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Amino Acid Therapy
It has been two years since my husband began his Amino Acid Therapy. (Started on 5/10/23) It has been nothing short of a miracle to us. It took about six months to start getting real results, but we saw improvement even before that. Nine months into it, we were seeing real results. A year after, even more so. We found our ‘sweet spot’ about a year and a half into it, and have made small tweaks since then just to fine tune it, but today we are ecstatic that it has worked so well. He was diagnosed in Jan 2019, tried a few things our neurologist suggest: Levodopa, some kind of patch…both of which did nothing in our opinion after 2-3 months of use, so my husband stopped trying anything else. We went about 3 years, just letting nature takes it course with no meds. After much research, I came across the Amino Acid Therapy (I’ve posted on this board before about our journey). Of course, we were skeptical, sounded too good to be true, but then we decided we had nothing to lose and decided to give it our all. My husband had a very shaky hand/arm, was drooling, his left foot was shuffling, and he just had blank stares sometimes. Within months of starting this treatment, all of it slowly disappeared. So we kept up with it, always guided by our naturopathic Dr. We initially spoke with him, were cleared as a good candidate, and began the treatment. I’d like to add that we have never met our Dr in person, as he lives in Wisconsin and we are in Atlanta, however we spoke with him weekly, reported our results, and he was consistent in his guidance. He was very thorough, explained everything, and can I say that this is the first treatment that ever actually made sense. Amino Acids are the building blocks of our bodies. Without them, we cannot function properly. With Parkinson’s, your neurons will slowly die off, which results in the motor symptoms not connecting properly. With the Amino Acid Therapy, we are essentially feeding his remaining neurons with the ‘food’ they need to operate at their optimum capacity. Think of it like a cup that you are trying to keep full, and you have to determine how much you need to take to keep it at the fullest it can be without depleting it. Once you reach that goal, you now know what is needed daily to keep the cup full. In short, we have diminished ALL of his symptoms, and he is back to his old self, with a few minor wiggles here and there, only when he gets really excited about something he is doing, which is normal. He was a mechanic by trade, and is back to working on his cars and motorcycles, as well as still riding them. We have continued to see our neurologist who has been amazed at the results, and told us to continue doing this treatment. Because they only deal with pharmaceuticals, they cannot ‘prescribe’ this treatment, so keep in mind, it is not covered by insurance, and can be expensive to do (about $800/month on average), but without our health, what’s the point? So we will continue to do this for the rest of his life. This treatment has been in the works for over 30 years, and has had some impressive results, including with my husband. It is a shame that more people don’t know about, and it is not promoted more widely, but I understand that Big Pharma pushes the pharmaceuticals instead. I would be happy to share our experience more in depth if you are interested in learning about it. You need to first be designated as a good candidate for this, which consists of not currently being on meds like Levodopa (if you are, you need to get off of them for a certain period of time to get it out of your system). My husband was not a heavy drinker by any means, just light beer, and he gave that up. He was normally active, exercised regularly, which was another good benefit. He continues to do so. Our Dr told us that for the best benefits, we had to go all in on this for the best results, so to this day, my husband does not drink, keeps up his exercise, and stays active. It has been the best decision of our lives to do this, and the therapy will continue for the rest of his life. He currently takes Mucuna (pure form of dopamine without any pharmaceutical additives), along with CysReplete, NeuroReplete, and Methyl Support, all dosed by the Dr., as our symptoms were changing. (It must be monitored to get the right dosage and results) It consists of taking the Mucuna powder, as well as about 4-5 pills at each mealtime. We had to learn different ways and times to meter out the powder and pills within about a half hour, as the side effect can be a touch of nausea. Eating crackers, or protein bars has helped my husband tremendously. Some people can’t deal with the nausea, but that’s why you have to experiment yourself with what makes everything go down better. It is a process. But we have found our dosage now to be perfect, and as long as he keeps this up, you’d never know he had Parkinson’s. Friends and family are amazed every time they see him, and again, like I said, his neurologist is on board because of the amazing results we have had. My only hope is that more people become aware of this, and can continue on their lives as normally as they used to. It may not work for everyone, based on their commitment level, but it has been our saving grace in this journey.
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3 Replies
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Mucuna, as you indicate, is dopamine. The rest is just getting it to the nerves. $800/month is outrageous. Guess you are made of money?
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Mucuna is actually L-Dopa not dopamine. I commend Shaun for making a financial commitment for their health. I also know what they are doing is a lot of work. Keep up the good work Shaun
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What good is the money if you can’t enjoy life? We’re retired and planned well. To us, it is well worth the money. There’s no price for your health.
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