You're three months into a protocol that feels like it's working.Energy is better.Sleep is deeper.The panels show improvement.But something else is shifting - something you haven't named yet.Maybe you're not sure when to stop. Maybe the idea of stopping feels worse than continuing. Maybe it's harder to tell if you actually feel better or if you just can't remember what "normal" felt like. And maybe - if you're honest - you're not sure you'd recognize the problem even if you were looking at it.That's not optimization.That's the beginning of dependency.And by the time most people are willing to call it that, they're years past the point where stopping was simple.Right now, millions are self-prescribing peptides, altering hormone baselines, stacking compounds, and interpreting diagnostics - without knowing which interventions are reversible and which ones permanently alter the system they're trying to optimize.Not because they're reckless.Because the tools are accessible, doctors can't keep up, and doing nothing feels like giving up. But the body doesn't wait for you to figure it out. Some create dependency that hides as "optimization." Some interventions suppress natural production permanently. Some compromise the judgment you need to realize you're in trouble.And the cost isn't just time or money.It's years undoing damage created in months. Or living with changes you can't reverse.Or becoming dependent on interventions you started to feel more capable - not less.The difference between people who recover and people who don't isn't intelligence. It's whether they had infrastructure before pressure destroyed their ability to think clearly.The Second Opinion is that infrastructure.It doesn't tell you what to take. It shows you what kills judgment - the exact patterns, the exact moments, the exact warning signs - before you're willing to admit it's happening to you.This is the framework that keeps you sovereign when medicine doesn't fit, doctors can't help, and you're making decisions alone that will permanently affect your body and the people who need you whole.INSIDE: A nine-section framework: how to establish baseline, classify interventions (restorative vs. suppressive vs. irreversible), and apply a five-question gate before any intervention.Four stress tests showing where judgment collapses: psychiatric interventions, psychedelics, peptides, diagnostic testing. Each includes pre-entry checklists and exit protocols.The Operating Code: 12 non-negotiable rules that keep you whole when everyone else is guessing.WHO THIS IS FOR: → People who want to stop collecting protocols and start building judgment.→ People who have started optimizing and sense the pattern is becoming the problem.→ People who understand access to tools is not the same as capacity to use them safely.→ People who know getting this wrong doesn't just hurt them - it changes what they can give to the people counting on them.Not for people who want shortcuts or protocols without thinking.You can't eliminate risk.But you can stop making decisions under pressure that steal years from your future - either fixing what you broke or living with changes you can't reverse. Your kids don't get to vote on whether you make good decisions under pressure. But they'll live with the consequences of every choice you make when judgment fails.The Second Opinion teaches you how to maintain judgment when the decision is yours, the consequences are permanent, and the people who need you most can't afford for you to guess wrong.Build the infrastructure.Before