Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Hope for those suffering from depression

Depression Testimonials (updated 5-10-10)
(These testimonials are not endorsed by Nikken. They are from people like you and me. We make NO MEDICAL CLAIMS -- and we do not claim to heal or cure)

From: lpgeorge@mindspring.com
I was taking Luvox 200mg. for panic as well as Zanax. When I went on the sleep system and magsteps in my shoes, I noticed I was getting extremely sleepy during the day when before I was doing my normal functions without any problems. I called my doctor and with in about a 3 month span I was down to .25 mg a day of the Luvox and quit taking Zanax. Now I’m off from the Luvox as well. I am doing fine and not having any problems with the panic attacks any longer. I suffered with depression for 10 years and was on several different anti-depressants plus the Zanax. Stress causes panic attacks to start and I have been under a lot of stress lately and I am doing great. What a blessing!
Suzette Patton
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From: IIJW@aol.com
I helped a women who regularly took three dosages of lithium (morning, noon and night) reduced her meds to once a day within 30 days of using the magsteps. Prior to this even taking the three dosages she was still unstable, now she's on top of the world. We have had wonderful results with other adults as well with Bipolar depression.
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From: E2dsie@aol.com
I met a man the other day at a Wellness Preview whose depression had been lifted just by the necklace. I also saw a study of people with depression in Israel that revealed that magnets had improved their mood significantly when compared to a similar group that did not wear magnets.
Ed Hamlett, RN
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From: cdavis@innova.net
My son was diagnosed with Bipolar. Our products worked so well in helping him with his body working more optimally and sleeping better. It helped him to start concentrating on what his body needed for health and not on the specific problem. The meds our son was given did not help him at all and after concentrating on health, he has been off any meds for 2 1/2 years and is a delightful, bright young man of 19.
Lucinda
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From: lisa@lp-networks.com
I was diagnosed 12 months after a 2nd car accident with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I was unable to sleep without medication, which made me feel like a zombie. I have not had to take a sleeping pill since my 1st night on the sleep system. My anxiety & depression have lifted dramatically now that I'm sleeping remarkably well and feeling more energy and less achyness upon waking.
Lisa Dearden
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From: n2sewing@cocentral.com
I've been on anti-depressants for 9 years and since I started using the sleep system, I've been able to discontinue using them. It took me at least a month to notice a change but boy is it worth it! After a couple of months on the sleep system, and necklace & magsteps during the day, I noticed a significant mood change so I discontinued taking drugs. It's been over a year and I only take a 1/2 of a Zoloft maybe every other month if I notice any problems arising. Everybody is different and it may take longer than the week-10day trial period for a change to take place, but it is well worth the expense and the wait!!!
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From: dsfinke@home.com
After 30 years of flying airplanes for a living and after 10 years of hating my latest employer (messy merger and lost benefits) and after 10 years of commuting to New York from Denver, I fell into a severe depression. I had not been sleeping well due to flying all night and trying to sleep in a crash pad all day. I had not been eating right nor exercising right. I lost my job which paid well, and I had nowhere else to go. I had no future. Then came Nikken into my life. The products helped my health. I got back to eating right and used our wonderful Nikken supplements. I started exercising. I had wonderful sleep on the Nikken sleep system. Many discomforts all over my body went away due to all of our products and a better life style. The most amazing thing was that I then saw a future through Nikken's business opportunity. I now look forward to a much brighter future than I had ever expected after 30 years of airline flying. And I can continue to be productive to the end. As an airline pilot I was forced out at the age of 60 due to government bureaucracy.  AND I get to do all of this by helping other people to be more. Thank you Nikken.
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From: kspaedy@5Pillars.com
My daughter is bipolar noticed immediate improvement when she began sleeping on the mattress pad. She says it makes her feel much calmer and in control. I know that it was the final answer we were searching for after months of medication and therapy alone had not done the trick. She is still on medication, but that alone had not been enough to "normalize" her. She was about 70% there, and now with Nikken, she is 100%. There is also a interesting web page you can talking about how Magnet therapy shows promise for severe Depression: http://gem.lightlink.com/vitamin/althealth/cgi/frameset3.cgi?url=http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9803/20/magnets.depression/index.ht ml&named=CNN&rec=2141
Kerry Spaedy, Westmont, IL
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From: cathtraz@carr.org
We have had a great experience with one of my husband's co-workers with his depression. He was in the hospital for four days undergoing tests to find the solution to his tiredness and depression. The hospital diagnosed him with chronic fatigue and depression.  After lending him the mattress, a pair of steps and a bracelet he called us three days later and couldn't believe how good he felt. He since has bought the mattress and steps, etc and his tiredness and depression are gone. These products are just an answer to prayer for so many of our families and loved ones.
Debbie Trazkovich
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From: dmarcusse@home.com
A great article to read over the web with Dr. Batmanghelidj who wrote “Your Bodies Many Cries for Water”: http://watercure2.com/sam_biser.htm . Dr. Batmanghelidj (Batman-gel-lij) received his medical degree from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School of London University.  Batmanghelidj: When we are sedentary, the biological action of tryptophan is blocked by an excess of the branch-chain amino acids.  The result is depression in your brain. Why? You need serotonin that is manufactured from tryptophan - to prevent depression from taking over the body physiology. That is why drinking plenty of water can cure depression - even better than drugs. Finally, if a person refuses to add the small amount of salt as I suggested earlier – for every eight glasses - then the water may not produce full benefits. Your body requires salt to retain the water. Otherwise, the water will pass through too quickly. One woman I heard of drank plenty of water and still had high blood pressure, because she refused to take any salt. She was too frightened from all the misinformation she heard. Unfortunately, the health movement is fanatical against salt, which can make it impossible to cure dehydration. I saw one woman with asthma who was drinking water, but who did not get a lasting cure until she started taking some salt.

