Using google and other helpful resources, this person will come to us with some ideas on what is wrong and what they might need. Often times they will have explored many over the counter treatments already. For these folks their need for more help comes from too much information. They try one treatment and it doesn't work, so they move on to the next. However, having never established an effective treatment trial, the first treatment may not have been given adequate time to be effective.
Using medical testing and medical experts can help confirm the diagnosis so you start treatment based on that diagnosis. After all, part of treatment is getting an accurate diagnosis and setting expectations for improvement. Like conventional treatments, natural herbs, acupuncture, and nutrients, will be effective at a specific dose and within a certain window of time, just like medication. Without knowing these parameters, it is like you are throwing darts at target blind folded.
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