For Dr. Rishimba - Probably it is phosphorus.

Dear Dr Rishimba,
I am sending my case after suitable adding and editing for your kind lookup.

I would request you to kindly help out.
Regards
SS Sankhla

I had consulted a few Homeopaths, they gave me remedies which I was unware of. The last homeopath I have seen gave me Ars Album. I am not sure of the potency. But discontinued due to return of problem after being better for some time. Meanwhile came to know of this site and put the symptoms in to the Remedy Finder software. The software suggests me that I need Natrum Mur. In fact due to limited knowledge about homeopathy I had put most of my physical sysmptoms. But after reading the profile of NAT MUR person, some how I had a doubt and I asked the froum. One of the doctors (Dr. Rishimba) suggested that I should take Phos-200 and wait upto 2 months to see the results.
After taking phosphorus, I had increased vertigo, itching and skin eruptions, restlessness, headache, increased gas and pain in the abdomen. As I did not have much knowledge about homeopathy, I might have taken things a little too serious.
In case it was normal to have these symptoms (some of old symptoms returning, some existing symptoms getting worse and some new symptoms) even after 20 days of taking Phosphorus ?
Then we changed to Lycopodium-200 once per week for three weeks and then Nat Mur-30 for 4 days. Lycopodium did not do any good to me. But Nat Mur showed good results for first 3 days and then there were totally new symptoms (white cough, which was not easy to expel, asthma like symptoms, difficulty in breathing, itching and eruptions on the chest and neck area, thick discharge, loss of appetite etc.,gas in the abdomen and rectum, pain in anus). When I fed these symptoms to Remedy Finder here, it showed sulphur.
Due to frustration and fear that I might end up doing some really serious damage, I stopped all medications for next one month. Meanwhile I gathered some knowledge (whatever little) about symptoms, grading, repertorisation and materia medica of some of the medicines.
I fed the symptoms again after this cooling down, on the homeoint and abchomeopathy sites and both of them showed Phosphorus. The interesting point here is that Natmur is again shown in top 5 remedies. Other remedies were Sulphur, Pulsatilla and Calcaria Carbonica
I wrote to the forum but no reply came. You seem to be off the site these days. After it became cold and wet in Delhi I again started having headache and nose block. Gas and skin eruptions subsided.
My nose block actually becomes so severe that it becomes difficult to breathe, so I gave another chance to Phos-200. I took on 9th of July. The reactions this time were not that severe and I was feeling a little better when I got drenched in the rain and caught cold. The nose BLOCKED again, with headache, vertigo, sleepiness during the day and not able to sleep at night. Discharge was thick watery alternating with thick, sticky, yellowish white. I thought it might actually go automatically, but it did not go and that is when I put the posting regarding my acute nose block. In a sense the nose block was not acute as I keep getting it on and off.
I am putting my symptoms as follows in a modified form
Regards
SS Sankhla


1. Name – SS Sankhla
2. Sex - Male
3. Age - 44 years
4. Height - 5 feet 7 inches
5. Weight - 70 kgs

My main ailment are,
1. Blocked nose all the time. The discharge varies from thin watery to, thick whitish yellow, greenish yellow or yellow. There is tendency to blow the nose frequently. There is normally no cough even during the blocked nose and dischrge from the nose.
2. Headache/Vertigo Severe – Starting around 9-10 AM going upto 3-4 PM (Can we say it morning ? forenoon ? afternoon ? with the sun ? during daytime ? Or because of cold in the A/C room ?). It feels like somebody clutching my head by forks from top and sqeezing. Headache could be forehead, back of head and vertex or all of them and sometimes extends upto the shoulders.
3. Suddenly loosing senses/control despite trying hard to keep awake and falling asleep for 2-3 minutes while sitting in the office, this happens during the same period as the headache. Sometimes I loose control while discussing things with somebody face to face. It only happens, when sitting in my room and while moving around or outside.
4. No proper sleep during night, wakes up with slightest disturbance and then it becomes hard to go to sleep. Does not wake up refreshed in the morning and does not want to wakeup.

Background and other Symptoms:
Started with very poor background with family barely managing two ends meet. Always wanted to be successful and change the world. Did hard work and got into premier institute, achieved success more than peers. Reached at almost the top in big PSU at the age of 34. Was respected for technical, interpersonal and presentation skills. Changed jobs twice during 20 years. Last change in 2001 as CEO of a startup company at excellent terms and later became Director of the same company. Showed good growth, but no profits during first year. Terms changed later on due to difference of opinion with the promoter (old Indian business house – can not call them professionals). Unable to find top job and not ready to join at lower levels, so continuing with current job against wishes.
Sense of being cheated.
Tried starting own consultancy, but left twice after even though had small orders in hand, due to fear of losses and lack of courage.
Treats juniors well, but does not get well with seniors these days. Does not like to harm anybody. Sympathetic and accommodating normally but becomes angry and irritated easily these days. Some times the accommodation will be detrimental to my own disadvantage. After joining the above company, I started feeling insecure and developed great anxiety and fear about future, which is still continuing.
People say that I divulge too much and trust too much. I will sometimes tell certain things, which people use to take advantage or harm me. So I have stopped trusting people too much. Even then this spilling of thoughts or plans occurs most of the time.
A lot of times people whom I have helped and some of them, whom I have virtually created (professionally) also come to harm me.
Everybody comes for advice to me, they all respect me but mostly they take me for granted. I think I have to keep a little distance from people. Sometimes a try hard to do that, but can’t help it.
I have great anxiety about family and children (the fear of future might actually have something to do with it).
Due to this I used to be very depressed and sad, which has turned into indifference (well, we will see what happens…).
I have always been a bold and quick decision maker, but confused, at cross roads right now. What to do ? I have tried to secure a good job, but of no avail. I always keep thinking about starting on my own, but then a question mark with fear comes from somewhere. Shall I ? I might not be able to get orders (Low self confidence) ?

