I am a 59-year-old woman, excited about feeling well! Since early teens I suffered constantly from migraine headaches - there seemed to be no relief. Then in my mid 20's, after the birth of my daughter (1967), I lost a lot of weight - I looked like a scarecrow. As well, I started to experience periods of depression that grew in intensity and length over the years, until I was finally admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Eventually I was diagnosed as a manic-depressive. I was prescribed lithium. It helped in reducing my emotional highs a little, but I still often felt suicidal.

In 1993 I felt ill in a way I couldn't describe - I wondered if I was going to die - it felt as if my whole body was rotting. And I was running a temperature of 37.8 constantly, as well as having constant panic attacks at night and spasms of intense (illogical) fear during the day. Arthritis was so bad that I could barely use one arm. My GP had no answer, so I decided to seek another opinion.

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How do I feel now? Alive! Enjoying life as it's meant to be lived. And despite my age, I can still outrun my granddaughters (6 and 4).

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