The Lionsden

The Lionsden

My personal symptoms

I’ll never forget my first visit to the naturopath. I announced in a distraught, panic-ridden display of emotion, “I have the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue!” His calm response was, “Yes, you have the symptoms, but we are not going there.”

Here I was face-to-face with a doctor who did not focus on ‘symptoms’, but focused on what was going on in my body that ‘caused’ the symptoms.

I don’t believe it is necessary to ‘label’ the condition. What was (and is) necessary was to ‘root out’ the CAUSE of my condition and lessen or hopefully to eliminate the symptoms.

Many factors caused my symptoms. I will address those issues elsewhere in the website. Here I simply give a brief explanation of each of the symptoms.

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