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homeopathy is helping but need advice

Hi, I'm a late twenties female with who has had some success self treating with homeopathy when all else failed But not sure what to do next.

Predominant issues are:
1.Chronic and severe low progesterone with normal estrogen and sometimes elevated testosterone.

2.Drastic changes in texture and complexion of skin. Worse in morn and better in evening.

3.Stubborn fluid like weight gain that used to come and go but now stays for the most part. Lots of water retention upon drinking. (Lost all fluid at on point when i went on an intravenous Vitamin complex drip).

4. Osteoporosis since 18. Vertebral deformity at point T6 and T7 aggravated by having more energy. Thyroid meds mad this really burn hot stinging feeling in my back. This also happens when i eat. Often eat laying on left hand side for best digestion.

5.Did not start menses until 27 years old and did this with four doses of chaste tree. Weight piled on after this. Was unable to gain weight before this.

6. Low active thyroid and iodine worsens condition immediately upon ingestion. Bad facial swelling, water ret. etc.

7. Have facial swelling always. Also around eyes. Unrelated to food allergies as those are thoroughly addressed at this point.

8. Digestive issues always. Can't wear belts (causes bloating to worsen) and have to slide waist of pants very low to avoid constriction.

What I have taken so far.
Calc carb.- helped greatly with swelling around eyes, skin was beautiful,drastic energy improvement but after i took the 200c for one day the symptoms would return on days off with exception to feeling energetic.

Nat Mur. gave me more confidence around others and more sociable. this has remained since taking two high dose days.

Kali carb. i'm taking now noticing wrinkly skin puffy eyes and difficulty breathing with shallow breaths.

Carbo Veg. i'm taking now with lots of discomfort bloating and embarassment from that but in relatively good spirits.

Iam an artist, a late bloomer, uncomfortable with expressing my sexual self and not sexually active. That's not to say that I don't fantasize but I do struggle with becoming an adult and abandoning my innocence so to speak. I am close with my parents but struggle to find other that value relationships the way I do. I like privacy, lots of it and also enjoy
joining my roommates for a party out in the common area. I don't drink or smoke and have cured myself of a number of ailments using good nutrition. I recovered from chronic lyme with homeopathic ideology, drainage herbs and other methods.
 
  brook29 on 2013-11-06
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
If you like I can prescribe for you.

Please answer the below questions giving as much DETAILS as possible. Remember, we don’t know and will never know your identity so be fully truthful when answering these question so that we can help you towards regaining health.

Yes/No/Normal answers are not helpful.

Don't hurry, take your time to reply. I need DETAILS.

To know how to answer these questions please read this case to get an idea http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/402668/.

1. Your age & sex

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type

3. What is your main health problem & its symptoms

4. When did this main problem begin

5. Can you relate any event or events which triggered this problem

6. What makes the main problem better

7. What makes it worse

8. What other health problems do you have

9. How do you feel mentally & emotionally (weepy, irritable, restless etc.)

10. Describe your personality (stubborn, easy going, always in a hurry etc.)

11. How do you relax

12. Do you normally fight or flight

13. What animals are you afraid of

14. What situations are you afraid of (heights, closed spaces, ocean etc)

15. What occupies your mind mostly

16. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy

17. Do you want to stay alone or with people

18. How is your sleep

19. Do you have any recurring dreams

20. What type of weather do you like and how it affects your complaints

21. Do you normally feel hot or cold

22. What type of clothes you wear

23. What foods you love

24. What foods you hate

25. What taste you love (sweet, salty, sour, bitter)

26. What taste you hate

27. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, mud….)

28. How is your thirst

29. Do you have dry lips & mouth

30. Any coating on tongue first thing in the morning

31. Any taste or smell from your mouth first thing in the morning

32. How is your skin

33. Details about your sweat (perspiration)

34. Any problems with ears, nose, chest, throat

35. How is your stool & urine

36. How is your sexual life & desire

37. Males genitals (erection, pain etc.)

38. Females menses details for regularity, flow, clots, discharge other than menses (reply to all these points)

39. What illnesses are running in your family, mother’s side & father’s side & brothers/sisters

40. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic or homeopathic)

41. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dose, approx. time frame)
 
fitness last decade
1. 29 yrs old female

2.Carry weight/water bloat around mid section upper arms and face puffy.

3. Unable to reduce weight, despite extremely clean diet and activity. Fluid retention in face has been there even at times when weight was very low.

4.After i refed at an eating disorder recovery center. I had anorexia. It also became more extreme when I went on thyroid meds and also bioidentical progesterone cream.

5.I have always had leaky gut/digestive issues that plagued me. I had an operation to lengthen my ureters at age 4 and was a rather sickly kid. Was bit by a tick in 3rd grade when I contracted lyme which remained somewhat dormant or hidden until college when the fatigue became unbearable. Had autohemotherapy and recovered with natural methods but it definately messed with my pituitary and hormones i.e low thyroid, ammenorhea, anorexia to avoid stomach discomfort and fatigue, etc.

6. I went on a Meyer's cocktail with Mag. iv drip two summers ago and lost about 17 lbs of water intwo weeks. It was shocking. But to this day very little causes change. A few of the homeopathics have helped a bit which is why I've decided to go this route. Calc carb definately made my skin and face more even toned, supple and a bit less puffy, and graphites made the constipation and purplish acne marks subside temp. And I probably sweated off a couple of pounds when i frist tried kali carb. All the homeopathics have improved my energy and stamina though.

7. Eating and not eating. This really makes my spine sore and burn with sharp pains both gassy and not under both sides of rib cage. Sitting upright in a chair is horrible and brings cramps on immediately even when no eating. I have to crack my back to get any releif from the backpain brought on by eating. Also grey swirls/spots in front of eyes for morning meals and upon waking. Laying on a hard floor is heaven for me. If I could sleep without a mattress I would. Pain in abdomen is like menstrual cramps most of the time as well as the stomach cramping. Sharp pains between hips across just above pubic bone.

8. I have slow thyroid (low T3) which has improved as my weight has also climbed, Almost none existent progesterone and normal estrogen with slightly elevated testosterone at certain times. Lyme and epsteinn barr in remission.

9.Since taking afew high doses of calc carb and nat mur my mood is great. I am managing my anxiety and depression which have been issues for me in the past. occoasionally forget to breath amd tense stomach are still issues in periods of stress though.

10. I'm an artist. Still feel like child in many ways. Don't feel sexually mature, still a virgin. very strong bond with parents. Finally am strong enough to state my dreams though and live far away from them in the city amd am providing for myself. This big change was the most important thing I've ever done and really shocked my parents. Since prog. levels dropped my creativity has been negatively impacted. What was once an unspoken work for me is now much more tenuous and obligatory. It is so much a part of me but much more difficult to access. This scare me but I forge on in spite of this because it's important to me.
tendency to be easily disappointed by others and myself. I hesitate to start relatinships for fear of that person not liking me. I'm a brave person however. Have lived with total strangers and never drink or smoke to feel more relaxed in social situations so I very adaptable. I like to joke and be sarcastic which I think is my way of connecting with males for fear that they might think i was flirting. I have had a few intimate relationships with men but they were bad choices and I feared my decision. And frankly my health was so bad for about a decade that I really put relationships to everyone on the back burner.
Tend to be late. Smile easily. Independent thinker who often sacrifices her own thoughts and keeps quite in order to not ager anyone. For many years lived to please parents for fear they would get sick of me and not like me anymore.

11. watch a movie while I have a meal, walk, go on subway and people watch, hang out in apartment with roomlmates.

12.I both fight and flight. I get very angry over injustice however I would just as soon leave a job that isn't going well or even remain in a bad situation than complain to the boss or state my opinion. If there were some sort of emergency though, I'm the type of person who would stay and try to take care of the problem.

13. Rats, alligators, snakes, possums, raccoons

14. Tight things around my head claustrophobic to some degree. heights to some degree for fear someone will jump.

15.What to avoid eating in order to not bloat, and asking myself if I offended someone because try to be overly considerate and selfless even though I also often worry about my own well being. And my art and what I'm painting.