WOMAN FINDS RELIEF FROM DEPRESSION
Here is a typed copy of a hand written letter we received from a reader in Syracuse, New York:  I read your interview with Dr. Batmanghelidj a couple of weeks ago and it made a profound impression on me. I immediately started drinking more water. I also completely gave up beverages containing caffeine. Although I have only been on this program for a couple of weeks, I feel like a new person!  I wanted to tell you about some results that I got because the ones that impressed me the most, and for which I am most thankful, are not physical results, per se, they are emotional, psychological and mental. I did get some very good physical results. I lost weight, all my allergy symptoms disappeared, and I enjoyed a tremendous upsurge in energy - but I was much more grateful for (and amazed by) a release from a lifelong battle with depression, and other emotional and psychological problems. I had gotten to the point where my nerves were just shot. I was overly sensitive and overreacted to everything. The slightest setback became a major setback. I couldn't cope with the pressures of even ordinary everyday living, much less more stressful situations. I developed a very short fuse. I would get irritated and angry at the slightest rovocation and then I would get depressed and hate myself, and really just want to die. I was ruining my closest relationships and I contemplated suicide many times. I began to believe that I might have a mental illness. I saw many different psychiatrists and social workers, but my experiences never really changed. I was progressively more volatile with drastic mood swings and I lived under a big dark cloud. But then, when I began to follow Dr. Batmanghelidj's guidelines, I felt the big dark cloud lift. It was as if the sun finally came out. I felt calmer and more peaceful, more centered and grounded, and just plain happier. My nerves no longer jumped out of control at every little thing and I began to feel a profound sense of joy and relief. I no longer felt like something was drastically wrong with me. I began to be able to hold my head up and face the world instead of tending toward a sort of paranoid agoraphobia.  Thank you so much for publishing that fascinating interview. It made more sense than anything else I've ever read on health (and I've read a lot), and it has helped me more than anything else I have ever tried (and I've tried a lot). Also, a glass of water is free - my last psychiatrist was $65.00 for 45 minutes!
Katrina Montague
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From: bobalou@wynman.com
My step-daughter, Kip Cross, suffered from panic attacks for years, tried lots of things, even quit her job. After borrowing MagSteps & a back flex for a back problem, the panic attacks stopped. She didn't believe there was a connection & forgot to switch her MagSteps to her work shoes; went to work without them & by mid-morning, felt a panic attack coming on, went home, put her MagSteps in her shoes & the panic attack didn't happen. I think she no longer has the panic attack problem, but still is skeptical of the technology!?!
Bob Wynman, dds
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From: Magnahuffy@aol.com
I asked Dr. Peter Goldberg at a Nikken event last year about depression. His response was that the most important consideration when dealing with mental health issues is to minimize free radical damage (Antioxidant formula), keep the body well hydrated (water), and maintain proper amounts of the basic vitamin/mineral balance (Multivitamin).
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From: jscowan@snowcrest.net
The Dream comforter has negative ions, which help depression tremendously -- also, sleeping on the magnetics helps, because when a person gets a good night's sleep it makes a huge difference in their mood. I also have had people use the necklace as well with good results. The nutritionals and the Optimized PiMag water would make a big difference too -- antioxidant and liver formula for starters.
Jan
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From: MI4MAGS@aol.com
I worked with a very depressed woman, who was on all kinds of psychotropic drugs, (who also had difficulty breathing) sitting at my dining room table, wearing my necklace, drinking Optimized PiMag water and breathing Air Wellness negative ions for about 45 minutes. She was a different person by the time she left my house, smiling, joking, and able to walk up and down my steps without breathing heavily and gasping for breath!
Marcia Isman

Friday, August 26, 2011

Fibromyalgia Testimonials from those who found a solution to improve this chronic challenge

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points. "Tender points" refers to tenderness that occurs in precise, localized areas, particularly in the neck, spine, shoulders, and hips. People with this syndrome may also
experience sleep disturbances, morning stiffness, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, and other symptoms.



Fibromyalgia Testimonials (updated 5-10-10)
(These testimonials are not endorsed by Nikken. They are from people like you and me. We make NO MEDICAL CLAIMS -- and we do not claim to heal or cure)
From: ccanderson@att.net
I began my journey back to health by using the back flex during the day for my bad back. Was at the chiropractor every week to stay in shape...never been back since I used the flex. For 8 years, I had been under severe stress and suffering from Restless Leg Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. The only solution the doctors had for me after trying massage, acupuncture, diet, and ultrasound was a mind altering drug that they gave to epileptics to stop seizures. The smallest dose was so powerful I had to cut it in fourths. This is not something I wanted to take for the rest of my life. The sleep system: mattress pad and quilt changed my life after about 2-3 weeks... and using the Kenkoseat for sitting during the day (at home and in the car). I was off the medication inside 1 week. The restless leg syndrome was gone. Found myself squatting and weeding the garden after 2 weeks. What a shock! It was then that I realized the fibromyalgia was gone. Both do come back however, if I am off the sleep system for a night or two. Noticed that when I lent my personal system to a friend. I am not sure if it’s the flex, or that with the sleep system, but the scoliosis in my back has straightened out. My doc has suggested that it has relaxed the muscles in my back that were pulling the spine out of alignment. Don't know! But I’m grateful. I keep the magsteps in my shoes as well. I also have added the necklace to quell the crunches in my neck.  I had no preconceived notion of what might happen with these products. I had not heard of anyone with my problems being helped. I am witness to my own unanticipated results, so I cannot believe the products are simply a placebo.
