THEN, to top it off, my face began to break out. And just to add insult to injury, I GOT A PIMPLE INSIDE MY NOSTRIL. Really? Yep, one of the most sore experiences I’ve ever had. Holy crap. However, that’s when the light bulb finally came on over my head.

I was in BIG TIME detox.

• Pain wasn’t just in my usual areas, my shoulders were achy, I felt like I was coming down with the flu. Detox symptom: check.

• My face was breaking out, not a normal thing for me these days. Detox symptom: check.
• I was dragging around with absolutely no energy, worse than ever. Detox symptom: check.
• This may fall under the category of TMI, but my bowels suddenly became quite loose. Very unusual for me – may have happened to me 5 times in my life. Detox symptom: check.
• Brain fog attacked me. The problem with brain fog is that you are so foggy you don’t realize that you are foggy until quite later. I’m sure you can see where this cycle is heading. Detox symptom: check.
• Irritable – more than usual, so what’s it to you? However, my old self before burnout at work wasn’t an irritable person, I was usually quite personable. Detox symptom: check.
• Headache – where did that come from? I haven’t had a headache in a long time, now I have one for several days. Detox symptom: check.

This continued for about a week, culminating in the Worst Day Ever yesterday. I made it to my massage therapist – barely – to work out some of the kinks. She’s magic, really. A two hour massage helped me as far as pain  - back to my usual hurts, anyway. But I still felt crappy.

Then, I slept better last night and awakened much more easily this morning. As I had an early appointment, I jumped out of bed and started getting ready. It’s only JUST NOW as I write this that I realize that I didn’t do my usual morning slow-motion routine of barely functioning for the first hour. That in itself is a true miracle.

THEN, after seeing patients this morning, I made my list of errands and completed the whole long list. With a smile on my face. Even when I had to go into Lowe’s. And grocery shopping. And I was so chipper, that my friend said I was annoying because he’d gotten used to my fatigued, solemn self. I consider that a win.

After all those errands, I then cooked a gourmet meal from scratch – seriously! And then AFTER that, I cleaned the kitchen, including mopping the floor. And did two loads of laundry.  I finally sat down about 9 pm, and realized what my day had been like. It had felt so normal, so typical for me to do so much, that it was second nature. Only when I thought about it did I realize what a turn I’d taken in the last 24 hours.

I’m seriously crossing-fingers here that this level of energy and mood is here to stay. And yet, I want even more! What others have told me is that you go through a few of these detox reactions in the first couple months. However, I honestly believe that I have cleared a big hurdle.

I suppose it’s time now to tell you the product name: Laminine. You can read more about it here. You can order it from me here. You can email me with questions at the email written below – I’ve written it out in a way that the spammers won’t pick up hopefully, so when you email me, be sure to write in the usual way in the address bar.

robin at drrobinmayfield dot com

Hey! Go ahead and try two months worth like I am, it’s cheap. Seriously, why are you still here reading this, go to the links and sign up!

much love y’all,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

She suggested that I open the capsules and pour the powder into my mouth for greater absorption. As I have genetic lousy digestion (thanks, dad), this made sense to me. I poured two capsules under my tongue and let them dissolve. They dissolved quickly – maybe 5 minutes? – and didn’t taste horrible. They don’t taste GREAT, mind you, but I tolerate it just fine.

I did that yesterday for the first time, and continued today. Hey! I think I’m feeling some changes! I still have some afternoon fatigue that has been plaguing me now for years, but this morning I awakened clear-headed and immediately began working, rather than spending an hour trying to wake up.

THEN, after lunch, I tackled a cleaning project that I’ve been avoiding for months now. It’s done!

So, this sounds much more promising. I’ll keep you posted.

much love and blessings y’all,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

I realize that I might be noticing a slight improvement in mental acuity; I got some paperwork done this week that I had to do, though it was in process before I started taking the product. That’s why I’m not sure if the product had anything to do with it, or the looming deadlines were the bigger role. Now that they are completed, I’ll see how my mental acuity changes show up and know more.

I hope to start sleeping again as well as I did that first week! And others report pain relief quite quickly after taking only a few doses. That hasn’t been my experience unfortunately. And pain is what keeps me from doing other things, so I’m hopeful that it will let up at some point.

