Ask Dr. Roby:
Dr. Roby, I was diagnosed ten years ago with a demyelinating disease (the diagnosis fell just short of MS), as I had persistent numbness throughout much of my body, and MRIs that revealed a fair number of lesions on my brain and T-spine (most of the numbness cleared up, though my hands are still numb and the right side of my body is somewhat weaker than my left side).
I understand your claims about stress and the body’s shift in operating on adrenaline, but what I’m not sure I understand is how this might compromise the immune system to cause plaquing in the brain and on the spinal cord. (I suppose in this, I’m in decent company though, as it seems that no neurologist I’ve seen has yet been able to explain that process either!)
So, here’s my main question: you mentioned in your message to my wife that if I visited the Roby Institute, there was a high likelihood that I would feel immediate improvement. What sort of improvement would you anticipate? I don’t suspect I’d miraculously begin to regain feeling in my numb hands (though I could be wrong). I suspect you don’t expect such an extreme improvement either, though I imagine your treatment will get my hormones back in order, such that I can “de-adrenalize,” and thus allow my body to begin re-myelinating. Am I correct in my assessment? Any comment you can provide would be appreciated.
Dr. Roby answers:Â
When I said “immediate relief” I was referring to all those symptoms patients have that could possibly be relieved by ending the swelling that causes them. Symptoms like shortness of breath, nasal congestion, pain, itching, etc.,. By immediately I mean within fifteen seconds of the application of the drops.
MS and similar conditions are considerably different. While I have what I would call great success in treating it, the changes will not be immediate. I have made patent application for the treatment of MS using these methods. There is quite a body of thought suggesting that hormones have something to do with this.
As to the rational, think about diabetes or thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s Thyroidits, an autoimmune disorder where we develop antibodies to our own thyroid). Our immune system is designed to attack bacteria, viruses, toxins and rapidly dividing cell systems (i.e., cancers). When highly stressed or allergic patients have low cortisol levels (and resultant high levels of adrenalin) the immune system begins to become ever more aggressive looking for targets. It gets “twitchy”. When you run on adrenalin or are low on cortisol, you have enormous pressure on the pancreas to produce insulin. Thus the very busy pancreas might attract the attention of the “mad dog” immune system and find itself under attack…resulting in destruction of the Islet cells in the pancreas and…diabetes.Â
At the same time the thyroid will experience similar increased cell division as it struggles to meet the adrenalin driven hyper-metabolic state of pseudo emergency and it too, might come under attack. And, the central nervous system goes berserk with all the neuron activity connected with the adrenalin “fight or flight” reaction and its cells become dividing rapidly. This can attract the immune system and lead to destruction of neurons and the myelin sheath. Repair processes result in “plaque” formation which probably don’t “cause” the problem so much as they mark it. Much like scars on your skin from old wounds.
Dr. Ari Vojdani, one of our co-authors has written several papers on IgG antibodies to myelin itself.
Anyway, that my story and I’m sticking with it. You are right about neurology. There probably aren’t ten on earth that would even consider my theories. In your specific instance, I can only suggest that if you are tired of trying things that are NOT working, why not come here and try something that I believe can and will help you?
