One of the core questions of rationality is: "Why do you believe what you believe?" Specifically, why do you believe that this doctor will be able to help you in a way that others can't?
You can also write down the likelihood of different outcomes.
Given that you had success at improving your condition with one mind-body paradigm, why not try others?
Given that you speak about travelling to the US it would also be worthwhile to know where you are living at the moment to know about what's available to you.
This was extremely helpful in figuring out what to do, it hadn't occurred to me that a Bayesian calculation would be useful here. After tallying up all the variables I came to the conclusion that my current methods had a lower chance of helping me than I had always implicitly thought. What I referred to as “extreme risks” may not even be the truly risky options when considering other factors; like how the longer someone has myalgic encephalomyelitis the less likely it is they can get better. I realized the types of solutions I’ve been trying give me the me...
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