I'm approaching 70 years-old, and mostly fought against my own tendency to believe conspiracy theories...until COVID. You can only deny the evidence of your senses for so long. For most of my life I only saw a doctor when injured or sick. That changed dramatically when I went on Medicare, with an HMO plan. COVID made me start doing this odd, quasi-suspicious dance with my doctor. He regularly offers me statins and all manner of vaccines, most of which I politely decline.

I regularly buy Ivermectin from abroad, use "unapproved" substances like DMSO, and keep that information to myself. About 10 years ago I had an MD who was a blunt, somewhat intolerant and no nonsense guy. In declining some treatment or other I said to him: "If I follow your advice am I not going to die?" He gave me a little smile, we shared a knowing look and he said: "You got me there!" He has since retired, and I miss him. We "got" each other. I had changed my diet and nutrition over the course of our relationship, lost almost 100 lbs., and significantly lowered my LDL cholesterol (using an "unapproved" ketogenic diet) and he told me he wished he had more patients like me. If he only knew.... Now, in this surreal environment, I don't know what I can or can't say to my doctor.