The Vagus Nerve & Your Health
This week, Michal welcomes fellow Wellness Warriors Dr. Diana Driscoll whose unique experience as a patient has led to groundbreaking research, two patents to date, and a dramatic treatment paradigm shift for numerous "invisible illnesses". Now fully recovered, she is ready to share her story and practical experience at POTS Care.
Dr. Diana Driscoll is an invisible illness patient, an author, speaker, patient advocate, researcher, inventor, clinical director, wife, and mother. Dr. Driscoll was disabled with an “invisible illness” including dysautonomia (POTS – Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS). After traveling the country looking for doctors to help, and yet unresponsive to treatment, she set up a corporation (Genetic Disease Investigators) to get answers. She created a blog (Prettyill.com) to reach out to others when her children also became ill. This grew into a forum which is now known worldwide.
Dr. Driscoll is now the Clinical Director of POTS Care (POTSCare.com). She remains a devoted patient advocate and speaker.
After much research and numerous clinical trials, Dr Driscoll and her husband set up TJ Nutrition® to release to others supplements that resulted from their research. They began a supplement supporting the vagus nerve which is critical for normal digestion, bowel movements, organ function (gall bladder, stomach acid production, pancreatic enzymes), inflammation control, and calming anxiousness — all critical for recovery.
In this week’s episode we discuss…
Dr Driscoll’s and her children’s health journey
What is POTS?
What is the vagus nerve and how Dr. Driscoll figured out that the vagus nerve was contributing to her symptoms
The nicotine patch and the vagus nerve
Acetylcholine and its impact on the vagus nerve and other symptoms
How to support vagus nerve function and use vagus nerve stimulators
Driscoll’s patent for Parasym Plus and what hoe the supplement works
How to determine if do well with Parasym Plus
Further products developed in the Vagus Nerve Support line and how are these special
What Dr. Driscoll is working on now that she has recovered
How POTS Care differs from other clinics treating POTS
How to connect with Dr. Driscoll and a special offer on the Vagus Nerve Supplement line for Wellness Warrior Radio listeners
Mentioned in this episode...
TJ Nutrition Vagus Nerve Support Supplements– Use the Code wellnesswarriors10 for 10% off your first order. Visit http://bit.ly/wwvagusnerve
Connect with Dr Driscoll
Forum : http://prettyill.com
Clinic: www.POTSCare.com - The only clinic dedicated to treating the underlying medical causes of POTS -- not just the symptoms.
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/potscare
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