Women’s stories

“I don’t know what they’re doing — but whatever they’re doing is working!”

Pamela was on her way to the North Carolina primaries the day we talked. She said she knew she’d probably have to stand in line for more than an hour — outside in the hot sun. She wasn’t feeling at all well the last time she went to the polls, and remembers thinking, I don’t know if I could do this again! But that was before she started taking Essential Nutrients and Herbal Equilibrium. Waiting in line doesn’t overwhelm her now. And that’s not all that’s changed since she joined the Program...

“I’ve been on the Personal Program about half a year. And I noticed a change probably after the first month. I felt better within a few weeks, and I’ve maintained that. So I keep taking them.

“I just wasn’t myself after menopause. I just felt very much like I was just going to jump out of my skin. And I never had been like that before. Oh, I had the normal hot flashes and night sweats, and I still have a few hot flashes, but not nearly as severe. I’ve been reading and finding out; you need to have a certain amount of this or that vitamin — or nutrients — oh, I just call them all vitamins. One of them helps with nerves, and you need to have a certain amount to help with frayed nerves. When I looked at your Essential Nutrients, you had the exact amount on there, just as it recommended.

“The thing about menopause is, you know there’s nothing wrong with you. You know that you’ve just got to go through this change of life. And you know it’s going to be different for you, from what your sister or your friend went through. It’s your own path, to go through some things. And you can cope with some things better than other things. Like I said, there were days before when I felt like I wanted to jump right out of my skin. So I thought, Well, I don’t have anything to lose, I’m going to go ahead and try it.

“The Personal Program has helped me to feel happier, better about myself. Things just don’t bother me like they did. I just have a more positive outlook. It has helped me in that regard. And I think, even with that much improvement, it’s worth it. You know?

“Also, I don’t know if you want to put this in there — but I know my husband has noticed a difference. I had NO desire whatsoever for an intimate relationship with my husband. That has come back. I don’t know what to attribute it to, but that amazed me, that desire would come back like that. All my friends had told me, ‘You’re not going to have any desire in perimenopause.’ So when it came back I was stunned — and so was my husband!

“To have that desire, you know, it just makes you feel more like you’re a normal person. That has been a very big change. For four years or more, I just lost it totally, and my husband was so patient and nice. Needless to say, he was thrilled. So he doesn’t mind me at all, taking these.

“If it even helped a little, it would be worth it, but it actually helped a lot. It is very unexpected. You’ve got to feel good, to have desire for your husband, because you have to feel good about yourself. When that came back in the last couple of months, I knew I was doing so much better. Sometimes he’ll even say to me, ‘Now have you taken your vitamins?’

“So I don’t know what they’re doing — but whatever they’re doing is working. I’m not exactly back to my original self, because I’m still dealing with some symptoms — the occasional hot flash — it’s just not as severe. That’s a blessing, and I’m thrilled. I don’t feel overwhelmed. By life, like I did. I can handle things better. I wouldn’t have even attempted that. I wasn’t becoming a recluse, exactly, but I just wouldn’t do the things I used to enjoy if my nerves weren’t feeling good. I’d say to myself, No, I’m not going to go. It was just too much. You lose a lot of enjoyment of life.

“And I didn’t want to do hormones. My mother did them for over 20 years — back then they just gave them to you indefinitely. Her doctor told me they literally killed her. She took them way too long, and they actually caused her to have cancer. So that’s a big concern for me now. I’m scared to death of them. And I have friends who are taking a mild antidepressant for menopause symptoms. I just didn’t want to do those, either. Those two things, I did not feel were options for me.

“I’m just glad I stumbled on Women to Women. I was just doing some research on menopause on your website. And I looked at it, probably, for three to four months before I decided to try the Personal Program. I figured I couldn’t feel much worse than I was feeling.

“You don’t expect all that from vitamins and minerals. Whatever it was, it worked. They have improved so much in my life, and I really am glad, and I want to keep on taking them. I wasn’t ever taking a multivitamin before, and I have missed so much of what I probably needed.”

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Last Modified: 05/12/2008