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ibs anxiety and weight gain

Please can you help

I have anxiety , fear and sometimes which i could hurry up and die as i hate being overweight and having this anxiety which makes me cry and sad and angry. I do not go out as i get a bit frightenned.

I am chilly but on any exertion get hot and sweaty.
 
  sugarfree on 2014-04-06
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anuj srivastava 9 years ago
-GENDER AND AGE-. Female age 40
-OCCUPATION- Sales
-USING BIRTH CONTROL PILLS IF SO, FOR HOW LONG? - NO

What is your chief complaint? IBS WEIGHT GAIN,FLUID RETENTION, ANXIETY SUICIDE FEARS. DO NOT SLEEP, HAVE VERY BLOATED STOMACH AND LOOK 8 MONTHS PREGNANT, NO ENERGY STOMACH FEELS HEAVY AND WEIGHS ME DOWN AND SOMETIMES I CANNOT EVEN STAND UP STRAIGHT FROM THE WEIGHT. WHEN I GET ANXIOUS I FEEL IT ALL IN MY STOMACH. I HAVE VERY BAD WIND TOO

When did this complaint start?
ONGOING 15 YEARS
What was going on at this time? ( examples: emotional upsets, disappointments, illness of others, accidents, injuries, travel, new foods or
exercises)
What is your opinion of the cause of the complaint? ALWAYS HAD FEAR OF BEING FOUND OUT AND EMBARRASED AND SHAME ful ABOUT WEIGHT. FATHER ALCHOLIC SO HE EMBARRASS AND HUMILATE ME. I DONT THINK I AM GOOD ENOUGH AND FRIGHTEENED THAT PEOPLE FIND OUT THAT IM NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN MY JOB AND I LOSE MY JOB AND NOT HAVE MONEY. A FRIEND STOLE A LOT OF MONEY FROM ME AND HE SAID HE IS GOING TO PAY ME BACK AND NOW BANKRUPT. I WORRY WONT HAVE ENOUGH AND CAN BE CONTROLLING. I HAVE LOST CONTROL. MY FATHER WAS HUMILATING ME AND WE ALL FRGHTENED WHAT MOOD HE COME HOME IN AND IF HE EMBARRASS US IN FRONT OF NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS

List other main complaints after this and give the same information.

HISTORY OF MEDICATIONS

Please list what medications you have taken for your complaints, Allopathic or homeopathic.
symptoms for the choice you made?
If you have or are under the care of an MD or other homeopath, please list the tests you have had if any, and what advice you have been given. -IF YOU ARE TAKING TREATMENT FROM ANY ONE ELSE IN THE FORUM,THEN PLEASE LINK WITH THREAD.
i HAVE SEEN 3 HOMEOPATHS.
tHEY HAVE GIVEN ME NUMEROUS REMEDIES
CARCINOCIN 1M 10M
ARSENICUM 10M 1M 200C
LYCOPODIUM 30C 200M 1M
NUX VOMICA 30C 1M
SULPHUR 30C 10M
SAC OFFINANAL 6C 30X 6 X
arg nit 30C 200C
BRYONIA 30C 200C 1M
NAT MUR 30C 200C 1M
CARBO VEG 30C
ACONITE 30C 6C
IGNATIA 1M

ANTI DEPRESSANTS



write yes or no in capitals in front of the u/m symptoms.will review the case.

Sudden, intense ailments from fright. YES
Anxiety and restlessness with complaints. YES
Fears that do not subside. YES
Faintness or dizziness upon waking up. NO
Sudden fever with one cheek red, the other pale NO
Intolerance of pain. NO
Painful urination with anxiety YES
Pains followed by numbness and tingling. NO
Eye pain and injuries YES
Throbbing headache. YES
Unquenchable thirst. NO


Emotional upset
Fear YES
Anxiety YES
Extended period of unusual or continued mental exertion YES
Dizziness NO
Diarrhea YES
Craving for sweets and salt. YES
Craving for strong flavors. YES AND NO
Enthusiastic and suggestible, NOwith a tendency toward peculiar thoughts and impulses.NO


