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Attn: Rishimba, please help :water retention and fullness/heaviness in breasts

I am a 49 year old lady,who has begun menopause a while ago. Of the last 2 weeks or so, I wake up each morning with a fullness and heaviness in my breasts and it feels like am carrying a lot of weight. There is a cyclic kid of pain too which keeps shifting. Sever discomfort and I cannot wear tight clothes at all. feel claustrophobic. The heaviness lasts all day sometimes. Very acute since yday. Extremely uncomfortable. Also water retention on my face and other parts of my body. Please help. Thanks
 
  Iamhealthy on 2015-04-21
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
can any other doctor help please. Thanks
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
Please take a single dose of LACHESIS 200C on a single morning empty stomach.

I know you have taken ARS ALB. Now, these two remedies are not to be taken in the same period. If you are taking Lachesis, don't take Ars Alb for the next 15 days.
[message edited by rishimba on Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:14:58 BST]
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Thanks. How many drops in a quarter glass of water please?
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
One dose would be some 3 drops mixed with about 10 ml of water slowly sipped up in empty stomach and clean mouth.

Don't take any food or drinks one hour before and after.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Thanks. Done this morning. I had been taking Hepr Sulph for a wisdom tooth gum swellling, may I continue that even though I have had Lachesis this morning?
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
Please discontinue Hepar Sulph. Its not needed. Lachesis will take care of it as well.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
The heaviness has somewhat reduced. However, I feel very tired, lethargic and sleepy all the time. Also have a throbbing pain in my legs and a dull headache. I used to have a deficiency of B12 and D3 some time back and had to take injections a year or two ago. Then upon doing a blood test, the levels were OK. These symptoms seem to be similar to those when I had the deficiency. What shall I do? Is there a homeopathic remedy for this please? Kindly help. Many thanks
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
No worries, I will take your full case after a week.

Since you have taken Lachesis now, lets see if it helps in all of these symptoms in the long run.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Sure thanks. So when shall I get back to you please with my full case?
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
You may start filling up the questionnaire as you may take some time doing so. I feel some of your symptoms will get better in the coming week as Lachesis will continue to work for some 2 weeks more.

So, wait and watch your progress for another week and then post your final answers after about a week.

Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:


Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experience and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering? State the correct location of pain or suffering.

2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?

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

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease? What was happening in your life just before these symptoms were noticed?

6. What time of the day do you suffer the most? What time of the day /night do you feel most energetic and happy?

7. What are the things that aggravate your suffering and those that ameliorate the same? Example: time, hot or cold application, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing, sweating, walking, climbing, stool etc.

8. Do you think your sufferings have direct relation to any particular external factor or are it something to do with your own biological changes?
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?

10. Describe your general mental set up? Please pick out the adjectives which best describe your personality; (at least 10)
Nervous, Anxious, Shy, Worrying, Paranoid, Proud, Unsocial, Guilty, Depressed, Hypochondriac, Untidy, Weepy, Emotional, Impractical, Confused, Suspicious, Jealous, Timid, Aggressive, Headstrong, Forgetful, Follower, Insecure, Immature, Impulsive, Rigid, Restless, Feminine, Empathetic, Introverted.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?

- How do you respond to consolation during your tough times?

- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc.?

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you get along with your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
-What is your profession? Do you love your profession? What is your dream job?
-Did you have any bereavement in life? How has it affected you?
-Do you have any issues regarding your parenting by guardians?
-Can you remember any unfortunate incident in life that you want to forget?
-How do you respond to music? Do you feel better or worse mentally listening to music?
- What upsets you most in yourself and in others?

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?

12. What do you crave in food items and what are your aversions?

13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?

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

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

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type? Do you have any abnormal smell in the urine?

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?

19. Do you think you are able to address your libido in general? Would you say your drive is low, normal or high?

20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual sensation, thoughts or feelings? How are you different from others?

21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?

22. What major diseases have run in the family in the last two generations both sides?

23. Describe your overall appearance with respect to your BMI, skin type, muscular or flabby etc.
24. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.
(For Females)
25. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe all irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc. as below:
- Are your periods generally regular, early or delayed? What is the usual cycle duration?
- Describe the sensations and locations of pain before, during and after the flow.
- How do you generally deal with your sufferings during periods? Do you have any non-medical way of relieving your suffering?
- What is the duration of flow? Is it heavy, medium or light?
- Do you observe clots?
- Do you have mid-cycle spotting? What are the days you have spotting?
- Describe changes in your mental condition or any other peculiar symptom that surfaces before, during or after the flow.
- Do your sufferings increase or decrease as soon as the flow begins?
- Did you ever take birth control pills on a regular basis?
- Have you ever been treated earlier or recently for any gynecological irregularity? Please describe.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Severe reflux today. Shall I take Ars alb?
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
Has Ars Alb helped in reflux before?

