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Suzanne’s story
I’m a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I’m a worker, taxpayer, a student, a friend and I’m bi-polar. If you were to see me on the street you would not know that I have struggled with a very real and devastating disease.
I’m attractive, successful and ambitious. I love to laugh and have a genuine love of life. I have had the opportunity to be on Empowerplus for two and half years. It gave me my life back. Sounds incredible? It is. I was skeptical in the beginning but felt like I had very little to lose. I had lost everything already, including my dignity and pride, so I gave the product a try. My symptoms were so severe that I was not able to study, work, mother and feel alive.
I was strictly bi-polar. This started in early adulthood. I was given so many drugs: Luvox, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Lithium, Valproic Acid, Olanzapine, Ativan – what a cocktail! As a patient you trust that the doctors know best and will fix the chaos that the disorder causes. But that calm never comes, you lose hope and eventually realize this is as good as it gets. Every day is a struggle, you can’t sleep, eat, or socialize. You withdraw from society out of shame. This isolation often would result in suicidal feelings. I had no hope, I felt alone, ashamed and angry that my life had been robbed. I had two suicide attempts while on psychotropic medications. When the illness started I had no idea what was happening to me nor why. It was very frightening. This illness is very real and incapacitating. The drugs, even with the most genuine effort of my doctor, offered no hope. One can rarely function at all on them. On the other hand Empowerplus has given me the health I always wanted. I thought life and health was for others. I have been able to live a life I only dreamed of since I have been the recipient of Empowerplus.
Suzanne
I’m a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I’m a worker, taxpayer, a student, a friend and I’m bi-polar. If you were to see me on the street you would not know that I have struggled with a very real and devastating disease.
I’m attractive, successful and ambitious. I love to laugh and have a genuine love of life. I have had the opportunity to be on Empowerplus for two and half years. It gave me my life back. Sounds incredible? It is. I was skeptical in the beginning but felt like I had very little to lose. I had lost everything already, including my dignity and pride, so I gave the product a try. My symptoms were so severe that I was not able to study, work, mother and feel alive.
I was strictly bi-polar. This started in early adulthood. I was given so many drugs: Luvox, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Lithium, Valproic Acid, Olanzapine, Ativan – what a cocktail! As a patient you trust that the doctors know best and will fix the chaos that the disorder causes. But that calm never comes, you lose hope and eventually realize this is as good as it gets. Every day is a struggle, you can’t sleep, eat, or socialize. You withdraw from society out of shame. This isolation often would result in suicidal feelings. I had no hope, I felt alone, ashamed and angry that my life had been robbed. I had two suicide attempts while on psychotropic medications. When the illness started I had no idea what was happening to me nor why. It was very frightening. This illness is very real and incapacitating. The drugs, even with the most genuine effort of my doctor, offered no hope. One can rarely function at all on them. On the other hand Empowerplus has given me the health I always wanted. I thought life and health was for others. I have been able to live a life I only dreamed of since I have been the recipient of Empowerplus.
Suzanne
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