16. I am always the first to apologize in an arguement because I fear anyone being mad at me. even if they are wrong. If someone consoles me, I get uncomfortable and feel like too much focus is on me. And I might even think they resent having to console me, like I'm high maintenance.

17. I like to live with others but have my own private space.

18. wake at around 2-4 since started taking homeopathics but have no trouble falling asleep.

19.Since being on kali carb and carbo veg have had vivid and bizarre unpleasant dreams

20.Bad in hot, swell up all over face gets VERy red. yellow atound mouth can be noticeable. Cold weather makes nails turn blue feet cold face becomes more thin and dark circles around eyes become more pronounced as well. as purple acne
scars around mouth stand out.

21. I can be both drastically from sweating to freezing. the temp of foods is noticeable. Hot food makes me sweat, and cold food makes stomach hurt and nose cold along with hands and feet.

22.No belts, baggy shirts and comfortable jeans. Casual more menswear influenced, than girly. no dresses but nice looking.

23. I love tahini, papaya,chocolate but have 't had it in over ten years, carbs over meat but not real sugary stuff and definately not candy. Love the smell of pizza dough but haven't had that in a decade either due to food allergies.

24. beets parsnips spinach hominy pumpkin yellow squash green pepper

25.salty

26. bitter

27. no

28. Drinking is difficult because the more i drink the more i retain. I can feel it slosh around in my stomach and so i try to drink small amount throughout the day and without food.

29.dry lips

30. yellow in far back whitish coating midway back a bright red dots on the tip. also tooth mark on one side after sleeping

31. at one point when i ate anything curciferous i.e broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, goiterogenic, rutabega, turnip I had a strong odor of these foods for about 24 hours afterward. this seems to have stopped. if i breathed through my nose the air from my nostrils smelled this way as well.

32. skin tends to be spotty with enlarged pours around the nose in mornind espescially, wrinkly forehead when I drink a lot of water, puffy cheeks smal bumps on backs of arms and shoulders. very veiny legs, cherry angiomas on both breasts since taking prog. cream, dark purple marks from strange breakouts on temples, strong vertical indentation down middle of forehead above the brows and not from scowling. one hand has a markedly yellow cast to it while the other is normal. skin on toes is often dark purple when sitting in chairs. skin on face often clammy as with feet. Pinkness around mouth and chin and around nose and acne which was improved by a few homeo. most noticably calc carb. acne seems most inlfuenced by food. wrinkles at corners of mouth.

33. Sweat easily but face just gets very red. food makes me sweat if its warm food.

34. have trouble taking deep breaths not because i can't but because it just doesn't come naturally. i'm a shallow breather.


35. occasionally get a pain in neck throat area brought on by food.

36. constipation worse from calc carb. graphites remedies this a also seems to lubricate the movement. mucous in stool after enemas or colonics. urine has large stringy mucus which almost looks like toilet tissue remnants but on closer examination is almost clear and snot like. also oil slick on urine when eating heavier oil like palm oil.

36. i have no sex life. i want it. i love men, i just don't think they think i'm sexy or attractive. my body has gone through radical changes in the past two years and I have not really come to terms with the curvy veluptuous label. I wad flat chested and boyish looking in physique a few years ago and now i have a little more going on then i know what to do with.

37.first period at 27 with the help of chadte tree.prior to that had a cycle that correlated with my moms but never a flow. just bad cramps and emotions of fear and depression.
when i got my cycle i still lived with my parents. my mom, at practically the same time went into menopause. i think this is connected. i had a roommate who was female and i lost my period while i lived with her. she left for a month and i got my period while living with just guy roommates. since living with my new roommates(both girls)i have not had my period.for the first year and a half of my period i got my flow at exactly 2:30am in the middle of the night on a28 day cycle. cycle starts with brown spotting and is fairly lite during the day but nightime is heavier. sometimes if i was a day late i would stretch my hips and bring on the flow.
hips have sharp pain when walking. pinched nerve feeling. My hip bine structure is incredibly underdeveloped. i have a split endometrium and a complete septum.

39. momsside: lung thyroid/autoimmune, digestive issues, depression eating disorders
fathers side: eating disorders, parkinsons, social anxiety,

40. at the moment taking kali carb200 and carbo veg 200 on different days and with 3 day breaks in between. graphites 50m when i need constipation relief.

41. have taken calc carb and nat mur and really helped witg my skin and anxiety immediately but the benefits subsided during the week in between 200c doses. I tried doing low doses of these during the days in between high boses and found I got horrible pain on my right side under ribcage so bad i couldn't stand up.
 
brook29 last decade
Hi Brook,

in homeopathy it is always better to start in a lower
potency bc you can go up in potency if the remedy
does not hold long enough or is simply the wrong
potency.

You cannot go high and then go low right
away. Some homeopaths
use this method to antidote a remedy- I personally do not
think it antidotes but doing this seems to cause problems.
[message edited by simone717 on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 22:55:15 GMT]
 
simone717 last decade
Brook

I have reviewed your case. I work with single remedies only.

Have you ever worked with a homeopath who practiced classical homeopathy (single remedy). If so what were the results.

The reason I ask is that I don't want to redo what has already been done.
 
fitness last decade
You have been taking extremely high potency of Graphites, who told you to do so.
 
fitness last decade
I have not worked with single remedies but have worked with homeopaths that make their own complexes at multiple potencies. They usually contained glandulars which caused more swelling, breast swelling, facials welling and estrogen dominance to worsen. I took the graphites at that high dose twice in very extreme situations after a week of no bowel movements. but I also have used a 6c and 30c with some success. I am open to any suggestions anyone has
 
brook29 last decade
Please edit your reply to the questionnaire leaving the questions in place and then pasting your reply under each question.
 
fitness last decade
1. Your age & sex:

29 yrs old female

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type :

Carry weight/water bloat around mid section upper arms and face puffy.

3. What is your main health problem & its symptoms :

Unable to reduce weight, despite extremely clean diet and activity. Fluid retention in face has been there even at times when weight was very low.

4. When did this main problem begin :

After i re-fed at an eating disorder recovery center. I had anorexia. It also became more extreme when I went on thyroid meds and also bioidentical progesterone cream.

5. Can you relate any event or events which triggered this problem :

I have always had leaky gut/digestive issues that plagued me. I had an operation to lengthen my ureters at age 4 and was a rather sickly kid. Was bit by a tick in 3rd grade when I contracted lyme which remained somewhat dormant or hidden until college when the fatigue became unbearable. Had autohemotherapy and recovered with natural methods but it definately messed with my pituitary and hormones i.e low thyroid, ammenorhea, anorexia to avoid stomach discomfort and fatigue, etc.

6. What makes the main problem better :

I went on a Meyer's cocktail with Mag. iv drip two summers ago and lost about 17 lbs of water intwo weeks. It was shocking. But to this day very little causes change. A few of the homeopathics have helped a bit which is why I've decided to go this route. Calc carb definately made my skin and face more even toned, supple and a bit less puffy, and graphites made the constipation and purplish acne marks subside temp. And I probably sweated off a couple of pounds when i first tried kali carb. All the homeopathics have improved my energy and stamina though.

7. What makes it worse:

Eating and not eating. This really makes my spine sore and burn with sharp pains both gassy and not under both sides of rib cage. Sitting upright in a chair is horrible and brings cramps on immediately even when no eating. I have to crack my back to get any releif from the backpain brought on by eating. Also grey swirls/spots in front of eyes for morning meals and upon waking. Laying on a hard floor is heaven for me. If I could sleep without a mattress I would. Pain in abdomen is like menstrual cramps most of the time as well as the stomach cramping. Sharp pains between hips across just above pubic bone.

8. What other health problems do you have :

I have slow thyroid (low T3) which has improved as my weight has also climbed, Almost none existent progesterone and normal estrogen with slightly elevated testosterone at certain times. Lyme and epsteinn barr in remission. genito urinary issues rotated kidney causes pain at times, especially on waking.