Anxious YES
Anxiety associated with later stages of head cold, with sneezing NO
Asthma worse after midnight, NO
fears suffocation while lying down NO
Fearful YES
Irritable YES
Restless YES
Sleepiness but insomnia YES
Thirsty for frequent small drinks YES
Weak and exhausted YES
Desires air but sensitive to cold YES
Vomiting with or without diarrhea after eating and drinking NO


Increased perspiration
Night sweats NO
Cold hands and feet YES
Dizziness NO
Nausea YES
Ravenous hunger YES AND NO- SOME REMEDIES MAKE THIS WORSE
Aversion to fats YES
Craving for eggs NO
Eyes sensitive to light YES
Pale face YES
Large appetite NO with slow digestion YES


Nervousness YES
Apprehension YES
Anxiety prior to an examination or public performance YES YES YES
Fatigue and aching of whole body YES
Limbs, head, eyelids heavy
Headache YES
Scalp sore to touch NO
Sore throat YES
Lack of thirst YES
Dizziness, trembling, fatigue, dullness YES


Vomiting NO
Sensation of a lump in the throat MUCUS - YES
Chills with fever YES
Thirst during chills NO
Chills relieved by warmth YES
Cramping pains in the abdomen or back YES

Headaches that feel like a nail driven into the side of the head NO
Skin very sensitive to drafts
Introspective YES
Sad YES
Brooding YES
Tearful YES
Rejects company YES
Disappointed YES
Grieving YES
Insomnia from emotional distress YES
Nausea relieved by eating YES
Eating intensifies hunger NO


Exhaustion YES
Deep anxiety and inability to cope YES
Headaches YES
Jumpy and oversensitive YES
Startled by ordinary sounds
Backaches NO
Nervous digestive upsets YES

Shakes head without any apparent cause NO
Facial contortions NO
Gassy, constipation or diarrhea YES
Sour belching NO
Claustrophobia YES
Irritability YES
Digestive upsets with gas and bloating YES
Craves sweets YES
, warm food and drink NO
Night cough NO
Wants to be alone YES
Cranky on waking NO
Bullying tendency YES
Fear of failure YES
Breaking down under stress YES

Tongue feels dry NO
Mucous membranes dry NO
Nausea YES
Insomnia YES
Claustrophobia YES
Migraine headache YES
Vomiting NO
Pains around eyes YES
Craves salt and dry foods YES
Weepy but won't let others see it. (Wants to be alone to cry.) YES
Consolation aggravates them
Angry from isolation
Fright, grief, anger
Nervous, discouraged, broken down YES
Depressed YES

Anxious YES
Fearful YES
Weak YES
Associated with hoarseness NO
Tight heavy chest NO
Dry rasping cough NO
Burning pains in stomach, NO abdomen, between shoulder blades NO
Thirst for cold drinks YES that are vomited NO
Nausea YES
Night sweats NO

Sensitive YES
Weepy YES
Wants attention and sympathy NO
Changeable symptoms and moods YES
Craves open air NO
Sensitive to heat YES
Dry mouth with lack of thirst YES
Rich food upsets stomach YES
Insomnia from recurring thought YES
Head colds NO
Loose cough, worse at night NO
Delayed menstrual period with scanty flow NO


Worry YES
Overwork YES
Headaches YES
Difficulty concentrating YES
Exhaustion, YES
Over sensitivity YES
Overreact and devote attention to tiny details YES
Low stamina YES

