LIFELONG MEDICINES ARE A TREATMENT FOR NON-EXISTENT DISEASES
- Madhukar Dama
- May 19
- 9 min read
How pharmaceutical obedience turned natural imbalances into lifelong dependency — and why healing never begins with a prescription
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I. INTRODUCTION: YOU’RE NOT BEING CURED — YOU’RE BEING KEPT
Look around you.
People take medicines for life:
For acidity
For constipation
For “mild” diabetes
For thyroid
For PCOS
For cholesterol
For sleep
For mood
For pain
And none of them are cured.
They just stop asking questions.
Because the modern system has normalized the idea that once diagnosed, you must stay medicated forever — not because the disease is permanent, but because your lifestyle never changed and your body was never heard.
Most of these diseases aren’t diseases.
They’re signals.
And most medicines are not cures.
They’re long-term silencing strategies.
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II. DISEASES THAT SHOULD NEVER EXIST
Let’s be honest.
What caused this epidemic of so-called modern diseases?
Acidity from late-night screen dinners
Constipation from ultra-processed food and no water
Hormonal chaos from plastic, stress, and synthetic food
High cholesterol from reheated oils and no movement
Insulin resistance from overfeeding and no fasting
Sleep disorders from light pollution and overstimulation
Mood swings from social disconnection and gut disruption
Yet all these are treated like organic defects instead of lifestyle consequences.
When the rhythm is broken, the body protests.
And pharma calls it a condition.
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III. THE INVENTION OF LIFELONG DEPENDENCY
Step 1: Give the imbalance a scary name
Step 2: Associate the name with irreversible harm
Step 3: Convince the patient that medication is “management”
Step 4: Design the medication to suppress symptoms, not heal
Step 5: Turn the patient into a permanent customer
It happened with:
Thyroid (TSH levels change based on stress and liver health)
Diabetes (insulin resistance is reversible, not terminal)
PCOS (lifestyle-induced, not genetic)
Acidity (gut cries from food mismatch, not acid excess)
Cholesterol (a necessary substance vilified for drug profits)
You weren’t cured because you were never supposed to be.
You were converted.
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IV. WHAT DOESN’T EXIST? THE “DISEASE” OR THE “HEALING”?
Let’s clarify.
A real disease is:
An infection
An injury
A genetic defect
A toxic exposure
Most modern diagnoses are:
Maladaptations
Toxic accumulation
Nutritional gaps
Emotional suppressions
Nervous system overload
These don’t need lifelong suppression.
They need systemic correction.
But the system tells you:
“You’ll take this forever.”
“Your body has failed.”
“This is how it is now.”
That’s a lie — manufactured by an industry that thrives on compliance.
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V. HOW THE BODY WAS SILENCED
What happens when symptoms are suppressed?
Antacids = mineral malabsorption, worsened digestion
Painkillers = liver toxicity, gut lining erosion
Antidepressants = emotional blunting, sleep disruption
Hormonal pills = endocrine confusion, reproductive side effects
Statins = muscle weakness, brain fog
Diabetes drugs = blood sugar crash, long-term dependence
Thyroid meds = pituitary confusion, dosage escalation
Every medicine solves the surface — and deepens the root.
It trades discomfort for decay.
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VI. WHY YOU NEVER ASKED: “DO I REALLY NEED THIS FOREVER?”
Because you were scared.
Because you were told it’s “scientific.”
Because you thought symptoms mean sickness.
Because you wanted relief.
Because you didn’t understand your body.
You took the prescription
and surrendered your sovereignty.
Now:
You don’t feel hunger naturally.
You don’t sleep without pills.
You don’t menstruate without hormones.
You don’t poop without laxatives.
You don’t trust your own rhythm.
And worst of all:
You call this maintenance.
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VII. THE ILLUSION OF STABILITY
Your sugar is “controlled.”
Your TSH is “within range.”
Your BP is “stable.”
Your cycle is “regular.”
Your pain is “less.”
Your reports are “normal.”
But your vitality? Gone.
Your spontaneity? Blunted.
Your joy? Compromised.
Your instincts? Crushed.
The numbers look good.
But the life is missing.
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VIII. WHAT ACTUALLY HEALS — AND IS NEVER PRESCRIBED
True healing comes from:
Gut rest
Fasting
Real seasonal food
Early sleep
Deep emotional processing
Walking barefoot on soil
Breathing
Sunlight
Slow living
Reconnection with reality
Not a single one of these comes in a bottle.
