Dear Alesandra and Andrea - I wanted to write to you today to let you that I have now been KLONOPIN free for 7 days! This is after being on KLONOPIN for 11 years! Thanks to your program, nutritional support and emotional support, I was able to taper successfully and with very little or no side affects. Incredible! I am now sleeping better than I have in months and years. I have energy to spare, and my hair and skin look better than they have in a long, long time!
I came across your website while searching for a natural way of dealing with the side affects of the drug and the tapering process. I didn't want to put any other medication in my body and that is what my doctors seemed to be insistent on. After 11 years, I wanted to see what the real me was really like. I had a lot of questions about the nutritional supplements, as I have tried the "other" program and found their supplements to be sub-par. Andrea answered the phone when I called and stayed on the phone with me until I had every answer I was looking for. She was very knowledgeable and very supportive of my efforts. She guided me on what supplements I needed and even sent along things I didn't order to ensure I had everything I needed to be successful. Thank you Andrea!
I recently had a super bad cold, but I was determined not to let that hinder my tapering process. I contacted you and Alesandra was wonderful and knowledgeable in what I could and couldn't take with my KLONOPIN to deal with my cold. She knew much, much more than my doctor, whose attitude was "Try it and see". How scary is that? I cannot believe that I waited so long to get off of the horrible drug.
I was blindly placed on the drug long ago when my son was born, and no one ever suggested that I stop taking it. I was told that KLONOPIN is one of the safest drugs that you can take, that it does not interact with anything, and I could go off it with ease. Boy were they wrong on so many levels.
I cannot wait to see what the future me will be like. Thanks to the POINT OF RETURN Program, I am well on my way of finding that out. I am also well on my way to a healthier and natural way of living. I can't thank you enough!
Debbie S. (MARYLAND) - Klonopin
Dear Alesandra – Vitality, Enthusiasm for Life, Energy and Joy – thanks to your wonderful Organization. I have recovered my zest for life after a very short time of following your Program and taking the wonderful all-natural products. Four months ago, when I was experiencing depressive symptoms and writing suicide notes due to the side effects of ZOLPIDEM (AMBIEN) the sleeping medication to which I had become addicted and tolerant, I was only getting 2 hours of sleep per night. I ended up in a psychiatric hospital where I was given MIRTAZIPINE (REMERON). I was already aware of the warnings on this drug and as soon as I was discharged, I withdrew too abruptly from both drugs – I now know from your literature that ‘tapering’ would have been a safer option. This led to very unpleasant withdrawal; nausea, panic, disturbed sleep, loss of feelings in my legs below the knees and extreme fatigue. It was at this point that I found your website POINT OF RETURN. I knew my prayers had been answered when I phoned and heard your voice of encouragement Alesandra. I instantly knew that I would find my way back. Your comforting words gave me hope and confidence.
Within 3 days of commencing the Program, the feelings had started to return in my legs and the nausea and panic had subsided. The fatigue lasted a little longer but each day I noticed a difference which gave me so much hope. Now I have the energy to engage with my 4 grandchildren, walk and play 18 holes of golf and have resumed my professional working life in a part time capacity and all this within 4 weeks of using the supplements. I now wake after wonderful restorative sleep each night ready to face the next day.
I cannot thank you enough for your wonderful support and kindness and wish you all at POINT OF RETURN continuing success in helping people worldwide to be released from the shackles of these terrible drugs. Yours very sincerely,
Eileen, (UNITED KINGDOM) - Zolpidem (Ambien), Mirtazapine (Remeron)
I will admit that when I was looking for help and found your program what made me go back to your site and order, was all the people who gave feedback on your products and program on amazon's site. Not that your site didn't already explain your successes, but to find the same feedback elsewhere at a credible source that stands behind the outside vendors they use was comforting because I just didn't know if this was a scam. It sounded too good to be true. But guess what --- IT IS!!! Totally heaven sent - to save us from the fires of hell that hurt us more than just physically.
I am sure you already know what you mean to people going through this, but you are like a Mother Teresa to all who have suffered or are yet to suffer from the dangers of these "legal" drugs. I am more than tired of seeing these depression commercials that show people how to pop a pill to feel good again. When I started them myself, it was much more innocent and what I thought helped my life for so many years turned out to be my biggest downfall.
Like Gandhi said, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world."
I want there to be a day when we get away from popping all of these pills. Physicians don't even know what they are prescribing to people and how much harm they are bringing to their futures. There are still good pharma drugs out there that are needed for other important illnesses like cancer, heart disease, aids or MS, but the drugs you have listed in your program are advertised like they are wholesome or for recreational purposes or just plain fashionable. That is what really drives me crazy having gone through so much.
Just know, you guys are on my mind and when the day comes to make that really big step towards the truth about these drugs and that we will see the change.
Lots of love,
Nicole R. (NEW YORK CITY)
Alesandra was the first person to offer the truth and then provide concrete solutions that reflected that truth.
I remember the first time I heard the warm, compassionate voice of Alesandra Rain on the phone, sharing her understanding, experience and wisdom. I felt hope….something I had not felt for a very long time. At that moment I felt myself awaken – awaken onto a path that was illuminated, one that held a future of health and energy and relief from the physical and emotional limitations of medications, addiction and withdrawal.
A light that had been dim inside for so long began to brighten, strengthen and expand. I re-claimed my power in those moments as I spoke with Alesandra, and that was a force of energy I so welcomed back into my life….into myself.
For months I had reached out in desperation to the medical community for help– to understand what was happening to me. I went from doctor to doctor in an effort to get help for the physical distress I was in and each one offered more drugs to control what they concluded as anxiety, depression and stress. Each drug they prescribed was addicting and/or created more problems in addition to the original. The doctors reassured me they were necessary and that I shouldn’t worry about longterm effects. When I stopped a very addictive medication on my own and suffered protracted withdrawal, the doctors simply offered more addictive drugs to help with the withdrawal symptoms. It was a never-ending cycle and I felt as if I was in the middle of the ocean screaming for someone to hear.
Alesandra and Andrea heard.
I feel stronger every day. I love nurturing my body, mind and spirit with the Point of Return nutrients. My energy is greater and more constant. My moods are evenly balanced. My sleep is deeper, more consistent, natural and restful, I experience greater and greater memory function and I feel more alert. My blood pressure is increasingly better and my heartbeat stays strong and steady. In additional to all of this, my skin is healthier and clearer, my hair thicker, shinier and longer than it has grown in decades. The most wonderful result of all of this is a great sense of peace and comfort, inside and out.
I feel energized and inspired, looking forward to accomplishing and experiencing my most inspired, passionate goals and dreams.
In the deepest appreciation and gratitude.
Peace and light,
Kristin W. (CALIFORNIA)- Ultram
Life is going good. Starting week 10 of 18. Can't wait to get to the end of April. Going scuba diving for the first time in 2 years! What joy my heart sings. Tears are flowing down my face as I write this. Thank you for being there. My joy has returned in a way I never thought I would ever experience again. Thanks again for who you are.
Mark R. (ARIZONA)
Dear Alesandra, Terry, Andrea and Dr. Code,
Collectively, you have all changed my life! In fact, you’ve changed my husband’s life as well. Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for doing the work that you do so that we could get our lives back! My husband and I both quit drinking and smoking about 15 years ago when we decided to start having a family. We were blessed with 2 beautiful children! When our daughter was 6 months old, I went to my ob/gyn complaining of depression and frustration. I just felt that I was losing my patience too quickly and just couldn’t cope well with life. Out of desperation I began taking PROZAC and, I did feel better. Little did I know that this would begin years of being put on one antidepressant or another. I would feel better for a little bit and then go back to the doctor complaining that I just didn’t feel “right”. The medication was often increased or changed and I had even been sent to psychiatrists because the doctor felt they would better be able to help me. I had repeatedly been told that I had a chemical imbalance, was depressed. I would – every once in a while - try to get off of the meds but then felt awful. I didn’t realize this was from withdrawals and would go back to the psychiatrist with my tail between my legs. They would tell me that the more I take myself off of the meds, the more I would become dependent on them and that I may NEVER be able to stop taking them. Deep down, I always knew that something was not right but couldn’t figure it out. I felt ashamed that I needed these medications and the medical world definitely added to that shame. Depending on the medication I was on from PROZAC, LEXAPRO, WELLBUTRIN, EFFEXOR XR, KLONOPIN and a few others I can’t remember, I never felt like myself. The doctors couldn’t fix me and I felt like a human guinea pig as they tried different meds, different levels and different combinations. I was constantly tired and finally went for a sleep study. They diagnosed me with idiopathic narcolepsy – I now realize that was the EFFEXOR XR. They then put me on another medication for that which elevated my blood pressure. When I finally had to rush to the doctor because my blood pressure was 176/106 – I was chastised for being on such a high dose of EFFEXOR XR and told that the other medication was increasing my blood pressure to dangerous levels. In May of 2007, I decided enough was enough and reduced my EFFEXOR XR from as high as 300mg a day to 75mg per day and stopped taking the other meds as well. I stopped completely from 75mg to nothing and was absolutely miserable. I couldn’t sleep, was irritable, was crying constantly and just felt horrible all around. I simply felt that I couldn’t function and was in an incredible fog. The sad thing is that I never put it together with stopping the EFFEXOR XR until I was on a field trip with my daughter’s class and it dawned on me that I had stopped the medication too fast.