do you have a mind which you feel is perverted? NO
are you arrogant? NO
do you over estimate yourself?NO
do you feel that you are from A SUPERIOR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS FROM LOW FAMILY AND YOU LOOK DOWN UPON THEM? NO
DO YOU IMAGINE YOUR BODY IS LARGE AND THOSE OF OTHERS SMALLER? NO
ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT NON SERIOUS MATTERS? NO
palpitation AND TREMBLING ABOUT THE LIMBS DURING EXCITEMENTS? NO
DO YOU IMAGINE THAT YOU DO NOT BELONG TO THIS RACE? NO
NUMBNESS IN WHICH PART OF THE BODY? NO
MUCH FLATULENCE AND FERMENTATION IN THE STOMACH? YES
SENSATION AS IF THE WHOLE ABDOMEN WAS TIGHTLY CONSTRICTED? YES
HALF DIGESTED STOOL,ADHERES TO THE ANUS AS IF CLAY? NO
UNBEARABLE SEXUAL EXCITEMENT AND VOLUPTUOUS CRAWLING IN THE GENITALS? NO
PERIODS EVERY 14 DAYS? NO


feeling of being controlled by another - PERSON WHO OWES ME MONEY
out of sorts with your rhythms
feeling of living out someone else's expectations NO
feeling as if you are being fed off emotionally or psychologically
feeling of losing your will
over estimatimation of energy reserves NO
full of self-denial NO
you become a rescuer, addicted to rescuing people
drained NO
feeling of becoming a doormat
you have forgotten who you are NO
let me know the color of your .TONGUE COATED WHITE AND YELLOW

CUT PASTE THE SYMPTOM APPLICABLE TO YOU



5.Mapped.Swelling of tongue,appearance,grayish white,dryish,/slimy.





7Yellow and slimy coating.Witish edges(sometimes),Insipid taste or taste lost.Lips , tongue and gums white

.










ANY OTHER CONDITION OF THE TONGUE.

BODY ODOR? YES SOMETIMES ON EXERTION

SWEATING FROM FEET AND ODOR? NO

feeling of suffocation when wearing a tie. NO

any funny sensation in the body,delusions etc NO

YOUR PAST TURMOILS? FATHER ALCHOLIC, MOTHER PRETTY TIMID. FATHER STEALS FROM US TO BUY DRINK AND WE FIND HIM DRUNK IN WALKWAYS AND ROADS. AMBULANCE HAVE TO BRING HIM HOME. WORRY ABOUT MONEY SCARED I WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH. JUST WANT TO FEEL WELL AGAIN. SUGAR MAKES ME FEEL GOOD


sleeping habits,and any other peculiarity under the sun your body and mind is experiencing which is not normal. I DO NOT SLEEP. I HATE THE SUN AS IT BURNS AND I HAVE BEEN SUN BURNT LOTS OF TIMES. I GET TOO HOT

CUT PASTE THE U/M SYMPTOM APPLICABLE TO YOU

SENSATIONS

-Any bang, shock or bad news is felt in the stomach.

=Sensation of heaviness of lower limbs and feet. Numbness and jerking of limbs.

=In the morning sensation of not having slept enough.
ut visible trembling.

=Sensation as if stomach hanging or swimming in water.

(Note: - These are merely illustrations, a few which have occurred to other person, and are given that you may understand what is meant by sensations. Always give the locations as well of the sensations.)

BETTER OR WORSE
(Note 1 :- This section refers to each disease, each sickness and to every symptom. No matter what the trouble may be it is necessary to be refer to this section. Be sure that the aggravation or amelioration you notice is from the course given.)
(Note 2 :- The time of an aggravation or amelioration refers to the year, the month, the week, the day, the night, or the hour.)
State at what time your troubles or any single symptoms, is made better or worse. WHEN HAVE TO GO OUT OR THINKING ABOUT GOING OUT, SEEING PEOPLE
- State what season of the year, what time in the month, whether the phases of the moon cause either, what part of the week, what hour of the day or night the trouble or single symptom comes on or is made better or worse. I AM LIKE IT ALL OF THE TIME. I FEEL BETTER WHEN I DONT HAVE TO DO OR SEE ANYONE AS I AM FAT AND BLOATED AND WORRY WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY- Is there any position which you may assume that causes a particular trouble or any single symptom to be better or worse? It may be when you first lie down; or after lying down awhile or rising after sitting or on sitting after standing, walking; walking much; walking in the house or in the open air, or in the cold air ; or at night; running, running rapidly or slowly; when stooping over, after
stopping, or on rising from stooping; leaning the head backwards, forwards; to one side or leaning the head on the table or the hand; lying with head high or low; lying in some particular position ; crawling on the hand + knees or some other or many possible positions. STANDING IS TOO HARD AS MY STOMACH WEIGHTS ME DOWN AND DO NOT STAND TALL. I LIKE LYING DOWN AND BEING COVERED

