Sounds liek you just wrote your own improvement story! You probably just encouraged a lot of people.

Hi Bonnie!  Time is the key to improving.  Unfortunately we do not have any control over time  so just keep moving along.  Take it day by day.  It has taken a long time for me to get better and still have a ways to go, however I am getting better.  I have been sick a very, very long time!  Throughout this experience you will have ups and downs and to be honest the first year was my hardest.  I did not see improvements as quickly (I too have a long history of asthma/allergies).  It took me a year to get off the zyrtec.. Only 3 months and look it how much your body is getting better.  Soon the diet is just normal and it becomes routine.  Everything kind of becomes routine.. the best is when you can do fruit, almond butter, etc...It is a HUGE adjustment.  I remember my 3 month mark.. honestly it goes fast and just think where you will be a year from now, then 2 years from now.  Only better!  Hang in there!  You are not alone.

I've posted my progress updates on here before. I haven't for a couple months because I have been feeling pretty good and I didn't want to jinx myself =). I am 8 1/2 months into treatment and I am doing very well. I used to have a dr. appt every 4 weeks but now it's been almost 2 months since my last dr. appt becuase I have been feeling so good and I don't want her to change anything yet =). 
 
I still experience fatigue, bloating, some headaches. And during the hormonal times like ovulation and period my urethra burns a little when I urinate. But every month I notice everything decreases a little, and everything becomes more manageable.
 
There are a lot of rollercoasters in this treatment. In the beginning of treatment you will have a few hours out of the day you will feel better. Then it will increase to a couple of days out of the week of feeling better. Then it increases to a couple weeks out of the month of feeling better. The improvements are slow but for me even though I did experience a lot of die off I have been having constant improvements. My last period was very bad, I have never experienced pain so bad. I got it at work and almost passed out, and felt like throwing up. But after about an hour I was fine. You will go through some crazy die off but all the while your symptoms will improve. 
 
You will get there, you just got to keep pushing through. Three months is still the beginning you will still go through a lot in the next few months. But it is all part of getting better. Your body needs to cleanse and heal itself. But I know you will see more and more improvements every month. Little ones, but in the long term they are all worth it.

Bonnie,
 
Congratulations on all the hard work you've done and progress you've made getting off the drugs!  It took me nine months to get off of the nine pills a day that I was taking when I started with Dr. B.  I've been in treatment a little over a year.  The last three months have really been hard because I was finally off of all the drugs and my body was reacting to that.  I am having a few good days in a row now instead of just a few hours.
 
I know the foggy head feeling.  It comes and goes for me too.  I think it's all part of die-off.  I felt really bad (depressed, poor concentration, exhausted, etc.) a couple of weeks after getting off all the drugs.  It lasted for several weeks, but now it only comes in spurts.
 
Occasionally I too struggle with feeling like maybe I'll be one of those that doesn't get better.  I think it's natural to feel that way from time to time because this process takes so much patience.  Ultimately, I believe that you and I will get better.  We just have to keep at it and keep a positive attitude during the process!  My cousin was in treatment with Matia several years ago and got better (and she was in a really bad way) and is still doing amazing, so I've seen it first-hand.  Dr. B is definitely the real deal!
 
Lisa
 

Hey there Bonnie!
 
I've been in treatment bang on a year.  I've gone from near-constant, distressing symptoms when I started treatment (frequency, nocturia, urgency, clitoral pain, constant external burning, itching, vaginal buzzing, etc etc etc) to where I am today. This month (May) has been a turning point, as I'm up to 15 days (ie 50%) symptom-free! The other days my symptoms have all been either 0.25/05 on my 0-5 scale. I pretty much always sleep through the night; if I do wake at 5 to pee, when I wake again at 7 or whatever I don't feel my bladder. My only remaining symptoms are an occasional faint urge in my external tissues (almost impossible to describe this!) and occastional slight external irritation. I've had quite a bit of die off in the last month (nausea, knee pain, IBS stuff) but dr b adjusted my herbs and brought even that quickly under control.
 
I should say that my progress was invisible up to 3 months, then wobbly to six months, and much steadier after that. Since December, I've had an extra symptom-free day a month. Sounds super slow, but feels nice and steady! My mental state has improved vastly as I've seen the reliability of my progress.
 
Hang in there. You're VERY early days; it's great you're already seeing changes. You'll get there. Keep calm and carry on!
 
Sarahx