“I truly felt like a hamster on a
wheel. I was just going, going, going as fast as I could and
literally scurrying about trying to keep enough momentum to
keep my head above water. I’d go to work, come home, and do
nothing but lay down to keep the energy to go back to work.
I felt completely and entirely trapped in my life. I was so
stressed I wasn't able to make decisions. I just went on
sheer momentum and felt like I had nothing left to give. I
was truly near complete collapse and very frightened because
I was aware of it but I didn't know what to do to stop it.”
This was Susan Hodges before the Rhodaptin program.
Describing herself as “a middle-aged newlywed with two young
adult children,” Susan says that the pressures of a new
relationship, combining families, her kids starting their
lives, and a very stressful 60-70 hour-a-week job began to
take its toll.
“I literally was at the point of physical and mental
collapse. I was calling in sick to work a lot. I was very
depressed, not sleeping, not eating, and then over-eating,
gaining weight like there's no tomorrow. I was having panic
attacks. I had aches and pains throughout my body. My body
literally felt like it was falling apart. You name it…I was
experiencing every symptom that Dr. Vern listed in his Rapid
Stress Test. I truly felt like I was 46 years old and living
in an 80 year old body,” says Susan. “I went to work and
acted like everything was fine. I put the false front on
because I was the boss. I was in charge, life was great, but
I was dying inside. And I had no time or energy for friends
or family. I didn't want to go out to dinner. I didn't want
to have friends over. I completely isolated for about
a year and a half.”
Susan had been going to another doctor and feeling
increasingly disillusioned: “I'd been seeing my doctor on a
regular basis and telling him, ‘I'm tired all the time. I
don't feel well. I ache.’ I was telling him the myriad of
symptoms that I was experiencing and really I felt like I
was just getting a pat on the head. The attitude seemed to
be—It’s all in your head, there's nothing really going on
with you. A human being knows when they are not heard and I
could tell I wasn't heard. And I would leave the doctor
feeling more disillusioned and questioning myself.” Her
experience with Dr. Vern was vastly different: “From the
very first time I felt like I was heard, and I felt that
there was hope.”
Susan took the Rapid Stress Test and scored a succession of
10’s—the highest and worst number. “On a couple of questions
I remember him laughing because I put 25 and 100 down. Those
were things where I felt so out of control in my life.”
About three weeks after starting the Rhodaptin program,
Susan began to see some results: “I was sleeping a few more
hours a night. I was starting to look at my life in a
different way and see that I could make decisions and
choices about things. Dr. Vern and I talked a lot about
where my life was, the amount of work I did, how I
internalized stress and what it was doing to me both
physically and emotionally. Now I feel fantastic. I've lost
25 lbs. I sleep through the night. I no longer have to take
anything for panic attacks because I don't have panic
attacks. I am making better choices. I am connecting with my
family. My relationship with my husband is much better. He
has said that he has his wife back. My son thinks I'm much
calmer. He doesn't have to tell me to quit freaking out all
the time. And I know that my friends see a difference
because I actually return their phone calls and invite them
over. I'm entertaining. I'm connecting with friends. I'm
much more a part of the world. The Rhodaptin Program is an
absolute lifesaver literally and figuratively.”
Adds Susan: “Since I
began the Rhodaptin Program, my life has changed so much for
the better that I didn't even feel it was possible. I have
more new-found energy than I can remember having since I was
in my 20's. I don't have the aches and pains. I can get up
in the morning and go all day. I have interest in things. I
have the physical stamina to follow-through with ideas that
I have. I'm just much more connected to myself and my place
in this world. Dr. Vern has set this program up in such a
way that you can literally follow it from Step A to Step B
and he puts it out in such plain language that you can grasp
why you're doing what you're doing. It's a program that
makes sense and it's really easy for anyone to follow.
“It's just wild to be so enthusiastic about something. Never
in my life did I think that you do something like this and
it will actually change your life. If you follow his
program, it really does work! The best thing about the
Rhodaptin Program is that it has given me my life back.”
Note: When Susan re-took the
rapid stress test she was amazed to see her scores of 10 had
become 0's and 2's.
“Rhodaptin
has given me my life back”