My son and I met Dr. McGowin at the beginning of 2016. We were looking for answers for our son's health and felt like this was our last chance to figure out what was going on with his behavior and health. Since he had gotten sick at age two with strep sepsis, his behavior changed after that hospital stay. Throughout the next five years we would have many labels thrown our way from other doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists and counselors including ADHD, ODD, anxiety, Asperger's and Impulse control disorder. Dr. McGowin looked at his whole health history and did numerous tests and blood draws to really find out what could be going on with our son. She was kind and connected to our overly anxious child who hid under chairs, screamed and flat out refused. She was patient and remained calm and professional, which helped our son relax as much as he could and not remain in fight or flight mode. Come to find out that his ups and downs with his behavior and anxiety, impulse, handwriting changes, tics, muscle and joint pain, rage and emotional labilities were from the autoimmune disease, Pandas. Before finding this out for sure in the Spring of 2017, Dr. McGowin also found out that our son had functionally low cholesterol, Pyroluria, and was positive for Coxsackie B type 4. She was so thorough in her testing and also found that our son had mitochondrial dysfunction, low in glutathione, low methylation pathways and low levels of omega three fatty acids which can contribute to high inflammation and impact mood. After getting our son's results back we had a plan in place and I will forever be grateful for her willingness to dig deep and do the hard work to truly find out what was going on...

We have been working biomedically to recover our son from his regression into Autism for over a decade. In that time we’ve worked with multiple practitioners, multiple parents making claims, etc.  When we started working with Dr Sonia, I made clear that while we wanted a practitioner who was of the “partner with parents” mindset, it was just as important that she not be intimidated by me.  It’s a hard balance to find, and she has it in spades.  Sonia is the first practitioner to suggest Mitochondrial issues, and when we added a simple mito support, our son’s pupils stopped dilating.  She is very fluent in helping families with IonCleanse by AMD footbaths and CBD.  We are very much enjoying working with her and wholeheartedly recommend her to other families.

I found Dr Sonia by recommendation of another Mom. At this point we were about 6 months into our recovery journey and there was a lot I didn't know or understand. Dr Sonia wrote out for me in Mom Language (not Dr verbiage) exactly what each test result meant and how she recommended to fix it. This was when our beautiful partnership began. All of her advice is written out for me step by step. If I still don't understand I can email her for a quick response. She listens to my research, and gives me honest feedback on its fit for my son. We have addressed detox, diet, supplements, gut health, mito support, low cholesterol, yeast, bacteria, genetics and parasites this past year. Her demeanor over the phone and in person is relatable, compassionate and knowledgeable. I highly recommend Dr Sonia and am grateful to have her on my sons recovery team. [gallery columns="4" link="none" ids="150,149,148,147"]

Dr Sonia has been an unbelievable Godsend for us. She is so incredibly knowledgeable and has such a deep compassion and understanding for families traversing the world of special needs as she has traveled that road herself. Since Sonia has joined our healthcare team our daughter has made incredible gains and we have not felt alone one day of this journey. It is so comforting along the way knowing that your primary health care provider is just an email, phone call or text away when things just feel a little off. I would highly recommend adding Dr Sonia to your healthcare team whether you are on a major healing journey and need someone to navigate or just need a healthcare provider to help you optimize your health!