I love Dr. Victoria! To say that she saved my life is not an exaggeration. I didn't want to commit…read moresuicide but I didn't want to live either. I was in agony because of (now I know thanks to her and research I did in my own) an under active thyroid and peri-menopause hormone imbalances. My symptoms were extreme anger/short temper, despondent/hopelessness, confusion, forgetfulness, no libido, crushing exhaustion, road rage, weight gain, easily pulled muscles that won't heal, anxiety, loss of concentration, dizziness, stiff joints, heartburn, agitation, exhaustion upon standing or walking, no strength/very weak where I was once an athlete and always had very strong arms and legs (prof figure skater, aerobics instructor).
I saw doctor Victoria two weeks ago and nearly all these symptoms are either gone or exponentially better!!!
For those who "worry" about the whole holistic approach to medicine, rest assured, Dr. Hamman IS a doctor. She can be a primary care physician and can prescribe western meds but her goal is to treat the body as a whole system, not just singular problems and to do so with as many natural remedies as possible.
Dr. V spent 2 hours with me my first visit and gave me all my Meds! She is AMAZING, empathetic, a GREAT and thorough listener and just a fantastic person! She returns phone calls and emails. She CARES!
Best of all, the treatments she prescribed me are working!!! Day Two I felt a lifting of the urge to cry every morning and a little more energy.
Two weeks later, I have lost 5 pounds without changing anything about what I eat but, truth be told, I am probably eating less because I do get fuller faster which is A MIRACLE IN AND OF ITSELF for me (I was always ravenous!).
I have "normal energy" now. I used to fall into bed every day when I got home. This last week, I had energy to go shopping after work and a long (2 hour) commute! Something I have not done in YEARS! The crushing fatigue, malaise and pain were just not there!
I feel 100% better now than I did when I saw doctor V two weeks ago and I feel 75% closer to being at my post-child-birthing best, which was at about age 35-37 (10 years ago). That's huge progress for 2 weeks!
I cannot say enough about Dr. Hamman! And, yes, I have been seeing my HMO regular docs for years about various problems. They treated each "problem" with medications but not my whole body and never took a step back to see that much of what I suffered from was due to classic hormone imbalances! Instead I have been on a litany of antidepressants, benzos, weight loss drugs (and the latest recommendation was for gastric bypass - I am overweight for sure but this sounded extreme to me with only about 50 pounds to lose) by virtue of seeing western med docs. They did their best but all these meds and still, when I hit late 40's, I might as well have been taking sugar pills. Nothing worked and I was in misery!
Thanks to Dr. Hamman, I am weaning off several other drugs, and have energy and hope for the first time in 10 years!!!!
If you suffer from anything other than the common cold, rush - don't walk - and see this doctor. She will change your life!