9. How do you feel mentally & emotionally (weepy, irritable, restless etc.) :

Since taking afew high doses of calc carb and nat mur my mood is great. I am managing my anxiety and depression which have been issues for me in the past. occoasionally forget to breath amd tense stomach are still issues in periods of stress though.

10. Describe your personality (stubborn, easy going, always in a hurry etc.):

I'm an artist. I'm an enima to most, including my parents sometimes. It seems to more people know me the less they understand. Still feel like child in many ways. Don't feel sexually mature, still a virgin. very strong bond with parents. Finally am strong enough to state my dreams though and live far away from them in the city amd am providing for myself. This big change was the most important thing I've ever done and really shocked my parents. Since prog. levels dropped my creativity has been negatively impacted. What was once an unspoken work for me is now much more tenuous and obligatory. It is so much a part of me but much more difficult to access. This scare me but I forge on in spite of this because it's important to me.
tendency to be easily disappointed by others and myself. I hesitate to start relatinships for fear of that person not liking me. I'm a brave person however. Have lived with total strangers and never drink or smoke to feel more relaxed in social situations so I very adaptable. I like to joke and be sarcastic which I think is my way of connecting with males for fear that they might think i was flirting. I have had a few intimate relationships with men but they were bad choices and I feared my decision. And frankly my health was so bad for about a decade that I really put relationships to everyone on the back burner.
Tend to be late. Smile easily. Independent thinker who often sacrifices her own thoughts and keeps quite in order to not ager anyone. For many years lived to please parents for fear they would get sick of me and not like me anymore.

11. How do you relax:

watch a movie while I have a meal, walk, go on subway and people watch, hang out in apartment with roomlmates.

12. Do you normally fight or flight :

I both fight and flight. I get very angry over injustice however I would just as soon leave a job that isn't going well or even remain in a bad situation than complain to the boss or state my opinion. If there were some sort of emergency though, I'm the type of person who would stay and try to take care of the problem.

13. What animals are you afraid of:

Rats, alligators, snakes, possums, raccoons

14. What situations are you afraid of (heights, closed spaces, ocean etc):

Tight things around my head claustrophobic to some degree. not that bad though.heights to some degree for fear someone will jump.

15. What occupies your mind mostly:

What to avoid eating in order to not bloat, and asking myself if I offended someone because try to be overly considerate and selfless even though I also often worry about my own well being. And my art and what I'm painting.

16. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy :

I am always the first to apologize in an arguement because I fear anyone being mad at me. even if they are wrong. If someone consoles me, I get uncomfortable and feel like too much focus is on me. And I might even think they resent having to console me, like I'm high maintenance.

17. Do you want to stay alone or with people :

I like to live with others but have my own private space. I like to eat alone so i can relax and recline so my stomach doesn't cramp up.

18. How is your sleep :

wake at around 2-4 since started taking homeopathics but have no trouble falling asleep.

19. Do you have any recurring dreams :

Since being on kali carb and carbo veg have had vivid and bizarre unpleasant dreams

20. What type of weather do you like and how it affects your complaints:

Bad in hot, swell up all over face gets VERy red. yellow atound mouth can be noticeable. Cold weather makes nails turn blue feet cold face becomes more thin and dark circles around eyes become more pronounced as well. as purple acne
scars around mouth stand out.

21. Do you normally feel hot or cold:

I can be both drastically from sweating to freezing. the temp of foods is noticeable. Hot food makes me sweat, and cold food makes stomach hurt and nose cold along with hands and feet.

22. What type of clothes you wear :

No belts, baggy shirts and comfortable jeans. Casual more menswear influenced, than girly. no dresses but nice looking.

24. What foods you love:

I love tahini, papaya,chocolate but have 't had it in over ten years, carbs over meat but not real sugary stuff and definately not candy. Love the smell of pizza dough but haven't had that in a decade either due to food allergies.

24. What foods you hate:

beets parsnips spinach hominy pumpkin yellow squash green pepper

25. What taste you love (sweet, salty, sour, bitter) :

salty

26. What taste you hate :

bitter

27. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, mud….) :

no

28. How is your thirst :

Drinking is difficult because the more i drink the more i retain. I can feel it slosh around in my stomach and so i try to drink small amount throughout the day and without food.

29.Do you have dry lips & mouth :

dry lips

30.Any coating on tongue first thing in the morning:

yellow in far back whitish coating midway back a bright red dots on the tip. also tooth mark on one side after sleeping

31. Any taste or smell from your mouth first thing in the morning :

at one point when i ate anything curciferous i.e broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, goiterogenic, rutabega, turnip I had a strong odor of these foods for about 24 hours afterward. this seems to have stopped. if i breathed through my nose the air from my nostrils smelled this way as well.

32. How is your skin:

skin tends to be spotty with enlarged pours around the nose in mornind espescially, wrinkly forehead when I drink a lot of water, puffy cheeks smal bumps on backs of arms and shoulders. very veiny legs, cherry angiomas on both breasts since taking prog. cream, dark purple marks from strange breakouts on temples, strong vertical indentation down middle of forehead above the brows and not from scowling. one hand has a markedly yellow cast to it while the other is normal. skin on toes is often dark purple when sitting in chairs. skin on face often clammy as with feet. Pinkness around mouth and chin and around nose and acne which was improved by a few homeo. most noticably calc carb. acne seems most inlfuenced by food. wrinkles at corners of mouth.

33. Details about your sweat (perspiration) :
Sweat easily but face just gets very red. food makes me sweat if its warm food.

34. Any problems with ears, nose, chest, throat :
have trouble taking deep breaths not because i can't but because it just doesn't come naturally. i'm a shallow breather.


35. occasionally get a pain in neck throat area brought on by food.

36.How is your stool & urine :

constipation worse from calc carb. graphites remedies this a also seems to lubricate the movement. mucous in stool after enemas or colonics. urine has large stringy mucus which almost looks like toilet tissue remnants but on closer examination is almost clear and snot like. also oil slick on urine when eating heavier oil like palm oil.

37. How is your sexual life & desire i have no sex life:

i want it. i love men, love the feelings i have being around them. i just don't think they think i'm sexy or attractive. my body has gone through radical changes in the past two years and I have not really come to terms with the curvy veluptuous label. I wad flat chested and boyish looking in physique a few years ago and now i have a little more going on then i know what to do with.

38. Females menses details for regularity, flow, clots, discharge other than menses (reply to all these points)

first period ever at 27 with the help of chaste tree.prior to that had a cycle that correlated with my moms but never a flow. just bad cramps and emotions of fear and depression.
when i got my cycle i still lived with my parents. my mom, at practically the same time went into menopause. i think this is connected. i had a roommate who was female and i lost my period while i lived with her. she left for a month and i got my period while living with just guy roommates. since living with my new roommates(both girls)i have not had my period.for the first year and a half of my period i got my flow at exactly 2:30am in the middle of the night on a28 day cycle. cycle starts with brown spotting and is fairly lite during the day but nightime is heavier. sometimes if i was a day late i would stretch my hips and bring on the flow.
hips have sharp pain when walking. pinched nerve feeling. My hip bine structure is incredibly underdeveloped. i have a split endometrium and a complete septum.

39. What illnesses are running in your family, mother’s side & father’s side & brothers/sisters :

momsside: lung thyroid/autoimmune, digestive issues, depression eating disorders
fathers side: eating disorders, parkinsons, social anxiety,

40. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic or homeopathic) :

at the moment taking kali carb200 and carbo veg 200 on different days and with 3 day breaks in between. graphites 50m when i need constipation relief.

41. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dose, approx. time frame):

have taken calc carb and nat mur and really helped witg my skin and anxiety immediately but the benefits subsided during the week in between 200c doses. I tried doing low doses of these during the days in between high boses and found I got horrible pain on my right side under ribcage so bad i couldn't stand up.
 
brook29 last decade
The replies are not providing the info that I need.