Carolyn C. Anderson
Santa Roas CA
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From: magnomom@unidial.com
I am currently 58 yrs. old. I had fibro about 5 yrs. when I was sent to a therapist with someone who specialized in fibro. It was great for a couple of hours but did not last. I was given elivel 100 milligrams at night to help me sleep. I was on meds for arthritis as well. At that time I also had my new knee and was told I needed a new hip. I was very skeptical because I tried everything I could find even went to a pain clinic.  Alas the sleep system the magsteps and the magboy were my saviors. In one week I knew something was better and I got up feeling more energy, still had the soreness and still woke up some at night. I was off the meds in about another week. Previously I was up at least 3-4 times a night, now maybe twice. It took a while longer when I did not get up until maybe 5 0r 6 a.m. for the bathroom. I still sometimes wake up but can turn over and go back to sleep. I have now been on the system for 2 yrs. so I cannot remember exactly how long before I realized I was not sore to the touch anymore. I sleep less and no longer wonder if I slept, I wake up alert and it does not take me two hours to get going. That only took a few months for me to notice. I traveled one time without my pad and never again, it was not 2 days and I felt like I regressed so much. Once I was back on the system I felt alive again. I never go without the magsteps and I carry the magboy in my purse because of all the other joint problems I use that for 5 min. and I can be comfortable. Nikken gave me my life back and I will always be grateful even though I doubted I was willing to try anything. I hope your friend will continue to try these products they work. I bought mine and never  regretted it. I forgot to tell you the medication for arthritis is also no longer I only use shark cartilage and my products. So far so good, oh yes
I still have not had a new hip 3 yrs later.
Sincerely, Louise
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From: DWise28889@aol.com
I was taking "Paxil" (antidepressant) for fibro. I got immediate results from being on the sleep system. I stopped taking the medication
immediately after I felt better. I would say that I am about 80% better. I don't have that unbearable discomfort anymore. When I do feel stressed, I use the wraps and the mini magnets. The magsteps have been a tremendous help. I also have the necklace, and have had almost no discomfort in my neck. It used to drive me crazy, I cried a lot with my neck pain. But have really found the products to help a great deal.
Danielle
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From: Laws900@aol.com
I started seeing results for my fibromyalgia around 4-6 weeks and was able to get off the amitryptilene that I using to help me sleep. I have not used any medications in 13 mos. since. I used the sleep system -- mattress, comforter and pillow. I am able to get to sleep without medication usually in 15-30 min. I still awaken during the night, but I am able to go right back to sleep 90% of the time. I sleep less hours and have more energy. I still do not have the
energy that normal people (without FM) do. I use the back flex when I need it and the necklace for neck and shoulders.
Carol Laws

From: Jfmims@aol.com
Before I knew about Nikken products, I hurt severely all over. I could not sit for more than thirty minutes at the time. Although I carried a back pillow and used it everywhere I went, my back still hurt all over. I suffered with two to three migraine headaches a week. I also had frequent sinus headaches. I could not sleep more than three hours a night because I hurt too much. Much of the time, I could not stand to be touched. I even put a cardboard box at the end of my bed, under the top sheet and put my feet inside so the sheet would not touch my feet.  My feet hurt so severely on the top and the bottom that I could hardly walk, even with the expensive inserts the doctor had prescribed. It was torture just to stand up.  I was taking twenty-two prescription drugs daily and allergy shots twice weekly. I was taking toridol shots as frequently as I could talk the doctor into allowing them [generally once a week]. I had spinal block treatments and used a TENS unit. Nothing seemed to help for more than a few hours.    In November 1997, a friend suggested that I try the Nikken sleep system. He said that he did not know if it would help, but that he would lend me one to try for a week. I slept on the Nikken magnetic pad for a week. After a few days, my back was hurting less and I could sleep more. We purchased a king-size Nikken mattress and the comforter. [I had been sleeping with only the sheet as cover because I was so hot,  even when my husband was sleeping under as many as four blankets. My husband was on three heart medications, one of which was a blood thinner.] I also use magsteps, a magnetic sleep mask, the magnetic necklace, magboys and the Nikken nutritional products.  Although I could tell a difference in only a few nights, it took many weeks using the products before my whole back was better. In fact, it actually hurt worse at first, but now I sleep all night. I no longer use a cardboard box for my feet, and I have even misplaced my back pillow.  I can even sit for the approximately five hours it takes to travel to Georgia from our home in Mississippi. My feet no longer bother me. I no longer take allergy shots and seldom have sinus headaches. I have not had a migraine headache in over a year. I only take four prescription
drugs each day.
Lane
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From: MagjoyC@aol.com
I went off my medication for fibromyalgia after 8 months on sleep system. I saw a difference almost immediately in energy level but didn't believe it for a while. It's subtle differences that are hard to pinpoint. I started realizing I was doing things I usually couldn't do... I wear necklace and back flex all the time – fibromyalgia people need back flex all the time as well as magsteps and minis in problem areas. I just retired 5 years early from job as Nursing Supervisor to go fulltime with Nikken, because of what I've experienced and what I've seen happen to many folks with fibromyalgia and other problems.
