Women’s stories

“I could barely get out of bed.”

CFS/fibromyalgia is no picnic, as anyone who suffers from it will tell you — but for Carmen the pain was exacerbated by menopausal symptoms that got worse and worse.

At 57, Carmen's periods had ended over two years before but she was still suffering from horrible hot flashes — “all day, every day” — and insomnia. She had never been a great sleeper, but as a poet, Carmen needed to be alert and focused to do her work. But after menopause, she explained, “I could barely get out of bed. I was miserable.”

To add to her discomfort, Carmen was ending an eight-year relationship and engagement; building a new home; and moving her gravely ill, 80-year-old mother into a nursing home. Life just couldn’t have been more stressful! Her mood was in a major decline and she was getting desperate.

A friend sent her information about our Personal Program, and she took our hormonal balance profile on-line. She thought the results made sense and decided to give it a try. The initial improvement in her symptoms came very quickly:

“After about a week and a half, my hot flashes were decreasing and I was gradually able to do more and feel better. It wasn’t a sudden surge of energy, but a very gradual improvement that I could notice.”

After only a month on the Program, Carmen was jubilant: “It has been a life saver! I would not be coping at all without it — I would be candidate for antidepressants!” Happily, she reports that even her fibromyalgia bothers her less. She's sleeping better and has a lot more energy. She finds that she is actually able to pack boxes in anticipation of her and her mother’s moves to their new homes — and has even lifted some heavy furniture — a task she never would have attempted before.

Carmen is very grateful to have found our Personal Program and hopes to keep up her gradual improvement in her menopause symptoms as well as in her chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. We plan to follow up monthly for now — we have a sense she’s going to feel better still.

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Last Modified Date: 05/24/2011