Out of desperation I started my search online and found POINT OF RETURN. I read EVERYTHING on the website and finally e-mailed them very late one evening. I was so shocked when I actually received a reply from Alesandra herself. She couldn’t have been more supportive, kind, patient and most of all a friend!! I started taking thenutrients and felt noticeably better within 2 days!! Here we are in February of 2008 and I still take both SUPPORT and MOOD on a daily basis as does my husband. We intend to start our children on it as soon as it is feasible. I’m still struggling with balancing my thyroid and hormones but have no desire or need to EVER get on antidepressants or anti-anxiety meds again!! I have over a hundred pounds to lose and am able to tackle that for the first time in a decade! I have never had such mental clarity before and have such a sense of being in the NOW. I never, ever realized what a fog I was in and how confused and just out of it those meds made me. I was just letting life pass me by. My husband and I have the best relationship ever and are both working on getting our health back completely. We have learned to actually communicate, as we are no longer numb.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Caroline and Rick, (GEORGIA) - Effexor
I am 2/3 of the way through my withdrawal from antidepressants and things are working out well so far. I cannot believe how much your nutrients have combated the horrible side effects I had trying to withdraw from them in the past that made me go back to taking them. I look forward to getting to the end and finding the vigor I lost. Keep up your marvelous work! Be well.
Love to you, Nicole
Jan. 1, 2008 It's a new year and I'm finally PAXIL free! It's been quite a journey and it wouldn't have been as easy as it was, without your products and most of all, your love and support.
I can't thank you enough for being with me every step of the way. Through all the fear, through all the little milestones, up to this glorious victory!
For anyone who is scared, skeptic, whatever....believe me; this stuff works and I don't think anyone could have been more scared and skeptical than I was!
I was given PAXIL in 1997, for IBS. After going through two failed attempts at getting off Paxil, only to have the drug "poop out" upon restarting it the second time, I thought I was doomed. I thought I would either have to up my dose, or switch to some other drug. Neither of which I was willing to do.
I found the LMS website and, after a month of talking back and forth with Alesandra and relentless research, I finally ordered that first box of products. It was the best decision I ever made.
Thank you, again, for answering my constant barrage of questions, for being there when I was scared, for celebrating with me. And, most of all, for helping me get my life back.
May God richly bless you and help you to help others get off these horrid drugs.
La urie C. (OHIO) - Paxil
POINT OF RETURN's products have revolutionized my health, which had been compromised for years due in part to the use of prescription sleep aids. After several months of using the POINT OF RETURN program I have never felt better, and I am sleeping without the use of medication for the first time in years. Not only have I experienced great success with these products, I have recommended them to many who have had the same results. I highly recommend the entire line!!
Pastor Stephen, Illinois - Ambien
Alesandra - I don't even know where to begin. I do know that I would not be where I am today if it had not been for POINT OF RETURN. I was at my lowest, not knowing what to do, and about to lose everything I had because of the medication I was on. I was taking 11 pills a day, having seizures, blacking out, in and out of mental institutes and emergency rooms. "What was wrong with me? " That seemed to be a million dollar question. Test after test, bronchitis, ear infections, diarrhea, vomiting memory loss, insomnia and depression plagued me. My husband and family were sick with worry and completely frustrated with me and I did not know where to turn. The doctors just kept prescribing me more meds, and I was sick with worry about my health. I woke up one morning, covered in blood, because I had passed out in the shower and did not remember a thing. I got on the computer, as a last resort, and found the POINT OF RETURN website. I just have two words to say about it "Thank God!" I started the program, and with MUCH support from the staff, Terry and Alesandra and any other poor soul that answered the phone, I made it! I have laughed and enjoyed life more in the past three months, than I have in the past 7 years. I have my life and family back. I have been working at a job now for 5 months, and I love it! I am the receptionist and answer more than 1,000 calls a day. It seems like a dream some days to feel so good, but I will never take life and people granted again. Life is good! Good luck on your path back to happiness!
Janet M., (TEXAS)
Today I am alive and I can hold my beautiful son in my arms because of Alesandra's help with her products and her compassion. Shortly after my son was born, I suffered from very serious insomnia. The therapist diagnosed me as postpartum depression. I kept refusing to take medication, but as my symptoms got worse and my therapist ever strongly recommending that I take antidepressant and sleeping pills, saying they have NO side effects, I started to take ZOLOFT and LORAZEPAM. Years back, the doctor tried to prescribed me ZOLOFT when he could not find out the cause of the symptoms I had at that time. I could not believe how he handled my case. I turned down his medical suggestion and stopped seeing him. (Well,I run away from his office hurriedly... ) These symptoms naturally disappeared. Much later, I found that all these symptoms and sleep difficulties were coming from a kind of genetic element inherited from my mother, which can be well handled by some natural, holistic ways, WITHOUT any use of medications. Shortly after one year of usage of these psychiatric medications, I started to develop flu like symptoms. I was put on antibiotics which sent me to the emergency room. When I finally found all the horrible symptoms were due to the side effect of the drugs, the doctors suggested to cut the drug by 50%, which sent me to another trip to the Emergency Room. I had serious vomiting and seizure symptoms and all other horrible symptoms all day long and all night long. That was the withdrawals. The doctor immediately put me back to the drugs.
Then I came across POINT OF RETURN. The program helped me how to taper safely and also educated me about food interactions, as well as her ever patient emotional support. I keep using some of her products to this day and I feel great.
The nutrients provided is what my body wanted. NOT THE MEDICATIONS !!!! If there is an evil, psychiatric drugs are the evils. And if there is an angel, Alesandra, her associates and company are the angels. My sincere wish and hope is that the public becomes more aware of the danger of the drugs and also as many people as possible can get out of the ever endless hell of drug addiction safely and continue to feel great.
Mayu T, (CALIFORNIA) - Zoloft, Lorazepam
I cannot begin to describe how grateful I feel over all you've done to help people like me. A week ago I was ready to go back on my meds after 1-1/2 years off them. Even after counseling to nutritional supplements & hormone replacement I felt like the walking wounded. I really wanted to deep six it. I began the program a week ago and wrote in my journal, "I really don't see the sense in taking this it won't work." Boy, was I wrong - even as I began to feel stronger - emotionally and physically I still walked with trepidation that the bottom will fall out. But my renewed sense of total well-being is banishing the thought.
With heartfelt thanks and warm regards - way over here on the east coast.
Katrina C.
I am sure you are thanked often for your help. Personally, my own thanks seem like shallow words. If I were financially independent, a fat check would be enclosed. I am left with the only means I have to extend my heartfelt thanks and that is to acknowledge the depths of where I was and without you, where I would have remained. We all have a story to tell and it could fill volumes. Without going into all the details, I wanted you to realize how you have saved my life. During my years on multiple medications my physical health deteriorated. I had two back surgeries and brain surgery and still was in constant pain. I was even told by one psychiatrist that I was suffering from multiple personality disorder. What a joke! I was a sleeping zombie without one personality let alone several. I truly thought I was dying. I was alone. Yet somehow through fogged mind and depleted energy the raw instinct of survival kicked in.
