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Can Someone Take Over Case - Throat Issues

Ok here it is. Evocationer was not available.

I hope I have presented it well.

I will start with mental, emotional, then physical.

Mental: Sadness, Extreme depression, to the point
where I felt like I wasn't alive,
Lifeless,
hopeless, negativity in general, feeling
like I may never be happy in life, a great
lack of motivation from depression,
anxieties about purpose in life,
about work, about losing job, stress about
those same things. Felt like a failure.

Can have very low confidence at times, and
very high other times, can be brought down
very easily by others, by myself, I can be
my own worst enemy, can beat myself up
mentally, thinking about mistakes I've
made constantly, things that have bothered
me, focusing and remembering the negatives
more than the positive moments,
repeating them in my head, perfectionist
mentality.

Complain a lot about things, fussy, things
need to be a certain way, picky, picky
eater.



Emotional: Very angry in general, anger is a
familiar emotion, sadness, always felt
alone, no partner in life, feel empty.

Crying makes me feel better, sometimes,
not always. Sometimes crying angers me
more. Sensitive in general. Affected by
what people say.

Anger makes me want to smash something,
using fists, makes me "grrrr" or growl.
Makes me breath harder, seething.

Can embarrass easily some times.


Physical:

Throat - Esophagus: Lots of phlegm -
mucus, more like phlegm, thick, sticky,
clear, white color, hard to get out, have
to hawk up a few times till comes out,
sometimes it will get stuck when coming
out, stuck on tongue, or somewhere else on
mouth, have to pull it out. Just a lot of
phlegm all day, worse in morning, especially after breakfast,
or eating large amounts, better at night where there is almost
no phlegm, cannot swallow phlegm (impossible),
have to hawk up and spit out. A lot of throat clearing too.
Phlegm seems to come or start from the nasal area, or in between
nose and throat, and then it feels like it is moving down, so I
just pull it down and it goes to my throat but then I must expel
it out.

Sometimes it is mucus that is green in color, or a mix of green
and yellow, and it's small, like a small booger, very hard to
get it out. I have to cough a lot to finally hawk it up and out.
I end up almost losing my voice because of this one.

Difficulty in swallowing, like little pieces of food gets stuck,
have to drink something to pass it down, re-swallowing doesn't
always help.

Belches - Sour or Bitter belches, like belch in reversal, feels
like it comes up and goes back down, with undigested food or liquid,
happens a lot during and after meals. It's not a normal burp that
comes up and goes out providing relief, it's the opposite, comes
up and goes back down, sometimes hard to swallow.

Neck - stiff, hard to move around. The back as well.


Ok now I am going to summarize the physical symptoms in order and it
might help, because these symptoms are over a span of many years and
this might narrow down the remedy.

The disease started out with phlegm, then it progressed to the swallowing
difficulty, then progressed to the belches. So, it continued with all
the symptoms before it, just kept getting worse.

A lot of weight loss during this time, after swallowing problem and belching started due to inability to eat.

Body Overall: Always been thin, then got to very thin after inability to eat,
underweight, unhealthy looking.

Weird habits - Peculiars: I twitch a lot, twitch in the lips, to the point
where I can look down and see my lips, like im stretching my lips and making
a kissing face. Twitch in the face also, like twitching both cheeks.

I also spit a lot.

Cannot eat the amount I want to or need to. The symptoms get worse such
as the difficulty swallowing and belches and I cannot continue eating.
Inability to eat. I am eating half the amount I should be.


Other info: Hold grudges, hard to let things go, hard to forgive people,
hard to forget the past, especially forgive those that I do not know too
well. Very sensitive to music, sounds, hear things very well, sensitive
to noise. Big passion for music, it also helps me deal with things, feel better.

I can be very irritable, especially in the morning. Do not like to talk at
all, do not want to hear a sound at all.

Voice - I have always noticed my voice, felt self-conscious, always wanted it
to sound good. Desire to be a singer. But even before that desire, I have
noticed my voice even when talking and always been nervous about it.

