Natural Holistic Health

For all of you who think you are trapped by your medication for the rest of your life, I want to share hope. The Author of the following articles is Allison Carlson who lives in Tidewater Virginia. She asked that her story be posted so that others may reclaim their lives and wellness. I thank Allison for her courageous spirit. It is so nice to have her back.

Life was full of deadlines, appointments, work,

laundry, cooking, cleaning, homework, bath time, bed

time, wake up time, and on and on.  After I had my

second child I realized that something was going wrong

and I could not put my finger on it.  I went to my OB

and he said "oh, you have post pardon disforic

disorder".  You do not produce enough serotonin,

therefore you must take Prozac for the rest of your

life.  Here is the script, have a great day.  Boy was

I ever thankful that this guy knew exactly what was

wrong with me and he did not even have to take blood

or do any tests.  He was my miracle man!

So here began my life with prozac.  I started taking

my medicine and low and behold NOTHING bothered me. 

Kids screaming, dirty house, piles up laundry,

bewildered friends, Christmas gatherings (with my in

laws) NOTHING and I mean nothing bothered me.  This

went on for a while and one day I realized that I had

no emotions.  We are talking none at all.  I did not

connect with my husband on a marital level, I could

not connect with my kids on an emotional level, I

could not cry and If I did it was very rare.  I could

not get excited about anything or any project that was

out there for me to do.  I slept a lot. When I spent

time with people, I could hear them talking but just

never wanted to connect to what they were sharing.  I

was monotone, dead in a living body.  Lost, yet I did

not want to be found.  "Cured" from my depression yet

I made everyone around me wonder where the old Allison

went. How can this Allison be so calm.  Of course I

chalked it all up to this wonderful stuff called

prozac.  The stuff that saved my life.

Man was I wrong.  So now we will go to the phase of

prozac to project.

One day I was reading John Trudeaus book on Natural

cures.  Although this man has some strange views I did

get some good info about Prozac and "what the

pharmaceutical companys and the FDA" do not tell you

about these meds.  This triggered something in me that

said "WE need to change the way we feel" and we need

to do this now.  So I stopped by the local health food

store and ended up talking to someone that was going

to school to be an herbalist.  I found that

interesting and the conversation lead me to Dr. Kim

Grays business card.  I set up an appointment meet Kim

and our first session was for 3 hours.  By looking at

my hands she could tell what  I was lacking in my

everyday diet.  We also talked about how I could get

off prozac and how I could get back to being me.  We

also talked a lot about God and my connection with the

Almighty.  After I left my first session, not only did

I have a plan I had hope.  A hope that I could be who

I really am and not some "drugged" up Mother of 2.  I

began my wellness program and within the first week I

could begin to feel the differences.  Our second

meeting was more discussion about the cleansing

process and more about my inner feelings.  After 21

days on the wellness program, I could not believe

it........I could play soccer with my boys, run along

side my 4 year old as he rode his bike and all of this

I did in the same day.  I was amazed. (These events

could never have happened if i was still on zac) All

of these results from taking 6 omega-3 supplements, a

parastroy cleanse, zinc, B-12 and Selenium, as well I

drank 8 glasses of water and took a 30 minute walk.  I

also stopped eating at fast food resturants.  I only

eat organic meats and veggies and I drink organic

milk.  That's it.  Now as far as my soul goes, I

cleansed that too.  I figured out that I need to be a

human being not a human doing (said Kim), I wrote

everyday about what bothered me, what needed to change

and how I could reach these goals.  Writing was the

best part of the cleanse.  

The final few weeks of my cleanse I did the liver

cleanse, which consists of taking a supplement in the

AM and then one in the PM.  After 4 days I began to

cry, I cried like I have never cried in my life.  I

actually felt an emotion, I felt happy, sad, elated,

SEXUAL, silly, angry , frustrated, but most of all I

felt PEACE for the first time in 5 years.  I walk

along with God now, I walk along with my children now,

I walk with my husband. I know where, what and when I

want to do some thing or go some where. I know that

all the BS around us is superficial.  I have picked

the good stuff and disregarded the rest.  I have the

power over myself now, not the prozac, but the power. 

I praise Kim for her leadership in this journey of

mine.  Without her wellness program I would not have

reached this level of inner peace.  People say.....you

are so calm, are you still taking prozac, my response

is no........I'm taking peace to another level and the

prozac has been flushed down the toilet.  

In conclusion, if you are sick of the way life is

treating you or you are sick of the meds that are

making you sicker........do Kims wellness plan.  It's

the prescription of life.