I just starting reading this book, so I thought I would write about it on my blog. I forget where I came across it, but I heard it was a good book.
First, lets introduce Dr. Rodger Murphree (taken from http://www.treatingandbeating.com/) – Dr. Rodger Murphree is the founder and past clinic director for a large integrated medical practice located in Birmingham, Alabama. The practice was staffed with board-certified medical doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and nutritionists who combined traditional and alternative medicine. The clinic provided cutting-edge treatments for acute and chronic illnesses. He has specialized in difficult-to-treat patients for the last 10 years. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) and is a board certified chiropractic physician.
Dr. Murphree has written 5 books for patients and doctors including “Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” “Heart Disease: What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You,” and “Treating and Beating Anxiety and Depression With Orthomolecular Medicine,” and “ˇTreating and Beating Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Patient’s Manual (available as a downloadable e-book online.)
In 2002, Dr. Murphree separated from his medical clinic so that he could open his own practice in Birmingham, Alabama. He maintains a busy practice focusing on fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, and other difficult-to-treat illnesses. He consults with other physicians, lectures throughout the United States giving educational seminars to patients and healthcare professionals, is a regular columnist for numerous publications, and routinely appears on national radio broadcasts.
(portions of this blog came from Dr. Rodger Murphree’s book)
Part 1: You’re Not Alone – Chapter 1: I Understand
You hurt all over, You can’t sleep at night, You’ve been told your illness is all in your head, and Family and friends have no idea how you really feel. Physician’s first impulse is often to mask your symptoms with prescription drugs. You can end up on a medical merry-go-round, seeing doctor after doctor, ending up more confused and disoriented than ever. Getting your doctor to listen is hard, Finding one who understands you is even harder, Finding one who knows how to treat you is next to impossible.
Dr. Rodger Murphree suggest that before you take anyone’s advice about treating your fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, you should see if they pass this three-item test – Is the advice from someone who actually treats FMS and CFS patients on a regular basis, Is the advice coming from a recognized expert in the field, and After following the advice your getting, are you healthier?
Dr. Rodger Murphree has treated thousands of patients with high doses of certain vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other nutrients. This approach is referred to as orthomolecular medicine. It’s based solely on biochemistry, manipulating and augmenting chemicals inherent in the body in pursuit of optimal function.
What you will learn from reading this book:
- who is most likely to develop these illnesses
- When the illnesses are most likely to occur
- how the syndromes are diagnosed
- what underlying conditions are associated with them
- why traditional medicine alone hasn’t been successful in treating FMS and CFS
- how to feel better in 2-4 weeks than you have felt in years
- why you can’t sleep and how to safely and consistently (99% of the time) solve this problem with natural supplements – within two weeks
- why certain drugs can actually make you feel worse, causing increased pain, flu-like symptoms, poor memory, anxiety, depression, fatigue and more (Most doctors don’t know this information. They have been convinced by drug company propaganda to push more and more dangerous drugs. You have to learn for yourself which drugs have been proven helpful and which life-threatening drugs should be avoided.)
- how my proven program – based on successfully treating thousands of FMS and CFS patients over the past 14 years – corrects causes, not just symptoms
- why you have “fibro-fog” (a hard time concentrating and remembering things) and how to correct it, usually in 3-4 weeks
- why you’re so tired, even when you’re taking stimulants like caffeine and amphetamines and how to notice a dramatic increase in energy in 2-4 weeks
- why thyroid tests are usually not accurate, and how to reliably and easily test for low thyroid at home and then successfully correct it
- how to correct general adaptive syndrome so that you don’t feel worse before every thunderstorm or after a day of “overdoing it”
- how prolonged stress eventually overwhelms your adrenal glands and how you can repair them so that you don’t “crash” after every stressful event
- how “leaky gut” can cause food allergies, pain, inflamtion, mood disorders, and chronic infections
- why people with FMS and CFS become depressed and how over-the-counter amino acid supplements often are more effective, faster working, and safer than prescription medications in treating most cases of anziety and depression
- how to beat low moods, anxiety, and depression once and for all
- why you’re in pain and how to reduce or eliminate chronic pain without mind numbing pain medication – typicaly within 2 weeks of supplementing an essential nutrient
- how your diet affects your health
- how to finally, successfully treat stubborn allergies and chemical sensitivities
- how to treat irritable bowel and digestive disturbances, making IBS a distant memory
- how to lose those unwanted pounds you’ve gained and increase your metabolism through some clever adjustments to your diet
- and how to reduce or eliminate your sever reactions to certain chemicals, medications, environments, and even smells
Chapter 2: A growing community of wellness
This chapter has 33 testimonials from different people from all over the world. The main things I took from these excerpts was: Wellness is a gift from God intended for all; Dr. Rodger Murphree treated the cause of the problem, not just the symptoms; FMS patient’s brains don’t create enough serotonin (serotonin is essential for sleep); Stand up for yourself and Say NO; You really have to take control of your own health.
So far, I really like what I have read and can’t wait to read more. I am very interested in how he helps people with FMS and CFS.
Stay tuned for more updates.
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