Joy Cole 336-765-9402 (Winston-Salem, NC)
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From: CindyBWillis@aol.com
How does one thank a company for giving back, and savings ones life? Two years ago, I was given a number to call, by a lady who cared enough about me, to CARE! She wasn't even a distributor, but the mother of one. It took me three weeks, but I did make that call, thank God. On Sept. of '98 I started using the products. I became a distributor in Oct. of '98. I had incontinence, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis,  degenerative disease of the back with several herniated disks causing sever sciatica, messed up feet from several bad operations and arthritis, ongoing tendonitis and bursitis due to labor intensity related to my job (40 to 50 hours a week) and tinnetis (ears). Add to that a stress related  life one would never want to trade with me for, burns, broken toes and Big time all around DISCOMFORTS. I have great humbleness of gratitude to Nikken. Had I not had these products at the exact time I did, I would have lost my job due to disability. My back and sciatica were so intense, my lack of sleep and my leg weakness were to the breaking point. The epidural shots I was getting were to the point of no help, and an operation was looming. Still is for that matter, but I have held it off for two years, with these products. When breast cancer was detected in Aug. of 99, I would NOT have done anything to save my life, as it really held no meaning for me any more. My personal life was a disaster, and I was clinically depressed to the point of actually praying for cancer to take me out!!!!!!!!!!!! We had lost one son at the age of 33 and were about to lose another living with us who had diabetes at the age of 36. (we lost our son Glen this past Aug 15th) He had multiple related problems and no quality of life. Well---enter Nikken! A year later, I was diagnosed with cancer. I now had people who cared, were supportive and encouraging. I also had a new quality of life I had only dreamed to have. I was now almost free of discomfort and able to work like a 20 year old. (I'm 63) I also had a wonderful surgeon I loved and respected. I came thru the operation with all signs of cancer gone. I took radiation for 11 weeks and continued with flying colors.
Cindy Willis
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I have been a police officer in Australia for just over 13 years and during that time I have nearly been killed on numerous occasions. That, coupled with the un-natural high risk, traumatic situations we often find ourselves in, resulted in my being diagnosed and treated, in 1997, for the same traumatic stress related illnesses some war veterans get after battle, or near death encounters. The psych I saw dealt with my problem by prescribing various anti-depressant drugs, each with over twenty unpleasant side effects, which I could literally mark off as they came. When my condition stopped improving the answer was, move to a different drug new to the market, or take more of what I was on. Although some form of medication was necessary in the beginning to help stop the spiral out of control, I ended up taking 1,200 milligrams of a drug called Aurorix, daily, just to function and get up in the morning. It felt like I was floating two feet off the ground. In reality, I felt ‘higher’ than some criminals I had arrested for drug offences, although my drugs were “legal”. In addition to this I had recurring nightmares every night, without fail, to such an extent I was afraid to go to sleep. Chronic insomnia was the diagnosis and again, this was dealt with using sleeping drugs. I tried two strengths, both of which failed to get me to sleep. The third one actually gave me around 3 – 4 hours of non R.E.M. sleep and although that was dream free, I rapidly became totally dependant on those sleeping tablets. I was out of control, continually tired with no energy, angry, confused, and a very unpleasant person to be around. This condition took a huge toll on my marriage, family, and our finances, given the fact that in the beginning of my illness I drank at least one bottle of spirits per day for 91 days, to try and deal with what was happening inside me. The Doctors called it “self medication”. The police service sent me to a further five medical health professionals and each one assessed and treated me the same way, recommending massive doses of prescription drugs. After several years of this, in November of 1999 my wife gave me an ultimatum, come to see a counselor or she was leaving with our daughter. We went and saw a man who worked with his partner, operating an alternative health clinic. I wondered out loud what could he possibly offer me that all the health professionals could not? He had recently returned from North America and showed me a pair of magnetic insoles called Magsteps. He explained they were from a giant Japanese company called Nikken and could possibly help me get more energy in my day.  Given my health situation at that time I was willing to try anything, so with guarded skepticism, I followed his instructions and borrowed a pair. I wore them daily, and after around three weeks, on the first day of January 2000, without telling anyone, I threw away all my medications. Now that on it’s own is not remarkable, because I had done that before, and usually within three or four days my old unpleasant self would return and I’d be right back where I began. What really caught my attention this time was the fact that it didn’t happen!! I waited and waited and nothing. No withdrawals from either drug!! (Earlier, when I changed medications it required at least a week off work to wean me) I was really excited and could hardly contain myself. I began taking them from my shoes and sleeping on them under my lower back or under my head, and after several more weeks, for the first time since I could remember, I slept one whole night, drug free, all by myself, without any nightmares. Over the following weeks the nightmares became less and less frequent, to a point where I was really sleeping. In
March 2000 my wife asked me if I needed another prescription filled, as I should have been getting low. I told her I had stopped taking the drugs and she was amazed when I said it was since January 1st. By using these products I have regained control of myself, my quality of life and that of my family has improved dramatically and when Nikken came to Australian shores in November of 2000 we were compelled to join many thousands of others in sharing these technologies & this opportunity. We now use many products in our daily lives and have achieved a more balanced, relaxed lifestyle. I still have the odd bad day, but our marriage has gone from strength to strength, and I have returned to work in the education and training office, teaching other police. Nikken truly is an amazing alternative with nothing for you to lose, except mabey what’s bothering you! It certainly gave me back my life!! Never be afraid to try something new.
Brad Aussie
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From: balanced@telusplanet.net
I never believed in miracles until November of 1994 when I was given my life back after many years of suffering with the constant muscle discomfort throughout my whole body, overwhelming fatigue and no energy.