Voice will crack at times. I will clear my throat a lot because of this or
because something is bothering me in the throat. Then the phlegm and mucus
starts and comes out. The mucus I was describing earlier, which was small and
green, I go through a coughing fit, which starts with the feeling like
if I talk, no sound will come out, it will crack and can't talk until I clear
it. I clear and clear and it barely comes out. I cough and clear and eventually
it will come out. I feel a lot better after that and voice goes back to normal.

STORY:

As far as when it began, it was right after getting my first IT job, my first serious job in the
line of work I choose to do for the rest of my life. It was an internship and I had to prove
myself to be kept and hired permanently and I was very worried. Felt that I wasn't doing a
good job and could blow the opportunity. Felt like I made too many mistakes and that I
wasn't smart enough, I was slow mentally, and felt stupid. Confidence went down a lot during
this time and desire to eat. When I am sad, troubled, worried, low confidence, I tend to eat
a lot less. Lose appetite. Lose desire to eat, just very small amount to survive.

I ended working there permanently and felt good that I was hired permanently. My confidence went
up for a while, but it was a very stressful environment for many reasons and I felt that I really never
got over my insecurities and confidence issues. Like I still wasn't very intelligent. Also, it involved
dealing with a lot of other people, different types, and talking a lot on the phone. I wasn't used to
this. It was hard, speaking in front of people, I was uncomfortable sometimes, dealing in stressful
situations. Also had problems with people within my department, more so than others. I worked
there for 3 years. I also felt that I didn't like my job, that I wasn't fulfilled continuing in this career.
Felt that I should do something creative, that I should do music for a living, which is what I am
still pursuing even now. To write songs for a living and to sing. I dreaded going to work everyday
and doing something that I was not passionate about and didn't like anymore.

I also didn't like talking about my problems. Kept them inside. Tried to deal with them myself. It's
hard for me to open up about the problems, even with people close to me, like parents, family, or
close friends. I don't know why. It's kind of like a sign of weakness to me. But whenever I do open
up to others, I usually feel better. Still hard to get to that point though. I ended getting laid off, I
got to a point where I was very angry, angry at myself, co-workers, what I was doing in life. I got
laid off and didn't work for a year looking for a job. Got very depressed and then got a job but the
same problems again. Then I quit after a few months. So, basically after this, my career and life
became very unstable. Getting fired or quitting very early on, unemployment, looking for work, anxiety
and more stress because of all of this. This is when the disease progressed. Progressed meaning
got worse and got the new symptoms of difficulty swallowing.

With all this instability and staying home depressed, I felt like a huge failure and big disappointment
to my parents. They didn't help either, made me feel worse when talking to them. Made me feel
worthless and useless. Like I was wasting my life. I felt like I should be dead, like I didn't deserve to
live, and didn't deserve to eat. Eating was always a reward or gift or something I enjoyed up until then.
Ended up eating less, the phlegm got a lot more and thicker, like I could choke on it. Almost did once
while driving. Had to pull over and let out phlegm for a few minutes, barely getting moments of breath in
between. That doesn't happen anymore but it was a very traumatizing experience, very scary. Some
people had to help me, it was very embarrassing too. After the symptoms of phlegm got worse, then the
difficulty swallowing started. I also thought a lot about death while I was at home and depressed. Thought
about all the ways I could die and at any moment, choking being one and feeling helpless in that situation.
This all happened around the same time. And had an unhealthy amount of thoughts of death and was
very scared, Not anymore but at the time it was bad.

The belching started after some allopathic doctors suggested I take some reflux controlling medications
and then had to stop because of side effects. While stopping and waiting for other meds, like about 2 weeks
or more of waiting, all my symptoms got worse, I could barely eat, and then these belches started that I
described earlier. They did not tell me this would happen and they had me stop taking meds all of a sudden.
It didn't even make sense for them to give me meds for acid reflux or silent reflux, whatever they call it,
because I did not feel any reflux. As you can see, there is nothing like that described in my story. But I was
desperate, I didn't know about natural medicine, or homeopathy back then.

Ok, well I think that's pretty much it all.

Please let me know if you need more details on something or have other questions.

