How Do I Choose A Treatment? - Patient Advocate Adrienne Nolan-Smith

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

The patient advocate who was diagnosed with Lyme disease at 11 offers advice for navigating the complex world of healthcare and mental health. She discusses experimental/non-approved treatments (hyperbaric oxygen therapy and bovine colostrum therapy), integrative medicine, the complicated world of pharmaceuticals vs eastern remedies, the struggle to get to the "root cause" of health issues, and how to find a doctor that will be your best advocate. She also discusses losing her mother to mental illness. More About Adrienne https://getwellbe.com/subscribe www.instagram.com/getwellbe www.facebook.com/getwellbe https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wellbe-podcast/id1403955889?mt=2 Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by the Untitled Dad Project podcast. New episodes drop every week. Find it wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by Roman. For a free visit and free two-day shipping go to www.GetRoman.com/mental Other Links Mentioned Rejuvenative Foods www.Rejuvenative.com WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 448 with my guest Adrian Nolan Smith.
0:06.8	I'm Paul Gilmartin.
0:07.8	This is the Metal-Owness Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads
0:12.0	from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday
0:17.8	compulsive negative thinking.
0:19.6	This show's not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:23.5	I'm not a therapist.
0:24.5	It's not a doctor's office.
0:25.5	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:28.7	The website for this show is metalpod.com.
0:31.9	Mental pod also the social media handle.
0:34.2	You can follow me or the show at.
0:37.2	I want to kick things off with an email that I got from somebody.
0:42.6	And they write, Paul love the podcast, but there's one thing that concerns me.
0:46.3	You tend to ask your non-white guests to talk about their race and ethnicity.
0:51.5	That's not cool, Paul.
0:53.0	I know you have the best intentions, but when you do that, you make it seem as if race and
0:57.4	ethnicity are only relevant when talking to non-white people, thus making white, the
1:02.5	quote, default race.
1:04.3	That's not cool.
1:05.6	If you want to go that route, then have each and every one of your guests describe themselves,
1:10.7	or only talk about it where it is relevant as determined by the guest.
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