My condition eventually worsened to the point where I could no longer work. Having been a career person and a high achiever all my life, this change was very devastating for me. I did reluctantly learn to accept and deal with the tremendous changes that had to be made in my daily living routine. Luckily I had a very supportive husband who was also willing to alter his lifestyle to suit my condition.  In late 1994 my husband, Colin, sat next to Carolyn Bond, an Independent Nikken Distributor, on a flight from Toronto to Vancouver. Their conversation led to the Nikken products that had helped so many people to experience more energy, sleep more soundly and generally feel better. When Colin mentioned my condition, Carolyn suggested we try the products to see if they would help. We had invested so much time and money in an attempt to improve my condition including seeing numerous doctors, massage and physiotherapists, chiropractics, ingesting many medications, and receiving three sets of steroid injections in my back, etc. to no avail, but we were open to trying something new.  As Carolyn was from Toronto she arranged for Bruce Black, a local distributor, to loan us product to try at no obligation. After several nights of using the sleep system at night and the magsteps and seat during the day, I started noticing a gradual improvement that I was certain had to be "just a coincidence", but what really impressed me was that I was sleeping through the night, which I had not done in years. My discomfort, that was especially bad in the morning, had vanished almost totally, my energy level was improving daily. I was beginning to feel alive again. By the 9th day I knew I had truly experienced a miracle and I could no longer contain my elation.  Bruce Black picked up his product on the 9th day and it took us 3 days to get our own. Interestingly enough I went downhill very rapidly during that brief period, and improved just as quickly after receiving our own product. In addition I have totally eliminated my intake of medications and have now added some of the other smaller products during the day like the necklace and the flex that help tremendously with increasing energy and lessening discomfort.  Nobody will ever convince me that miracles don't happen. It’s 6 years later and I still have this condition but my symptoms are in check.  Carolyn, who happened to be in the right place at the right time, will always be my guardian angel. Colin is thrilled to have his wife back and I am delighted to be able to partner with him in our Nikken distributorship with its mission of helping others. We're proud to be associated with such a wonderful company and feel it is our obligation to share with others the wonderful Nikken opportunity and their truly unique products that have changed our lives forever.
Anne Wilson
403-236-8801
Calgary, AB T2Z 3A8
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From: brentkim@cadvision.com
On August 24, 1994 I was in a critical car accident and suffered a severe head injury. Shortly after the accident my problems began: constant, gnawing agony throughout my body (like the worst flu imaginable), poor sleep, fatigue and headaches to the point of nausea. I tried everything to “make me better": cranial-sacral therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, physiotherapy, massage, exercise programs, chiropractic treatments and spinal injections (cortisone combined with 4-5 other drugs injected up through my tailbone and into my spine), etc. While these worked for a period of time, eventually my body would adapt and I would have to adjust my maintenance program. Sometimes, it would get so bad I was forced to visit Emergency to have morphine administered.  In January 2000, I was in a little fender-bender causing my situation to worsen to an unmanageable state. At the age of 24, and the beginning of an already successful, promising career, I went on disability. I retried all the previous therapies and anything new I could get my hands on; and trust me, some of the alternatives were pretty weird. I had no quality of life. Sleep was fitful at best and often non-existent. I had to nap frequently just to get through the day. When I was awake, it was like I was living in a fog, one of the many side effects I experienced from popping 10+ painkillers per day. In May, my family and I took a small road trip to Kelowna. Our activities had to be planned around my daily vomiting, from taking even more pills than normal, in order to get me through the day. Needless to say, it was miserable.  I finally realized that this was my life and drugs were my only alternative. To my horror, my body was beginning to adapt to the Tylenol 4 with Codeine, Flexural, Darvon, Baclofen, Vioxx, Celebrex, Anti-convulsants, and trigger point injections of Xylocaine 2-3 times per week. I was terrified, anything I hadn’t already lost, I thought I was going to lose. It seemed that prescribed Morphine and Neuro-Transmitter blockers were my next alternative. Beyond that, Dr. Kevorkian. I had heard about Nikken and turned it down flat, having tried the insoles previously with no real relief. Thankfully, I went to a meeting with Anne Wilson, an independent Nikken distributor. With much skepticism, I agreed to try the mattress she was willing to lend me. In order to prove that it didn’t work I stopped taking my existing narcotics and didn't start the Morphine. That was in October 2000. I haven't taken any pills since.  The products haven’t cured me and I won’t be returning to work anytime soon , but I can now deal with that because finally, I have some quality of life and it keeps getting better. I just returned from visiting my family in Kelowna, where I was able to do things everyday, just like everyone else - no drugs, no naps, no vomiting. I even went to a movie and felt great afterward. That may not be a big deal to most, but considering it used to take me 5 or so hours to get through a 1.5 hour rented movie ............................ it's a big deal to me.  Products I use daily:
NIKKEN sleep system (KenkoPad mattress, the KenkoTherm Comforter and KenkoPillow)
Magsteps insoles
NIKKEN necklace
KenkoSeat
NIKKEN nutritionals
Kimberly Bigler
Phone: (403) 271-0040
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From: tandy@5pillars.com
When I first looked into Nikken, I just couldn't wait to get sleep systems under all my friends with fibromyalgia. And, first thing, I had two prospects experience violent reactions. Scared me to death! Subsequently, I learned from a more experienced distributor (who has fibromyalgia herself) that it is better to allow these folks to detox very gradually. Here is her system:
1. Begin by having the person drink PiMag Water and take our Joint & Liver supplements for 10 days to two weeks 2. Then add the comforter and pillow.