To know how to answer these questions please read this case to get an idea http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/402668/.

Please answer all questions FULLY and what is asked e.g.

Q-2: Weight/height

Q-4: Time frame, when?

Q-5: Are the items you have listed the cause of your present problem?

Similarly, please go through all questions and reply to what is being asked.
 
fitness last decade
When I ask what makes it better or worse, I am not looking for which medicine/remedy does what. I want to know the affect of activities other than medicines.
 
fitness last decade
I hope this is better for you. If you still need more info let me know. thanks.

Re: homeopathy is helping but need advice From brook29 on 2013-11-07
1. Your age & sex:

29 yrs old female

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type :
auburn/blonde hair, blue green lightish eyes full face particularly around the jaw line. tend to puff around eyelids as well. broad chest and back when heavier weight.
Hieght is 5'5' 154 pounds was around 114 four years ago prior to starting mentruation. Had higher progesterone then though than i do now. I look very youthful, about 19 years despite the fact that I'm 29.
Carry weight/water bloat around mid section upper arms and face puffy.

3. What is your main health problem & its symptoms :

Unable to reduce weight, despite extremely clean diet and activity. Fluid retention in face has been there even at times when weight was very low.

4. When did this main problem begin :

always had digestive issues. Chronic fatigue since as long as I can remember. Prone to infection since baby. Jaundice at birth with very swollen cheeks as a baby which worried my parents but was never revisited by doctors until i had pseudemonas of the bladder and urine backflow into kidneys at age 4. cramping, severe back fatigue at all points. Bit back pain worsened after going on hormone cream and latenet growth spirt at age 18. placed on birth control in late adolescence and really caused worsening of mood and digestion
After i re-fed at an eating disorder recovery center the facial swelling started. I had anorexia at 16-18.Weight problems also became more noticeable when I went on thyroid meds and also bioidentical progesterone cream.

5. Can you relate any event or events which triggered this problem :

I would have to say the infection and surgery as a young girly had a profound effect on me as well as losing my grandmother which deeply saddened my mom. My grandmother was very much like me. Were she still alive i think I'd be closer to her than my mom, as she would have helped me to understand my mom's emotional troubles better.
I have always had leaky gut/digestive issues that plagued me. I had an operation to lengthen my ureters at age 4 and was a rather sickly kid. Was bit by a tick in 3rd grade when I contracted lyme which remained somewhat dormant or hidden until college when the fatigue became unbearable. did not get my period until age 27.
whatever the origin, i have had ongoing problems with my pituitary and hormones making me very introverted and struggled through childhood emotionally,psychologically and academically low thyroid, ammenorhea, anorexia to avoid stomach discomfort and fatigue, etc.

6. What makes the main problem better :

In the past i uld have said fasting, however even that causes it's own form of crqmping and discomfort.
Less meat helps, or at least close attention to food combining such as carbs alone and meat alone and fruit alone. But went on a low carb diet and really aggravated chronic fatigue,thyroid and hormones.
Cool weather seems to make the swelling in my face better. and eating rice cakes with steamed broccoli and tahini makes my stomach feel the best. Acupuncture helps a bit and laying on my left side reclining but with a bend at the waist and a few pillows under my left armpit.Laying on a hard floor is heaven for me

I went on a Meyer's cocktail with Mag. iv drip two summers ago and lost about 17 lbs of water intwo weeks. It was shocking. But to this day very little causes change. A few of the homeopathics have helped a bit which is why I've decided to go this route. Calc carb definately made my skin and face more even toned, supple and a bit less puffy, and graphites made the constipation and purplish acne marks subside temp. And I probably sweated off a couple of pounds when i first tried kali carb. All the homeopathics have improved my energy and stamina though.

7. What makes it worse:

Eating and not eating. the fluid used to come on with food ingestion and now it's there all the time since i developed a severe case of estrogen dominance. Eating and sitting upright makes my spine sore and burn with sharp pains both gassy and not under both sides of rib cage. Sitting upright in a chair is horrible and brings cramps on immediately even when no eating. I have to crack my back to get any releif from the backpain brought on by sitting upright or eating. Pain in abdomen is like menstrual cramps most of the time as well as the stomach cramping. Sharp pains between hips across just above pubic bone. stressful situations worsen face reddening and heat on head.
Drinking water makes fluid worse also and sleeping flat on mattress at night the fluid comes up around my eyes and i wake with swollen lids and puffy face. Fluid moves downward throughout the day ending up around hips and groin area causing thighs to rub and chafe and catch on pants.


8. What other health problems do you have :

I have slow thyroid (low T3) which has improved as my weight has also climbed, Almost none existent progesterone and normal estrogen with slightly elevated testosterone at certain times. Lyme and epsteinn barr in remission. genito urinary issues rotated kidney causes pain at times, especially on waking. Also grey swirls/spots in front of eyes for morning meals and upon waking.

9. How do you feel mentally & emotionally (weepy, irritable, restless etc.) :
In general I'm restless about my painting but proud of starting it again after a long hiatus due to illness and disinterest. Excited about my future in a new city.

Since taking afew high doses of calc carb and nat mur my mood is great. I am managing my anxiety and depression which have been issues for me in the past. occoasionally forget to breath amd tense stomach are still issues in periods of stress though.

10. Describe your personality (stubborn, easy going, always in a hurry etc.):

I'm an artist. I'm an enima to most, including my parents sometimes. It seems to more people know me the less they understand. Still feel like child in many ways. Don't feel sexually mature, still a virgin. very strong bond with parents. Finally am strong enough to state my dreams though and live far away from them in the city amd am providing for myself. This big change was the most important thing I've ever done and really shocked my parents. Since prog. levels dropped my creativity has been negatively impacted. What was once an unspoken work for me is now much more tenuous and obligatory. It is so much a part of me but much more difficult to access. This scare me but I forge on in spite of this because it's important to me.
tendency to be easily disappointed by others and myself. I hesitate to start relatinships for fear of that person not liking me. I'm a brave person however. Have lived with total strangers and never drink or smoke to feel more relaxed in social situations so I very adaptable. I like to joke and be sarcastic which I think is my way of connecting with males for fear that they might think i was flirting. I have had a few intimate relationships with men but they were bad choices and I feared my decision. And frankly my health was so bad for about a decade that I really put relationships to everyone on the back burner.
Tend to be late. Smile easily. Independent thinker who often sacrifices her own thoughts and keeps quite in order to not ager anyone. For many years lived to please parents for fear they would get sick of me and not like me anymore.

11. How do you relax:

watch a movie while I have a meal, walk, go on subway and people watch, hang out in apartment with roomlmates.

12. Do you normally fight or flight :

I both fight and flight. I get very angry over injustice however I would just as soon leave a job that isn't going well or even remain in a bad situation than complain to the boss or state my opinion. If there were some sort of emergency though, I'm the type of person who would stay and try to take care of the problem.

13. What animals are you afraid of:

Rats, alligators, snakes, possums, raccoons

14. What situations are you afraid of (heights, closed spaces, ocean etc):

Tight things around my head claustrophobic to some degree. not that bad though.heights to some degree for fear someone will jump.

15. What occupies your mind mostly:

What to avoid eating in order to not bloat, and asking myself if I offended someone because try to be overly considerate and selfless even though I also often worry about my own well being. And my art and what I'm painting. Also very concerned with what others feel towards me.i was a loner for so long that i fear this will happen to me again that I'm too old to learn how to form long lasting friendships and relationships outside of my parents and brother. before i moved out of my parents house i was consumed by what they thought of me.

16. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy :

I am always the first to apologize in an arguement because I fear anyone being mad at me. even if they are wrong. If someone consoles me, I get uncomfortable and feel like too much focus is on me. And I might even think they resent having to console me, like I'm high maintenance.

17. Do you want to stay alone or with people :

I like to live with others but have my own private space. I like to eat alone so i can relax and recline so my stomach doesn't cramp up.

