Afternoon Energy Crashes at 40

Actually, the morning was so nice. Oh, yeah. At least we got like a nice morning. And then Yeah. And then we can take in the rain, but alas, not all mornings can be perfect. It's okay. We need the rain, I guess. Yeah. It'll make for a good, you know, I'm just selfish. I know. I wanted to be somewhere. I want to wake [clears throat] up. Blue skies. Beautiful. Okay. So, let's find my own question sheet. All right. So, we're just going to go through your experience at the practice. We're going to go through um like what you were experiencing before, how you know your time here has been, what you've gotten out of it. You don't have to share anything that you don't feel comfortable in sharing in, you know, regards to your treatment, but if you do want to share things that you're doing, then that's also fine. Okay. Um yeah, just very general. So, let's start with what led you to our practice. Um, I discovered Med Matrix. I was about to turn 40 and I wanted to sort of get a baseline of what's happening in my body. I know there's things that are changing that I can't pinpoint and I wanted to just kind of like see everything on paper and I had seen online some advertisements and such and did a little deep dive research and was like, you know what, this looks like somewhere that I'd feel comfortable going. The staff looked friendly. Um, Dr. Sasha looked amazing and you know I listened to some of the podcasts and I was like you know these are people that I like to have a conversation with. So I love the podcast I'm on the back end. Oh cool. That's great to hear. [laughter] So was there [clears throat] like a sometimes people have like a turning point where they're like I this is the point where I'm going to seek help. Or was it something that you were kind of looking into anyways? It sounds like you were kind of Yeah. looking into it. I was having for my own self, I was having these like lulls and periods in the afternoon where I was just so tired driving home 3:00 in the afternoon, 3:30, 4:00. I'm looking for honestly ways home that had places that I could pull off if I had to like fall asleep. And I was that's not normal for me. Um I'm a very active person. I'm really good with food and nutrition. Um hydration's not an issue. So, I'm like, "All right, everything that worked in my 20s, you know, and my 30s, like somehow something's changing." And again, noting that I'm headed to 40 or I just turned 40, I was like, "There's got to be some other explanation for this." So, um, in talking with my own doctor, they were sort of like making small suggestions. Um, you know, maybe try this up this. Um, the blood work panel they do every year, not very extensive. And I'm like, there's more if all these numbers are checking out and they say fine. Um, like there's got to be more that you could look into, right? And so those kinds of things I I don't know, they were just starting to be concerning. So tiredness, fatigue in the middle of the day, um, irregular like cycles all of a sudden, things like that were just kind of happening that hadn't happened at 35 that 38 or 37, 38, 39, and now 40. I'm starting to get it regulated all out. But um that's why it's kind of stuff. Yeah. I mean a lot of people they're like wait till the last moment. Yeah. Right. Well, I just kind of wanted a baseline. You know what I mean? I'm like, you know what? Very proactive. Yeah. I want to know for the next 10 years what to look for and and so on and so forth. So, I don't know. It was really great. We we love proactive people. We love them. [laughter] So, how is this? you just kind of explained how it was affecting you dayto-day, but what were some of like the biggest challenges you were facing? Um, I think the biggest challenge was that I couldn't [sighs and gasps] let me think on this. Let me think how to answer this correctly or not correctly but just how I want to say. Um, not knowing why these swings of changes were happening was really frustrating cuz like I mentioned, I do exercise, I lift, I run, I play field hockey, I hydrate. Like, I'm fairly good with nutrition. We all have our off days, I admit. But this wasn't something I could control. Mhm. And I think that not being able to just kind of oh try something that I used to do and it worked, that made me feel really out of control. And I don't not to say that I'm like overly controlling, but I just I I like to be able to have an answer. You know what I mean? like um I think yeah just not you know not knowing what Briana was going to wake up that morning because I was just kind of like ah you know and I'm like I'm not I'm not an angry person like I don't understand why these fluxes or hormonal changes are affecting me this way and I just I didn't feel comfortable living like that and I know a lot of women who do and they're just like oh I'll get to it or this is just per menopause or this is menopause pause and this is just what happens. We're women. We're born this way. And I'm like, but there's got to be more to handle, you know, or more to help us with these things, right? Yeah. So, I think I don't know if that answers your question. Oh, it 100% does. And you are not overly controlling for that. I think a lot of the times we are kind of molded to think that in healthcare it's just like here's an answer. You don't have to understand why, right? You know, and that's really frustrating when that answer is not solving the problem, right? So, that is not overly controlling. Yeah. I just I didn't like that. like here take a multivitamin. It's like okay, you know, but like I do take multivitamins like what why [laughter] why is this? And no one had an answer. So yeah. So let's talk about your experience here when you first came here or when let's say your first interaction medatrix. You said you saw an ad and then you were on a discovery call with the patient success coordinator. Yeah. So, how was that process to you know the intake labs when you did the labs and the inbody? Sure. So, I had sent an inquiry and um got a phone call back pretty quickly and the person who did my intake really, you know, told me that they were there to listen and they did. They listened to every bit of pretty much what I just told you where I was like, you know, this has always been my life and this and that and I can't understand why this is happening. and he was just so good. He's like, you know, you're not the only this you're a perfect fit. Like, I would love for you to come in and meet the team because I really think that this is going to be something that can help you find those answers. And I and I think there was something that he had said on the phone that was like, I hear you. And that was so kind. And I'm like, I'm sorry. I I completely just like everything out to you right now. And and he's like, no, I hear you. You know, I'm glad that you that you reached out. Like, I think we can help. I think you're