In mid-May I called Point of Return and spoke with Andrea. She was the first ray of hope I had received in months. She understood and assured me that much of what I was experiencing was due to the prescription drugs I was on. She offered hope. She was patient, willing to help, kind and not pushy. By this time I had contacted other programs and none offered the type of genuine kindness she presented. I must admit that I had no faith in the products she offered. But amazing things began to happen immediately. I was sleeping through the night and not having any narcolepsy during the day and by this time I was on no prescription drugs for sleep. My family and friends that had been on guard for failure, recognized my vast improvement and began to embrace the positive results of the program. The reality is that each day improvement is seen. I cling to the first conversation with Andrea, there is no quick fix from this. It has taken years to get to this miserable condition from prescription drugs and it will take time to get away from them. BUT there is hope. As she has promised, our goal is to be able to live our days while gaining complete health to their fullest.
You have given me that hope. It is tangible, it is reachable. Each day proves that and with that a new better life emerges. I am returning to health. Your light, but a pin prick months ago, now fill my days with its brilliant glow. I thank you for that hope, for my life and for your selfless mission to reach out and help us through kindness, understanding and dignity.
Kathy G. (ILLINOIS)
Firstly I would like to thank you for saving my life. The products that you sent me had a truly amazing restorative effect, and within a few weeks of taking them, I was feeling a lot better. I also enjoyed reading Alesandra's wonderfully generous autobiography, Deeds of Trust . I think to self-disclose to this extent, in order to help others was a beautiful thing to do. Thank you once again and all the best.
Elisabeth C.
I went to the doctor a few weeks ago (the doctor who did my gastric by-pass) and for the first time since I had the surgery (7-2-01) he said I was HEALTHY!!!! I was so excited!! The best part was telling him that I was no longer taking ANY medications. It's been 18 months since I'd last seen him and as you know, it's been about 15 months since I've stopped the medications. He said that all my labs were great and I looked good! I've been waiting a long time to hear that! I'd been so sick for so long and to hear that I'm was doing so well....especially OFF all the 12+ meds I was on was great. Thank you so much for your help. It took both of us and a few others to get me there but I couldn't have done it w/o you. Thank you again. And remember, if there's anything I can ever do to help...please let me know.
Kasey
WOW! Well, I guess the sky is the limit. I have an incredible testimony... seriously! My Mom was bi-polar and committed suicide, my brother did the same. My oldest son was permanently brain damaged from meningitis as a baby and then my middle son was killed seven years ago. After my brothers suicide in 1994 I started the roller coaster ride of antidepressants, tranquilizers and even pot and ecstasy. By the time my son was killed in 2000 I was a true addict. Then I was in mental facilities and truly a menace to all around me. My husband didn't give up on me and neither did my pastor. I was determined not to be labeled bipolar or looked at as insane forever. I have tried for five years to work with my whole health specialist in Houston using supplements and vitamins but as it turns out they were all the wrong thing. I thought I was truly doomed until I found Label Me Sane! That night back in April when I found the website I was almost scared to have hope! Although I still have a way to go, I have literally come so far! From several different meds to only one and I'm past halfway on that one! My story is one of determination and hope. The Lord has been my light and He has guided me to this answer. I am willing to do whatever I am able to do. When people come there for training, what is involved? I travel alot with my husband for business, church and pleasure, but anything is possible in my life right now. In all reality I should be dead, but for this cause I live!
Blessings,
Wendy H. (TEXAS) - Klonopin, Xanax, Ativan, Restoril
I wanted to let you know that I am doing well, and working. I even ride the train to downtown every morning then transfer to the bus!!! This is coming from a woman who did not even want to talk on the phone a few months ago! Every day is a new miracle for me. I cannot believe I was ever that person. I now take over 500 calls a day at my new position, and I am the receptionist. I love to be around people again, and only have positive things to say. Everyone always wonders why I am in such a good mood. I just tell them I am happy to be alive. That works for me! Happy Fourth of July. I will definitely celebrate Wednesday in a whole new way. I will celebrate it as "My Independence Day!" Thanks again for all of your support.
Janet M.
Last week was a record week. It was one full week without any type of break down. My energy level gradually improved over the course of the week and I had positive thoughts of the future. This past week was the first week in months that I was able to sit in front of television without it sounding muffled. I am really grateful for the small changes that are taking place and am looking forward to the continued improvements that have yet to happen. I am praying that this week will be as good or better than last week.
With Love -
Susan C,
(OREGON)
Alesandra and all staff. Good morning to you. Here is an update on my life thanks to you guys and Dr. Bill Code. Anyhow my life is good and I've been Psychiatry Drug Free for quite awhile now. Because of you product, my mind is clear and I am peaceful and productive. Congratulations on job being done well. It has been easy and I feel very well. So again, I say to you all Thank You.
Warm Wishes, Debbie
I can't thank you enough for the time that you give so freely and your dedication in helping me (each of us) to feel better both mentally and physically and to better educate ourselves on not only the prescription drugs but also the many other things that can interact with our body's chemistry. I don't even trust most herbs or things without reading more about it. Best of all, I feel soooo much better!! Thank you!!! My only difficulty now is not sleeping well but once I do fall asleep, I sleep very soundly. I have so very many thoughts going through my head that I think part of my problem is - thinking about all of what I want to do to catch up for lost time. It's sooo very exciting to think about LIVING again!! Thank you so much for all of your help and time.
Take care, Caroline
If you were to look up KLONOPIN withdrawal symptoms, my name and picture would be right next to it. Struggling through a myriad of symptoms, wavering faith that any type of normal recovery even existed and trying to stay focused on the internet for searches and answers out of KLONOPIN hell... I finally found POINT OF RETURN. I am the biggest skeptic you will ever have the pleasure meeting ;) BUT... Desperation talked the talk and walked the walk at this moment in time... Alesandra Rain called me 10 minutes after an email submission that asked for help. She stayed on the phone with me for half an hour. Halfway through that call, I had my Visa out ready to order their products. During this time as well, Alesandra had: eased my fears, wrapped her voice and words around me like a life jacket and felt I had found my force that KLONOPIN now had to deal with. From the moment I started the program, I experienced relief. The RELAX was helping to squelch my KLONOPIN ridden anxiety just moments after ingestion, the SLEEP helped enable me to re~establish my natural sleeping pattern and dissipated my nighttime issues (vivid nightmares, body burning, etc.), the MOOD was slowly pulling me out of "cog fog", and the mightiest of all products, SUPPORT was doing it's job to help support my body. Three Rounds of SUPPORT and MOOD, 2 months later... I am symptom free. Although the nutrients are top-notch and work extremely well... One cannot deny the power of healing through the: voice, emailing and phone calls, overall support and love from Alesandra Rain. She was and to this day still has been the largest proponent toward my recovery. Some day I will have the: pleasure, honor and greatest gift of meeting Alesandra in person one day.
Thank the universe for POINT OF RETURN and Alesandra Rain.
Monica K. (CALIFORNIA) - Klonopin
Alesandra - Thank you for the support you gave Stephanie during the program, I really believe that your ready availability and the "personal touch" were a tremendous help. So keep it up and may God bless you and your work.
Michael S. (CANADA)
Hi All! This is my "Birthday Week" and I'm So Excited! It’s not only m birthday tomorrow but This Week Marks my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of When I Started to Change My Life and Get Off ALL the Medications I had been on for so Long. Last year, when I woke up on my birthday I didn't know what day it was until a family member called to wish me happy birthday. I was so out of it on medications. That was more than just a wake up call - it was a wake up call that changed my life. That very day I started my search on the internet to gather information on how to get off everything I was on. I remember finding a website that talked about how to get off WELLBUTRIN and from there I found POINT OF RETURN. I remember your kindness as I was coming down off the meds and I remember getting your book, Deeds of Trust in the mail with Alesandra’s hand-written words of encouragement on the inside. It was those words of encouragement, your e-mails and our conversations on the phone that kept me going through the roughest points in the withdrawal. Because I couldn't afford the supplements until a month and a half after I had started coming off the medications, I had a rather interesting time coming off but I did it. Simply saying "THANK YOU" has never been enough - but it's all that I can think of to say to you for everything you've done for me. Now, a year later, I am doing so much better. I have my rough days but I think that we all do and it's just part of life. After coming off the meds, I went back to school for a semester and I did quite well considering everything I'd been through and the amount of time (approx. 8 years) I'd been medicated. I started working again (two part time jobs) and was able to pay off several bills including what I still owed on the car that I lost last summer because I could no longer afford it. Most importantly though, I've been able to help my son in a way that I don't think would have been possible had I not stopped the medications when I did. I would not have been as successful in fighting for him NOT to be medicated had I not been where I have been in the past and had I not come as far as I have, drug-free. I am now able to say that he brought his grades from 4 D's and 1 C to 1 A, 2 B's, and 2 C's. And, the best part is that he did it w/o ADDERALL!!! I love that part. It took a little bit of everything to make it work but he did it - a little determination on his part, some support from me and his counselor, and taking the MOOD, SUPPORT & SLEEP all came together to help give him what he needed to do better in school. I've also been able to help a very dear friend of mine avoid getting started on medications by getting her on your program and I am happy to report that she is doing very well. Well, it's late but I wanted to share my joy & happiness with you all because without you, it would NOT have been possible. I cannot thank you enough. I will always be grateful.
