The day the wind died
Dr. Eugene Muro on the year he burned out in medical school, and the blood test that explained it.
Dr. Eugene Muro, NMDRestore Health, Mesa
In my last year of medical school I hit a wall. I'd been carrying a huge course load for years. I was married with a family of four, and I owned a business. I was stressed past the point of noticing it.
It felt like sailing with a strong wind behind me, and then the wind just died. I could see where I wanted to go. I just couldn't move.
"Normal" wasn't the answer
I knew enough to suspect my hormones. A resident physician ran my blood, and I was deficient in nearly everything. After I started hormone replacement therapy it was like breathing again.
Why I bring it up with patients
A lot of people come in exhausted, foggy and short-tempered, and they've been told their labs look fine. We run a broader panel and go through it with you line by line. Then we adjust based on how you feel, not just the numbers.
Born and raised in Mesa, I spent 13 years in hospital radiology before becoming a naturopathic physician. Pain and hormones turned out to be two halves of the same work, and that's why I treat both.
Educational content, not medical advice. Individual results vary. Adapted from the Restore Health blog.