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    8 months ago

    lol sorry, I didn’t mean “alternative medicine”. I was referring to alternative (noun 1. One of a number of possible choices or courses of action) medical advice. Though, I haven’t looked into the claims the IV clinics make which might skew towards the “alternative medicine” side (ducked it, FTC has been going after a lot of them for false advertising). But, we’re talking strictly dehydration so that’s moot.

    I am glad that the clinics worked out for you and sympathize as well coming from a family with a history of migraines. If you have a diagnosed medical history with a common side effect and you personally decide to go treatment first without further investigation that is your personal choice (again, I have no clue what the intake is like at one of these clinics i.e. blood pressure, heart rate, etc). You are self-diagnosing though regardless in this instance, same as anyone taking some otc medicine for pain (which can be fatal like a gallbladder or mundane like some bloating). This seems like a case of a sudden-onset of symptoms which he hadn’t experienced before, which can happen as someone gets older. I took offense to your comment as the dehydration diagnosis didn’t come till after his visit, so “knowing” beforehand is a gamble in this situation and one I wouldn’t lightly pass onto others as good medical advice.