Thank you again. KC
I'm so grateful that you put those photos up on your website of Alesandra. That took a great deal of courage and letting go of ego - not an easy thing to do so I applaud you. If you didn't show us what it looked like, we'd never know what it looked like to live through your journey and emerge with such presence and grace. You are our shining star.....
xxooo L.M.
Last summer while I was visiting southern Ontario, I developed respiratory problems that sent me to emergency. I was diagnosed with a panic attack and given a prescription for ATIVAN. The so-called panic attacks continued and I continued to take the drug as prescribed. Within weeks it was obvious to me that I had become physically addicted to the drug –ATIVAN. I was horrified – and concerned – until I found on the Internet a way to help myself withdraw from the drug – the Point of Return Protocol.
At first I was skeptical – as I am about many things I see on the internet. But I decided I had nothing to lose by making a phone call. I can remember the morning I first called and spoke to Alesandra. She understood that one of the side effects I was experiencing was shortness of breath. I was in near panic mode as I had severe allergic asthma even before I was prescribed the ATIVAN. Now ATIVAN was exacerbating those symptoms.
I doubted at the time that the program would work for someone with my health history and the thought terrified me. The doctor I was seeing at the time fueled my doubts when he remarked, “You will be on that drug the rest of your life.” The Point of Return Protocol was my last hope for help. As I listened to Alesandra, I knew I had found someone who had been where I was and knew what she was talking about. Her voice was calm and reassuring relaying a confidence to me that I no longer possessed due to the drug.
In just those few short weeks of being on that drug I had come to feel that I had lost all control over every aspect of my life. As I hung up the phone, I clung to Alesandra’s re-assuring words like a life-preserver. I now had one single-minded thought in my mind - to order the books and supplements for the Protocol and start the program as soon as possible. That was in September of 2006 and since that time, I have finished the Point of Return Protocol– proving that doctor wrong. It is a joyful time for me – one which we (my husband and I) will be celebrating with friends at a breakfast/brunch this morning.
My interest in life is returning and I am rediscovering my sense of purpose. I am forever indebted to Alesandra – my many phone calls to her during the last couple of months of my program were met again with her compassion, knowledge and understanding. Alesandra walked me through a change in compounding pharmacists as well as a necessary change in doctors, and pretty much did the problem solving with me when I was unable to do effective problem solving myself. I had not fully realized how much of my life had been taken from me by the drug until one day in April my husband remarked to me, “You’re in the kitchen!” to which I replied, “Aren’t I always in the kitchen”. His reply stunned me: “No – you haven’t been in the kitchen for months!” Had I not come to understand at some point – the terrible harm the drug was doing to me, I don’t know where I would be today. Even my weight was affected – a size 7 all my life – I rapidly gained weight to a size 10 on ATIVAN. I owe a debt of gratitude to the Team at POINT OF RETURN and want to extend my sincere thanks as well to Dr. Bill Code for his very vital work in co-developing the program as well as Terry and Andrea Crocker for their helpfulness to me while I was on the program!
Stephanie S. (CANADA) - Ativan
Alesandra..I love you! I am holding on..believe me!! Thank you for all your support, love and determination to see me through this.. in my darkest and weakest moments you were there..you were there when I didn't have my mind, fear filled my brain and the tears just kept shedding day after day..only you knew my pain ..no one else..I thank God for you..but especially for the unique person you are. There are not many people in this world with your devotion and commitment for another human being..YES Alesandra Rain is a gift from God! My acupuncturist is the founder of acupuncture and the first to liscensed in this country. Author of many books as well. I am going to share your book with him. I want him to read it! Stay with me.. all my love..OH YAH.. I am coming to the West Coast.
Love you Cindy
The program is great! I am drug free and shrink free. I only see my Cardiologist and I like him. He has me in good health. I took him your book and he actually read it. We have discussed it and he sees the advantages to the program verses western medicine. Also have been doing acupressure for 3 hrs. a week for almost 3 months. I don't know if you remember but I told you about the loss of my sweet SAM last Oct. I now have 2 kids they are 6 yrs. old Brother & Sister they are my joy. Must Love Dogs and Cats too! I rescued them and we make quite a family. What I do know about you is the you are honest and passionate about POINT OF RETURN. Also compassionate and care a great deal for others.
Warm Regards, Debbie C.
Today was my 3rd GREAT day!! I worked in the garden, watered flowers, ironed the clothes in the laundry room that were left there when the bottle of VALLIUM was tossed in January. I have been doing things I never imagined I would do again, even went running with the chow chow. I am coming to the West Coast to hug you!
Love you,
Christi .V, (CALIFORNIA) - Valium
Amazing, isn't it? I am feeling better than I have in ages and down to 25mgs ZOLOFT from 75 when I started with the program and coordinated with MD, then the 20 LEXAPRO is left to go... I want to get rid of this belly! Played an hour of tennis today in the sun it was GREAT. Playing again on Thursday - All a MIRACLE!
Lots of Love and Thanks
L. - Zoloft, Lexapro
Terry - I want to thank you and Alesandra for all of your help. Today, I feel so alive. It just amazes me that I could feel this good, since just last month, I was laying in bed begging God to just end all of this. I felt I could not take the withdrawal one more day, but it just kept going through my mind that Alesandra said she just knew that good things would happen to me. And they have. After 15 years of my life being on hold, I am doing things now I could never imagine I would do again. I mowed the lawn, worked in my garden, went to a family reunion over 1,000 miles away, AND the BEST : I got a new job today!! This was my first interview after having to quit my last position, which I was very unhappy at. I start in the morning, and it is what I was doing before I started passing out and having seizures. I would not have believed that life could be so good after suffering through childhood being molested and abused by an alcoholic father, and then raped at the age of 11. Then, I felt like I had totally abandoned my family with the pills which I thought I could not live without, and then knew I could not live with them. You just don't know how it feels for the fog to have cleared, and how close my sons and husband and myself have become. It is nothing less than a miracle that I found this website. I tell anyone and everyone of the dangers of these medications which are legal and so misleading. I just wanted to thank you both from the bottom of my heart, and so does my family. My boys say they finally have their mom back. That statement alone means the world to me.
Love, J.M.
I am someone who has gone through the tapering program offered by POINT OF RETURN and I am here to say that this is great, and if you want to come off your medication safely, this is the way to go. This company and the people who work there are wonderful, caring people who are extremely knowledgeable. It is a complete step-by-step, day-by-day, week-by-week program on how to safely taper off these medications, co-written by a physician. They will support you all the way through and they are truly there for you every step of the way. I am a testament to this program. I am now 4 weeks off of PAXIL and couldn’t be feeling any better. I tried to get off this medication in the past with disastrous results, having to take a leave of absence from work because I was not able to function due to the terrible withdrawal I was suffering. I literally was bedridden due to the withdrawal symptoms, and I did not come off cold turkey. I had these withdrawal symptoms from very slowly tapering off.
When I found POINT OF RETURN, I was skeptical at first and afraid, but I went for it and I was able to come off the medication with only minor dizziness at the end of the taper and that’s it! I was able to come off very comfortably and easily, without missing one day of work. Any time I needed support and I reached out to them, they responded to me right away and helped m. Also, most of the people who work for POINT OF RETURN have gone through drug withdrawal and they can relate to what you are going through. It’s easy to say, just go to your physician and they will help you taper off, however, unfortunately, many times the withdrawal symptoms you are having are misdiagnosed by the physician as you having a “relapse” because many physicians still do not want to admit that withdrawal symptoms from these medications exist. This then puts the patient in a “trapped” position. They want to come off the medication, but when they try to and go to their doctor with the withdrawal symptoms, the doctor diagnoses this as a “relapse” and then ups their dosage, leaving the patient believing they will never be able to get off the medication. Don’t get me wrong, some people need to be on these medications, and I’m sure in some of the cases, people are relapsing, but in many of the cases they are going through withdrawal.