18. How is your sleep :

wake at around 2-4 since started taking homeopathics but have no trouble falling asleep.

19. Do you have any recurring dreams :
In general i cannot recal dreams that well

20. What type of weather do you like and how it affects your complaints:

Bad in hot, swell up all over face gets VERy red. yellow atound mouth can be noticeable. Cold weather makes nails turn blue feet cold face becomes more thin and dark circles around eyes become more pronounced as well. as purple acne
scars around mouth stand out.

21. Do you normally feel hot or cold:

I can be both drastically from sweating to freezing. the temp of foods is noticeable. Hot food makes me sweat, and cold food makes stomach hurt and nose cold along with hands and feet.

22. What type of clothes you wear :

No belts, baggy shirts and comfortable jeans. Casual more menswear influenced, than girly. no dresses but nice looking.

24. What foods you love:

I love tahini, papaya,chocolate but have 't had it in over ten years, carbs over meat but not real sugary stuff and definately not candy. Love the smell of pizza dough but haven't had that in a decade either due to food allergies.

24. What foods you hate:

beets parsnips spinach hominy pumpkin yellow squash green pepper

25. What taste you love (sweet, salty, sour, bitter) :

salty

26. What taste you hate :

bitter

27. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, mud….) :

no

28. How is your thirst :

Drinking is difficult because the more i drink the more i retain. I can feel it slosh around in my stomach and so i try to drink small amount throughout the day and without food.

29.Do you have dry lips & mouth :

dry lips

30.Any coating on tongue first thing in the morning:

yellow in far back whitish coating midway back a bright red dots on the tip. also tooth mark on one side after sleeping

31. Any taste or smell from your mouth first thing in the morning :

at one point when i ate anything curciferous i.e broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, goiterogenic, rutabega, turnip I had a strong odor of these foods for about 24 hours afterward. this seems to have stopped. if i breathed through my nose the air from my nostrils smelled this way as well.

32. How is your skin:

skin tends to be spotty with enlarged pours around the nose in mornind espescially, wrinkly forehead when I drink a lot of water, puffy cheeks smal bumps on backs of arms and shoulders. very veiny legs, cherry angiomas on both breasts since taking prog. cream, dark purple marks from strange breakouts on temples, strong vertical indentation down middle of forehead above the brows and not from scowling. one hand has a markedly yellow cast to it while the other is normal. skin on toes is often dark purple when sitting in chairs. skin on face often clammy as with feet. Pinkness around mouth and chin and around nose and acne which was improved by a few homeo. most noticably calc carb. acne seems most inlfuenced by food. wrinkles at corners of mouth.

33. Details about your sweat (perspiration) :
Sweat easily but face just gets very red. food makes me sweat if its warm food. not a foul smell i don't think. i get by withou wearing deoderant. my feet sweat more than they used to though.

34. Any problems with ears, nose, chest, throat :
have trouble taking deep breaths not because i can't but because it just doesn't come naturally. i'm a shallow breather.
occasionally get a pain in neck throat area brought on by food.

36.How is your stool and urine:
constipation. various stool textures. difficult to pass in general. feels like lack of urge to go despite necessary need to. have had periods wher stool had smoke coming off of it regardless of room temp. very stange. mucous in stool after enemas or colonics. urine has large stringy mucus which almost looks like toilet tissue remnants but on closer examination is almost clear and snot like. also oil slick on urine when eating heavier oil like palm oil.

37. How is your sexual life & desire

i have no sex life:
i want it. i love men, love the feelings i have being around them. i just don't think they think i'm sexy or attractive. my body has gone through radical changes in the past two years and I have not really come to terms with the curvy veluptuous label. I was flat chested and boyish looking in physique a few years ago and now i have a little more going on then i know what to do with. I often flirt and then regress before the conversation is over.

38. Females menses details for regularity, flow, clots, discharge other than menses (reply to all these points)

first period ever at 27 with the help of chaste tree.prior to that had a cycle that correlated with my moms but never a flow. just bad cramps and emotions of fear and depression.
when i got my cycle i still lived with my parents. my mom, at practically the same time went into menopause. i think this is connected. i had a roommate who was female and i lost my period while i lived with her. she left for a month and i got my period while living with just guy roommates. since living with my new roommates(both girls)i have not had my period.for the first year and a half of my period i got my flow at exactly 2:30am in the middle of the night on a28 day cycle. cycle starts with brown spotting and is fairly lite during the day but nightime is heavier. severe emotion shifts during period time regardless of flow. Argue with parents, feel guilt, paranoia. sometimes if i was a day late i would stretch my hips and bring on the flow.
hips have sharp pain when walking. pinched nerve feeling. My hip bine structure is incredibly underdeveloped. i have a split endometrium and a complete septum.

39. What illnesses are running in your family, mother’s side & father’s side & brothers/sisters :

momsside: lung thyroid/autoimmune, digestive issues, depression eating disorders
fathers side: eating disorders, parkinsons, social anxiety,

40. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic or homeopathic) :

at the moment taking kali carb200 and carbo veg 200 on different days and with 3 day breaks in between. graphites 50m when i need constipation relief.

41. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dose, approx. time frame):

have taken calc carb and nat mur and really helped witg my skin and anxiety immediately but the benefits subsided during the week in between 200c doses. I tried doing low doses of these during the days in between high boses and found I got horrible pain on my right side under ribcage so bad i couldn't stand up.
 
brook29 last decade
Still not clear. Please remove non-required info and keep it relevant to the question.

example Q-4: I want to see a reply like 'I think it began when I was 4 and the true reason was never known'.
Please don't mix issues which are not related to the question.

Q-5: Losing your grandmom had a saddening effect on your mom, its irrelevant to your case. Similarly you being bitten by a tick is not relevant here.

Q-6: The best example of a good answer is 'less meat helps'

Q-9: Since taking Cal-C my mood..... (not required info)
 
fitness last decade
Would simone717 care to chime in. I am a bit drained from continually answering and reanswering questions when my answers are descriptive and in line with the examples given. If i pair it down i will miss something or overthink what I choose to share.
 
brook29 last decade
I apologize, my intention was not to drain you.

I will try to work with the available details and see where it takes me.
 
fitness last decade
than you for your patience. I forgot to mention that I have also developed small flat warts on both thumbs. slowly over the past four years and a mild skin lightning around the eyes. also when i have a bowel movement my legs often feel weak and i get light headed.
 
brook29 last decade
In your opening post you have mentioned Thyroid meds, are you taking any now

What digestive issues you have

What do you eat normally, give the details of your average day meals from morn till night

You gained weight when your periods started?

How do you feel emotionally most of the time

Give your personality traits e.g. suspicious, fault finding, depressed etc

Do you prefer indoors or outdoors

Are you chilly or hot most of the time

What type of weather do you prefer

Please tell how is your thirst, not how much you drink

Is your skin dry or oily

Where do you sweat

How is your sex desire

How long do your periods last

What emotions do you feel during that time

How are you mentally during that time

Have your periods been regular in the last year
[message edited by fitness on Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:03:40 GMT]
 
fitness last decade
1. In your opening post you have mentioned Thyroid meds, are you taking any now .

No,have been off for over two years.

2.What digestive issues you have.
Pain under ribcage on right side and lower abdomen cramping even as low as pubic bone. My mid spine burns when i eat and when I'm sitting trying to digest my food. fluid collects around midsection after food especially. Stomach pain from food and water. Must lay on left side at times to digest comfortably. Face collects fluid more after eating.Constipation.

3.What do you eat normally, give the details of your average day meals from morn till night

Recently started following Eating alive program and have seen minor improvements. Start day with grapefruit, wait 30min. to 1 hour and then have a fruit that's in season and even heated if its cold out with a bit of sea salt. Lunch is usaully between 1-3pm . Mostly brown rice, healthy oil, some black beans or quinoa and steamed veg. Dinner between 7-9pm is fish or turkey or chicken with steamed veg, broccoli endive, lettuce nd a bit of almond butter or palm oil. wait two hours after dinner and occasionally have something small like rice cakes with tahini before bed.

