Uh...because they can be treated with a monthly subscription, I mean a monthly medication and, for some, an additional bi-weekly talk-session? I mean, people can cancel their cable, but their freakout pills? No way.
My first trip to the emergency room in 30 years and the young physician was telling me I needed these pills. I asked her how long I would have to take them and she said long-term. Puh-freaking-leeze! This is after one scan that showed some irritation in one of my innards, one blood test that showed all was normal and one urine sample that also showed all was normal. They push them pills and people like to gobble them up. After a week of what I'll call selective eating, I'm fine.
We had a neurologist pushing some medication to my daughter for a hand disorder she has (focal dystonia). He was correct at diagnosing the disorder, but wrong about the treatment.
He said the medication had minimal side-effects, but we reaseached, and it has terrible side effects. It also only works on a small amount of people.
We went to a movement disorders specialist, and she told us that is not how they treat dystonia when it is in 1 area of the body. The medication is for people that have it throughout their bodies and the benefits outweigh the risks.
The specialist has sent my daughter to physical therapy.
Grant it, it’s not helping, but nothing much does help with the disorder.