Not a single one can be branded.
Not a single one is marketed.
Because real healing isn’t profitable.
But it’s possible.
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IX. THE NEW NORMAL IS SICKNESS DISGUISED AS STABILITY
Every home now has:
A diabetic
A thyroid patient
A constipated child
A PCOS-diagnosed teen
A pill-dependent elder
An anxiety-ridden professional
A cupboard of medicines
And they say:
“We’re managing.”
No. You’re not managing.
You’re medicated.
There’s a difference.
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X. CONCLUSION: CALL IT WHAT IT IS
Lifelong medication is not management.
It’s a lifetime lease agreement.
A chemical obedience to a system that never helped you heal.
A treatment for a condition that didn’t need to exist
— if you were allowed to live as you were designed to.
You’re not diseased.
You’re misaligned.
And medicine isn’t correcting the misalignment —
it’s keeping you from noticing it.
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WHY ARE WE ALL ON MEDICINES FOREVER?”
A healing conversation between Madhukar the Hermit and a middle-class Indian family that believes lifelong medication is normal
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Characters:
Madhukar (43): Former scientist turned barefoot healer, lives simply in the forest.
Dinesh (60): Retired government officer, diabetic and hypertensive for 18 years.
Leela (58): His wife, thyroid and joint pain, on 6 daily tablets.
Ravi (35): Their son, early-stage cholesterol, acidity, “managing it well.”
Sheetal (33): Ravi’s wife, PCOS and sleep medication.
Anaya (12): Their daughter, frequent constipation, mood swings, vitamin D and calcium supplements.
Appaji (83): Dinesh’s father, post-bypass, on 9 pills/day, believes modern medicine saved him.
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I. ARRIVAL: THE MEDICINE IS A ROUTINE, NOT A QUESTION
Dinesh:
We don’t have major issues. All controlled. Sugar, BP — regular checkups, tablets on time.
Leela:
We eat clean, take our medicines. It’s all about discipline.
Ravi:
My cholesterol and reflux started early. Maybe work stress. I’ve been prescribed statins and PPI. Doctor says I’ll be fine as long as I stick to it.
Sheetal:
PCOS is lifelong, no? I’m taking metformin and melatonin. It’s working.
Anaya:
Mama gives me vitamin tablets. They taste like candy.
Appaji:
In our time, we didn't have all this. I got bypass only at 70. That too because of heredity.
Madhukar (smiling softly):
So… you all take medicines every day.
But nobody asks: Why is healing never complete?
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II. THE FAMILY DEFENDS THE SYSTEM
Dinesh:
Nowadays, everyone has something. It’s normal. Medicines help us live longer.
Leela:
Even ayurvedic doctors give tablets now.
Ravi:
Prevention is better, no? I don’t want to risk heart disease.
Sheetal:
Without pills, I can’t sleep. And my cycle goes haywire.
Madhukar:
But your bodies aren’t healing. They’re just being managed.
Isn’t that worth examining?
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III. THE FIRST TRUTH: YOUR LIFESTYLE CREATED THE DISEASE
Madhukar:
What you call disease is often just a logical outcome:
Diabetes = sugar + no movement + emotional suppression
Thyroid = poor fat + late nights + liver overload
PCOS = plastic + junk food + hormonal rhythm loss
Acidity = wrong food + no chewing + emotional choking
Sleep issues = screens + no sun + no silence
Constipation = dryness + processed food + no fiber
Yet you treat these as defects — not messages.
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IV. WHEN DID MEDICINES BECOME PERMANENT?
Leela:
Doctor said thyroid is lifelong.
Ravi:
Same for cholesterol — once you start, you can’t stop.
Madhukar:
Of course they say that. Because they never ask you to change your life.
They only ask you to obey the pill.
You’ve started believing:
That disease is irreversible
That medication = healing
That side effects are worth it
That feeling tired is normal
That your parents' diseases are your destiny
But none of that is true.
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V. ANAYA SPEAKS UP
Anaya:
I always feel tired. I get constipated a lot.
Mama says it’s because I don’t eat enough veggies.
Madhukar (gently):
No, child. It’s because your family thinks pills come before rhythm.
You:
Don’t see the sunrise
Don’t walk barefoot
Don’t eat food your great-grandmother would recognize
Don’t rest when the body whispers
Don’t allow the gut to breathe
So your body talks louder. And instead of listening, they give you tablets.
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VI. THE PATTERN: EVERYONE’S ON SOMETHING
Madhukar (to the family):
Who here has a day without any pill?
