Location: Atlanta, GA
Your Question: I am 35 years old, a single mother, and an attorney. Yes, I am frequently stressed and usually sleep deprived. I get that that is to be expected. However, there is something much more going on here and I need
answers. I need relief.
Over the past three years I’ve seen five doctors and two therapists, without significant relief. I have taken Wellbutrin, Zoloft, Cymbalta, Ambien, Lunesta, Serequel (for sleep), an antibiotic and two topical
treatments for acne, birth control pills, and a prescription antiperspirant. The combinations change, but the end result remains thesame.
I don’t suffer from panic attacks like I used to before I was medicated, but I still live with a number of symptoms and recently some new ones.My symptoms include:
Depression and mood swings (bi-polar has been ruled out); Insomnia; Irritability; Fatigue; Restlessness; Muscle aches and spasms; Numbness on the surface of the skin in some places; Ovarian pain (I had a cystectomy two weeks ago, but was told the cyst was too small to accountfor the amount of pain I felt); I used to have very dry skin, scalp, and hair and now I’m excessively oily; I always feel overheated when everyone else feels comfortable. I sweat almost constantly and have begun emitting a rancid, acidic smelling body odor, I’ve gained 40 pounds in the past two years and no amount of exercise/caloric reduction has an effect; I haven’t had a period in six months and I feel like I’m
trapped in perpetual PMS (including constant breast tenderness, bloating, food cravings, constant acne breakouts, and unprovoked weeping).
Doctor, I don’t know what to do. I’m being told, this “is normal,” that’s “not uncommon,” “I can’t find anything wrong with you,” “You’re healthy as far as I can see,” blah, blah, blah. Here, have a pill or an ointment and whatever it is will clear up. Nothing clears up.
Is it possible that a hormone imbalance or allergy could account for all these symptoms or is it more likely that there is more than one thing going on here?
Response: Every symptom listed in your email is classic to hormone imbalance and/or hormone allergy. Yes, you can have both at the same time. Our patients frequently do. You probably have other allergies, but the keystone, in these cases, is the imbalance. We know that most people who were born in or after 1941, are born with the hormone imbalance, even though it may not manifest itself right away. If you have to have a diagnosis, this would be the one to pray for. Although traditional physicians seem to have great difficulty with the concept, because they are trained to recognize and treat real disease states, they have little to no acquaintance with hormones, which they think of in terms of PMS, but nothing else, and even that recognition has come about, pretty recently. It is, however, what we do. We find it to be very easy to recognize the symptoms, and easy to treat the imbalance/allergy. Once the basic problem is treated away, the symptoms seem to, rather gently, evaporate on their own, without much fanfare.
Before we continue, I would like for you to go back to the website: robyinstitute,com, and avail yourself of the free download that Dr. Roby is offering of the first chapter of his new book, “Maybe It Is All In Your Head … And You Are NOT Crazy!”. Just this first little chapter will give you more information about hormones in general, than doctors learn about them in med school. It will tell you something about the role of your own hormones, what is going on in your body, why, how we can teach you to overcome these problems, regain control, and keep it that way. When you have finished your reading, email any further questions that you might have, and we will work on them, together.
Would you be able, or want to come here for testing and treatment? We have many, many out of town/state/country, patients, who come here annually for retesting. Texas physicians are prohibited from diagnosing, treating or prescribing for anyone whom they have not seen and examined, in person. The first appointment must be in one of our clinics. After that first visit, almost anything else can be resolved by phone or email. We don’t have many ‘post first visit problems’, and when we do have one, it is usually about adjusting dosage, timing, or just questions that were forgotten in the huge amount of new information.
We are very supportive of our patients. Dr. Roby encourages his patients to call him at any time, in the office, on his cell phone, or at home. He publishes all of his phone numbers, to make it easy.
If you would like to come here, to try something different, obviously traditional medicine alone hasn’t helped, give us a call at: 800-842-6349. Ask to speak with Pam, if she is available. If she isn’t please just leave a message, and wait for her to return your call. You will be glad that you waited. She is great, and tell you all that you need to know for the visit. She can email a lab slip for you to have our standard, hormone panel blood test locally,prior to embarking on a long trip. discuss fees and services, insurance benefits, and what to expect during the visit. Most patients make it into a day trip. They come in on an early morning flight, spend about three hours in our office, and leave on an afternoon or evening flight, with everything that is needed to begin getting well, get home in time to sleep in their own bed. At most, there might be an overnight. Austin and San Antonio are pretty little cities, and some of the patients make their annual into a fun trip.
We accept almost all health care plans, including Medicare, Medicaid and Military. Humana is excluded. There is a money back, satisfaction guarantee in place. If, when you come for the first time, we find that we cannot help you with the problems, the visit is free. If you do decide to try the protocol, and later conclude that your results are less than were expected, you have the option of calling us for a refund of any money that you have paid to us.
Please let me know if I have left out anything that you wanted to know, and I’ll try to do better. Thank you for contacting us. We look forward to seeing you, sometime in the near future. I’m sure that we can help you. Most of us, who work with Dr. Roby, began as patients. We’ve had the same experiences that you are having. We’ve been there, and can empathize with you in your present life. Now, you know, that you have a choice.
Best regards,
Dorothy Dreux