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When rare disease research becomes compulsive hope

I spend hours every day researching treatments for my condition that might not even exist and my husband says I'm obsessed but stopping feels like giving up on myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The thin line between reasonable advocacy and compulsive seeking blurs when conventional medicine offers no clear path forward.

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