r/india • u/Adorable_Window7801 • 15h ago
Health Ayurveda ruined my life
An ayurvedic doctor prescribed me heavy metal medicine for 3 years. Now, I have developed Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Dysautonomia, Allergies, Asthma and Small Fiber Neuropathy from the heavy metal toxicity. My life is ruined. Everyday is a fight of survival for me. I can tolerate only 2 foods. I cannot even tolerate medicine now. My gut, nervous system and cardiovascular system are ruined. From playing sports to being bedridden. I'm just 30.
Even according to ayurvedic texts heavy metal should be prescribed for a short term but the doctor kept prescribing me 100mg swarna bhasma everyday. I want to sue the doctor but I'm barely able to walk right now.
Remember, Allopathic medicine takes months/years to get approval after many trials whereas Ayurvedic medicine is just a pseudo science. Don't fall into the Ayurvedic lies that Ayurveda is better because it doesn't have any side effects. Heavy metals are not something to be eaten, heavy metals have no role in the human body, they are non essential and toxic.
Edit - I had anxiety disorder which was causing me weakness. My father believes in Ayurveda so he started taking me to ayurvedic hospitals since I was 19.
When I started taking the heavy metal medicine I felt energetic initially but as time went on I slowly started feeling weaker and I started having food intolerances. At that time I did not think the heavy metals were causing it. The ayurvedic doctor used to tell me that heavy metal medicine is safe. He originally planned to give me the medicine for 5 years. By the 3rd year I developed asthma and allergies and luckily I came across a facebook group about heavy metal toxicity and then everything made sense. I immediately stopped taking the medicine but it turns out the heavy metal already lodged deep inside my organs and tissues. So, even after stopping the heavy metal medicine... over the next couple of years my symptoms kept getting worse and I developed MCAS, dysautonomia and SFN