4.You gained weight when your periods started?

I first gained a tremendous amount of water back in college when my health really failed. i was unrecognizable in my face it was so swollen. I took a semester off, rested and lost almost all the weight and then lost more and became quite slender again but my diet was very limited and veg. based because of gut problems. Then, after a few years this way I started getting the swollen face again. The timing correlates with starting the progesterone cream and my own bodies prog. levels dropping in response to the supplementation. My weight climbed to about where it is now at 154 and i got my periods, but with the help of chaste tree.
I should also mention that there were many years where I was at a very healthy weight, a bit doughy in my early teens, when i should have gotten my period, and it never came. Neither did breast development.

5.How do you feel emotionally most of the time

I feel anxious when people depend on me, because i don't want to disappoint them. But i am a happy person most of the time. Nervous about making time for my painting. questioning whether I'm a real artist when I'm not in the studio.

6.Give your personality traits e.g. suspicious, fault finding, depressed etc

I try to figure out what others think of me, I doubt their sincerity when they compliment me, i shy away from affection, I cry easily when i have to reveal personal things about myself to others. i hold myself up to very high expectations and sometimes expect this of others. Have bouts of hopelessness with my health when i don't feel well, sad that my artistic ambition can be diminished by physical pain or illness, fearful about health.

7.Do you prefer indoors or outdoors
Both. If it's summer and really hot I won't go out -causes worsening of edema/swelling If it's fall or winter i like the outdoors more

8.Are you chilly or hot most of the time
I used to be cold all of the time but in the last 6 months i sweat profusely on my upper body, feet and neck and under chin. In the morning i'm always cold.

9.What type of weather do you prefer

Dry cool

10.Please tell how is your thirst, not how much you drink
No strong thirst but when i start drinking i wish i could drink more but can't without swelling and fluid retention worsening

11.Is your skin dry or oily
It's dry and wrinkly (very fine cracks on skin resembling cheese cloth pattern) on forehead particularly when i drink more water and my nose is greasy always. Lower legs are somewhat dry.

12.Where do you sweat
Upper body, armpits,occasionally upper thighs, feet, and especially under chin and neck.Also top of cheeks below my eyes.


13.How is your sex desire
I have desire but fear of acting on it for fear of rejection

14.How long do your periods last
when I have them they are exactly 4days

15.What emotions do you feel during that time
Fear, resentment, brain fog. frustration with others, argumentative with parents to the point of not speaking to them to prove a point, feel a bit insane,

16How are you mentally during that time
Not good, shouldn't make important decisions. I panic over little things, paranoid of what others think of me.

Have your periods been regular in the last year

The first two yeArs I only missed it three times I beleive. a few times it was late and. few stretches and some yoga kicked it in gear. It was a perfect 28 day cycle. got flow every1st day at around 2:30am in the middle of night and the flow lasted four days, the last day very light and the starting day a light flow. Days 2and3 could be a bit heavier but never that bad.
[message editedes by fitness on Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:03:40 GMT]
 
brook29 last decade
Describe the pain under rib cage, what makes it better & worse

Has it anything to do with eating/drinking

Why did you take progesterone cream

Are you chilly or hot, please don't digress to sweat here

Have you been seen by a doctor, if so, what is the diagnosis
 
fitness last decade
It consumes a lot of my time to analyse and prescribe for a case. If you plan on disappearing again, let me know in advance and I can use that time somewehere else.

What homeopathic remedies have you taken so far (potency, dosage, approx. time frame) and their effect.
 
fitness last decade
I didn't diappear, you never completed the original conversation. I tried twice with you and both times i never received your final analysis. Honestly, when I saw you were going to try this for a third time I just laughed because I thought 'is there no one else in this forum?' I've been very polite about not receiving any sort of help but every time I write a question The conversation ends with me waiting forma suggestion from you. If you look at all the previous threads, it ends with me waiting for some direction. ....I'm not sure how I'm supposed to seem more attentive.
 
brook29 last decade
I believe this is your original post, if so, please see where it ended last time in Nov. Anyways.

My apologies, please seek assistance from anyone you desire.
 
fitness last decade
A lot of missed communication here.
http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/406561

is the other thread opened and Fitness
did not see it bc people on the forum
only get email alerts from threads
they responded to.

Would seem a shame to have all the
study go to waste.

Brook, everything always has to go
on one thread on here or else there
is major confusion - Idk what happened
on the first one bc you did not see
Fitness response.
 
simone717 last decade
What homeopathic remedies have you taken so far (potency, dosage, approx. time frame) and their effect.
 
fitness last decade
Hi Simone and Fitness,
Sorry for the confusion. When I wouldn't get a response on one thread I'd move on to a new thread/topic the next time I posted.Guess that was a bad idea.
I hope this is better for you. If you still need more info let me know. To update you, I have tried a few things since this post was started. One was Sepia 30x and the excrutiating leg muscle cramps I got from that were too much to bare. Also Pulsatilla 30x and got immediate facial swelling and upset and depressed. I also tried sulphur for my acne around the mouth and chin and saw no difference. Seem to feel best moods on calc carb or nat mur but haven't seen either really help with the fluid in the face(most likely cortisol issue). Tried hypericum for a bout with mortons neuroma in my foot and felt rather nice. Below are all the relavent responses from all my threads compiled into one profile. Again sorry for mucking up the forum. I really appreciate you allowing me to resubmit my info.


1. Your age & sex:

29 yrs old female

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type :
auburn/blonde hair, blue green lightish eyes full face particularly around the jaw line. tend to puff around eyelids as well. broad chest and back when heavier weight.
Hieght is 5'5' 154 pounds was around 114 four years ago prior to starting mentruation. Had higher progesterone then though than i do now. I look very youthful, about 19 years despite the fact that I'm 29.
Carry weight/water bloat around mid section upper arms and face puffy.

3. What is your main health problem & its symptoms :

Unable to reduce weight, despite extremely clean diet and activity. Fluid retention in face has been there even at times when weight was very low.

4. When did this main problem begin :

always had digestive issues. Chronic fatigue since as long as I can remember. Prone to infection since baby. Jaundice at birth with very swollen cheeks as a baby which worried my parents but was never revisited by doctors until i had pseudemonas of the bladder and urine backflow into kidneys at age 4. cramping, severe back fatigue at all points. Bit back pain worsened after going on hormone cream and latenet growth spirt at age 18. placed on birth control in late adolescence and really caused worsening of mood and digestion
After i re-fed at an eating disorder recovery center the facial swelling started. I had anorexia at 16-18.Weight problems also became more noticeable when I went on thyroid meds and also bioidentical progesterone cream.

5. Can you relate any event or events which triggered this problem :

I would have to say the infection and surgery as a young girly had a profound effect on me as well as losing my grandmother which deeply saddened my mom. My grandmother was very much like me. Were she still alive i think I'd be closer to her than my mom, as she would have helped me to understand my mom's emotional troubles better.
I have always had leaky gut/digestive issues that plagued me. I had an operation to lengthen my ureters at age 4 and was a rather sickly kid. Was bit by a tick in 3rd grade when I contracted lyme which remained somewhat dormant or hidden until college when the fatigue became unbearable. did not get my period until age 27.
whatever the origin, i have had ongoing problems with my pituitary and hormones making me very introverted and struggled through childhood emotionally,psychologically and academically low thyroid, ammenorhea, anorexia to avoid stomach discomfort and fatigue, etc.

