Get The RIGHT Diagnosis Brain Based Functional Diagnostic Medicine True Health Family Wellness Center Dr. Todd Stone |
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| 900 Hendersonville Road, Suite 307 Asheville, NC 28803 For appointments call: (828) 277-1414 |
Why is this condition so difficult to treat?
1. In mainstream medicine, the trend is more and more specialization. Hormone doctors stick to
hormones, and immune doctors stick to the immune system, and neurology doctors stick to the
nervous system. This condition requires big picture thinking...multiple systems and functions need
to be investigated…particularly the nervous system, immune system and hormones. PLUS, because
of the chronic nature of the condition, all hormones can be affected, thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, and
sex glands, plus you need a doctor who understands the interactions of all these hormones, and how
they affect the brain. The brain, as one study showed, is ALWAYS affected, the digestive system is
often affected, sleep is often affected, etc., etc. In order to treat chronic fatigue, you really need a
physician willing to test all systems and functions, and with the current trend toward specialization,
your doctors see you as pieces and parts, and often don’t have the capacity with their narrow scope
to “see the whole picture.”
2. Most physicians do not know how to “wake up” the brain. Brain activation, but not too much
brain activation, is one key to restoring normal function and resolving chronic fatigue. The changes
that occur in the brain must be addressed, and most neurologists only learn disease and pathology
of the brain, NOT functional activation.
3. I must be completely honest…patients suffering with chronic fatigue have brain scan changes
consistent with early dementia and ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). This makes focus on and
completion of a program difficult, and why I suggest a "patient advocate." A friend or family member
who can be a partner in your care and understanding of the nature and depth of this condition.
4. It is a “functional” problem, not a disease or pathology. Most patients enter the health care
system by going to pathology doctors. Traditional medicine looks for abnormal tissue changes,
tumors, blood clots, and diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. The result is “there
is nothing wrong with you,” better interpreted as, “You do not have a tumor or disease we are aware
of.” This is followed by frustration, because you KNOW something is wrong, and you do not fit the
medical model. Functional medicine begins with health in mind, and looks for shifts from health.
Functional shifts, which can be as simple as low blood levels of magnesium (not a disease), or as
complex as an elevation of T-Suppressor cells in the immune system (not a disease). Functional
medicine is growing rapidly, but at this time, if you randomly choose a physician, you have
approximately a one in a thousand chance of choosing a doctor knowledgeable in Functional
Medicine, and an even lower chance of them understanding functional neurology.
5. This condition is not that difficult to treat, IF your physician understands the complexity of the
nervous system, immune system, and stress hormone physiology. With the right testing, the right
diagnosis, and the knowledge to attend to the diagnoses, we can make marked, noticeable
improvements on a week to week basis. There will still be “bad” days in the beginning, but you will
notice greater overall energy, ability, and resilience on a week to week basis. You will notice your
life returning. You can watch your labs return to normal. (Do you even have an abnormal lab marker
to work on yet?)
I know you are skeptical. With a less than one in thousand chance to find the “right” physician,
someone who can handle the complexity of your condition, I am sure you have been frustrated
multiple times.
The good news...you have stumbled upon just such a clinic...don't make the mistake of not ordering
our full report detailing the testing that will provide the diagnosis, and the treatments that have been
successful based on those diagnoses. Order this report. Read it over with your advocate. FINALLY
understand WHY you feel the way you feel. FINALLY see the light at the end of the tunnel.
There is no obligation with receiving this report. If you are not fully impressed and excited to begin
the testing process, you have nothing further to do. If you do recognize that this system of testing
and treating is the path to feeling and functioning well once again, doing everything you want to
do…all you have to do is call our clinic to begin the process.
1. In mainstream medicine, the trend is more and more specialization. Hormone doctors stick to
hormones, and immune doctors stick to the immune system, and neurology doctors stick to the
nervous system. This condition requires big picture thinking...multiple systems and functions need
to be investigated…particularly the nervous system, immune system and hormones. PLUS, because
of the chronic nature of the condition, all hormones can be affected, thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, and
sex glands, plus you need a doctor who understands the interactions of all these hormones, and how
they affect the brain. The brain, as one study showed, is ALWAYS affected, the digestive system is
often affected, sleep is often affected, etc., etc. In order to treat chronic fatigue, you really need a
physician willing to test all systems and functions, and with the current trend toward specialization,
your doctors see you as pieces and parts, and often don’t have the capacity with their narrow scope
to “see the whole picture.”
2. Most physicians do not know how to “wake up” the brain. Brain activation, but not too much
brain activation, is one key to restoring normal function and resolving chronic fatigue. The changes
that occur in the brain must be addressed, and most neurologists only learn disease and pathology
of the brain, NOT functional activation.
3. I must be completely honest…patients suffering with chronic fatigue have brain scan changes
consistent with early dementia and ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). This makes focus on and
completion of a program difficult, and why I suggest a "patient advocate." A friend or family member
who can be a partner in your care and understanding of the nature and depth of this condition.
4. It is a “functional” problem, not a disease or pathology. Most patients enter the health care
system by going to pathology doctors. Traditional medicine looks for abnormal tissue changes,
tumors, blood clots, and diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. The result is “there
is nothing wrong with you,” better interpreted as, “You do not have a tumor or disease we are aware
of.” This is followed by frustration, because you KNOW something is wrong, and you do not fit the
medical model. Functional medicine begins with health in mind, and looks for shifts from health.
Functional shifts, which can be as simple as low blood levels of magnesium (not a disease), or as
complex as an elevation of T-Suppressor cells in the immune system (not a disease). Functional
medicine is growing rapidly, but at this time, if you randomly choose a physician, you have
approximately a one in a thousand chance of choosing a doctor knowledgeable in Functional
Medicine, and an even lower chance of them understanding functional neurology.
5. This condition is not that difficult to treat, IF your physician understands the complexity of the
nervous system, immune system, and stress hormone physiology. With the right testing, the right
diagnosis, and the knowledge to attend to the diagnoses, we can make marked, noticeable
improvements on a week to week basis. There will still be “bad” days in the beginning, but you will
notice greater overall energy, ability, and resilience on a week to week basis. You will notice your
life returning. You can watch your labs return to normal. (Do you even have an abnormal lab marker
to work on yet?)
I know you are skeptical. With a less than one in thousand chance to find the “right” physician,
someone who can handle the complexity of your condition, I am sure you have been frustrated
multiple times.
The good news...you have stumbled upon just such a clinic...don't make the mistake of not ordering
our full report detailing the testing that will provide the diagnosis, and the treatments that have been
successful based on those diagnoses. Order this report. Read it over with your advocate. FINALLY
understand WHY you feel the way you feel. FINALLY see the light at the end of the tunnel.
There is no obligation with receiving this report. If you are not fully impressed and excited to begin
the testing process, you have nothing further to do. If you do recognize that this system of testing
and treating is the path to feeling and functioning well once again, doing everything you want to
do…all you have to do is call our clinic to begin the process.
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