- Does anything cause the trouble or a single symptom to be better or worse ? It may be reading ,writing , music ascending or descending the stirs or a hill, biting the teeth together ,blowing the nose , before or after one of the meals, breathing, breathing deeply, when chewing food, when eating or drinking, closing or opening the eyes , looking up, down or sideways, from heat, cold, from warm or cold air heat of stove or sun, dry or moist air going into the air or going into the warm, sunlight or lamplight from excitement, fight, grief, grief, sorrow fasting, some kind of food or drink
motion or quiet, when nose is discharging or is dry, from gratification of passions , scratching, rubbing, beginning of sleep, during a storm, thunder storm, snow storm, swallowing food, drinking of saliva, talking, singing, hearing other talk or sing, music touch, turning over in bed, covering up or uncovering, wet dry, windy or cloudy weather.
(Note 3:- The above is given to impress on the mind the great importance of noticing what may seem to be little things.)
PERIODS.
At what age did you have your first menses? AGE 11/12
- Had you any trouble before or during the first period? NOT REALLY. STILL A BIT FEARFUL OF FATHER AND HUMILATED BY HIM

- Have you, at any time, had you menses stopped or NO decreased by getting feet wet, from a general wetting, from cold, fright weakness, sickness or any other cause? NO

- Have menses been irregular or painful at /since a particular time? PAINFUL SINCE 28 AND HAVE TO TAKE PAIN
RELIEF TABLETS ON FIRST DAY OF PERIOD- MAY BLEED HEAVY FOR 3 DAYS AND THEN LIMITED BLOOD Are your menses too frequent, too seldom, delayed, regular, early, and late? If so how often do they come?
- THEY ARE REGULAR 25-28 DAYS
- Do you have menses during the nursing of your child? I HAVE NO CHILDREN

- Do you have the whites or nose bleed during menses? NO

- How long do menses last? 5 DAYS

- Do excitement of exertion bring menses on? NO

- When does the flow increase, decrease or cease? Afternoon, day only, evening, lying down, morning, motion, at night only, walking? Mention only things that affect the flow? WALKING MENSES FLOW OR GOING TO THE TOILET MAINLY DAYTIME

- Character of the flow, describe the flow very carefully acrid, black, bright red, brown, changeable, clotted, lumpy, conspicuous, dark excoriating ( making parts sore) , fetid or foul ,greenish , gushing hot ( unduly so),membranous (shreds), milky, mucus? BRIGHT RED AND SOME DARK RED. CAN BE A BIT MUCUS TOO

- What is the odour? HARD TO SAY

- Is it pale, profuse, protracted (lasts two long) scanty, stingy, tenacious, thick, too thin, viscid, watery, dark clots to bright blood, etc. Give exact appearance and odour of the flow? NO CLOTS RED OR DARK RED AND NORMAL BLOOD FLOW- CAN BE WATERY RED

Before the menses
- Various troubles of the abdomen.GETS MORE BLOATED AND FULL OF WATER Loss of a very great appetite. Troubles of the back. YES CAN BE SORE Difficulty in breathing. Troubles of the chest. Chill, chilliness, costiveness, cough, delirium, diarrhea, ear trouble, eructation, eruptions, eye troubles, face trouble, fainting, cold feet

-head troubles, headache, Leucorrhoea, pain in arms or legs, swelling, itching and soreness of the breasts, YES mental changes - MORE TEARFUL Nausea or vomiting, bleeding of nose, ovarian troubles, pain restlessness, sexual excitement, urinary trouble, great weakness or weakness, Describe all such troubles, and others as directed in various sections.