6. What makes the main problem better :

In the past i uld have said fasting, however even that causes it's own form of crqmping and discomfort.
Less meat helps, or at least close attention to food combining such as carbs alone and meat alone and fruit alone. But went on a low carb diet and really aggravated chronic fatigue,thyroid and hormones.
Cool weather seems to make the swelling in my face better. and eating rice cakes with steamed broccoli and tahini makes my stomach feel the best. Acupuncture helps a bit and laying on my left side reclining but with a bend at the waist and a few pillows under my left armpit.Laying on a hard floor is heaven for me

I went on a Meyer's cocktail with Mag. iv drip two summers ago and lost about 17 lbs of water intwo weeks. It was shocking. But to this day very little causes change. A few of the homeopathics have helped a bit which is why I've decided to go this route. Calc carb definately made my skin and face more even toned, supple and a bit less puffy, and graphites made the constipation and purplish acne marks subside temp. And I probably sweated off a couple of pounds when i first tried kali carb. All the homeopathics have improved my energy and stamina though.

7. What makes it worse:

Eating and not eating. the fluid used to come on with food ingestion and now it's there all the time since i developed a severe case of estrogen dominance. Eating and sitting upright makes my spine sore and burn with sharp pains both gassy and not under both sides of rib cage. Sitting upright in a chair is horrible and brings cramps on immediately even when no eating. I have to crack my back to get any releif from the backpain brought on by sitting upright or eating. Pain in abdomen is like menstrual cramps most of the time as well as the stomach cramping. Sharp pains between hips across just above pubic bone. stressful situations worsen face reddening and heat on head.
Drinking water makes fluid worse also and sleeping flat on mattress at night the fluid comes up around my eyes and i wake with swollen lids and puffy face. Fluid moves downward throughout the day ending up around hips and groin area causing thighs to rub and chafe and catch on pants.


8. What other health problems do you have :

I have slow thyroid (low T3) which has improved as my weight has also climbed, Almost none existent progesterone and normal estrogen with slightly elevated testosterone at certain times. Lyme and epsteinn barr in remission. genito urinary issues rotated kidney causes pain at times, especially on waking. Also grey swirls/spots in front of eyes for morning meals and upon waking.

9. How do you feel mentally & emotionally (weepy, irritable, restless etc.) :
In general I'm restless about my painting but proud of starting it again after a long hiatus due to illness and disinterest. Excited about my future in a new city.

Since taking afew high doses of calc carb and nat mur my mood is great. I am managing my anxiety and depression which have been issues for me in the past. occoasionally forget to breath amd tense stomach are still issues in periods of stress though.

10. Describe your personality (stubborn, easy going, always in a hurry etc.):

I'm an artist. I'm an enima to most, including my parents sometimes. It seems to more people know me the less they understand. Still feel like child in many ways. Don't feel sexually mature, still a virgin. very strong bond with parents. Finally am strong enough to state my dreams though and live far away from them in the city amd am providing for myself. This big change was the most important thing I've ever done and really shocked my parents. Since prog. levels dropped my creativity has been negatively impacted. What was once an unspoken work for me is now much more tenuous and obligatory. It is so much a part of me but much more difficult to access. This scare me but I forge on in spite of this because it's important to me.
tendency to be easily disappointed by others and myself. I hesitate to start relatinships for fear of that person not liking me. I'm a brave person however. Have lived with total strangers and never drink or smoke to feel more relaxed in social situations so I very adaptable. I like to joke and be sarcastic which I think is my way of connecting with males for fear that they might think i was flirting. I have had a few intimate relationships with men but they were bad choices and I feared my decision. And frankly my health was so bad for about a decade that I really put relationships to everyone on the back burner.
Tend to be late. Smile easily. Independent thinker who often sacrifices her own thoughts and keeps quite in order to not ager anyone. For many years lived to please parents for fear they would get sick of me and not like me anymore.

11. How do you relax:

watch a movie while I have a meal, walk, go on subway and people watch, hang out in apartment with roomlmates.

12. Do you normally fight or flight :

I both fight and flight. I get very angry over injustice however I would just as soon leave a job that isn't going well or even remain in a bad situation than complain to the boss or state my opinion. If there were some sort of emergency though, I'm the type of person who would stay and try to take care of the problem.

13. What animals are you afraid of:

Rats, alligators, snakes, possums, raccoons

14. What situations are you afraid of (heights, closed spaces, ocean etc):

Tight things around my head claustrophobic to some degree. not that bad though.heights to some degree for fear someone will jump.

15. What occupies your mind mostly:

What to avoid eating in order to not bloat, and asking myself if I offended someone because try to be overly considerate and selfless even though I also often worry about my own well being. And my art and what I'm painting. Also very concerned with what others feel towards me.i was a loner for so long that i fear this will happen to me again that I'm too old to learn how to form long lasting friendships and relationships outside of my parents and brother. before i moved out of my parents house i was consumed by what they thought of me.

16. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy :

I am always the first to apologize in an arguement because I fear anyone being mad at me. even if they are wrong. If someone consoles me, I get uncomfortable and feel like too much focus is on me. And I might even think they resent having to console me, like I'm high maintenance.

17. Do you want to stay alone or with people :

I like to live with others but have my own private space. I like to eat alone so i can relax and recline so my stomach doesn't cramp up.

18. How is your sleep :

wake at around 2-4 since started taking homeopathics but have no trouble falling asleep.

19. Do you have any recurring dreams :
In general i cannot recal dreams that well

20. What type of weather do you like and how it affects your complaints:

Bad in hot, swell up all over face gets VERy red. yellow atound mouth can be noticeable. Cold weather makes nails turn blue feet cold face becomes more thin and dark circles around eyes become more pronounced as well. as purple acne
scars around mouth stand out.

21. Do you normally feel hot or cold:

I can be both drastically from sweating to freezing. the temp of foods is noticeable. Hot food makes me sweat, and cold food makes stomach hurt and nose cold along with hands and feet.

22. What type of clothes you wear :

No belts, baggy shirts and comfortable jeans. Casual more menswear influenced, than girly. no dresses but nice looking.

24. What foods you love:

I love tahini, papaya,chocolate but have 't had it in over ten years, carbs over meat but not real sugary stuff and definately not candy. Love the smell of pizza dough but haven't had that in a decade either due to food allergies.

24. What foods you hate:

beets parsnips spinach hominy pumpkin yellow squash green pepper

25. What taste you love (sweet, salty, sour, bitter) :

salty

26. What taste you hate :

bitter

27. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, mud….) :

no

28. How is your thirst :

Drinking is difficult because the more i drink the more i retain. I can feel it slosh around in my stomach and so i try to drink small amount throughout the day and without food.

29.Do you have dry lips & mouth :

dry lips

30.Any coating on tongue first thing in the morning:

yellow in far back whitish coating midway back a bright red dots on the tip. also tooth mark on one side after sleeping

31. Any taste or smell from your mouth first thing in the morning :

at one point when i ate anything curciferous i.e broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, goiterogenic, rutabega, turnip I had a strong odor of these foods for about 24 hours afterward. this seems to have stopped. if i breathed through my nose the air from my nostrils smelled this way as well.

32. How is your skin:

skin tends to be spotty with enlarged pours around the nose in mornind espescially, wrinkly forehead when I drink a lot of water, puffy cheeks smal bumps on backs of arms and shoulders. very veiny legs, cherry angiomas on both breasts since taking prog. cream, dark purple marks from strange breakouts on temples, strong vertical indentation down middle of forehead above the brows and not from scowling. one hand has a markedly yellow cast to it while the other is normal. skin on toes is often dark purple when sitting in chairs. skin on face often clammy as with feet. Pinkness around mouth and chin and around nose and acne which was improved by a few homeo. most noticably calc carb. acne seems most inlfuenced by food. wrinkles at corners of mouth.

33. Details about your sweat (perspiration) :
Sweat easily but face just gets very red. food makes me sweat if its warm food. not a foul smell i don't think. i get by withou wearing deoderant. my feet sweat more than they used to though.

34. Any problems with ears, nose, chest, throat :
have trouble taking deep breaths not because i can't but because it just doesn't come naturally. i'm a shallow breather.
occasionally get a pain in neck throat area brought on by food.

