...In January of 1996, my symptoms
had progressed so much that I couldn't eat or drink anything without some
form of a sensitivity. For three weeks straight, I drank only ginger ale
because I was so terrified. My old family doctor wanted to take me off my
T4 because he thought that I was getting hyperthyroid. He was wrong but
I was still terrified. I thought that I was dying. My compulsion to avoid
food lead to obsessive compulsive disorder.
I had full blown OCD. I remember the horror I faced inside myself when
I was told I had to take medication. I would break out in a sweat, my
heart would race. I wished I could die but I was terrified by the thought
of death. I was sensitive to almost every medication that I took.
My present family doctor decided that we had to deal with the fear of
medicine first. Without overcoming my OCD, I could not progress further
in treatment. We started cognitive therapy, Paxil (for the panic attacks)
and I saw an environmental specialist who discovered my fourteen food
and drug sensitivities. (In fact the T4 that I was taking had phenol in
it. I am very sensitive to phenol.)
Dr. Mickelson used VEGA testing
to discover my sensitivities. It measures skin resistance by using a metal
probe. It is completely non-invasive. This helped me immensely in accepting
my condition. Once I avoided the things that triggered negative reactions,
I felt so much better. That started me on the road to recovery. I had
my OCD under control in about two months. I still had some physical symptoms
of Wilson's. But on the whole I felt so good.
Last summer I decided that
the new T4 just wasn't helping for very long. That's when Dr. M. decided
that I try T3. I started my first and only cycle (I captured my temperature
in one cycle. It has been normal for five months now.)
Initially, I was still apprehensive
about the treatment. But as I applied my cognitive therapy I soon realized
that the strange twitches I was feeling were there before I ever started
T3. My doctors and research confirmed that T3 is naturally present in
our bodies since birth. We have always had it in us. It is not a drug
that is foreign to our bodies. It is a God-send.
I am overwhelmed with a sense
of gratitude to T3 and Dr. Wilson's treatment. Without it, I would still
be living in that hell I used to call my life. Now I am so happy, so alive.
I am 95% cured. And with treatment I bet you can be too.
God bless and I hope that I
have helped in some small way.
Samantha
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