C.C. - Paxil
My journey started in 1997, due to stomach problems, which my doctor called Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). This caused anxiety and my doctor prescribed PAXIL, that he assured me was a "new and improved" antidepressant being used for everything from chronic pain to stomach problems like mine. After two years on Paxil, I had gained a significant amount of weight and suffered from night sweats. My doctor told me that my symptoms were common side effects and I could stop taking it. Three days later I had severe vertigo, uncontrollable crying, diarrhea and electric shocks running through my body. I went back to my original 20 mg dose and stayed there until 2006. I started researching and decided to taper Paxil using the liquid form and wound up with horrible withdrawal symptoms that make 1999's episode look mild.
In late 2006 I was desperate and surfing the web when I found POINT OF RETURN. It sounded too good to be true, but I called and Alesandra Rain was my first contact. I told her my tale, cried and expressed my fear. She was so understanding and patient, as she had been through the withdrawals too. I finally got the courage to order their program a month later. I started feeling better after about 7 days and by November I was ready to taper. I am down to 7 mgs of Paxil and have tapered with virtually no side effects and will be free of Paxil in December. I thank God everyday for finding Alesandra and POINT OF RETURN. She's literally held my hand through the majority of this, as the horrible fear of withdrawal is always in the back of my head somewhere.
I wouldn't be where where I am today without these products or the staff at POINT OF RETURN. I look forward to a happy, drug-free life. A Life without having to worry about "how I feel" all the time. And most importantly, I've lost the 50 pounds I gained, which has made a huge difference in my cholesterol. I've referred a number of people to POINT OF RETURN, who have had great success as well. I know first hand the horror of withdrawal, and I know first hand the hope POINT OF RETURN offers.
Laurie C.
Going off of any medication cold turkey without any supervision is very dangerous! I know, because I have tried to do that (which was, I might add, the advise of my doctor to do so). The problem with doctors sometimes is that they are trained to treat symptoms immediately and they have plenty of incentive from drug companies to use these drugs as a quick “fix all”. It is up to us (who better to advocate for ourselves?) to not jump at a quick fix, but to look into other means to deal with our issues. I am not a doctor, but I think I have enough personal experience with Antidepressants to share what I have personally endured. The only thing this drug did for me was to numb me from any and all feelings. I walked around in a semi-zombie state. This is no way to live. I got tired after about 5 years and one unsuccessful attempt to go off the PROZAC, so I turned to the website POINT OF RETURN. I was not coerced or talked into anything. All I received was genuine caring for me as a person. I can tell you that I finished the taper program over a month ago and I feel fantastic! I kept in touch with the staff at POINT OF RETURN during the whole taper (in fact, we are still in contact with each other). Any time I needed encouragement I got a response, even at night and on weekends! I highly recommend this program to anyone who feels it is time to regain their life. This is a sensible approach to tapering. It is done slowly and precisely, with the support of your doctor and with natural supplements. The staff at POINT OF RETURN has devoted much time and energy to this approach with the aid of a doctor. I’m not saying not to consult your doctor about it. I talked with my doctor beforehand and he was surprised to hear of the withdrawals that one can/will go through by quitting cold turkey or too rapid a pace. My doctor has been willing to listen to my plans of tapering with the POINT OF RETURN program and has supported me in doing so. I’m not saying that medication is never warranted for depression. I believe that it is sometimes necessary. All I’m saying is I think sometimes people jump too quickly into something that is very difficult and risky to quit from.
I encourage anyone who is wishing to come off their Antidepressant to not do it alone, but to partner with your doctor and a company such as POINT OF RETURN who have the personal experience who will support you through it. It can be done safely - I’m living proof!!!
Diane - Prozac
Easter was Awesome, about 25 people. No family issues or bad in my direction... it is the positive change perhaps within me. This KLONOPIN took it's toll, but now I have a more positive outlook into things and I’m not taking much for granted. When I find myself in a negative place, I pull myself into more positive thinking - quickly. The nutritional support offered by POINT OF RETURN have been a huge part of my success! I cannot thank you, your company, employees, and products enough! My appetite, energy, mood, sex drive, personality.... everything this horrifying med did to me is increasingly coming back. I actually have emotions back and inflection in my voice and enthusiasm. I was actually cleaning my car inside and now eating yogurt, then off to clean the outside of the car. My car has been neglected badly thru all this hell.
YEAH TO POINT OF RETURN AND THE NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT!
MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALESANDRA!
M.C. - Klonopin
Holly continues to feel great, and sleep like a baby. I'm also taking a little Support daily, for general nutrition-and feeling GREAT and Holly is even mixing a little in our cats' food!
- Brian C.
Hi Alesandra, I've been in New York for a week now and despite the miserable weather I'm feeling wonderful. Your products have put me well and truly back on the path to sanity, I'm even sleeping better now. I really believe that without your help I probably would have gone insane, I can't thank you enough. I don't know whether I had told you but I was going through a difficult time in my life, which of course caused a lot of my anxiety and sleeplessness but that now has all come right and I'm much calmer and happier than I've been for a long time. I'm confident that I'll now be able to move forward under my own steam. Thanks again for your kind words, help and support........ and AMAZING PRODUCTS. !All the best to you, be happy and well.
C.F.
First of all I want to thank you for creating such a wonderful program along with all the email and phone support you so graciously provide! Your staff is so compassionate and loving. I couldn't have made it through titration without your help. You have mentioned that you give the Support to your dog. I have a 40 lb. beagle mix that I want to start on the Support as well. After her eating years of commercially prepared dog foods, I would like to help her detoxify from all those chemicals. I've been researching on the internet for homemade food for dogs and plan to slowly change her diet to a more natural one. Also I read your book, "Deeds of Trust" and I am just stunned by all that happened to you. How you made it through all that without the wonderful products that you now have is amazing to say the least. God truly has a plan for your life. You saved my life during a very dark period of withdrawing from PAXIL. It is so clear to me also that you have a special connection with our "furry friends." I cried when I read about your little Selsie. (You will see her again some day.) I can relate very well to your experience at Cirque Lodge with the horses as I work with them in a therapy program. They are such wonderful creatures with their willingness to serve mankind. Also thank you for being so wonderful in helping my brother John.
With great respect and love,
Donna P.
I wanted to say hello, and thank you for supporting me through my worst days. I have had two wonderful days, and keep telling my husband I have not felt like this in years. I actually had a picnic on Sunday on the picnic table we put outside 6 months ago. Yesterday, I went to the grocery store, made dinner and went for a walk with my husband, and did all the laundry. I was exhausted, but not in pain. It was GREAT. I am so thankful for your products and support. I have to commend you once again. Life is not only good, it is GREAT!!!! I hope you are having a good week!
Love – Jan
Alesandra - It late, unusually late for me. But I seem to have a very extra amount of energy tonight. I don't any clue to as why. Last night was the very first night that I can remember for the longest time, that I actually that I slept straight through without waking up (for anything). I mean It might have only been almost six hours but it was solid. I woke up and it was very unusual that I just got with it and got going. Even though I had a challenging and interrupting day, it seemed to turn out at least without recognizable pain.
I have had a glimpse of a little light today, gladly accepting and realizing that this could just be the beginning of something good. I shall see. My toe is getting better and I am starting to get that spring energy. This has all come about ultimately by just adding some different isolated nutritional food products to my diet. I don't know how things will go in a day, or week from now, but I know that there has been a reprieve and I shall hold steady! May your day continue to be blessed. It's off to bed for me. I am excited. A heartfelt thanks!
With love John.
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I am very happy to report falling asleep easily last night for the first time in 6 months. I was just on day 2 of Step 1 on Method 1 and your products are nothing short of a miracle. I woke up feeling great and knew for the first time in 6 months that I was going to overcome this nasty withdrawal from Xanax. My stress & anxiety has gone down and my mood is GREAT. You told me I might be feeling better soon, but it's so hard to trust again after being mislead by doctors. You were right and I am very excited to continue on the program because after last night's successful sleep, I now have the confidence that I will just keep on feeling better and better. After 6 months of misery I have myself back. Me, my husband and my 2 children are so grateful! You saved me and I'm forever grateful for the work you put into this so people like me can have a quality of life during the taper and off the drug! I just can't thank you enough!