Thank you so much in advance.
 
  tonybaloni33 on 2015-07-08
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
would you like me to look into your case now?
 
telescope 8 years ago
Yes,

please do Telescope.

Thank you.
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
you have described your mental and some physical symptoms very well. I need to know a few more things.
1.what major health issues are running in the family. 2. what diseases you had suffered before the present one. 3. what type of climate do you prefer (hot/cold/moderate) 4. how is your thirst ? 5 how is your bowel habit.
 
telescope 8 years ago
ok great.

1.) My dad has acid reflux, chronic heartburn. He has prostate issues as well. Urine doesn't come out sometimes. Nothing else really from my mom, dad, or my sister.

2.) Suffered no other diseases in my life.

3.) Moderate. Moderate to warm.

4.) Great thirst. Always had to sip water throughout the day.

5.) I guess its pretty regular. Everyday at least once. Especially since I'm on a vegetarian and healthy diet lately. Sometimes can be hard, but in general not bad, it can take a long time though. Slow moving. Like 20 to 30 min to finish. Always been like that.

At least once every day or two. I don't think it should be like this, should be more, like everyday twice to three times. That's what it used to be back when I was healthy.

Thanks
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
please take Arsenicum Album 200 only one dose. observe for 3 days and update. please avoid sour food and drinks as they will interfere with medicine.
 
telescope 8 years ago
Hi,

thanks so much for the recommendation. I should let you know though that I have taken ars album 1 M which was
given to me by a naturopathic doctor. It didn't do anything for me.

Although, he didn't say anything about not eating or drinking for 30 min before and after. I have no idea if I did or not. This was about a year ago probably. I might have drank water or even eaten. It was only one dose.

Anyway, let me know if I should still try it. I can get it tomorrow.

Thxxx again.
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
I think you should take it. when you took it last time was it taken alone or other medicines were also there ?
 
telescope 8 years ago
ok. No, it was taken alone.

I will get it today and take it.

Let you know in the next few days what happens.

Thx
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
Hey Telescope,

I wanted to give you an update since today is the 3rd day since I took Arsenic Alb.

I took it Thursday night. It didn't seem to do anything for the main symptoms I mentioned. The only difference I noticed was sometimes I woke up feeling like I slept longer in a good way, but still very hard to fall asleep and to get up. But that's just a side note.

Anyway, I wanted to ask you for advice on something. A while ago, over 6 months to a year. I went to a homeopath. She gave me Kali Bi-Chromicum. It did seem to relieve me of my symptoms for a few days to a week. She gave me one dose and I don't know what strength. She said I might have to come back 4 weeks later for another dose but I never went. I gave up on it at that point.

I was thinking that I could take it again since it's the only thing so far that I have taken that made progress.

First of all, what do you think about Kali Bi for me? Second can I take it tomorrow night after getting it. Tomorrow would be 4 nights gone by since Ars. Or should I wait a certain number of days?

I don't want to go against anything you recommend, but this was something I remembered and it could be my remedy maybe?

Also, as you know, my problem is affecting my eating ability and how much I can eat. We need to eat for survival and for energy and this is affecting me everyday of course. That's why I seem impatient and want your opinion on this.

I wanted to try Kali Bi 200 C and buy the 1M just in case we want to use it in the future after we see how the 200 goes.

Thanks.
[message edited by tonybaloni33 on Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:09:23 UTC]
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
Kali bichrome is used for tough mucous . you can use it again to see if it brings the same relief. it is a good thing that you remember it.
 
telescope 8 years ago
Hi Telescope,

just a quick update. I tried the Kali-Bi and I will give you a full update tomorrow. I am waiting another day to see how it goes.

Sometime tomorrow I will give you an update.
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
hello Telescope,

So im going to tell you what happened since last week.

I took the kali-bi 200c first and it helped with the mucous by reducing it and when I had it, it wasn't as bad. It wasnt as thick and tough to get out.

I then took 1m the next night. Things got worse and i was hoping it was a good sign and would get better the next few days. There was an increase in mucous and more of the greenish-yellowish mucus I mentioned, which is really hard to bring up and out.