a perfect fit for this, you know, team. And it was really sweet and I was kind of like, okay, thank you. [snorts and laughter] Sorry. You know, like it's very different, you know, it's a very different experience and what a lot of people are coming from. Well, that and I mean I just I was probably one of those like swings that I couldn't control of myself where I was just like I just need to talk to somebody and they, you know, and for them to just kind of sit there for honestly I think we talked for almost 40 minutes and it didn't need to be that long. like intake calls should be probably like a 15inut 20 minute something from someone but they really listened and was like you know what it's okay like we can help you like let's let's check it out you got to start here but we'll have at least a baseline of answers to be able to give you and I felt supported and I liked that yeah great team guys I know so then you came in for your initial lab panel right yep and how was that process coming in like your first experience with the team here and the facility and the InBody. Sure. Um, so really great. Um, I believe I met with Shantel, if that's okay to say names. Um, and she took me in for the first InBody and that was really cool. I hadn't had that done and I was just kind of like shocked as to how simple it was, right? [snorts] And, um, getting that results was cool to see on paper. I really like that sort of thing. Um, front desk staff very welcoming, very, you know, hi, nice to meet you, welcome, you know, lots of welcoming because they knew I was a new patient. Um, sort of gave me the layout and the blood panel was, I mean, you know, a blood draw, [laughter] but the conversation was good and any questions that I had, everybody was willing to give me an answer and I really felt good about that. when I get the embody done, they sit down and they explain it to me too, which is so nice because I'm like, "Wow, that's a lot of numbers, you know, like but I some of them obviously I can understand and read, but I'm just like, okay." And then um Shantel had said, you know, this is fun to see, but it's even more fun to see when you do them like every month, you know, and you can collectively see the differences or changes that you're making. And I'm like, awesome. It is very cool. It's very cool. It's very cool. And what about your initial visit? How did you go into your initial visit with your provider? Who do you see? Uh Dr. Sasha. Sasha. Yeah. Yeah. Um how do you I'm on the wait list. Oh, you were. [laughter] I'm on the wait list for her. Okay. So, how did you feel I guess entering this appointment and then when you had exited? Like how did the appointment go and then how did you feel when you exited? Um, I was I mean I don't know if I just get like doctor anxiety just because like I don't know these people and I just you know again like I don't want to come in and just give too much information and be like okay so actually you're not asking me any of those questions. I'm just telling you things cuz I feel like I need to. Um but she was so welcoming. She went over everything that was there. I had questions. I had a notebook with me cuz I'm that kind of person that I was like I'm just going to take notes while we're talking. and um you know she she was great. She told me all the differences and the concerns that she had um or maybe I shouldn't even say concern just advice that she had um to say okay this is high or this is low and this is how we can kind of make this work together and I thought that was really great so happy that she's the provider I see here. And what what about how you're feeling now? I am feeling so much better. Um I think that the treatments that I'm getting here and the responsiveness from the team is actually really um helpful in its own [laughter] way. Um I think uh the treatments that I'm getting are absolutely, you know, helping me feel better. I always feel better when I come in. Um, but I also think that the responsiveness of like the team of people is really really helpful and that's again the support that I wasn't getting before from my personal provider to this group of people is has been really good all around. And how how are you feeling towards, you know, your future? Um, I I know sometimes, not to cut you off, I know sometimes when you're feeling when you haven't been able to get answers and you're feeling not your best, not your best self, maybe not even you. Um, we start to think differently about like our health and our future. So, how are you feeling about it now? Um, I'm feeling more certain that I can take on what's coming in the 40s, um, with confidence and, you know, the help that I might need or the answers to questions that I might have. I don't know. This is a really good find and I'm glad that I'm part of the Med Matrix team. We're glad that you're here, you know, and again, I I mean, I didn't say this yet, but I get to do a ton of testimonials and it is never just like a blessing experience. a like I get to take all these in. So, thank you so much for sharing them with me. Of course. Um, last question is, how would you describe functional medicine to a friend? Um, I have actually described this to quite a few friends since I began with the practice. um or at least as best as I can. But I think functional medicine sort of steps outside of the traditional box of, you know, okay, we're going to look for X, Y, and Z, and if it's not there, then you're good. And so I think that functional medicine is really, I don't know, practice where it's encompassing a little bit more than like Sorry, maybe we could start that one again, I guess. But the doing more, testing for more, seeing more, seeing more of the whole person than just, you know, these small little boxes that are are standardly looked for in traditional medicine, I guess, is to say is that I don't know that. Yeah, cuz I do I try and explain it to my friends a lot where they're just like, well, what's the difference? I'm like so much there's so much different just the matter of how far they're willing to look into who you are on paper, you know, like from blood work to personality, how you're feeling, the inbody scans, all of these things. You don't get that at your normal office visits or yearly check-in. These people are here to support, which is nice. Awesome. And then I guess I lied. I have one more question, but um how would you what would you say to somebody who was on the fence? I would say just do it. I would say don't be on the fence about it. You owe this to yourself. Um if you've had questions this long and they're not getting answered, it's time to get answers. You deserve it. It's your body. You only have one, right? Take care of it while you're here. It's a beautiful answer. Thanks. Oh, thank you so much. Of course. Thank you for having me. Oh, yeah. No, this is like very very well spoken about your experience. Thank you. [laughter]