My quest for a cure: by listening to my feelings instead of my test results, I was able to find a solution to my hyperthyroid disease - One Reader's Succes

Natural Health, Jan-Feb, 2002 by Sharon Reese

There were more nights like that, and I gradually stopped feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. Every day I did yoga and took a long walk. As the months passed, my symptoms slowly diminished and my physical strength returned.

I've been living a normal life for more than a year now. When my nurse practitioner saw me a few weeks ago she told me how good I looked. She did some in-office tests and remarked that I don't have the reflexes of a hyperthyroid--no signs at all of muscular weakness.

My blood tests still show that I'm hyperthyroid, but I don't care what they say. I know how I feel and I no longer feel ill.

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Sharon Reese works for the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan and is studying for a master's degree in holistic nutrition.