Suicides And Drug Overdoses Are Not Really The Only Deaths Of Despair

Let me make one thing perfectly clear: we are all going to die someday. But, until that day comes, everyone wants to feel good, feel as vibrantly healthy as possible and enjoy all the goodness that life has to offer.

If you have been running from one doctor to another, one specialist to another for years and still feel terrible, tired and disgusted, you are not alone. There are millions of people who die every year after spending a lifetime trying to feel better and improve their health by staying in the mainstream medical system, only to be told time and time again that nothing can be done to make them feel better.

As I see it, this kind of life often ends in a “death of despair.” Even though according to the National Center for Health Statistics, the only deaths they consider “deaths of despair” are suicides and drug overdose, I simply don’t see it that way. I see despair in patients who come to me after spending years and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars trying to feel better. Yet, I acknowledge that those who make it to my door do tend to have just the tiniest bit of hope left. Otherwise, they wouldn’t make their way to me. Soon their hope is restored as is their vitality and love for life.

Life Expectancy Numbers Go Down

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2019, the life expectancy for American men “dropped for a third consecutive year.” They cited the “deaths of despair” as the reason for that increase. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/life-expectancy-for-american-men-drops-for-a-third-year/ However, when you consider the number of deaths that occur every year from heart disease, cancer, kidney disease, COPD and obesity, it’s pretty easy to lose hope.

The following is just one example I recently came across as I trolled the Internet and is pretty typical of people who are hooked on the mainstream medical system. While this is not one of my patients, the story is also one I’ve heard time and time again.

“I spent the majority of the summer of 2017 in bed. I had debilitating chronic inflammation, joint pain, and heartburn. I’d been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation two years prior, and my episodes were getting worse. My digestive system constantly felt off; I was either nauseated or had a burning sensation in my stomach.”

“My primary doctor said it was probably just acid reflux and kept giving me different prescriptions and telling me to stay away from acidic foods. Nothing worked. I saw an allergist and a cardiologist, who ran numerous tests. No one could tell me why I felt so terrible. I was scared. I felt as though I was dying.”

Fortunately, the person who had this experience found an alternative to mainstream medical doctors and found improved health and vitality.

Death By Disease Figures Keep Climbing

Let me start by telling you that officially no one in the U.S. dies of “old age.” That’s according to the NCHS, which is the government agency responsible for collecting statistical information on how we die. In the NCHS’s instructions for filling out death certificates, “old age” is discouraged for use as a cause of death: “Terms such as senescence , infirmity, old age, and advanced age have little value for public health or medical research.” Instead, physicians are told to list the immediate cause of death and any conditions that led up to it (for example, acute kidney failure as a consequence of diabetes).

https://www.everydayhealth.com/senior-health/do-people-really-die-of-old-age.aspx

Cardiovascular Disease

Approximately 1.5 million heart attacks and strokes occur every year in the United States. More than 800,000 people in the United States die from cardiovascular disease each year—that’s 1 in every 3 deaths, and about 160,000 of them occur in people under age 65.

https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/learn-prevent/cost-consequences.html