The Doctors - Alex's Story Continued

Alex, 27, appeared on The Doctors and shared her struggle with dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that causes muscles to contract and spasm involuntarily. The muscle contractions force Alex's body into repetitive and often twisting movements, as well as awkward, irregular postures.

Presently, there is no cure for dystonia, but multiple treatment options exist, including physical, speech and voice therapy, medications, Botox and surgery.

Talk-show host and best-selling author Montel Williams visited Alex to give her inspirational advice and helped her garner the courage to walk down Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills with her head held high.

Alex returns to The Doctors a more confident woman, but is still searching for medical answers. A video taped segment features Alex and Montel meeting with leading experts about her condition at Massachusetts General Hospital.

"Going to Boston was a complete eye-opener," Alex says. "After going to 20-plus neurologists and doctors, saying I was crazy, that I was making this up in my head, that I was doing this for attention and nothing was wrong with me, Montel [gave me] the sweetest thing anyone has ever given me. We went there, talked to the doctor who made it a point and actually said, 'You do have dystonia. You're not making it up. You're not crazy, you don't have to go see a psychiatrist. There is something wrong with you.'" 

To view The Doctor's segment on the treatment the neurologist recommended - Deep Brain Stimulation CLICK HERE