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I like them all except the disclaimers that push you towards the legal drug pushers, or seeking “professional “ aka petroleum drugs

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I say "trusted" health care provider---which, to me, means my naturopath, or chiropractor.

However, that can mean different things to everybody. I would NEVER push big pHARMa. I can't. I'm not qualified. But, thanks for your comment.

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I believe it's required to post that disclaimer, UNLESS you are pushing big pharma drugs!

And by the way, those are very good ideas for managing grief. I hope I don't need to use them anytime soon.

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I also don't want anybody to say, "Hey, I meditated and my grief wasn't cured, so I am suing Cindy Sheehan." It's prudent. Especially these days.

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So true. Except for those thousands of side effects the announcer races through.

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I found out that the fasting ads are not to sell any drugs , just to have a sword over the TV stations about letting any opposition

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I knew that is how you meant if , just had to put my two cents in . All that I used to cope with the same loss myself . Glad you specified the health people you trust .

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My view of big pHARMA and the "health" industrial complex is that they want to keep us ill. Almost nothing they do is designed to heal. We live in Orwellandia . Thanks!

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Yes no money in getting people well. Just keep them well enough to keep crawling back for another appointment

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Such excellent suggestions!

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Years ago, I watched my Ex husband turn into a violent psychotic monster as he took pain killers and as he added in over 20 prescription drugs daily. He repeatedly threatened to kill me and the children and he tortured and crippled my late mother. From what her doctor told me at the time of her passing, I believe his actions played a part in her death. After apparently kiilling some of my dogs, he bragged and laughed about it. Losing those dogs broke my heart and so did losing my mother. I think the violence was part of his real personality coming though after he got bored of the charade of being a devoted husband, but I'm suspect the prescription drugs had an effect on him. Though prescription medicines help with some conditions, any medicine that can affect the mind scares me. As for alcohol, I don't like the taste. At times when I was encouraged to take sedatives to allow me to recover from the extrme things that were happening in my life, I refused as I needed to keep my mind clear and to protect my children and others. I'm proud of you for handling what happened to you naturally. There is absoltuely nothing worse that can happen to a mother than losing a child.

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