A short spoken segment from a YouTube video by Dr. Tabatha Barber arguing that conventional medicine is often siloed and misses systemic connections (e.g., thyroid, menopause). The speaker urges learning the 'bigger picture' to better self-advocate and navigate healthcare, while acknowledging a role for conventional treatments when appropriate.
When we don't know, we don't understand. We have to rely on what the doctor says. And those conventional doctors, they put everything in a silo. Like, they think that the thyroid doesn't affect anything and menopause doesn't affect anything and be farther from the truth. So once you really understand that bigger picture, I think you'll be able to advocate for yourself and navigate the system so much better. Who or leave it all together like some people have. You know, there's a time and a place for conventional medicine and medications, and I think that we need to respect that and, and use it when we need to. But it's often like the go to when it shouldn't be.