Wish I could say it is a miracle after only two weeks, but it isn’t for me. HOWEVER, I am realistic and didn’t really expect that. If I get results like others are reporting after two months, then I consider it a wonderful thing. So don’t give up yet!

much love and blessings y’all,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

Two days of low energy, accompanied by poor sleep. Hot flashes are back, darn it. Finally broke down and got my labwork for my hormones so I can fix those before the brutal summer arrives. Hot Flashes and Texas Summers do not mix well.

Anyway, I’d say that I don’t feel worse than when I started right now, nor do I feel better. About the same. Still hoping that I get those improvements that everyone is talking about with this product. I’ll keep you posted, as always.

Much love and blessings y’all,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

When I woke up this morning, my stomach was fine and I felt rested, despite waking up several times through the night. I think in between those moments, I slept deeply. It was a gorgeous spring day, and I decided to do some gardening and enjoy the outdoors. I kept telling myself to remember to come back inside and take my Product dosage after my brunch, and kept forgetting.

When I came in to clean up after several hours outside (energy was better today, definitely), I realized that I was feeling discouraged about life stressors. My internal conversation was negative, which I observed, and I was irritable. Standing in the kitchen, I saw the Product bottle and remembered I’d never taken my dose for the morning. I gulped down two pills, and continued with day.

About 30 minutes later, I needed to run an errand to Costco. Normally the crowd of Sunday afternoon shoppers with lots of loud children can make me crazy, and here I was already having an irritable day. After my purchase, I decided to sit down and have a snack at their deli. I found myself smiling at the cute children, and laughing to myself at some of their antics. Waves of connection passed through me as I saw what they were seeing through their eyes, in their world, and it was very light and delightful.

On the drive home, I realized how much my mood had shifted! I attribute it to the Product; in fact brighter moods is something people have been talking about with it. I guess it’s true!

Much love and blessings y’all,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

If you haven’t joined me on Facebook, you might want to….I’m doing daily updates over there about the product trial.

Something must be changing, because I woke up today and I can’t wait to get into my closet and organize something! I know it might sound odd, but I like being organized (I’m not a control freak that way, but I don’t like extra clutter around). Anyway, I know whenever I’m feeling good, I do a good organizing clean-out project around the house or yard.

The other thing I noticed is that yesterday I worked outdoors in the gorgeous spring weather, and I got a lot done – more than usual. I think I was able to keep working without crashing fatigue in the afternoon, and my energy felt more steady. However, I didn’t realize it until I looked back on it.

And again, I’m sleeping really well. In a way that I don’t have to think about; I just get in bed and fall asleep and don’t wake up until the morning, feeling refreshed. Awesome!

much love and blessings,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

The instructions say that I should either take the pills 30 minutes before food or 2 hours after food. I had been taking 2 pills first thing in the morning on a very empty stomach. This morning I ate breakfast first, then waited 2 hours and took 2 pills. No nausea! This is a good thing.

I’m realizing now that something must be changing. It’s almost 9 p.m., and instead of vegging in front of the TV, I’m brainstorming marketing ideas on the computer, writing a blogpost and still haven’t eaten dinner. I didn’t take my second dose until almost 7, I hope it doesn’t keep me awake tonight. I guess I’ll find out.

I hope this is a sign of more good things to come.

much love y’all,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

No changes in pain or energy or other symptoms.

much love y’all,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

For my personal posts, I’m trying to consider myself as patient, not doctor. I’ve decided to record my symptoms here just as I do it with patients, so I can keep a record of changes from the new supplement I’m testing.

Using a 1-10 scale, with 1 being good and 10 being terrible, I’m going to rate all the bothersome symptoms I’m dealing with right now. What, you say? You don’t have perfect health as a natural health practitioner? Yep, I’m human. And I’ve inherited some challenging genetic components that certainly could have been worse if I didn’t participate in alternative health practices. (I know, I’ve seen my siblings and extended family).

Many of these symptoms below showed up when I hit “burn out”, aka severe adrenal fatigue, 6 years ago when I sold my practice and retired from being in an active clinic. It works so much better for me to see patients in my home at a slower pace as I do now, and I’m still healing that burn out. Like all of you, I also needed someone to hold my hand and pull me out of it and recently found that for myself after much searching. So the light at the end of the tunnel has finally surfaced, but I have a ways to go.

