Dr. Azadeh Khatibi
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However, if the same lady, you know, if another patient came to me who was 75 years old and said, ah, yeah, I know I have this membrane, maybe it's a little bit warped, but I just watch TV. I don't really do much reading. It really doesn't bother me. I'd be like, no, we're not going to do that. because the risk of the procedure outweigh the benefit to you. So it's going to be case by case basis.
However, if the same lady, you know, if another patient came to me who was 75 years old and said, ah, yeah, I know I have this membrane, maybe it's a little bit warped, but I just watch TV. I don't really do much reading. It really doesn't bother me. I'd be like, no, we're not going to do that. because the risk of the procedure outweigh the benefit to you. So it's going to be case by case basis.
That was thrown out the window during COVID. I don't know why. And so I had to find myself discussing like basics of medicine. The word safe should not be used when discussing medication. No medication or any intervention is safe. Walking down the street is not safe. Being in this physical body and having this physical experience on this earth has risk.
That was thrown out the window during COVID. I don't know why. And so I had to find myself discussing like basics of medicine. The word safe should not be used when discussing medication. No medication or any intervention is safe. Walking down the street is not safe. Being in this physical body and having this physical experience on this earth has risk.
And sometimes terrible things happen, even if you've tried to mitigate the risk. And you just have to understand that there's going to be a risk. So there's no such thing as safe. We should just get rid of that word in medicine.
And sometimes terrible things happen, even if you've tried to mitigate the risk. And you just have to understand that there's going to be a risk. So there's no such thing as safe. We should just get rid of that word in medicine.
As far as the drugs, I'm absolutely 100% with you that we need to minimize use of interventions, pharmaceutical interventions. It's gotten to this crazy, it's crazy. We live in an insane system where 40 and 50-year-old women, 25% of them are on antidepressants. Right? You go to the office, you're like a 50-year-old woman, I don't feel good. Here's an antidepressant. There's no counseling.
As far as the drugs, I'm absolutely 100% with you that we need to minimize use of interventions, pharmaceutical interventions. It's gotten to this crazy, it's crazy. We live in an insane system where 40 and 50-year-old women, 25% of them are on antidepressants. Right? You go to the office, you're like a 50-year-old woman, I don't feel good. Here's an antidepressant. There's no counseling.
Maybe they'll refer you to a therapist. And they're not looking at all the other things that are happening. Are you living a purpose-driven life? Your children have left the home. How does that make you feel? other things are you doing with your day now? Have you considered volunteering? What makes you happy? How's your activity level? Are you getting movement? Are you getting sunlight?
Maybe they'll refer you to a therapist. And they're not looking at all the other things that are happening. Are you living a purpose-driven life? Your children have left the home. How does that make you feel? other things are you doing with your day now? Have you considered volunteering? What makes you happy? How's your activity level? Are you getting movement? Are you getting sunlight?
What's your nutrition like? 75% of the country is deficient in magnesium, right? We're taking it away from our bones. The basics have been completely ignored and we're just throwing drugs at people, which is just upside down.
What's your nutrition like? 75% of the country is deficient in magnesium, right? We're taking it away from our bones. The basics have been completely ignored and we're just throwing drugs at people, which is just upside down.
Yeah, that's another thing that's been, you know, it was like, used to be, and you know this better than me because you saw the before of like how pain became another vital sign.
Yeah, that's another thing that's been, you know, it was like, used to be, and you know this better than me because you saw the before of like how pain became another vital sign.
to make everybody's pain zero or else, you know, if you didn't make their pain zero, it became bad. So then everybody was getting over-medicated. Now with these surveys, you want to get a good survey result. So you're just going to appease the patient. And that's just, it's just terrible. It doesn't make sense. Yeah, that's right.
to make everybody's pain zero or else, you know, if you didn't make their pain zero, it became bad. So then everybody was getting over-medicated. Now with these surveys, you want to get a good survey result. So you're just going to appease the patient. And that's just, it's just terrible. It doesn't make sense. Yeah, that's right.
I was initially super overwhelmed, in shock, couldn't believe it. And I started following the public health training and medical training I got. And I was like, what I'm hearing on the news, and it really COVID woke me up to how much the news was teaching me things that, or was trying to tell me things and indoctrinating me in things that were not reality.
I was initially super overwhelmed, in shock, couldn't believe it. And I started following the public health training and medical training I got. And I was like, what I'm hearing on the news, and it really COVID woke me up to how much the news was teaching me things that, or was trying to tell me things and indoctrinating me in things that were not reality.
And as I awoke, I decided to work on myself, strengthen myself, and then I started speaking out. California made these terrible laws, one after another, or bills. And then I started advocating, and As I grew more strong in my voice, as I grew more strong in my confidence and took steps, I started speaking out more and more and got involved in fighting some of these censorship laws against doctors.
And as I awoke, I decided to work on myself, strengthen myself, and then I started speaking out. California made these terrible laws, one after another, or bills. And then I started advocating, and As I grew more strong in my voice, as I grew more strong in my confidence and took steps, I started speaking out more and more and got involved in fighting some of these censorship laws against doctors.