r/nootropics has turned into a discussion primarily about research chemicals or stimulants

I started prescription nortriptyline in an attempt to treat chronic migraines; it also reduced my chronic back pain and muscle pain; constipation is a side effect of the medication and so it was effective against my irritable bowel; it's got some slight anti-bacterial activity and that may explain why it helped with my dry skin problems. Medical doctors insist on breaking down each problem into components and symptoms and insist on discussing and treating the issues as if they are completely disconnected; this is how they are trained; they do not seem capable of having a discussion where the body and mind are treated as a system.

My experience leads me to ask: is it possible that things like migraines, back pain, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel, depression are all disorders on a spectrum of neurotransmitter disorders? but in my experience when I was younger, I would go to the doctor and say things like: it seems like my migraines get worse when I pick up heavy things (it may be a muscle tension problem as well as neurotransmitter) but the doctors would answer me like this: that's impossible. That doesn't make any sense. don't diagnose yourself. I can't help you with back pain or migraines, but you seem depressed, would you like an anti depressant? and so on.

At that time I felt that my problem was entirely physical; like the cause was a pinched nerve in my neck or shoulder; a…