I need to find my remedy! (mental/digestion)

Dear Doctors please help,

Female
20 years of Age

1. Describe your main suffering?
IBS problem that induces Social anxiety.

2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
Many!
-Vertigo or dizziness( not sure whats the diffrence), chronic tiredness gets worse after taking showers in the morning and after using the bathroom
Im very critical towards my body , so my skin eruptions affect me very much:
-Acne
- dermatis/psoriasis on the scalp
- Keritosis pilaris on arms
-Broken capillaries all over the body
-Stretch marks on thigh and chest.
even though I never had any major weight-loss.

-Flushing of the face when I speak to someone and suddenly start confusing myself which causes sel-contiousness.


Difficulty breating when sitting or walking briskly. I need to breathe in deeply ( like sighting) or else I feel like theres no oxygen




3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?

My IBS makes me want to run away from people and at the same time I want to be likeable and try to portray perfection from the outside. but Im broken inside.

I cant be normal in the same room with people that dont know me well. I feel constricted,tense, uncomfortable and my IBS symptoms get worse.

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
I feel rumblings in my lower abdomen and pressure in rectum. I have shy bowel so when im in silent public places and I get rumblings I get very nervous and have to leave the place. If I go to the bathroom I still get an urge afterwords and my bowel always changes.

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?

In school. From now on Im very afraid of closed, quiet spaces with people in them. haha
I got very overwhelmed by trying to be the best I could and when I started failing at it , I was trying hardly to cover it up with strong exterior and suddenly I shattered one day and I couldn't face the world anymore


6. Which time of the day you are worst?
All except the night when I dont feel them and dont think about them.

7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
Being in social places( except my work where I feel useful and relaxed because I know what to do ! When I don't know something I feel extremely uncomfortable and 'caged'

8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?

It has to do with emotions or body chemical imbalances because of constant anxiety, worry or depression


9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather

Mentally worse in stuffy rooms need to go outside for fresh air.but when its too cold lower than 21 C I cant sit for more than 30 min without getting ext.cold extremities.i need to rub them to get the heat.


10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.

I am very very changeable.
I can be either depressed which gives me constipation and I hate talking to people and Im annoyed and irritable. Or all confident and sweet. Depends on the day... but I used to have bouts of really severe depression because of my inability to handle my IBS condition.
I dont like making mistakes and other perceiving it. Take responsibility, laws very seriously.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
I used to be anxious during thunderstorms. Now, I dont know( havnt had them in my city in a long time now..)

- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
I like talking about my problems to my mother when its just too much ..

- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
I have somewhat of photophobia. I can hear smell very well and I get easily nervous form noise and sudden noise startles me.

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
Not that I remember

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
I dont have friends as I cant find anyone worth spending my time with from my old acquaintances and I cant get any new ones because of my fear of inadequacy and ridicule and not understanding

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
Fear of being stuck in a place where I can easily embarass myself with my IBS symptoms. But I havnt been dreaming lately ( a few years now)


12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
Aversions to protein food- red meat and eggs.. because they make me feel sick


13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal I get a dry mouth sometime


14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
meat eggs

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
my feet sweat sometime n underarms esp. after showering or being embarrassed.

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
I have really wierd bowels. One day hard and hard to expel . Other soft and hard to expel and others I get the urge to contantly expel until I have nothing left and It can be up to 5 times a day

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
I sleep well. I use to oversleep when going to sleep late . Im very tired all the time. but now I go to sleep early and wake up 6am-8am.


19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
No I always need to masturbate but I dont feel anything anymore from it just exaution.

20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
I cant sit near people. Im very sensitive to impression. I try to look perfect to the others but I know Im not. Im scared to appear foolish to some and sometimes that causes flushes in the face and really quick pulse. Im extremely humiliated by that because I want to appear normal. but I dont know what normal is anymore..


21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
I used to take Paxil but sice getting into natural medecine.. Sulphur, Nat.m and now Ignatia all which didnt work


22. What major diseases are running in your family?
Alcoholism( dad), Bulimia/Anorexia( in the past my mom). Anemia.


23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
Pale,freckles, blue rings, pimples on side of cheeks and chin. broken capillaries

24. (ONLY FOR FEMALES)

Please answer the following questions:
(Please give details of your past menstruation if you have attained menopause.)
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?

- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
Extreme pain and heat flush and I cry from the pain and have to lie own exausted as from exertion and put something hot on abdomen when the symptoms start indoors. if outside of home and moving helps the flow.

- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
scanty

- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
Blood is bright red for a while than pale

- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
Yes esp If I drink alchohol to ease the pain on the first day of period
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