Have other symptoms stabilized after taking Lachesis?
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Yes Ars Alb helps in indigestion. No major difference after Lachesis but heaviness in breasts has reduced somewhat n so has the cyclic pain.
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
I think you should give your full case. For the time being, if ARS ALB has helped earlier, you can take it again as before.

Based on the modalities of heaviness and pains in your breast, another remedy can be taken that is not inimical to Ars Alb.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
shall do so thanks. meanwhile gum near wisdom tooth inflamed badly today. Pericoronitis.Had taken Hepar Sulph once earlier. What shall I take now? Please help
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
I don't have your full case. I don't know the modalities of your gum problem nor I have any of your general symptoms.

Its not possible to suggest any remedy for your gum problem at this stage.

Hepar should help...so you can take it as before. I guess its been around 15 days you have taken Lachesis.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:
Female, 49 years, Freelance writer, married but no children
Restless, hardworking, cannot sit idle, emotional, love to be busy, try to be careful about what I eat, health conscious to an extent

Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experience and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering? State the correct location of pain or suffering.
Multiple things- started with heaviness and fullness in breasts, hot flashes and bloating, indigestion, pain below breast bone, feeling full after eating just a little, reflux, lack of energy, feeling tired n sleepy when I wake up in the morning instead of feeling fresh
Now some are better.

2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
Gum swelling near wisdom tooth- pericoronitis

3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
Frustration when the pain/ ailment continues, anxiety that it should not be anything serious, paranoid about hospitals

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.
Get fed up and feel helpless, fears that the ailment should be nothing serious, gloomy, worried, anxious

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease? What was happening in your life just before these symptoms were noticed?
some months ago- for both, the indigestion and pain near sternum and feeling full after eating a few morsel of food even if am hungry. And heaviness and fullness in breasts and bloating too, a few months ago.

6. What time of the day do you suffer the most? What time of the day /night do you feel most energetic and happy?
Nothing fixed, but usually night. I feel energetic and happy during the day.

7. What are the things that aggravate your suffering and those that ameliorate the same? Example: time, hot or cold application, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing, sweating, walking, climbing, stool etc.
Heat aggravates my suffering, closed doors, claustrophobic small places, lifts, make me feel worse. Like windows to be open, fresh air to come in, ad AC makes me feel better. Cannot wear tight clothes at all. Feel constricted and cant breathe.

8. Do you think your sufferings have direct relation to any particular external factor or are it something to do with your own biological changes?
May be hormonal changes at my age.

9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
Cold weather makes me feel better, but dull weather depresses me and makes me scared

10. Describe your general mental set up? Please pick out the adjectives which best describe your personality; (at least 10)
Nervous, Anxious, Shy, Worrying, Paranoid, Proud, Unsocial, Guilty, Depressed, Hypochondriac, Untidy, Weepy, Emotional, Impractical, Confused, Suspicious, Jealous, Timid, Aggressive, Headstrong, Forgetful, Follower, Insecure, Immature, Impulsive, Rigid, Restless, Feminine, Empathetic, Introverted.
Anxious, paranoid, aggressive, jealous, weepy(sometimes), confused, headstrong, emotional, impulsive, feminine, restless and emphatetic. Have a deep seated fear of flying and strangely it is getting worse as I grow older. Have cancelled flights owing to fear recently.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
Scared.and anxious before and during, and relieved after it is over.

- How do you respond to consolation during your tough times?
Some times I like it, at other times, I snap and am irritable

- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc.?
Yes, I hate noise and too much light.

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc?
No

- How do you get along with your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
Get along very well. I am a social person but have strong likes and dislikes. Hate people who are rude, liars and hypocrites. I tend to be judgemental

-What is your profession? Do you love your profession? What is your dream job?
I am a freelance writer. Journalist and love what I do. To be an actor. I do model and act, a bit here and there, but I basically crave for fame in anything I do.

-Did you have any bereavement in life? How has it affected you?
Yes lost my parents and sister, miss them but have learnt to cope

-Do you have any issues regarding your parenting by guardians?
None
-Can you remember any unfortunate incident in life that you want to forget?
Several small ones, but nothing major
-How do you respond to music? Do you feel better or worse mentally listening to music?
I love music, but somehow don’t have the habit of listening to it regularly. But when I do, I feel relaxed.

- What upsets you most in yourself and in others?
My impulsive nature which makes me do and say rude things at times, get angry easily, which I later regret. I hate liars, show offs and inconsiderate people.

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
I only worry of life without my husband, whom I love very much. Nothing else. But never dream about bad things, fortunately.

12. What do you crave in food items and what are your aversions?
I love sweets and must have something sweet daily. I crave for a cup of coffee at breakfast. I dislike vinegar, red meat

13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Excessive

14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal. But I cant bear hunger.