I love you,
Gretchen.
I have been on your program for just over a month now and I have to tell you how much better I am feeling!! I have so much more energy and the energy comes in a good way, it's a calming type of energy. I feel much more alive and am able to cope with issues in my life better. I go to school full time and was so worried about being able to continue without having the feeling of having to run out of the room in panic. None of this ever occurred. Alesandra..........you are such a sweet lady and the compassion you have for others going through this is so apparent when I speak to you on the phone, I know every other staff member shows the same compassion that you do. There is such a "realness" emanating from all of you at "POINT OF RETURN", and I couldn't be more grateful to have all of you as a part of my journey back to health. I recommend this program to anyone who is trying to get off of all those addictive meds that the doctors so quickly prescribe. It works!!! As so many of the other testimonials with show you as well. Love to all of you, and keep up the good work!!
Sincerely,
Diana H.
All is going very well. I'm feeling virtually stress free, the panic attacks have stopped, my mind is a lot clearer and I'm off the Lorazepam. Amazing!!! Thanks so much for your wonderful products.... I really am feeling more like my old self, and in such a short time too, incredible!
Cheers! C.F.
I successfully freed myself from the evil PAXIL and I couldn't have done it without POINT OF RETURN. Thank you so much for making it possible for me to do this!
Love to all of you
Katie C.
Hi Alesandra,
I hope this special memory of my loyal, loving companion (the one on the left) conveys not only how connected I am to canine companions but all living creatures as well. I long for the day when another kind creature will let me share their space and time and company. I share this photo allowing you to see me just prior to when my sister, her husband, her son, and myself all became mysteriously ill and have been since. Many of the medical labels began to appear in my medical records that I always knew were unsubstantiated, but I was at the mercy of the medical profession. I did not know at the time that the boat builder up the street was dumping his solvents into the ground and they were leaching into our well. We lived about 1/2 mile down hill from where this was going on for years. It wasn't until I suggested that our water be tested that we became aware of this curse. We have been battling this since. I feel so comforted and secure to have met you and your staff. Now I have someone who knows and has compassion. Every one who answers the phone is so kind and mercy can be felt in the exchange of words. You have a gift. A special mission in life. I include all of the loving staff that you employ. My hat is off to MJ and Andrea. All of you have been entrusted with the most valuable gift on this earth. That is "LIFE". Thank you ever so much. I was once told that if I was in need of a hug then give one to someone else, thereby getting one automatically. So please listen when I say that I need you and so do scores of others that you haven't even met yet. You are loved in the most purest sense for what you have committed your life to. Millions are suffering. I see them every day at work. They have all but given up. I was getting close myself and so was my sister. I find the hardest thing to express in words is feelings and emotions. Especially on paper. But be fully aware that your collective efforts have zeroed in on that smoldering ember inside of me. The ember of hope that was growing ever so cold as the days have passed and turned into years. I can't dance right now and haven't really smiled as I am in this picture for a long time. Too long. But our connection has gently blown a smooth breeze onto that ember and thoughts of your example helps me open my eyes each morning and at least plant that first pinky on the carpet. May you continue to be blessed.
With Respect & Love, John
Thank you so much for this awesome product. I remember calling you last Thursday all drugged up, and confused asking for help. I thought I would never come out of this hell. I had just gotten out of class that day, being all confused and not being able to concentrate, and I knew that it was that evil PAXIL causing me to feel this way, Well, I'm still taking it, but with SUPPORT, MOOD, RELAX and SLEEP. Believe it or not, just three days of taking this amazing product, I feel better, just as I was before. I hadn't felt this way since three years ago, when they put me in PAXIL for Anxiety/Depression and all those horrifying feelings. My doctor doesn't even care about me, in case my depression would come back, he would put me on a higher dose. Guess what? I got an "A" on my first exam in Microbiology, where as if I hadn't been taking SUPPORT and MOOD, I would score much lower, because I would simply sit in class like a "zombie" trying to comprehend every word coming out of the professors mouth. So, thank you so much, and I will definitely keep in touch with you.
To everyone out there who are taking Anti-Depressants, Anti-Anxiety, or any other meds, definitely try this product, you will not regret it!
Jenev
I just wanted to say thank you for everything . I am recently down to 8 milligrams of PAXIL and I FEEL FINE. I can't tell you how grateful I am. :)
Thank you
K.B. - Paxil
I am so thankful for this second chance for true restoration. My attitude and outlook are even brighter and positive than when on the drugs - Thankful and Hopeful. Bless you all. I do at the right time plan to come to the classes / workshops offered eventually. I thirst for knowledge and for the betterment of our earth and those in it. God Bless you and take care of yourself. My husband and I appreciate all of you so much.
M. U.
Well I am just letting you know, that on Dec. 11th. at 10.04pm, I took my last dose of poison, now I am finally able to bid it goodbye after a very long struggle. I am now free from this BENZO MONSTER that took possession of my body and paralyzed my mind. FREEDOM! I can't have a better Christmas present. First it was XANAX then ATIVAN. Words cannot express how grateful I am for your valued support, your encouragement, a shoulder that I could lean on. Only God knows what may have become of me, if it were'nt for you and your staff at POINT OF RETURN. Saying thanks is not enough. May God's blessing be upon you. Continue to do what you are doing. I can remember my helpless cry when I first called your office and the assuring words you spoke to me, has finally come to pass. I hope that some day, I may actually meet you in person and give you a great hug. I have since learned so much about staying healthy. FREE at last, FREE at last, thank God almighty I am FREE at last.
Love You All
Roderick (ST. CROIX) - Xanax, Ativan
Dear Alesandra - I hope that 2007 holds great blessings for you. You are a wonderful person - you truly are. Being as determined as I was to get my life back, I know I would have made it off the drugs eventually but I could not have done nearly as well as I did had it not been for you or your program. Your words of kindness and many reassurances have given me the strength to keep going when I've felt that my progress had been stalled or that I had suffered a set back in my healing. As always, I thank you for everything. Although I don't know what it could be at the moment ~ if there is ever anything I can do to help you in anyway, either as you & your staff seek to help others or you personally, please do let me know. I would love the opportunity to help others as you have helped me. Please give my best wishes to Andrea and the rest of your staff as well.
Happy New Year! - Kacey
Hope you at POR are doing great. I know you are helping a lot of people. I always check your web page to stay updated. I am wishing you a very good holidays and a happy new year. I am doing well, I have had a lot of good days now. They are coming more frequently now. Thanks so much for changing my life. I am 100% drug free for 6 months and I am returning to enjoy life. I am doing exercise and playing my sax. Also my job is great. Even I have to improve some details, I am sure I am on my way. Happy Holidays!
Luis D
Thank you for your courage to get this whole program up and running so people like me have a safe, and sane way out of prescription drugs.
Thanks again, Julie
Somehow, with the help of God, your story "Deeds of Trust" and your products and support - I made it through, bar none, the most difficult experience of my life. It has been 4 months since I last had a pill enter my body. I am still trying to get my sleep cycle back but my symptoms are now manageable. I am so grateful to have had you as a role model to help me get through the darkest times of my life. It is so unbelievable to me that doctors hand these drugs out like antibiotics, they are literally poison. After accomplishing (as you put it) the single most difficult task of my life) I feel like I can do anything, nothing phases me anymore. I am back working as a Fire Captain and enjoying every minute of my drug free life from Klonopin, Ambien and Lexapro.
Thank You - Chris
We are doing great. In addition to tapering our daughter off FLUOXETINE, Our son read your material and went off an Anti-Anxiety med that he has taken for a number of years. He was put on it due to an Aspergers diagnosis to help him interact socially. Actually he has become more social without the drug! I am so disgusted that I put my trust in a medical profession that advised me to put my kids on drugs. Shame on them! I would be happy to help others! - Carla T.
Thank you so much for your cooperation. I successfully withdrew from Effexor with your company's help.
Sincerely, R. B.