During Menses; - This refer to the time from the starting to the ending of the flow.

After The Menses: - Many of the troubles referred to above may occur after the menses. Give all the complaints carefully as above
.
Leucorrhoea (the whites ) :- Aluminous (like white of an egg ), biting, black bloody , brown, burning, clear, cold, cream like, dark, foetid or foul, like jelly, greenish, in gushes, honey colour, lumpy, mild or bland , milky, mucous, opaque, profuse purulent (matters) ropy, scalding, scanty, smarting, causing soreness, starchy, sticky, stiffening the lines, suddenly coming & going, tenacious, thick, thin, thready, transparent, watery, white, yellow
NO PROBLEMS REALLY WITH PERIODS. THEYARE REGULAR AND WITH SOME PAIN RED IN COLOUR AND CAN BE A WATERY - BLEED HEAVY FIRST 3 DAYS


FOR DESCRIPTION OF STOOL CHECK OUT AFTER CLICKING ON MY NAME 'POST STARTED BY THE USER'

STOOL CAN BE RUNNY, HARD, UNDIGESTED FOOD. SOME MUCUS.





-is there suppression of sexual desire? I HAVE HAD NO SEX OR DESIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS
-is there an increase in sexual desire NO

THANKING YOU IN ANTICIPATION
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
nux vom 200 ,5 pills on day one half an hr before dinner,dont reoeat.

nat sulph and calc flour 6x ,5tabs of each three times a day from day 2.



feed back after 4 days.
 
anuj srivastava 9 years ago
5 pills all in one go...? I have always been told to take the minimum dose of anything as there is more power in the minimum dose... Sorry to query its just as you can see i have had lots of remedies as above and have never been told to take 5 pills in one go..?
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
Dose means the amount of times---you take the medicine, Not
the amount of pills or drops.

That is why when a child gets into a blue tube of pills and eats
the entire thing in one go, thinking it is candy- it is considered one dose.

On pills I have seen homeopaths prescribe one to 8 pills as one dose.
Liquid is usually one to two drops.
 
simone717 9 years ago
Many thanks Simone.
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
This is not correct.

Dose includes the amount of medicine taken. Dosage is in fact divided into two parts, both of which are important.

One is indeed frequency of the dose.

The other is size of the dose. This means the actual physical amount you give, whether dry or wet.

Size of the dose will determine in many patients the degree of aggravation. Too large a dose can be problematic. Hahnemann gave clear instructions in the Organon of Medicine for adjusting the size of the dose to minimize aggravation.

Law of the Minimum Dose applies to both frequency and size.

In my early days as a practitioner, I used to give dry pills directly under the tongue and there were a lot of strong aggravations. Once I re-educated myself in the guidelines in the 6th edition of the Organon (with the help of Dr. Luc Du Schepper's excellent book on dosing) these kinds of aggravations became much less common.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Yes. Hahnemann says this-For this reason he offers a warning in the 5th and 6th Organon and The Chronic Diseases that the size of the dose must be controlled when using high potency homoeopathic remedies. Most modern homoeopaths pay little attention to the preparation of remedial dose and do not take the size of the dose into account when adjusting the dose to suit the sensitivity of the individual constitution and temperament. This is a great mistake and has led to the misconception that homoeopathic remedies cannot cure unless they first aggravate the disease.

And you are talking also about wet doses vs. dry doses. I agree with you.

However, many well known homeopaths do not do this- taking the pellet
size down or do the wet dosing.
[message edited by simone717 on Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:37:06 BST]
 
simone717 9 years ago
I agree many homoeopaths do not worry about size of the dose, and I think it is the poorly trained ones that are the worse offenders, but I am not convinced it is 'most'.

My point in posting was not whether or not homoeopaths ignore the guidelines on proper dosing. I was correcting the information you gave to the patient, that dose does not mean the amount of pills or drops. This is incorrect as I stated. The patient asked a question about whether this breaks the principle of minimum dose, so I clarified that she is correct in her understanding that the number of pillules given is a consideration when trying to stick to the principle.

