One of the problems with randomly trying stuff is that if something works, you may not realize it and may not know what specific thing actually worked. Keeping

One of the problems with randomly trying stuff is that if something works, you may not realize it and may not know what specific thing actually worked. Keeping a journal helps pinpoint patterns. There is a lot more to it than that, but it is a place to start, which is all I am really hoping to give this person. I have spent a lot of time resolving my own health issues, and it started with finally getting the right diagnosis. Then I spent a lot of time on alternative med lists and pursuing a diet and lifestyle approach and blah blah blah. I could say tons more on this topic, but I tend to treat lightly, in part because that often gets ugly reactions. I actually know a lot about this space, but it is not a space that is easy to discuss on HN and it is a space rife with pitfalls. I pursued carefully researched options, but there are genuinely a lot of nightmarish stories about people who were desperate and did things like fly to third world countries to get stem cell treatments or whatever and ended up seriously screwed over by it. So it's a hard thing to talk about at all. It is very hard to put out solid information on this type approach and doing so risks getting one lumped in with charlatans and the like.