Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Hi everyone Just posting to see what opinions are out there regarding naturopaths? Have never tried one - don't really know that much about them - but am interested in whether they might help, especially with supplement advice and prescriptions. Thanks for any info! Cheers, Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 We saw a DAN who was also a naturopath. He was a very nice and caring man but only had a very basic knowledge of DAN interventions. We went to him 1x because we were looking for someone closer. While I liked him better than our DAN doc at that time, I knew my boys needed someone higher level. In the end, we ended up w/a DAN doc even further away than the original but we are satisfied so that's all that counts. I'm sure there are some great naturopaths ones out there. I think it's more about the individual's knowledge and background than their credentials. I know of a fabulous DAN nutritionist. However, if they are not a doc or a nurse practitioner, they cannot write an rx. Dana -----Original Message-----From: mb12 valtrex [mailto:mb12 valtrex ]On Behalf Of KimSent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:54 AMTo: mb12 valtrex Subject: Naturopaths? Any good? Hi everyoneJust posting to see what opinions are out there regarding naturopaths?Have never tried one - don't really know that much about them - butam interested in whether they might help, especially with supplementadvice and prescriptions.Thanks for any info!Cheers,Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Hi Kim- Naturopaths can be very good- excellent, in fact. Just be careful, check their credentials, ask around... If your state licenses Naturopaths, all the better. Find out how complaints are lodged in your state against naturopaths and check there, too. What I have found very helpful with the way naturopathic medicine works is that they don't simply look at the symptom and treat it. Naturopathic medicine looks one step further at where the symptom is coming from/what is causing it... and then treats that. For us w/seizures: Our neurologist gave us a prescription for an anti-seizure medication. (After one abnormal EEG and no further testing, I was told over the phone to go pick up a prescription for my daughter and was given the advise: " Let me know if it makes her feel weird. " and no follow-up appointment was offered. But that's all another story!) We went for a second opinion, well, no, a 'second neurologist' after that fiasco. And he, too, recommended medicating, but also set up an MRI, Holter Monitor, and another EEG. Our naturopath (who did NOT advise us to not use the medication- that was our choice) is treating by modifying my daughter's diet and providing supplements to boost the deficiencies (and reduce the excesses) in my daughters blood chemistry (as well as treating with NAET to elminate several food allergies- wheat/gluten is my daughter's main offender causing the episodes). 5 months later: no seizures (except mild tremors when my daughter mistakenly ate wheat) and the last EEG is much improved. The neurologist totally changed his tune with the recent EEG. He didn't go on a rampage like he did previously when I told him my daughter would not be taking the medication for the time-being, that I needed more answers and we were going the 'natural route' for now. (He was livid! Oh, well.) I can't begin to believe with just anti-seizure medication anything would have gotten better. I have to believe as sensitive as my daughter is to anything artificial, that she'd be a much sicker girl today with 5 months of 3 times a day psychoactive chemicals assaulting her system... And, as a final note: even our Naturopath says that we still need traditional/allopathic doctors. So, never completely rule them out- just proceed with caution wherever you go! Take care, > > Hi everyone > > > Just posting to see what opinions are out there regarding naturopaths? > Have never tried one - don't really know that much about them - but > am interested in whether they might help, especially with supplement > advice and prescriptions. > > Thanks for any info! > > Cheers, > Kim > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 I couldn't resist commenting on this question, even though I'm biased. The comments that have come back from this group so far have been good. Since I am a Naturopathic Doctor, I'll add a couple of other cautions: 1. Probably the most important: ND's are not trained in the Biomedical Approach. They are trained and often well-versed in the actual treatments, but don't understand how to piece it all together. Sometimes their efforts could do more harm than good. Often naturopathic approaches without knowledge of the Biomedical Approach won't offer you much at all. That said, ND's who are trained in Biomedical (i.e. have gone for DAN! training or similar) could be very helpful to you and your family. Check that your ND has graduated from one of the accredited colleges (Bastyr, National, Southwest or Bridgeport) AND that they have trained in Biomedical. Start from there. 2. Some states do allow ND's to prescribe "drugs". However, I've been working well with over 150 kids here in Canada and am getting good results for families like yourselves without prescription medicines, especially for antifungal and "chelation" treatments. Natural medicines are effective, and can even offer some treatments that might be more effective than prescriptions. Hope that helps. Clack Kim wrote: Hi everyone Just posting to see what opinions are out there regarding naturopaths? Have never tried one - don't really know that much about them - but am interested in whether they might help, especially with supplement advice and prescriptions. Thanks for any info! Cheers, Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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