3. Finally, add the magnetic mattress pad.
The person who taught me this says she gives her prospects a choice: she tells them that they can start using the whole system immediately and risk going through a rough detox period, or they can approach it slowly, take longer, and have a gentler detox. I have since used this approach and it works very well.
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From: cbacon@wcenet.com
I have (lupus and fibromyalgia) and was desperate to find something to relieve my discomfort, besides being so extremely tired and weak.  I'm not sure which symptoms to relate to which problem, but I do know that together, they are very debilitating. I started on the sleep system in March of 2000, and also the neck wrap, insoles and nutrition. I received almost immediate relief and by the third day I no longer required the strong medication for pain. Today I don't even take aspirin or Tylenol. I'd had kidney failure, liver problems and developed a heart condition before I was introduced to these products. Now I consider myself quite healthy. The products give me such complete relief, I can  enjoy the good things in life once more.
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From: DorothyTwine@hotmail.com
You are looking at a picture of my husband and myself. As you can see, I was in a wheelchair and not a very happy person. My body was too weak from all the nights without sleep due to 7 disabilities I have. My body hurt everywhere. I couldn't walk on my own. I couldn't lift a gallon of milk or hold a pen in my fingers. They were bent and ached. I have had 12 major surgeries, blood transfusions, kidney failures, and nearly lost my life more than a couple of times. Before you scroll down, I have to tell you what made the change you are about to see. I was introduced to Nikken in February 1999. Within 2 months, I was walking with only a cane. Two months later, I was walking on my own. In August of that same year, I danced with my husband again for the first time in 6 years.
Before Picture
I stand on my own and now weigh the perfect weight and can even ride a bicycle! The only changes I made, was
Nikken and it changed my life and lives of my loved ones! We know that dreams can come true and we are so
excited about being part of something so wonderful that really does change lives. It started with someone sharing
information about products that really do work. We have heard so many people who share the same excitement
over being at the right place at the right time. If pictures say a thousand words, ours must be in the millions. The
difference in our lives has been beyond words. We have a social life now. We go places now that were nothing
more than wishful thinking before. Do you have any idea what it is like to try to travel and enjoy the trip instead of
getting where you're going and hurt the whole trip.
After Picture
Our grandchildren are so happy that they can play with grandma again (some for the first time) as I couldn't get on
the floor or hold them with out making myself hurt. They get to go with us on trips. The freedom that comes along
with being a home based business is that when you want to go, you can.  We couldn't believe at first that the money and lifestyles of Nikken Distributors was really that good until we got to know them personally. They are everyday people who knew that this was something worth taking a real close look at. Some didn't even finish high school and others were business people making a great deal of money but no time to spend with their loved ones. Others just didn't like their jobs and knew they would never be free unless they made the commitment to join the Nikken team.
Dorothy & Russell Twine - Gold Wellness Consultants - Web: http://www.5pillars.com/774511800/
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From: hihohiho@tampabay.rr.com
My jaw was locked for 8 months with a calcified disc that went forward in the joint. My prognosis was surgery from the Mayo clinic that gave me 20% success rate to eat supple foods for life but not relief of the chronic, intense pain. My daily life was full of prescription drugs, writing notes to my husband and children and having no phone because I was completely unable to speak. From having my own medical billing business at home and working outside the home part time, my deteriorated physical state required at 34 years old to be retrained by the State for disabilities. I was raising my three girls from the bed and unable to carry out daily duties. Life was about careful, limited choices, I could fix dinner but not have the energy or ability to eat it or clean it up. I could gather laundry but not get any farther. You get the idea. Yuck! I was open for alternatives and refused to accept that my life prognoses was drugs, pain and blender food. I knew there was an answer for me and that my systemic joint disease flare up was not going to crumble me. When I had reconstructive foot surgeries and my length of stay in a wheelchair was undetermined or when I had three shoulder surgeries within two years I knew the body was amazing at finding the Physician within. I definitely believe everyone deserves to be pain free.  I was given a bottle of JOINT from Nikken. I started sleeping and wearing and drinking Nikken. Six weeks later I yawned in the shower and my life has not been the same since. I investigated the company, I researched and tried all the products and each person in my family has had a major quality of life shift.  My husband no longer snores or has gloopy eyes with allergies or misses work with tremendous shoulder tension and headaches. My daughter's gymnastic scores went from 7's to 9's with her going from the bottom of the competitive level to ranking as an elite gymnast statewide! We have all claimed LIFE back.  Surprisingly, I have heard similar benefits from all over the world of people that when they use enough of the energy products for long enough, their quality of life shifts for the better.  Seems to me at our age with the marketplace of baby boomers that no longer settle for traditional remedies of surgery, chemo, antibiotics and radiation that they seek for natural health alternatives to heal and prevent illness. With research proven benchmark patented energy technology products, Nikken alters the bodys' balance to give each person, one person at a time optimum health. I now take no prescription drugs, have no side effects, have full range of motion, no pain, no discomfort and have energies to spend time with my three children and devote to the passion of building a business that provides me with the income to choose my work schedule and who I spend time with. With our natural need to know we gravitate to look for the best. I work with my husband, from our home, with a team of professionals and we have a proven recruiting system that shows people how to do what we have done. I no longer live with the chronic pains of bursitis,
Fibromyalgia, Arthritis and TMJ.
