Location: Fredericksburg, VA
Your Question: My problems started back in Aug. 2006 when I woke up with a headache that had never gone away. I have had the same headache going on 4 years this August. My headache started a domino affect on my health….I now have constant ear ringing, horrible fatigue along with the headache. I have had MRI’s on my head and neck with nothing being found. In the spring of 2008 is when the ear pain began and now is constant ear ringing. I was also waking up unrefreshed from sleep in the spring of 2008 and was diagnosed with mild obstructive sleep apnea this past summer and was put on CPAP which has not helped at all. In additon, with all of these things happening, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and am currently on 3 grains of Armour. This has ruined my life as I am so exhausted I cannot do anything along with all of the other symptoms. I have tried many medications and nothing helps. Since these things have happened with my health, I weight 60 lbs. more than I used to since I stopped going to the gym because of my headache and the fatigue. My hormones have been checked and am always told that I am normal. I need help.
Response: I can be relatively sure that while your hormones are “within normal range” they are in the very low part of normal. Traditional physicians really don’t know what normal range actually means, and they didn’t learn much, if anything, about hormones and their functions in the body (hormones are part of everything that your body does), in med school.
Before going on, I want to send you back to the website: robyinstitute.com, so that you can take 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!”. That one excerpt will open your eyes to hormones in general, and what is going on with yours, in particular. And yes. You do need help. It’s what we do.
You will probably have more, and more specific questions after you have finished reading. If you will email them to me, I’ll answer them.
I’m also going to give you some instructions that you will probably not like, and you will think that I wasn’t paying attention to the words that you have written to us, but they are thee nonmed part of our protocol, and will help you, a lot. If you will just follow them for thirty days, I guarantee that you will feel, at least, a 50% improvement in how you feel, you will lose weight, and be able to sleep much better.
1) Low carb, low fat diet on the days that have a school night. We like South Beach, and Weight Watchers, because of the number of choices you get. Any diet will work, but you have to follow it rigorously. On the website, look at the the section on Food Allergy. There is a list of food groups that we would like for you to do, before you start the real diet, so that you can figure out your sensitivities. All allergies are related, and they are all related to hormones.
2) LDS. Looong, Slooow, Distaaance walking. We prefer that you do your walking indoors, and in a repetitive mode. As, on a treadmill. I bought one at an Academy store, for $275.00 How slow? Start with 1 mile an hour. Start with whatever amount of time you can. 5 minutes, if you have to. We do not want you to sweat, become fatigued, or experience shortness of breath. If you do, you are going too fast! Please get a pulse meter (every discount store has them) in the sports section of Walmart,Target, etc. We would like for you to increase the time each day, as you get stronger, until you are doing an hour in the morning, and another one just before going to bed. This LSD is the only really safe way to eliminate the excess adrenaline, that you have been pumping out all through the day. I do it, Dr. Roby does it, as do all of our patients.
3) Say your prayers, meditate, practice yoga, or Pilates. We do a lot of both. Whatever you like to use to stay centered and relaxed. Please keep us informed as you go, so that we can make other suggestions as your condition improves.
We would also like for you to go to the Airborne Allergy section, and get the fans and filters to improve your habitat, primarily, in your bedroom. All of the instructions are right there in airbornes. If you have any questions about it, let me know. We have fifteen fans going in our house, along with an ozone generator, and a UV lamp. This will rid your home of mold, which is the culprit that keeps you awake, or makes you wake up ten thousand times every night. Well, maybe not quite that many, but close. Pollens are released during the day, molds sporulate in the dark. They reach their peak between midnight and four a.m. When the mold goes off, as it does every time the AC comes on, people who are allergic, release a shot of adrenaline, and it wakes us up. We don’t know why we are waking up, we just do.
This is the basic part of the non-medical part of the protocol.
For the rest, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, allergy testing, and an annual retesting, the appointment must be done here, as mandated by law. Doctors in Texas are prohibited from diagnosing, treating or prescribing for anyone whom they have not seen in person. The annual retesting must be done in the same way.
If you think that you would like to come here, we can email a lab slip so that you can have our standard, hormone panel blood test done more conveniently in your local lab. You can call the office at 800-842-6349, and ask to speak with Pam, if she is available. Pam knows everything about the practice and is just wonderful. She can answer pretty much any questions pertaining your visit, and what to expect. We prefer that you come here, after the thirty days of the walking and dieting … if you still feel the need to. If Pam is unavailable when you call, just leave a message and let her call you back You’ll be glad that you did.
We accept almost all healthcare plans, including Medicare, Medicaid and Military. We exclude Humana.
We offer a no questions asked, money back, satisfaction guarantee, to all patients. If you come here, and we find that we cannot help you a with your problem, the visit is free. If you do try the protocol and are not satisfied with the results, just tell us, and we will refund any money which you have paid to us.
If you have any questions that I haven’t addressed, please let me know.