Patient Stories
Real Women. Real Results.
Stories from women who were dismissed, exhausted, and out of options — until they found root-cause answers.
"I finally feel like myself again. The fog has lifted, my energy is back, and I understand my body for the first time."
At 29, I was exhausted all the time — bloated, losing alarming amounts of hair, and the anxiety and brain fog were so bad I would lose words mid-sentence. Dr. Shada didn't just treat my symptoms; she investigated the root cause. Within 3 to 6 weeks, my energy returned, my mind cleared, and the anxiety that once consumed me became manageable. This wasn't a quick fix. It was a transformation.
"After surviving cancer, I thought feeling this terrible was just my new reality. Dr. Shada proved me wrong."
Years of crushing exhaustion, depression, and relentless cravings after breast cancer. I had been on Lexapro since 2004 and never truly felt well. Within 3 to 6 weeks with Dr. Shada, my energy returned, the fog of depression lifted, and for the first time in twenty years I came off Lexapro completely. I lost 17 pounds and my inflammation markers dropped significantly. She helped me finally start living again.
"I finally understand why I was unwell — and what to do about it."
Three years with Hashimoto's — on medication, doing everything right — still waking up exhausted every morning with hair falling out. Every doctor told me my labs were fine. I came to Dr. Shada as a last try. Within six weeks my energy had shifted in a way I hadn't felt in years. The deeper functional testing caught what routine labs had been missing for years. For the first time I wasn't just being managed — I was being understood.
Heard. Understood. Healed.
"It's not every day a student meets a mentor she can look up to."
It has been an honor to learn and work with Dr. Attrapsi. I have grown so much and aspire to practice medicine the way she does — with patience and kindness. Her work as an internist and functional medicine doctor is a true inspiration. I feel it is a blessing that she was my preceptor during my first inpatient rotation. Her encouragement to think critically, push further, and always support patients in the right direction has meant more than I can express. I am so grateful our paths crossed.
"I wish there were more physicians like this in every city."
I had been dismissed my entire adult life — even by family members in conventional medicine who told me it was all in my head. I came to Dr. Shada skeptical, exhausted, and completely out of options. Within a few months, my energy returned, my mood stabilized, and my health shifted in ways I genuinely hadn't thought possible. Dr. Shada didn't just treat my thyroid — she listened to my whole story. For someone who had spent years being told nothing was wrong, being truly heard changed everything.
"I got myself back. I didn't think that was still possible."
I had been sick for twenty years. Three different antidepressants. A sleep medication I had been on for eight years. Doctor after doctor telling me the same thing — my levels were fine, nothing else to do. By the time I found Dr. Shada, I had stopped trying. Five months into the program, I was off the sleep medication, sleeping deeply for the first time in years, and back at the work I had nearly quit. She found what two decades of conventional care had missed and gave me back something I had genuinely stopped believing I could have — myself.
