The medical community it´s not perfect, therefore whatever it officially preaches doesn´t have to be true, nor it is needed for something to exist to be "accepted" by such a corrupted and controlled collective, and that is far from perfect can be confirmed empirically when you go to dozens of doctors that either can´t diagnose, can´t treat/improve you and even some times make you worse. Everyone with a chronic/autoimmune disease have experienced that.
Having said that, yeah I know about that of the antidepressants, I am investigating and trying things to modulate and restore the homestasis of my HPA, SAS and other fancy acronyms. I wanted to give Imipramine a go but the last doc insisted in prescribe me Clomipramine and Paroxetine because he was so sure I was making up my symptoms and I had OCD The medical community scores again!
It's no secret that medical scientists and the medical community at large don't know everything there is to know about the human body and the diseases that afflict it. There are some things that are extremely hard to diagnose correctly (i.e. "if you hear the sound of hooves behind you think horse, not zebra").
Though if you've been pulled around in circles by doctors, I understand you're disenfranchised and I sometimes marvel at the stupidity of doctors and indeed other "professionals", but when I do this a singular person is often the target of my ire.
In addition, I've been a chronic insomniac for the past 9 years or so and the things that have provided permanent relief are:
Melatonin.
Writing down stuff that bothers me. To put words on it. A study showed that it worked the mechanism of emptying working memory.
Exercise. Though it's hard to see an exercise plan through when you're suffering from a chronic illness.
Anything that raises BDNF or NGF.
Edited by Deep Thought, 20 January 2014 - 02:00 PM.