36.How is your stool and urine:
constipation. various stool textures. difficult to pass in general. feels like lack of urge to go despite necessary need to. have had periods wher stool had smoke coming off of it regardless of room temp. very stange. mucous in stool after enemas or colonics. urine has large stringy mucus which almost looks like toilet tissue remnants but on closer examination is almost clear and snot like. also oil slick on urine when eating heavier oil like palm oil.

37. How is your sexual life & desire

i have no sex life:
i want it. i love men, love the feelings i have being around them. i just don't think they think i'm sexy or attractive. my body has gone through radical changes in the past two years and I have not really come to terms with the curvy veluptuous label. I was flat chested and boyish looking in physique a few years ago and now i have a little more going on then i know what to do with. I often flirt and then regress before the conversation is over.

38. Females menses details for regularity, flow, clots, discharge other than menses (reply to all these points)

first period ever at 27 with the help of chaste tree.prior to that had a cycle that correlated with my moms but never a flow. just bad cramps and emotions of fear and depression.
when i got my cycle i still lived with my parents. my mom, at practically the same time went into menopause. i think this is connected. i had a roommate who was female and i lost my period while i lived with her. she left for a month and i got my period while living with just guy roommates. since living with my new roommates(both girls)i have not had my period.for the first year and a half of my period i got my flow at exactly 2:30am in the middle of the night on a28 day cycle. cycle starts with brown spotting and is fairly lite during the day but nightime is heavier. severe emotion shifts during period time regardless of flow. Argue with parents, feel guilt, paranoia. sometimes if i was a day late i would stretch my hips and bring on the flow.
hips have sharp pain when walking. pinched nerve feeling. My hip bine structure is incredibly underdeveloped. i have a split endometrium and a complete septum.

39. What illnesses are running in your family, mother’s side & father’s side & brothers/sisters :

momsside: lung thyroid/autoimmune, digestive issues, depression eating disorders
fathers side: eating disorders, parkinsons, social anxiety,

40. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic or homeopathic) :

at the moment taking kali carb200 and carbo veg 200 on different days and with 3 day breaks in between. graphites 50m when i need constipation relief.

41. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dose, approx. time frame):

have taken calc carb and nat mur and really helped witg my skin and anxiety immediately but the benefits subsided during the week in between 200c doses. I tried doing low doses of these during the days in between high boses and found I got horrible pain on my right side under ribcage so bad i couldn't stand up.





1. In your opening post you have mentioned Thyroid meds, are you taking any now .

No,have been off for over two years.

2.What digestive issues you have.
Pain under ribcage on right side and lower abdomen cramping even as low as pubic bone. My mid spine burns when i eat and when I'm sitting trying to digest my food. fluid collects around midsection after food especially. Stomach pain from food and water. Must lay on left side at times to digest comfortably. Face collects fluid more after eating.Constipation.

3.What do you eat normally, give the details of your average day meals from morn till night

Recently started following Eating alive program and have seen minor improvements. Start day with grapefruit, wait 30min. to 1 hour and then have a fruit that's in season and even heated if its cold out with a bit of sea salt. Lunch is usaully between 1-3pm . Mostly brown rice, healthy oil, some black beans or quinoa and steamed veg. Dinner between 7-9pm is fish or turkey or chicken with steamed veg, broccoli endive, lettuce nd a bit of almond butter or palm oil. wait two hours after dinner and occasionally have something small like rice cakes with tahini before bed.

4.You gained weight when your periods started?

I first gained a tremendous amount of water back in college when my health really failed. i was unrecognizable in my face it was so swollen. I took a semester off, rested and lost almost all the weight and then lost more and became quite slender again but my diet was very limited and veg. based because of gut problems. Then, after a few years this way I started getting the swollen face again. The timing correlates with starting the progesterone cream and my own bodies prog. levels dropping in response to the supplementation. My weight climbed to about where it is now at 154 and i got my periods, but with the help of chaste tree.
I should also mention that there were many years where I was at a very healthy weight, a bit doughy in my early teens, when i should have gotten my period, and it never came. Neither did breast development.

5.How do you feel emotionally most of the time

I feel anxious when people depend on me, because i don't want to disappoint them. But i am a happy person most of the time. Nervous about making time for my painting. questioning whether I'm a real artist when I'm not in the studio.

6.Give your personality traits e.g. suspicious, fault finding, depressed etc

I try to figure out what others think of me, I doubt their sincerity when they compliment me, i shy away from affection, I cry easily when i have to reveal personal things about myself to others. i hold myself up to very high expectations and sometimes expect this of others. Have bouts of hopelessness with my health when i don't feel well, sad that my artistic ambition can be diminished by physical pain or illness, fearful about health.

7.Do you prefer indoors or outdoors
Both. If it's summer and really hot I won't go out -causes worsening of edema/swelling If it's fall or winter i like the outdoors more

8.Are you chilly or hot most of the time
I used to be cold all of the time but in the last 6 months i sweat profusely on my upper body, feet and neck and under chin. In the morning i'm always cold.

9.What type of weather do you prefer

Dry cool

10.Please tell how is your thirst, not how much you drink
No strong thirst but when i start drinking i wish i could drink more but can't without swelling and fluid retention worsening

11.Is your skin dry or oily
It's dry and wrinkly (very fine cracks on skin resembling cheese cloth pattern) on forehead particularly when i drink more water and my nose is greasy always. Lower legs are somewhat dry.

12.Where do you sweat
Upper body, armpits,occasionally upper thighs, feet, and especially under chin and neck.Also top of cheeks below my eyes.


13.How is your sex desire
I have desire but fear of acting on it for fear of rejection

14.How long do your periods last
when I have them they are exactly 4days

15.What emotions do you feel during that time
Fear, resentment, brain fog. frustration with others, argumentative with parents to the point of not speaking to them to prove a point, feel a bit insane,

16How are you mentally during that time
Not good, shouldn't make important decisions. I panic over little things, paranoid of what others think of me.

Have your periods been regular in the last year

The first two yeArs I only missed it three times I beleive. a few times it was late and. few stretches and some yoga kicked it in gear. It was a perfect 28 day cycle. got flow every1st day at around 2:30am in the middle of night and the flow lasted four days, the last day very light and the starting day a light flow. Days 2and3 could be a bit heavier but never that bad.
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1.Describe the pain under rib cage, what makes it better & worse.

Eating causes it to hurt. Sometimes it's a pinching feeling while other times a dull ache. I found the most comfortable eating position is oddly laying down on my stomach.

Drinking water causes a noticeable bloat and sloshing in stomach which makes me avoid drinking mcuh of the time until the evening when I can recline.



2.Why did you take progesterone cream
I took prog. cream be ause i couldn't get my period. I had tried b/c pills and that didn't work and my prog was within normal rainge so my natural doc was perplexed. On my own i tried Vitex berry and within four days I got my period. I took homeopathic progesterone drops of varrying potencies for another 3 months and my period is now monthly regular to the day and to the hour in fact!
The strange thing is now I have a cycle that lasts 4 days but a saliva tests shows practically no progesterone or cortisol in my body. My testosterone is slightly elevated.


3.Are you chilly or hot, please don't digress to sweat here.
In a hot room I sweat quickly and my face gets very red and my body swells noticably. My fingers get tight and my midsection distends. In a cold room my hands, nose, and feet get cold, but in general I find this type of environment more comfortable. My facial swelling response well to cooler temps. Less puffy.

4.Have you been seen by a doctor, if so, what is the diagnosis.
Well I have low T3, low cortisol, low progesterone, slightly elevated test. poor estrogen metabolism, lots of food sensitivities. I was recently found to have a very underdeveloped pelvic structure resulting in a split unterus containing two endometrium and healthy but very squished and rotated ovaries and kidneys. When my cortisol dropped and I put on weight this abnormality was hidden from doctors. I'm quite slight under all of the puffiness and adipose fat. Previous history with lyme and Epstein barr but with alternative treatments resolved this.
 
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Your remedy is: Pulsatilla 200c.

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HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:
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Low energy level: 50% better
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