The power of placeboes

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‘I knew they were sugar pills but I felt fantastic’ – the rise of open-label placebos

theguardian.com/lifeandstyl...?

My toe hurts. Not found any placebo to help my peripheral neuropathy.

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Back when my muscle spasms started interfering with my sleep I would put an extra blanket on my bed, just from my waist down.

I told myself that the extra heat would stop the spasms.

And it did. Until that stopped working.

If I don't have Lyrica, I tell myself that 0.5mg of Etizolam will stop the spasms. Often it does, on occasion, I have taken the wrong pill by mistake. Stops the spasms all the same. So, there is something in the old placeboes.