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Alesandra, I can't thank you enough for everything for your words of encouragement and many acts of kindness since I found POINT of RETURN have kept me going many, many times. The difference that you have made in my life as well as the difference that utilizing the Support has made in how I function has been the catalyst of so many, many positive things. Not only has it changed my life but others are inspired by the change that they have seen in me. My best friend's father who saw me last week for the first time in years said to her after I left that "your friend has her eyes back". The realization that her father (who is not one for detail and who has been off & on medications/drugs himself) noticed that I was THAT bad hit me really hard. Him saying that was like saying that I had disappeared; that who I was as a person was lost at one time to the drugs but that now, off all medications, I was back and he could see me for me again. A little on the profound side I think and something that will be with me always. The best part is that it may have hit him just as hard - she told me later that he may be considering POINT of RETURN or himself to help him get off whatever it is he's on now. How awesome is that?? :0) There are so many other positives that I could be here all day. I just hope that I can someday, somehow return the kindness that you have shown me - if not to you yourself - to another.
K.C.
Alesandra Rain, hello, I spoke with you on I believe Sept. 19, 2006 regarding your taper program. You were wonderful, caring and compassionate - I thank you dear one. Our stories were very similar as I had read your book, Deeds of Trust. The conversation with you was uplifting and very positive, you said" I can get better" and I ordered your product. It was on my door step the next day I have been taking it and for me it is nothing short of a Miracle! I humbly thank you and would love to be a part of POINT OF RETURN in the capacity of a volunteer in my area! I trusted you and by the time I called you I was at rock bottom and not trusting people as I had been a victim of mind abuse from prescription drugs from a Psychiatrist! Because I did hear you on the telephone and I trusted you. I am feeling GREAT! My mind is clear!
So Color Me Happy and Grateful.
Love, Deborah C.
Incredible Program I used this program to taper off three drugs and it worked perfectly. They were extremely kind and answered all my questions. I recommend it to anyone who is struggling to get off tranquilizers or antidepressants.
Just popping in to say "hi". :) I'm about 2 months Fully off Meds & am Doing GREAT ! (I'm still amazed!) I've had some pretty decent stresses in recent times & thought I may have trouble since I no longer had meds to numb my emotions. but I am fine. Very well actually. I haven't gotten the chance to write in a couple weeks but will be back to that soon. (amazing how hectic life can get, huh?) :) It's very therapeutic so far. Though it is taking me a while just because some things are hard to write about and it can take you back to a bad place. Though I'm strong enough to re-visit those bad places & leave them behind me. My fiancee & I recently adopted 3 kittens from the rescue house. (yes, THREE! holy hell!) They're great! We're busy "parents". We now have a zoo. 3 kittens, 2 scorpions, 1 snake & 1 fish. :) (I'm an animal person.) Thanks again, to you & everybody there! Trisha has been so great to talk to when I've called to re-order. I'll be in touch! I hope all is wonderful there! love always!!!
S.C.
So far so good. Have been taking this stuff for about 10 days now and I am just amazed. Have actually had moments were I felt like myself from years ago. still have a long road ahead but am having better days now with more energy. Now have to get rid of my other health problems. Seems like everybody should be using this product.
Greg
First off, I went back to work yesterday for the first time in almost 5 weeks off due to withdrawals!! I went in for 4 hours and it went good. I was really exhausted when I got home but that's OK. Progress, albeit slow but still wonderful progress! Haven't hung my head over a toilet bowel for 1-1/2 weeks!
Anonymous
Also, I just want to thank Andrea and Alesandra for your time and commitment to us out here. Alesandra, your story is so riveting and almost to scary to read since I am in so much fear because of withdrawals. I skipped to the end of your story and I could totally feel what you were feeling because I was in hell myself for almost a month. The fear and anxiety was gripping. I thought for sure I was forever separated from God and demons were pecking on my head. It was as though they were torturing me and mocking me. My family patiently tried to reassure me I was only in withdrawal and their was nothing sinister going on. I didn't believe them. Now that I am coming out of it I am starting to believe them. It's interesting how our minds work and who our personal demons are. Yours was your ex-husband and mine were of Biblical proportions! You are an amazing, amazing woman. How you got through those months of withdrawal leave me speechless. Part of me feels like I am going to need therapy to deprogram myself from the mental torment of withdrawal. Like you I am sure it was just a moment to moment thing. I thought for sure I had dropped out of reality for good. How terrifying. God Bless my mom. She has been supporting me through my nightmare and taking care of my poor father with Alzheimer's. She is an amazing woman. Thanks to everyone else who is a part of your amazing mission. You sound like such a neat soul.
With love- A.
I praise this company for the quality of care that it has given me. They have gone beyond the normal service of selling a product; they have given moral support by calling back and talking with you about anything when help is so desperately needed. They have spent numerous hours on the phone with their clients giving helpful advise and offer of ideas to encourage people. I am currently on prescription drugs. I am slowly tapering off of them. If I had not run across POINT OF RETURN’s website, I fear where I would have been or ended up. The PAXIL and ZYPREXA have devastated my life by doing the opposite of what they were intended for. I am so grateful for this group of people. They have dedicated themselves to people like me and have given hope where there was no hope before. I am honored to be able to commend this company 100% as a value to community world wide. I just pray that there will be others like myself that will find help through them as I have.
Sincerely yours, I. J.
After 3 days on the program, I called Alesandra because I was so excited and had hope for the first time in 9 months.... Why, because I was able to go to a restaurant & with my daughter. I was able the next day, go to a movie & not fear I would go running out in panic. I was able to walk without exhaustion & slept - not perfect, but better than I had in 9 months!!!!!!!!!! Please believe in this program, I have searched for months to find help, knowing that the ATIVAN was the problem but how do you get off and who helps. again I can not urge anyone enough out there that there are people who care!
Thank you thank you thank you! I will keep you updated.
Karin
Alesandra... hello again! I am now fully off my meds! Can you believe it?!? I totally kicked ass! I feel great & I want to thank you... thank you ALL for everything! You all have been so supportive & helped me a lot. Finding your website was such a blessing. I had lost hope. Which is rare for me because I am usually an upbeat, positive person. Ii will continue on the supplements as I know I still have some detoxing to do. I KNOW I will do fine though. It's so weird, I am feeling emotions again. At first I thought I was just a "hormonal" female, but then I realized I am starting to feel again. I never had a problem with happiness, but the other emotions were gone while I was on meds. It feels so good to feel again. It's a little adjustment, but a good one. Before I started meds I had begun writing about my life, journaling it. It hasn't been the best & I had gone through a lot more than most ever experience. Abuse of all kinds, drug & alcohol problems, suicide attempts, self mutilation. I used to be so hateful & angry about that, but I was trying to turn it into something positive. Like MAYBE if anyone else read it (like a family member or friend... cause I don't really have the ways or means to get anything published) MAYBE I could help them. I have come so far, I wanted to help someone else. Try to at least. When I started meds I stopped writing, I just didn't have it in me. Maybe now I can start again. It's difficult to write about, but therapeutic. Maybe no one will see it... but at least now I can write again. it's been years. Ii have not forgotten about sending pictures. I've just been bad about getting them developed. :) I will soon.... then you can put a face to the voice & name. :)
Again, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
You are doing an amazing thing. I am very grateful! Ii will be in touch. Lots of love, always!
S.
Hi everyone! Well, it's been a complete week without medication and I still feel great - I seem to feel better every day - more energy, more upbeat personality - basically like I used to feel before I was on the medication and even better. I was thinking that I want to go visit my doctor here within the next month or two and let her know how I am doing and that I was able to come off of PAXIL practically symptom free (only had a couple of days of dizziness). Would it be alright if I order the workbook and give that to her? I want to go in and let her know how everything went and then give her the workbook, along with some other information from your web-site and just basically ask her to please read the material and please consider giving her patients another option when coming off medication and to educate her on some things before she even decides to put people on medication. I realize this is a long shot, but I feel it is my duty to share this information - if she's not interested, I will share it with other physicians. I want to do what I can to help get this information out there. Would there be any problem with me giving her a workbook that I purchase? Also, do you guys ever contact doctor's offices to let them know about the program or do you run into too many physicians that won't even consider it?
Any word on Oprah???