Sally - www.5pillars.com/sallydavis/ - (813) 265-2664
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From: cbeck@lanset.com
I was told by Dr. that CM Cream is the Fibro person's best friend if you put it on the bottom of their feet at night right before they try to go to sleep, it helps them to fall asleep faster, and they get a deeper, better quality of sleep! You can put CM Cream on them anywhere they hurt during the day as that will help them too, as it removes inflammation. The only people it doesn't work on are those taking steroids, or who have dirty livers (but one person who had a dirty liver felt results within 20 minutes, so you never know).  Also Room Air Cleaner run on Turbo for the full 8 hours while they are sleeping (or trying to sleep) is very helpful as it relaxes muscles,  helps them fall asleep faster, and get deeper, better quality of sleep, plus they get more energy too. While at Oct. Launch, sat 12 feet away from room air cleaner that was on Turbo, within 50 minutes, felt relaxation of muscles in neck, shoulders, back, increased energy, and of course, could breath better too! Found Room Air Cleaner to be even more helpful than CM Cream (use much less CM Cream).
Cynthia Beck
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From: besserschlafen@yahoo.com
A very good friend of mine with Fibro, felt very ill after using the sleep system for at least a week. She wasn't drinking enough and the second week it started to improve after she started drinking more water. A Nikken doc told her she would kill herself if she kept up with all her medication - so she was willing to stick it out. Her neck discomfort vanished on one side within 1 hour of having the necklace on and was almost gone on the other side. Maybe it’s a good idea for people with fibro to start wearing the necklace & earrings if a female - once they notice that the sleep system is doing its job. My Mom also has fibro and it took her about six months to get relief from her  hip and back problems. It was worth the wait though. Her headaches never did improve, although she seems to get some benefit from the Elastomag headband. Every body is different but I have never heard of any long time Nikken user with Fibro that didn't have improvements. Make sure to drink lots of water. If someone is hydrated, nothing will work.
Sharon
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From: threed@sbcglobal.net
I do not tolerate meds. After starting to use the Nikken products I was able to go off all of them and that was 5 years ago... all I have used since then is the Nikken products. Starting with the sleep system, magsteps and magboy. I guess I was one of the miracles because I was helped right away. As new products come out I use all of them, especially the water, the PalmMag, Necklace, Neck collar (when my neck and shoulders hurt and I am out and about this is a life saver) I was told I would never be able to paint china again (but I am now thanks to Nikken) I have to limit my time but I am able to paint again. I use the KenkoWave for where ever I have pain. I ta ke the Joint, Calcium, Multi, Mental Clarity, Immunity, and Jade GreenZymes. I use what ever it takes for the moment to give me energy and take away the discomfort as I said I use them all. The seat is one of my favorites along with the sleep system and ElastoMag Neck Wrap ----------------------------------------------------------------

From: bl-miller@Comcast.net
I have had Fibromyalgia for 13 years. In the early years, I was on multiple medications that left me feeling drugged up. Within the last year, I was given a Nikken necklace and a pillow to try. My neck pain is one of those that just doesn't go away and only fluctuates between hurting and more hurting. At one point I could not lie on a pillow as the pressure was too great. The combo of the 2 released my constant tightness and pain! So then I tried a Nikken mattress pad that was loaned to me. Wow, what terrific sleep I had. I of course, have purchased all of the mentioned products. I have been able to manage my pain because of Nikken and felt I wanted to be able to help others, so I became a distributor but I would not have done so if I had not had the privilege of trying the products before I bought them.
Barbara
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From: manuels54@cox.net
This is a fantastic Nikken product testimony! Gloria's product & business testimony is so wonderful!!!
Ellen & Rik Manuel
Gloria Arrasmith
Another “Miracle” Nikken Success Story August 2005
Gloria was told by her doctors in February of 2005 there was no longer any hope for her. She was told to continue taking her 13 prescribed medications and learn to cope with her unbearable pain which occurred “24/7”. March of 2005 Gloria was led to Nikken Platinum Wellness Consultants, Burt & Lynn Smith; in her own words, “By the grace of God!” During the months of March, April, May & June, 2005 Gloria became well, she has regained her health and her quality of life has dramatically improved. Gloria no longer takes any medications and has not seen a doctor since. Gloria and her husband, Bill Arrasmith, are now Nikken Silver Wellness Consultants and are working toward financial freedom as they spread the word of wellness around the world. In the month of July 2005, Gloria and Bill decided to begin their Nikken business, produced over $20,000 in volume and were promoted to Silver Wellness Consultants. In the same month, they have successfully achieved the “Paragon Award”, “21 Rollout Club”, “Certified Wellness Home”, “2 tickets to the National Convention”, “14 keys for the current contest” and have earned over $4500. Gloria and Bill have been given the greatest gift of all… the GIFT of HOPE
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From: wemagnify@comcast.net
Annette Jackson’s Testimonial told by Dr. John Jackson
Annette and I feel that it is our moral obligation to share her story and what Nikken can do for everyone. So here is our story:

In 1985 a drunk driver rear-ended Annette at 50+ MPH. She developed fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. In Feb. of 2001, Annette came out on the little landing in front of our upstairs bedroom and called down to me at the foot of the stairs, asking for prayer. She needed more energy to keep teaching in her busy piano studio.  The next month we bought the Nikken water system from one of Annette’s student moms, Masami. We had no idea of how good the water was, but trusted the Japanese lady recommending the system to us. After using the water about a month, Annette was invited to Masami’s house. She was shown demos of magnetic and far infrared light energy. Very impressed by what she saw, Annette bought a few things since she felt more energy with them. This Japanese “angel” also loaned Annette a Nikken Sleep System, not knowing there was a sleep problem. Annette herself had no expectation of benefit. In fact, the first and second mornings after using the Nikken Sleep System she felt nothing new. On the third day, she awoke at 6 AM, got up before 7 and had energy all day. At night when she went to bed there was still plenty of energy so she got up and took care of a few more things. By 11:30 she felt that she needed to go to bed for the next day, despite a total lack of fatigue. This was an absolute miracle.  We took this to be the answer to our prayers of many years. Our family was used to always seeing Annette on the sofa, trying to catch up on her sleep. Her mom happened to be visiting and expressed concern that Annette was going and  working, all day without rest! Either that same day or perhaps the 5th morning, Annette got up and told me that her neck felt longer. In retrospect, this was a sign that her fibromyalgia was getting better. Now it seems clear the Nikken water prepared her body to receive the magnetic energy and balanced energy flow was restored by the sleep system. This took her up a few steps on the wellness staircase, the first upward movement in 15 years!!  We next added Nikken nutritionals and Annette’s health went up a couple more steps. Annette’s life-long struggle with uncontrolled sweet and food cravings (almost 24/7) was reduced about 80-90%. As Nikken added more wellness technologies we acquired them and with each product Annette moved higher on the wellness stairs. Now her allergies are about 99% better. [She developed allergic manifestations after the car accident and suffered a great deal, refusing any medication that just temporarily covered up symptoms and suppressed her immune function further.]

