I'm new here, question on alternative treatments and fasting

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Hi all,

My name is Kim. My daughter will be 5 next month and she has had Still's for

almost 3 years now. It took a long time to get a diagnosis with her not only

because it is hard to diagnose but because she also has Down syndrome, Autism

and other health issues so no one was sure until her joints got bad. Her

reuhmatologist had never seen a rash quite like her was and her labs were more

off than he had ever seen either.

I have tried so many things to help heal her from this horrible disease and have

not had much success. I took her to homeopathic doctors, chiropractors, did

herbs and almost every diet change possible. I did have the most success with

an herbal combo called Zyflammend. It actually worked for her for almost a year

and then the dose ended up being double that of an adult and we had to cave in

and give her the drugs again. She had been on Anakinra for a year now and has

not had one flare during that time. I hate drugs and try hard to natural things

when ever possible.

Today she started to get hives again and I am so freakin mad about it. I am

exhausted over this fight with her and with all her other problems that she had

is is overwhelming. I believe that there is a way to treat this naturally but

just don't know what direction to go and don't have the money to pay someone to

do it for me and even if I did I don't know who could help anyway.

My question is has anyone ever had success with alternative treatments? Has

anyone ever tried a fast either water or juice fast to help heal this disease?

I know a lot of about health and fasting and have seen and heard of it doing

amazing things for many with disease but for a child it is just a different

story. There are clinics who do medically supervised fasting but I don't want

to just jump in until I hear others experiences with it (if any). I'm sure it

seems drastic and most people would rather just do what the doctors say but I

have seen too many problems with traditional drugs and their side effects and

want to see what else there is. I will of course continue to give her the

medication they have prescribed until I find another way, don't get me wrong.

Anyway blah blah, I'm sure I'm going in circles but just am desperate to not

have to increase the drugs with such horrible side effects.

Please let me know your experiences if you have had any with alternative

treatments

thank you

Kim