(No one raises a hand.)
Madhukar:
Then tell me — if the medicines were healing, why haven’t they stopped?
You say it’s genetic, age, stress, pollution.
I say it’s:
Reheated oil
Late dinners
Fake food
Artificial light
Emotional hiding
No movement
No nature
No pause
And no rebellion.
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VII. THE REAL COST: WHAT YOU LOST IN THE NAME OF “MANAGEMENT”
Dinesh (quietly):
I don’t even remember what it feels like to wake up fresh.
Leela:
My body feels like a machine — always running, never alive.
Ravi:
I get irritated. Even with my daughter. I thought it was work stress.
Sheetal:
My skin feels dry. My periods are painful. I just want to sleep all the time.
Appaji:
We thought taking pills meant we were safe.
But we’re just slowly fading.
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VIII. MADHUKAR’S GUIDANCE: RECLAIM YOUR BODY
Madhukar:
Here’s what you’ll do — together:
Cancel dinner after 7 PM.
Walk barefoot for 20 minutes daily.
One meal a day — local, seasonal, handmade.
No screen after sunset.
One silence hour as a family, every day.
Fast one day per week.
Replace tablets with remedies only when absolutely necessary.
Learn to watch your symptoms — not fear them.
Healing is not about rebellion against medicine.
It’s about returning to your design.
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IX. 3-MONTH TRANSFORMATION
Month 1:
Appaji reduces two medications.
Anaya starts pooping daily.
Sheetal sleeps without pills.
Dinesh feels more energetic.
Family shares breakfast in silence.
Month 2:
Leela’s knee pain decreases.
Ravi’s cholesterol drops without statins.
Evening walks become ritual.
No one opens medicine drawer for 4 days straight.
Month 3:
Half the medicines stopped.
Body feels lighter.
Mind feels clearer.
And for the first time in years,
the family doesn’t talk about disease.
They talk about life.
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CONCLUSION: MEDICINES TREATED THE CONDITION. NOT THE CAUSE.
Madhukar (smiling):
Medicines didn’t betray you.
You betrayed your rhythm.
Now, you’ve chosen something different.
Not alternative medicine.
Not new supplements.
But true listening.
Lifelong medicines are not healing.
They are reminders that you refused to return to nature.
Until now.
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“A PILL A DAY KEEPS THE BODY AWAY”
for every family that thought they were healing but were just swallowing their instincts
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they each had their own pillbox.
dad had sugar and pressure.
mom had thyroid and knees.
son had reflux and cholesterol.
daughter-in-law had PCOS and dreams she forgot.
the child had calcium, vitamin D, and no clue what silence felt like.
even the old man,
who once walked barefoot in mud,
now swallowed nine pills
with bottled water
under a fluorescent tube light
and called it
grace.
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they didn’t talk about feelings.
they talked about dosages.
they didn’t ask
what broke.
they asked
what to take.
they sat together,
day after day,
on furniture that never creaked
but bodies that always did.
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the child stopped pooping.
the mother stopped sleeping.
the father stopped laughing.
and they said
“it’s age.
it’s stress.
it’s genetic.
it’s just the times.”
but it was none of that.
it was
the microwave,
the snacks,
the late-night scrolling,
the 9 pm dinners,
the reheated oil,
the emotional constipation
they passed on
like family ornaments.
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the pills came
in shiny boxes,
wrapped in science,
with names too big
for the diseases they pretended to fix.
the doctor said:
“take this forever.”
they nodded,
like prisoners
grateful for a longer sentence.
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they never asked:
“why isn’t this healing?”
because they were too busy
celebrating the report
that said
“within range.”
meanwhile
the skin dried.
the breath shortened.
the gut hardened.
the soul
turned
silent.
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they weren’t dying.
not fast enough.
they were
managed.
stabilized.
monitored.
adjusted.
medicated.
they called it
normal.
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but one day,
someone in the family
asked the forbidden question:
“what if we just stop?”
not blindly,
but slowly.
not recklessly,
but bravely.
they woke at sunrise.
ate at sundown.
walked without shoes.
rested without shame.
fasted with joy.
spoke less.
heard more.
and the pills
lay untouched
for the first time
in decades.
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no one clapped.
no doctor approved.
no ad played music in the background.
but the child smiled
without supplements.
and that was enough.
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a pill a day
keeps the body away.
but the body remembers.
and if you stop
long enough,
it returns.
softly,
fully,
asking only
that you live again.
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