So, I didnt take anymore and waited till the end of the week. Things stabilized and back to usual way. So, I decided to take another 1m which was for this week, so a week apart for the 1m remedies. After this 1m, I feel better, the green-yellow tough mucus has gotten less.

However, this is not really progress. This is like back to the usual problems. And besides, the mucus and phlegm are the least of my worries and problems. The eating is the worse and the related symptoms.

I'm ready for you to look at my case again please.

Thank you Telescope!
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
please buy sulphur 200 and Calcarea Carb 200. take one dose sulphur 200 preferably in the morning. avoid all sour food and drinks. update two days after taking sulphur.
 
telescope 8 years ago
Hey,

thank you. By the way, I have taken sulphur before. It was 200C and I might have even tried the 1m. However, Calcarea was one of the remedies that I had in mind yesterday when I was looking at my case again.

I was thinking Phos, Iod, and Calcarea. I felt Phos was pretty closely matching.

But anyway, may I ask out of curiosity why u selected sulphur to be followed by calc?

I will def try this. I have the sulp and I can get the calc.

Thx. Let me know as soon as you can.
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
you said that all problems started from your anxiety and tension at your work place. calcarea covers such situations very well. sulphur has been prescribed because calcarea works well after sulphur and sulphur cannot be given after calcarea. symptoms of sulphur and calcarea are very similar and people who need calcarea benefit from a dose of Sulphur before calcarea.
 
telescope 8 years ago
ok excellent. I will take Sulphur, probably tomorrow and let you know after 2 days. The day that I take it, that morning, that counts as a day right?

So, you want me to report the morning of the third day or the night of the 2nd?

I was just looking up something and I think I should really mention this also.

There is one way that I just realized to describe my voice and it's hoarseness. Remember when I said I want to be a singer and I always paid attention to my voice, even when talking, and I felt uncomfortable about the sound of my voice at times. This is why. The hoarseness. Worse in the mornings, right after I get up.

I can barely even talk in mornings.

It's rough, it's low, I can't really change pitch much (like go higher and lower, higher is especially difficult, my voice cracks easily and it can break (just come to a stop).
This is why it sounds monotone when I try to sing, or even when talking. I've actually been like this most of my life, meaning as soon as my voice changed as a pre-teen (around age 11-13). always had problems with my voice and worse in the mornings. I've always felt that I cannot talk much, like my voice gets tired very easily, tired and weak, not like a normal person.

I know that Calc has some indications of these things I mentioned right? So, I will definitely try it but I just wanted to share this with you in case it makes you think of something else and you wanted to re-examine? Let me know.

Also, do you want me to take it on empty stomach in morning or doesnt matter?

Thanks again!
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
hoarseness of voice without pain is in most cases Causticum. the other features of your case can also be covered by Causticum. so now we have a problem : calcarea or Causticum ? buy both calcarea and Causticum in 200 potency.we will decide after observing the action of sulphur. update on the third morning.
 
telescope 8 years ago
ok cool!

I took the Sulphur 200 this morning. will let you know on 3rd morning. I'll have both ready.

Thx Tele
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
Hey Tele,

I'm going to get the remedies. It's the third morning after Sulphur 200. I haven't noticed any change.

Let me know. Thanks.
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
OK. get the remedies.
 
telescope 8 years ago
I got them. Which one should I take?

Thx
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
take Causticum first. only one dose
 
telescope 8 years ago
Ok cool.

How long should we wait?
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago
you will get some action within 24 hours. the main action of Causticum is on the nervous system. it should act on your voice by tomorrow.
 
telescope 8 years ago
Hey Telescope!

So, I wanted to give you an updated. I pretty much took Causticum around the same time as now 24 hrs ago.

My voice does seem better. I woke up with my throat feeling better too. Not as dry, or raw and not as hoarse. Although, it was still a little hoarse, but I don't expect that to go away so soon.

Anyway, I also noticed an increase in appetite since I woke up. I am getting hungry more often now, which is a good sign, because before my appetite was much less.

So, let me know what you think. Should I repeat or wait a few days?

Thanks again!
 
tonybaloni33 8 years ago

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