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“What I found so amazing is that when the body temperature runs below 98.6 some of the symptoms that were gone, come back” – Dianne T.

Issues covered in the account below:

  • Fatigue / Chronic Fatigue
  • Headaches / Migraines
  • Fluid Retention
  • PMS (PreMenstrual Syndrome)
  • Constipation
  • Irish / Indian

I am a 40-year-old housewife. I have been seeing Dr. Wilson for one year and continue to go to him for treatment for Wilson’s [Thyroid] Syndrome. Prior to learning about Dr. Wilson I was suffering from the following symptoms: migraine headaches for over 20 years, constipation, fatigue, dry skin, fluid retention, dry hair, brittle, peeling and splitting soft nails, easy bruising, lack of sweating, allergies, frequent colds, heat and cold intolerance, itchiness, decreased hair and nail growth, cold hands and feet, slow wound healing, ringing of the ears, and a continuous low body temperature (97.1 degrees).

I consulted several different doctors: a family practitioner, an endocrinologist, an internal medicine specialist, a neurologist, and an ear-nose-throat specialist for all my symptoms listed above. I had to take blood test after blood test, complete physicals, upper and lower GI series, x-rays, EEG, EKG, CAT scan, RAST, pollen and food allergy testing. All the tests that were performed came back negative except for the allergy test. However, I was taking the allergy serum shots for pollen and food allergies for approximately 1 1/2 years when I discontinued the treatment because it was not helping me and the costs were very expensive. I had suffered for so long (20 years) with migraine headaches that I had the doctor admit me to the hospital and run the necessary tests and x-rays to be sure that I did not have a tumor or blood clot on the brain. I had gone to the neurologist in 1976 and 1977, and was admitted again to the hospital by a different neurologist in 1977 and had more tests done in 1978 by another neurologist. All the tests came back negative and the doctor could only prescribe Cafergot medication to take prior to the onset of the migraine headaches. The medication never worked and I continued to suffer until I went to Dr. Wilson for treatment in April of 1990.

I could not understand why none of the doctors could find anything wrong. I was angry with the medical profession because they could not help me from my suffering and pain. I did not know where to turn and it affected my life with my family and my work. I was constantly sick with migraines, colds, fatigue, and no energy to do anything or go anywhere with my family.

I missed a lot of time off work because of my migraines and being sick with colds. The job was very stressful and I started to have chest pains, stomach pains, and nausea. The more work that was put on me, the more stress I carried around with me, which, in turn, affected my health. Gradually my body’s health went down and stayed down. I would continue to have new symptoms causing me to worry more, adding stress which only made the symptoms worse.

I can remember laying on the couch with a migraine headache in March of 1990 when I saw the information on television about Wilson’s [Thyroid] Syndrome. I took the number down, discussed it with my husband, then contacted Dr. Wilson’s office for a consultation. At that time it was explained what Wilson’s [Thyroid] Syndrome is and how it affects your health, what the symptoms are, and how your nationality may be connected to Wilson’s [Thyroid] Syndrome. I was intrigued since it was pointed out at that time to me, before I ever mentioned my nationality, that the syndrome seems to be more common in patients whose ancestors survived famine (such as Irish, Russian). They seem to get the syndrome more easily with the most prone combination being Irish, part Indian. I had all the symptoms and the nationality Irish and Indian going for me. So I felt that he may be able to help me, and understood how much suffering and pain I was in and had been for practically all my life.

After starting treatment, I noticed some slight changes for the better and as my temperature continued to become normal, my migraines went completely away. (I had been to doctors for migraine headaches for 20 years and was put on Cafergot, pain pills, etc., but nothing helped.) I have less bruising, less fatigue, less constipation, and less fluid retention. I am still under Dr. Wilson’s care and will remain so because his treatment is helping me to live my life again. What I found so amazing is that when the body temperature runs below 98.6 some of the symptoms that were gone, come back. When I am put under a lot stress that causes my temperature to become abnormal and drop below 98.6, it takes about a week to get the system back to normal again and then I notice my symptoms disappearing. I have never felt this good in my life. I recommend the treatment for just migraines alone.

About the Author:

Denis Wilson, MD described Wilson 's Temperature Syndrome in 1988 after observing people with symptoms of low thyroid and low body temperature, yet who had normal blood tests. He found that by normalizing their temperatures with T3 (without T4) their symptoms often remained improved even after the treatment was discontinued. He was the first doctor to use sustained-release T3.

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