Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Gender: Female
Age: 26
Body Type: hourglass
Height: 5’4.5
Weight: unknown. Cannot weight myself or I will descend into deep terror and depression
General appearance: curvy – recently gained 30 pounds
Have you used homeopathic medicines before? If so what, and what homeopathic potencies did you use?
argentums nitricum
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Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering? Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Weight gain, inability to lose weight, chronic migraine every day starting at 11-12 and intsifying as the day progresses (it only yields to l-carnitine supplement which makes me smell like fish) I also have chronic, complex post traumatic stress disorder which means I am haunted constantly by memories of the past that do not go away. It is an emotional burning, cold pain in my solar plexus.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
I have had a bruise for 11.5 months. Does not heal. Has only started to slowly heal a little with use of an infrared saun

3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
Panic , hopelessness, anger, sadness

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.
Screaming and crying at god to kill me because the emotional pain is unbearable

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
Lifelong. Has recently gotten worse since spending 10 months in Los Angeles, which retraumatized me.

6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Nighttime, before bed

7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same? Example- time, temperature, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing etc.
A hot bath with magnesium salt or sea salt greatly makes me feel better. L-theanine and heart guard herbs make me feel better. Drinking kombucha makes me feel better. Alcohol kills me. Massage helps a lot. Deep tissue massage helps.

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)?
Suffering is at its worst when in Los Angeles where the trauma occurred and is
activated.
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
Hot and humid. I live in Florida, its great weather here.

10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
Moody, nervous, suspicious, easily offended, quiet, like to argue, imaginative, hallucinate easily, empathetic

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
I love thunderstorms. I feel energized and at peace

- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
Yes and no. It has to be the right person saying the right thing or else I become irritable and withdrawn and angry
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
Yes, very

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc?
I bite my check and inside of my lips. I am introverted and spend most of my time with my own thoughts and imagination

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
I only like my dad and my little brother who is 14. My mother is pure evil and I do not speak with her. I find this a difficult reality to bear. Its actually unbearable to not have a family. I am ambivalent toward my bf who is very caring, although often cannot understand what I am going through. I resent him for making me live in L.A. for so long

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedle thy?
My fears are that I will continue to live the way I am. It makes me panic. This is not life or living. My body is like a prison. I fear I cannot escape.


12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
I usually crave sweet things like granola bar, or organic energy bar. I love a I am not really averse to any food.I love dairybut am very allergic and my stomach distends if I eat it
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive? Excessive thirst that never abates no matter what. I tested negative for diabetes
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive? Excessive hunger since I have stared working out rigorously and using the infrared sauna with detoxifying oils

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
Milk, gluten, bread,

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
I sweat a lot when I work out. It is everywhere evenly

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
I move bowels 1-3x a day. Sometimes more and it is well formed

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
I sleep well. On my side usually. Or flat on my back

19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
Yes

20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings? How are you different from others?
Everything about me is strange and different from everyone I have ever met.
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
They told me I was bipolar and gave me a mood stabilizer, which worked, but then wore off. They put me on depakot which made me numb to my own feelings and constipated. They also gave me xanax and then clonipin. I quit them all about 3 and a half years ago

22. What major diseases are running in your family?
Thyroid disease.

23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
Exotic appearance. Olive skin, brown eyes, brown hair. Good complexion. Hourglass/curvy.
(For Females)
24. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe the irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc.
I cycle every 32-26 days. Lasts about 7 days

25. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.

Tonsils removed when I was 6 due to inflammation