Annette takes almost all the nutritionals Nikken makes and her cravings are 100% gone. Heart palpitations are gone by using Nikken’s biaxial PalmMag device. The PalmMag also helped Annette’s terrible gum problems and has prevented any further root canals to date. We even treat bruises and burns with the magnets and far infrared materials. She always sleeps on the Nikken Sleep System, next to a Nikken Air Wellness Power5 on turbo (high) which produces 700,000 negative ions without any toxic byproduct, drinks about one gallon of Optimized PiMag water a day, wears magnetic insoles during the day, wears a magnetic neck chain 24/7, sits on  magnetic seat pads and uses a Biaxial Magnetic Body Energizer 2 times a day. Sounds like a lot, but they are all passive technologies which are easy to integrate into daily life. Feeling great, of course, is a very positive reminder.  Annette felt pretty well from the third morning. At that point we didn’t anticipate that she could feel even better with each added wellness technology. We are now on an important frontier – reaching the ideal weight. In one more month she will arrive there thanks to Nikken’s new Body Balance Weight Management program. Now even when we travel, we always take the wellness home component products with us. Annette says that if there were no way to replace our Nikken wellness home environment, she would not sell the technologies, even for millions of dollars! Does this sound a little like an addiction? That’s exactly right. We are dependent on ocean quality air, mountain stream-like water, organic whole food nutrition, the good sun and earth energies, as well as regenerating rest at night. We will never willingly part with this technological imitation that honors the Garden of Eden atmosphere originally created for our benefit and pleasure!! We have now accumulated considerable experience and are confident that these products work on every human being, every living thing.  The only thing we can’t predict is the rate of change for an individual to notice the difference and come to the same conviction.  For every aspect of Annette’s health and well-being, Nikken has had a solution. And she is not the only one. Every single person in our family who uses Nikken products has had life-changing, life-transforming and even life-saving results. In the last 5 years we have also met hundreds, if not thousands, of people with tremendous impacts. Yes, God made our body capable of healing itself most of the time, but only when all the proper ingredients are supplied for the cells to do their work. Nikken, in my opinion, produces all the right tools for our body to function the way God intended. This is a true gift that Nikken offers and we are trying to share the gift of knowledge with anyone willing to learn. We thank God every day for answering our prayers through Nikken.
John Jackson, MD, FACP - May 10, 2006
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I am so excited! The longer I use the OsteoDenx the better I feel. I am finding my energy levels are getting better and my sleep is much more complete. I have fibromyalgia. I am having fewer restless nights where I can't sleep either because of pain and discomfort or waking up each time I move during the night. I am so impressed with this product. It seems that it is taking years off too. Several times in the last 10 days Dan or I have commented on the fact we've been married nearly 30 years or that our children are in their 20's and people don't believe it. Today a cashier said she could believe I was 30, but there was no way I looked old enough to have been married 30 years! It's not often someone takes 15 years off your age in one sentence, but I thought it was a great compliment. No one has said I looked younger than my age for a long time. I risk making this sound unbelievable, but I've even begun to lose some inches. I can't say whether or not I've lost weight, but some of my clothes are getting loose. I'm sure it's because I can do more these days. Not every day is perfect, I still have times when I hurt, but if I were to rate my discomfort on a 1 to 10 scale; I was living between 7 to 9 all the time, even with as much medicine and as strong as the doctors could give me outside of a hospital setting. I took it round the clock just to be able to function. Now when I have a bad day, I would rate myself at a 4, most of the time not even that high. I can take over-the-counter medicine to get relief. What an enormous difference for me! I know it will take some time to rebuild my muscles and stamina after a declining use of my body over the last 17 years since I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, but now I have hope and knowledge that I will regain what I thought was lost forever. It isn't. I can't wait to be able to
walk my 6 miles a day and to bike and play basketball, etc with Dan and to have the energy and stamina when my grandchildren eventually are born. This seems too good to be true, yet every morning I wake up and realize it isn't a dream, it really is happening. Thanks to Nikken and thanks to OsteoDenx I have a life again that I can enjoy instead of one in which I just exist. Enough, because I could go on for a long time about the wonders of OsteoDenx in my life.
Jodi