Alternative to Meds Center

My name is Jason. For twenty-three years I have been taking very strong narcoleptic medications to treat my Tourette’s Syndrome and O.C.D. [obsessive-compulsive disorder]. For my entire life, everyday I felt like I had to take these medicines or else! It was very hard to feel “normal” growing up amongst my friends because none of them had to take high-powered sedatives every morning.

Doctor’s had convinced me and my family that I would have to take these drugs for the rest of my life, which was very discouraging. Two months ago, I was introduced to The Alternative to Meds Center. Lyle, the director, was confident in the fact that he could safely taper me off my meds and implement a natural, holistic regimen. My first thought was that he was crazy. I haven’t lived a day in the past 23 three years without them, and vitamins were going to help? I thought it was outlandish, but I took a deep breath and went into it with an open mind.

After my taper was finished, the results were astronomical. For once in my life I did not feel like a zombie and no longer sedated. My personality turned happy, optimistic and positive… and gets this the Vitamins worked!!! I never thought this was possible… ever. My symptoms of Tourette’s and O.C.D. were gone and I was med free, thanks God!

A month and a half later, I entered the Sauna purification program. Upon beginning the program, the sauna I.C. decided to not allow me to take my vitamin packs. Once off them, my tourette’s came back full force, my mind was spinning out of control, and I was basically a mess. Bringing this to ATMC, they put me back on my vitamin packs and once again, my tourette’s was gone.

As far as I am concerned, this is a modern-day miracle. Being off my meds was a dream I’ve had for years, and Alternative to Meds Center had made that possible. I would recommend this process to anyone plagued with a similar situation as I have had. It really does work!!

- Jason G.

I had seven months clean upon coming to Alternative to Meds Center.  I had been and currently was operating in a sort of mental fuzz, and often times would have to get others to do the thinking for me.  It was difficult for me to follow conversations, and often I found myself interjecting at inappropriate times. I came to realize that this clouded thinking was a carryover from my drug history [methamphetamines].  Since I had been in a program where most of the people around me shared that same fuzziness, it didn’t seem so abnormal.  But upon arrival at ATMC, the clarity of other clients at first made me believe that these people were not real drug addicts like I had been and had been around.  Indeed, they were different,  but not because they hadn’t been as bad.  They had just gotten a jump on me in a completely transforming process that I was also to share.  Through the combination of communication drills and other life skills, sauna detox purification, and vitamin and mineral regiments specifically designed to process residual toxins, I was able to lift the mental fog.  I went from believing I was unfit in the workplace, to being capable of generating my own employment as a self-made specialist.

-L.M.  Berkeley resident