Dr. Troy...Do I believe in miracles?

I'm kind of a perfectionist and really struggle with the fact the I might just have "Generalized Anxiety Disorder" for the rest of my life. May, just maybe, I have to come to grips with this and it will make dealing with it easier...but I'm not there yet. My therapist says, "I need to become friends with my emotions." *Big sigh...* Someday...maybe... I am trying some strategies, just in case. ;)

One of my friends at work recommended Dr. Troy to me as I was explaining some of my symptoms to her recently. So, for the next 6 weeks, I'm putting a lot of hope in Dr. Troy. I still don't know how to describe what type of doctor he is, but I think he started as a chiropractor. He would probably say that after years of listening to people tell about their symptoms, he has become a doctor that treats the whole-body for well-being. He looks at physical, mental, and emotional health. He says that we commonly treat our symptoms instead of getting to the real problem. For example, taking an anti-depressant is treating the symptoms of feeling depressed rather than figuring out the real underlying issue for the depression that could simply be a food allergy, hormonal imbalance, incorrect messages being sent to the brain from other parts of the body, or a sleep disorder. He is not saying that depression does not exist, he is simply saying that for some people depression is a symptom that results from something else. Make sense?

So, here is what he has to say about me...in a nutshell...in my terms...trying to understand him to the best of my ability.

Dr. Troy says that at some point in my life I experienced "trauma." Since so many of my major symptoms began after giving birth, we are assuming that childbirth was registered in my brain as trauma, and as a result my body (muscles and nerves) have been misfiring and providing incorrect information to my brain since. By testing how my muscles react to different stressors, he can tell that the right side of my brain is always saying "GO!" and the left side of my brain is saying, "STOP!" which is leading my body to being in pretty constant fight or flight mode. I'm burnin' rubber in my brain all day long. And that's a good description of what it feels like!

Today he made the comment that my shoulders were as tense as if I had just been in a car accident. Any complex movement (where more than one muscle is being used) is sensed by my body as stress and so my body begins to overreact, leading to my anxiety and the physical symptoms that come with it.

At this time, I believe this man is a genius. He adjusted my head today because, all kidding aside, my head was not on straight. :) We'll see if I notice a difference and hope that it stays on straight for my next visit on Monday. He said I should feel better within the first week of treatments and I am hopeful!