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
Vinegar, sour things I think

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Has increased since I entered peri menopause. Limbs and trunk I guess

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type? Do you have any abnormal smell in the urine?
Fairly normal and my bowel movement is OK, except some days when I have like an Irritable bowel syndrome and keep going repeatedly and feel stomach still not fully clear

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
Used to sleep very well till hot flashes began. Now erratic sleep on some nights. Get up in the morning tired and wanting to sleep more.

19. Do you think you are able to address your libido in general? Would you say your drive is low, normal or high?
Low to Normal

20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual sensation, thoughts or feelings? How are you different from others?
I am very intuitive. That is why get worried sometimes when I think of negative things.

21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
None. Only homeopathy. I dislike allopathy and cannot tolerate antibiotics as I have a weak stomach.

22. What major diseases have run in the family in the last two generations both sides?
Diabetes, heart failure. My mum died suddenly at 60 of a heart failure and my sister at 51. Of course sister had family issues so was depressed etc


23. Describe your overall appearance with respect to your BMI, skin type, muscular or flabby etc.
Fairly tall, now put on weight owing to peri menopause around my stomach and am unhappy about that, else am slim. Always been so and my appearance matters a lot to me. Skin is smooth, clear except for a bit of pigmentation now owing to age. Not muscular, but not flabby either. People don’t believe I am 49 they think am in my 30s.

24. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.
Appendicitis when I was 13

(For Females)
25. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe all irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc. as below:
- Are your periods generally regular, early or delayed? What is the usual cycle duration?
No periods since last 3 years. Last night had some spotting after so long, was having a about to start my periods kind of pain since Sunday eve

- Describe the sensations and locations of pain before, during and after the flow.
Not applicable

- How do you generally deal with your sufferings during periods? Do you have any non-medical way of relieving your suffering?
Earlier sued to take medicine and hot water bag

- What is the duration of flow? Is it heavy, medium or light?

- Do you observe clots?
Used to when I had my periods

- Do you have mid-cycle spotting? What are the days you have spotting?
Yes used to.

- Describe changes in your mental condition or any other peculiar symptom that surfaces before, during or after the flow.
Used to feel better after the flow

- Do your sufferings increase or decrease as soon as the flow begins?
Decrease I think except for stomach pain on first day
- Did you ever take birth control pills on a regular basis?
Never taken

- Have you ever been treated earlier or recently for any gynecological irregularity? Please describe.
None.
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
If you would like to start a treatment that covers all your acute and chronic problems, you may start with LACHESIS 30C three doses on a single day only, once in 4 hours.

I am suggesting 30C potency because you probably have swollen gums and we don't want any aggravation of physical symptoms.

Very Important: You must not take your morning coffee for at least three days..a day before, the day of taking the doses and the day after.

Let me know if your swollen gums got better in the next one week. Also, take notes of symptoms getting better.

Please follow the same dosing method as described earlier.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Many thanks. But taking Hepar Sulph for gums. Is that fine along with Lachesis? Also is this pills or liquid please?
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
No, please don't take Hepar Sulph in the same period.

Your totality lies in Lachesis for sure and this remedy also covers swollen gums. I am pretty sure your gums will get well.

One dose would be 3 drops of remedy in some 10 ml of water sipped up in empty stomach. No food or water one hour before or after taking the dose.

If you are already taking Hepar, then you have to wait till Hepar exhausts its action.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Thanks. Took it this morning.
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
It is a week today that I took lachesis. Feeling fine. In fact got my periods after 3 years. The symptoms had started after the earlier Lachesis dose 200c around April 25 but actually got them last week for about 5 days. Not very heavy though. There was a lot of discomfort and bloating before that. But has settled down now

Today I have severe acid reflux and indigestion. Actually since last night. Food is coming back in my mouth. Also been having a dull persistent headache since 3 days. Today woke up feeling tired and sleep, did not want to get up. Is Lachesis still likely to have effect and work? Or do I need to repeat it/ take any other medicine please?
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
Tell me exactly how did your old symptoms change after taking Lachesis?

Did you feel better and now you think your old symptoms are returning?

Apart from your return of periods, which is definitely a good response, what other symptoms did get ameliorated?

Based on your feedback, we will know if you would need to repeat Lachesis.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
I felt better as in, lighter, less bloating, fullness and heaviness of breasts reduced and got my periods. Other than that no discernible change.

now since last 3 -4 days am irritable, angry, dull headache and have indigestion n acid reflux. Although a bit better today as I skipped lunch yday and only ate fruits. Please advise.
 
Iamhealthy 8 years ago
You can repeat Lachesis as your mental state is calling for it.
 
rishimba 8 years ago

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