1. Fatigue: 6   I have days now where this is better than it was, but it is still not where I want it to be.

2. Lack of motivation: 8  I’ve always been a goal-driven person and am feeling a bit lost in this area.

3. Sleep: 4 I’ve always been a good, heavy sleeper in the past (in fact, it used to be too heavy and hard to wake up), but now with menopause sometimes I have bad nights, which is traumatic for me.

4. Hot flashes: 5  I forget about these until I start to do something physical, then they show up and I sweat like crazy. Not fun during a Texas summer!  I’ve been lazy about testing my own hormones, so I need to follow thru with that and see what I need. It will be part of my test for this new product to find out how much it affects hormonal complaints.

5. Mood: 4  I find that without a goal to be working toward, life can be a little boring. I think my mood will lift when my motivation improves.

6. Pain: overall 8  This was the major reason I sold the practice; constant pain. Years of repetitive stress on top of old injuries, then adding new injuries in to the mix, and yow – I hurt! I’ll list these separately:

• Low back – lumbar region: 9 especially when standing from sitting
• Feet: right heel 8, right top of foot laterally 7, left lateral foot 6. (Extremely High arches, thanks mom)
• Left hip: ranges from 5-9, including tight left hamstring
• Neck: no pain, but very limited flexibility (hard to watch traffic when changing lanes – that’s a good marker for me to observe changes in)
• Right thumb: 7. This is a new symptom in the past two years, I believe it’s from using the touchpad on my laptop too much.

7. Blood pressure: 3  I spent most of my life with low blood pressure and was never concerned with this. Again, when I ran into the adrenal fatigue wall, mine went up. (thanks, Mom) I’m finally getting it down, but  it isn’t as low as it used to be and I have to take a diuretic to keep it low.

8. Weight: 10 oh yes, did I mention gaining all this weight with my burnout? Ouch. And the fatigue and lack of motivation keeps me from caring enough to diet or workout enough. A catch-22. (Does the younger generation know what that phrase means or where it comes from?)  Weight problems are a big genetic factor for me.

9. Digestion: 10  Sigh, digestion problems began for me during a very stressful divorce over 20 years ago. While I healed emotionally, my stomach experienced abrasions during that time that I cannot get healed no matter how much I do. This one is a big challenge for me, and losing weight and watching diet choices would help. (and another genetic factor – thanks, dad)

10: Feeling old: 10  Yes, this is more emotional than physical, but it all works together, right?

Dang, that seems like a long list. I’ve also had thorough bloodwork taken, but I don’t have the results back yet.

I’m starting the new product today and hope to post daily about how I feel on it. Subscribe to the feed so you can follow along if you want, and I’ll try to answer any questions you have in the comments section.

Many blessings, y’all,

Robin Mayfield, D.C.

1. It’s a great place to put out information about a product that I might not have mentioned to you in person, or ways to use it that you might not have thought of. Such as: one of my favorite products is Nutri-West Histozyme. It was created to reduce histamines in the body, and it really works. However, it can also be so relaxing that it makes you feel sleepy. Using it at bedtime can dramatically improve night-time sinus stuffiness, opening up the sinuses all night. Heavy snorers might be able to sleep with less snoring, making their entire household happier.

2. I can include health tips that are free, easy and make a difference–things like: If your back hurts more when you stand or walk and is better when you sit or lie, then you probably need  better support in your shoes. Supporting your feet is one of the most important pain relievers available, yet few actually pay attention to them. Head to a shoe store that specializes in fitting  shoes for support – in  Austin, that’s Karavel – and have them inspect and fit your feet in good shoes. And no, they don’t have to be ugly! Shoes have come a long way in style that are also supportive. Find out if you have a high arch or flat feet, and fit appropriately. 

3. It’s a place for me to gather my thoughts and share with you as my patients. That’s what the next few posts will be: I am going to be testing something new on myself, and I am going to blog the reality of it as I decide if I like it or not.

Join me by subscribing to  my feed or adding me to your burner, following me on Facebookand Twitter – @RobinMayfield –  or just drop by. Be prepared for the honest truth as I get real, a little humor as I frequently view health with a wry attitude, and some tips for your own optimum health journey.

The product is on its way, so I’ll be starting soon. First things first, I’m headed off to get some labwork done for objective numbers. Talk soon!

Many Blessings Y’all,

Dr. Mayfield