If you don’t have adequate support for regaining your health, you’ll need to learn how to search the internet, use Google Scholar and Chat GPT (within reason) to try to get some answers.

1. First stop is a search of your symptoms — just go for it. Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic are two legitimate sources that come up frequently that provide good evidence-based information.

2. You might also gain good information from websites written by individual doctors or patients. These can be great places to get information in plain English.

3. That said, you are going to want to corroborate anything that seems relevant with research in google scholar. For example, if a site suggests you try the supplement CoQ10 and you are curious, keep looking by going to google scholar and searching for what medical researchers have to say about CoQ10 and your symptoms.

4. If you find a research article with a title you like, you don’t have to read everything — focus on the abstract, the intro, the discussion and conclusions. If an article has a particularly interesting bit that applies to you, check the references to see if there are any other studies that feel closer to your situation and then read that. Getting two articles on any subject is always better than one.

5. Ask your questions to Chat GPT. Remember that it doesn’t always tell the truth and apparently it even hallucinates. But ask it your question and see what comes out. Don’t be satisfied with your first question. You’ll get better answers when you learn how to ask better questions. You can always ask it for references.

6. Then go back to google scholar and check what it is saying and any references.

   All of this research will help build up your baseline of information so you can be a better judge of what you read and what you are told. You’ll be able to have more rewarding interactions with your doctor or medical professional — asking about certain tests, certain conditions and so forth. Good luck!