I am a bit appalled by your candor at his serious problems with regard to finding a fix. Medical professionals have utterly failed him for 18 years (half a lif

I am a bit appalled by your candor at his serious problems with regard to finding a fix. Medical professionals have utterly failed him for 18 years (half a lifetime for some). He may not find what he needs to take/do and get a prescription from HN, but he may get a great diagnosis (like B12 deficiency due to pernicious anemia) that may end up being true. I think you're putting non-E.R. doctors on a pedestal that more often than not they do not deserve to be on. The fact is that they diagnose based on symptoms - sites have been created that can easily guide a person towards most of the easy-to-diagnose problems they are experiencing without any doctor involved. With that said, I do think most holistic medicine is a load of crap. Diagnosing issues is something that we - as a logical group - are very good at doing based on symptoms. That most doctors don't have time to spend 100 manhours on one case is another problem with seeking a regular doctor to diagnose complex issues.