Naturopathic medicine

Hi, ! I hope you get some helpful feedback from other community members. In the meantime, I wanted to share some basic information on various forms of natural/alternative treatments that people have used, with varying degrees of success -- https://lupus.net/complementary-alternative-medicine. I know some community members have found gentle exercise (yoga, tai chi, aquatic exercise in a pool, etc) to be wonderful ways to stay active but take it easy on the body's joints, so that's something you can consider. You can read a bit about the benefits of exercise when living with Lupus here -- https://lupus.net/exercise. And frankly, meditation is a great idea for pretty much anyone, so that's not a bad idea to try. Regular meditation has been shown to lower blood pressure and to help a person's overall mental health. Here's an article from one of our contributors on the potential benefits of meditation -- https://lupus.net/living/meditation.


Please feel free to come back and update us once you have visited your doctor and know what treatments he/she wants you to pursue. We're happy to talk through your medication options with you, too, once you know what you may be trying.


I hope this helps!


Best, Erin, Lupus.net Team Member.

Thanks Erin. I'll keep you up to date.

Thank you Doreen.