Whether it is right to stick to it, or if everyone agrees on it, is not really what I was trying to argue. Just that it is part of Minimum Dose.

I wasn't implying anyone is 'stupid'. I simply gave my experience over the last 23 years in clinic. There was no judgement or even mention of anyone else, just my own personal experience.

The reality is that there will always be a lot of conflicting information out there, and you must have both the experience and the knowledge to be able to judge that information effectively, and to determine if it is appropriate to be incorporated into your practice. Just because people do something neither proves or disproves any part of our philosophy either - it just shows that any science will have opposing views.

So my personal experience with patients is that paying attention to the size of the dose has improved my ability to manage and reduce their aggravations. That is the only opinion I was offering regarding it.
[message edited by Evocationer on Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:42:27 BST]
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
I know you were not implying anyone is stupid-neither was I. I said
a lot of very well known, experienced homeopaths who know the
organon backwards and forwards do not adhere to the 'principle'
as far as pills and drops etc and that has always puzzled me bc they
are not poorly trained, they choose another way on purpose.
 
simone717 9 years ago
My experience over the years with the apparent conflict in reports by homoeopaths, is that different homoeopaths use different definitions and set different goals or expectations. We can all say 'that patient cured' or 'there was no aggravation' but the reality is that when we make those judgements we are not all using the same measurements. This allows homoeopaths to argue their 'rightness' while actually not talking about the same thing.

I see this very frequently even amongst the other local practitioners in my city. There are many claims made, and based on their hidden set of definitions they can be true, but they often conflict with my own definitions for the same thing. Thus we can both be 'right'. It is problematic.

This is very common when different practitioners defending different methods argue with each other around cure. If you set your definition of 'cure' at a single local symptom clearing up, it is pretty easy for any method at all to seem effective - even allopathy. This is in fact why allopathy can make all the outrageous claims they do, since they set the bar so low as to consider disease as health.
[message edited by Evocationer on Fri, 11 Apr 2014 06:08:21 BST]
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Sadly, I have seen no major change. I am still very full and fat and bloated and feeling heavy all over my body including breast tummy and very very heavy full legs. I just cannot lose weight even if i am on a caloried controlled diet which makes me very depressed. I cry alot and am always close to tears. My headaches are still bad as there is lots of pressure there. Any upset at all goes to my stomach and at times i lie in bed just holding my tummy hoping this pain will just go away. I have lots of reocurring thoughts about past things that have happened in my life that makes me upset and angry as i cant forgive myself for the things i have or havent done in my life.

I just want to feel happy and light with a spring in my step with a metabolism that works and tells me when i am hungry or thirsty as it doesnt at the moment so i never know when I am.

Main problems still are

anxiety
stress
bloated tummy
bloated heavy feeling all over the body
just cannot lose weight even on caloried controlled diet
pressure headache
very heavy full legs
body doesnt know when hungry or thirsty
suicidal at times
dont like to go out of my house and face people as embarrased about the way i look and feel
Do not sleep
very dry skin and palms of hands
depressed
dont like myself
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
also. cannot drink hot drinks only cold and sweet drinks. Can crave cold sweet drinks
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
please can you let me know as above.. no change please help
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
in addition to what you are having start carbo veg 200,one a day , 5 pills for three days and give a feed back on the 4th day.and one dose of sulphur early morning empty stomach ,start carbo from day 2 .to be taken in the morning .
[message edited by anuj srivastava on Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:28:52 BST]
 
anuj srivastava 9 years ago
i think my symptoms are very similar to Fibromyalgia . would you still recommend the same ?
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
yes please
 
anuj srivastava 9 years ago
Thank you Anuj. Do you practice homeopathy...?
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
yes free of cost
 
anuj srivastava 9 years ago
Sorry to trouble again... Is 4 days to early to start taking more remedies as everyone else says wait 10 days..? maybe i am reacting to remedy and all will be better..? Thank you
 
sugarfree 9 years ago
no , you can have it,not a problem.
 
anuj srivastava 9 years ago

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