Hello,

I have been fighting health issues (bulimia, depression, ADD, anxiety, insomina, neck injury (2 extruded lower cervical discs and ligament damage with kyphotic angulation in upper cervical) for 20 years. (depressed/bulimic 88-99; ADD diagnosis 99 with medication that for some reason stopped me throwing up; first neck injury 97 went bankrupt trying to heal in 2003, then car accident in 2005, now in worse shape ever mentally and with neck).   Know now that I also have candida, leaky gut, likely pesticide and heavy metals, some food allergies issues (perhaps underlying a lot of the this) and I am looking for someplace to go heal.

I have done lots of normal and alternative treatments (meds, emotional therapy, chiro, homeopathy, osteo, feldenkrais, soma (like rolfing), pilates, acupuncture), etc. et.c.     Actually, some of my symptoms were better when I was doing 5 element acupuncture.  Noticed that my PMS symptoms are back with a vengeneace increasingly and were totally gone when I did 5 element.  However, all my other issues: insomnia, anxiety, ADD, neck pain; showed no improvement.  Tried a fast/cleanse almost almost a year ago that ended up re-triggering the bulimia that I had not experienced since 99.  Fortunately, I only  threw up for 8 days, then dealt with a vicious bout of compulsiveness for a few months. 

 I don't have work, need to get well fast, am getting so depressed and dysfunctional that I can't manage following a healing diet myself (this is one thing I have never been able to do because of the eating disorder), and just need help and to be taken care of for a while.  My life is totally shattered and I just can't keep going like this (living with a boyfriend who is kind but it's not a stable healthy environment for either of us).  My paretns have some money left to help me, but I need a deifnitive health turn around and I can't seem to do this myself anymore.  Was looking at an inpatient eating disorder facility (www.mirasol.net), but it's outrageously expensive $45,000 for 6 weeks, and right now I am back to eating pretty damn well, just craving sugar, but I cannot concentrate very well and have anxiety and cooking and dealing with food alone (I also do better with other people around, am along all of the time now with no work).   So seems like a traditional or even alternative eating disorder place is not going to get to the bottom of my problems.   Since the car accident my ADD and concentration problesm are worse though I did not hit my head--just rear-ended someone, airbag deployed.  But the trauma of losing job, running out of money, and the accident itself may be causing some of my problems. 

 Anyway, desperately feel I need to go somewhere and get help, no way to heal here with daily life aggravants and so alone.  The other option I have found is www.mindyourbody.info, a Gerson/raw foods/juices/fasting detox clinic with a naturopath/psychotherapist in Hawaii.  I like the look of hte place but am worried that it's just one practictioner.  Also, Dr. Baylac (the naturpath) is no longer listed with her professional affiliation (Gerson and Internal Association of Hygenic Physicians). 

Given what i know of myself, my conditions, the ideal place would have:

1.  somatic mental therapies-- like EMDR, ETT, Emotional Freedom Techniqe, for trauma

2.  detox regimes

3.  healing food regimes--raw or macrobiotics or ayurevedic whole organic foods

4.  acupuncture

5. hyperbaric oxygen

6.  naturopath/nutritionists

7.  cervical decompression/chiropractic (my MD says my back options remain: cervical decompression, then prolotherapy) with serious strengthening (I have laxity in all of my body, not helping my neck)

8.  EEG neurofeedback -- for my brain

 Anyway, if you know of anyplace that sounds remotely like this, please let me know. 

thank you,

eliz