Love, C. - Paxil
Hi - I just wanted to let you know that I feel much better - no more dizziness and no more brain zaps. I really had a good day today. Today - was my LAST DAY ON THE MEDICATION!!!!! I just can't believe it. I am so happy and excited. I should know by Monday how I will feel off the medication - it usually hits me within 4-5 days of a reduction as to how I will feel......I truly think everything is going to be fine. No matter what - I AM NOT GOING BACK ON THE MEDICATION.........I know now that I have plenty of support to help me through anything that may happen!!! Also, I just started a cognitive behavioral therapy program this week. It is called "Attacking Anxiety & Depression" by the Midwest Center for Stress & Anxiety. I don't know if you've heard of it or not, but I guess hundreds of thousands of people have been helped by the program. They teach you how to change your internal thoughts and self-talk and also how to relax through a relaxation cd that you are to listen to over and over, so you will eventually be able to subconsciously pull up the relaxation method whenever you need it. They've been in business since 1984. So far I like it. It is a 15-week course. You focus on one cd per week, and then there is a relaxation cd, coaching dvds and a workbook. I think this, along with these supplements, should help me stay on a healthy, medication free course. I just want to say thank you so much, to all of you, for your support throughout this ordeal, and especially to you for getting back to me so quickly on everything. I just can't tell you how much that means to me. The other day when I e-mailed you about the dizziness and brain zaps, I was starting to get a little nervous, and when I saw that you e-mailed me right back, I mean within minutes, I just started crying because it meant so much to me - that someone who understands was right there waiting to help me. I just can't thank you enough for that - THANK YOU! I'll keep you posted on how I am doing.
Love - Cheryl
Thanks so much for all your help and support on the phone today! You guys are really my lifeline right now and the only ones who seem to really understand! You're a God-send and I thank Him for you all each day! God Bless!
Theresa
I have now been on the POINT of RETURN products for 3 weeks. I have felt the anxiety and agitation dissipate and I am thinking better.
Susan B.
I just wanted to let you know that I am very well! I have only 2 more days of the taper, and then I am FREE of the PROZAC!!! I can't believe it! I will continue to take the full amounts of the supplements for the 45 days afterward. I would like to stay on the supplements after that, but I need to know how much to take after the 45 days. I just feel so good!!! I can't thank you all enough for helping me through this! I can't believe that I only felt negative just one time, and that was because I forgot my supplements for a couple of days in a row. I will keep in touch with you and hope you will do the same. Give all my thanks and love to everyone there!
Love, D. - Prozac
Thank you so much Alesandra! You have truly been like a guardian angel sent my way. I am so overwhelmed with your desire just to understand this disease, and to reach out and help "the little people' like me. I appreciate your patience with me, as I am aware that you are very busy. I am curious though- Will you ever be coming around the Ohio way to lecture? I live in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, and would love to meet you and your co-founder, and staff if that time should ever come about for you. I will keep you posted to let you know how things are going.
Thanks again dear soul, Brenda
Hello there! I just wanted to let you know I am down to 1/2 of my original dose of Lexapro (down to 5 mg from 10) and I feel GREAT! The program is working beautifully for me. My mother lives in the building next to mine & even though I'm 30 she's still a mom so she worries. when I told her I was going to wean off my meds AGAIN she panicked & prepared for the worst. (she went through a lot with me. before, during & while weaning from meds caused a lot of pain in the past. I have over 100 self inflicted scars on my body to show it.) So she was scared. But she is now amazed, she can't believe the difference. I was worried the depression would come back, now I'm not worried at all cause I feel great!It's wonderful! and I can't thank you enough! I got officially engaged last sunday at a padres baseball game. (that's where my fiancee & I had our 1st "date" last year, he remembered.) He put it on the scoreboard, got down on one knee (while wearing a tuxedo t-shirt, so cute) and proposed. it was great! beautiful ring too! so, life is good. He is a very understanding, wonderful man. Coming from where I did, growing up in a world of all kinds of abuse I never knew this kind of unmedicated happiness was possible. Thank you for all the positive support & for offering a program like this. I will keep you updated. I KNOW I will be just fine.
Lots of love, S.C
Andrea and Alesandra are great, and have been great to me in my experience. They believe in their product which in turned made me a believer. I am happy I came across their website. Thank you so much for being there for me whenever I wanted. You are great.
T oni S.
The past couple of days have been great. If I can just get on top of the sleep thing - Life will be good. I know the sleep will come around though. What's sad is this happened when I dumped the REMERON about two years ago. I suffered through horrific withdrawals all summer long, lost tons of weight and just waited for the withdrawals to ease up. But, I didn't have anything to support my body so the withdrawals just hung on and I had to give in and go back on Remeron... NOT THIS TIME... Honestly, I don't even feel any type of agitation or blue feelings the past couple of days. This is amazing and I am tapering the Klonopin again. I'm very serious about wanting to go to work with you guys. I want to help people get beyond this nightmare and hopefully keep them from even having to experience this in the first place. When you have a little time I'd really like to start thinking seriously about how I could get connected, trained, screened for LMS... Gotta run.
Thanks for all you do!!!! -A
This is for Terry.... Thanks so much.You took the time to listen and talk to me today even though it was obvious you were very busy.What a small world: you went to Southwest Texas in San Marcos right? 2 of my cousins graduated from there. And you also have friends here in S.A.. Our conversation was so enjoyable although I started crying. Fortunately for me Angels or Bodisattvas like you and Alesandra and Andrea cross my path quite often. People who help me in some unselfish and often wonderful way just when I need it. I think I'll conquer this obstacle and I'm determined to help you all to reach out and offer a helping hand to others going through another hellacious withdrawal from prescription drugs! You can count on me....that is when I get through this thing :
Thank You again!
Sincerely Cheryl E. (TEXAS)
A "rush" of new clients is a good thing and shows that there are so many people out there that need your help. I think you are doing a fantastic job!!! I have already planted some seeds in some acquaintances about your web site and looking to alternative methods of dealing and coping with whatever got them on the meds that are now literally taking their lives away. I can't thank you enough for sticking your neck out to help those who feel there is no hope left.
Love, Diane
I just wanted to let you know I'm still alive and kicking! More than that, I am feeling wonderful!!! I just started week 3 of the taper and do not notice anything out of whack :)
D. H.
just wanted to check in. Been taking the SUPPORT for the last 3 days. Always hesitant to report good news but I do feel an increase in energy. I feel stronger during my workouts. Sometimes I get this feeling that this is sort of what I used to feel Like. Its very confusing but I am hoping that it is working. My issue has always been the depression. Thank you again for all the support! GREAT PRODUCT!!! HOPE YOU CONTINUE OR EVEN IF AS I HEARD ADD VITAMINS TO IT!!!
THANKS GUYS, YOU’RE GREAT!
Michele S.
I've managed to get off my med completely. Quite honestly, it's hard for me to quantify the value of your service and support throughout this. So, first of all thank you very very VERY much for all the help so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shahaf G.
I took Relax yesterday for the first time. I took it in the afternoon. I feel asleep and woke up at 10:00 pm last night. I took another one before bed and woke up this morning feeling much better.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Love, Nancy
I have started the pre-taper program. I am on day 6 and everything is going well. The Cherry Extract works great - should I take it each night even if I'm not having a problem sleeping.
Thank you so much!
Cheryl
Dear Everyone at POINT OF RETURN - It has only been a short time since I have been on your products and not only do I have horrific OCD, I was addicted to pain killers for my back problems for the past 8 years. Even though it has been a rocky start and I am sure I will crash again and have to call you guys for reassurance, I just wanted to let you know how well I am feeling right now. I have tried to get off painkillers for over 8 years even though I still suffer from horrible back problems!!!! I am no longer craving and obsessing I am going to an acupuncturist for pain management. I hope and pray I will continue to stay well and it will only be a matter of time before I can help my fellow sufferers here on the east coast. May God bless each and every one of you!
Sincerely, Tammy N.
Just want to let you know that I received the nutrients this afternoon. I've read the information. And thanks for everything. well I have good news to report. Today is the first time I have not had banana in over 6 months. Neither did I have any of what I must avoid and I felt so much better. I can't remember taking any cherry throughout the day either. I was able to work for the entire day. I don’t know where the energy came from compared to how I felt yesterday. I cant thank you and Alesandra enough for working with me so patiently. Earlier this week I was just about to give in because of how I felt. But you stuck with me and gave me hope and I know you will be there with me until and after I take the last dose of Xanax. many many thanks. Give Alesandra my warmest regards.
Sincerely - Roderick.
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