sort of be your own best advocate and try things and then do what works best for you. And if something works, it's great to tell people about it. Once. They can try it or decide not to try it. It's up to them. I wish the DAN people would understand that we know about DAN doctors, are skeptical and see no improvements in their kids so we prefer our methods to help our children...and I wish they'd let it go at that. They almost sound like DAN is their religion. Those of us who see progress in our own kids with what we are doing understood them the first time. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 291718, member: 1550"] I'm neither a big cheerleader of conventional medicine, alternative medicine, or anything medicine. But I'm going to tell you what bothers me about the alternative medicine places I know about. Of course, one is the price and the "gotcha coming back" AND the high cost of the supplements, which price out anyone not wealthy enough to go as insurance won't cover it. The other, and I notice this especially in my autism group, is the ferver in which people believe in their remedies. The DAN doctor crowd really think that if you don't pay the money for a DAN doctor (who aren't doctors, by the way) you aren't helping your kid. About half of us go and about half don't. The ones that don't have to suffer hearing about DAN doctors ad nauseum even as we see no difference in their kids. If we saw great improvements, we'd all be going to DAN's. I think there is also a placebo effect in the minds of some (I am NOT referring to the original poster--I am talking about some NOT ALL parents in my autism group). They go to a DAN doctor and suddenly their child is miraculously better, but only they can see it. Call me skeptical. I do what helps me and my son. If doing a rain dance would help us, I'd do it. If taking vitamins would change us, I'd do it (I have tried vitamins and ended up in ER for a Niacin reaction). I tried diets and they didn't work for me. I tried 'em from Feingold to gluten-free. Nothing. Nada. That doesn't mean they don't work for other people, but you have to sort of be your own best advocate and try things and then do what works best for you. And if something works, it's great to tell people about it. Once. They can try it or decide not to try it. It's up to them. I wish the DAN people would understand that we know about DAN doctors, are skeptical and see no improvements in their kids so we prefer our methods to help our children...and I wish they'd let it go at that. They almost sound like DAN is their religion. Those of us who see progress in our own kids with what we are doing understood them the first time. JMO [/QUOTE]
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