I have always been a topper my class and could remember things very well, word by word, sentence by sentence and how and where the sentence is written on the page and paragraph. It has all changed now. I forget things too often. Don’t remember peoples names and phone numbers. While speaking will start struggling to remember proper word like ‘err…what shall we say….” I think it is all because my mind is not getting proper oxygen or nutrients, due to the nose block/headache.
I try to maintain reasoning and discipline with everything, including food, life style, children, office. Likes to take control and do things systematically. Gets offended/ hurt/sad if the work is not carried out as per his direction/wishes. A bit haughty. Normally do not give in to unreasonable arguments and actions. Sometimes I will also criticize the boss, if he is going out of the set system (foolishness ?). And if by any chance I tolerate this, it will keep on haunting me for quite some time.
Have been a reserved child from very beginning (I think it could not be shy) and do not like to speak unnecessarily (people call it arrogance). Interaction for official /work related issues is however good. Although I like to make friends, but can hardly keep up with the network and sometimes get bored with monotonous topics.
Very impatient and likes to see the results fast.
I used to be single minded person. If decided and convinced of worthyness of some cause or project, I will do whatever (in positive sense) to achieve it. These days this zeal is missing. Even though I want to be the way I used to be, I simply do not take actions or effort to achieve.
My mind is still very strong, but the circumstances point me that I might be loosing control of things.
I have consulted ENT specialist and he has told me that I have Nasal Polyps and He has suggested me to undergo surgery for the same. Opening of my left nose is smaller than the right one.
I catch cold very easily with every change in weather and temperature.
Mucus membrane in my nose swells (inflames ?) very easily and blocks the passage. I can see it even in the mirror, both walls of the nostril collapse on each other. Since I have Polyps already, this blockage does not leave any space for air and it becomes difficult to breathe.
My work requires me to sit in the A/C environment whole day. I feel very uncomfortable in this cold environment and go out of office at least 2-3 times. As soon as I get out there is a feeling of getting “defrosted” and there is a shivering and chill running out from head to toe as soon as I come out in the sun. I feel better in the sun. At night I have to cover my head but the rest of the body prefers cooler environs than the head. While sitting in the A/C, sole of my feet becomes hot and a bit of sweat. As a result I remove the shoes and then feet start becoming cold. They swell and become heavy, may be because of suppression of sweat ?
I have noted sometimes that once I get into my car (which is parked in the sun and is warmer/hotter than the environment inside the office) that my nose starts to retract to the normal position, making it better). However humid/damp hot weather makes it worse. If the air current from the A/C is directly hitting the face for sometime, my nose gets a little better, just to allow me to breathe. But once the head becomes cold, it again blocks.
The cold is felt mostly on my head and external part of the ear. The second is extremities of hands and feet.
Normally I have good appetite. There is slight gas and light pain in the abdomen near lower ribs. I normally eat both sweet and salty things, perhaps more salty than sweets, but not mad about anything. Don’t like chineese (no offences meant) as also too oily things. Sour things normally do not go well with me and produce gas. I normally like milk to be warm and water to be cool (not too cold). I used to like chicken and mutton, but with the medication, some times I feel uncomfortable with them. Don’t like to eat outside. During the day I take water at least every hour or so, totaling around 4-5 litres.
Stool is normally browinish yellow. Sometimes hard and thin and sometimes soft. There is gas with the stool. I normally use one glass of cool (not so cold, but cooler than room temperature) water to enable the bowel movement.
Urine color is from clear as water, pale yellow to saffron yellow.
As a teenager I used to have lots of pimples and acne on the face as also herpetic eruptions near eyes and sides and tip of nose. Skin itching and eruptions, on whole of body. Skin eruptions like nettle rash, starting small and then enlarging and merging into each other. Worse wool and scratching. These skin affections went away after my marriage (any explanation ?). The skin eruption returned around 5 years back after around 15 years. I took allopathic medicine for around 15 days and they went away. However the itching and rashes again appeared with severity after I started homeopathic medicine, particularly Phosphorus. I also have dandruff, normally during winters.
I have got warts on the left side of my neck, round, soft and fleshy. One of them is around 4 mm in dia. Other three are around 1.5 mm each. The size seems to be getting smaller after Phosphorus. It becomes limp and wrinkled.
I have moles, which are a little raised from the rest of the skin on the nose, on cheek bone and also under hair on the scalp and side near the right ear. These warts and moles have developed around 8 years back. As far as the moles are concerned, they have been transformed from pimple like growth with pus. (Sycosis ?).
My hair used to be very thick, dense, black. I had shifted to Mumbai (Salty and humid) from north India (dry). Since then the hair has become thin. The color is still black. My beard and moustache are grey compared to my hair. My father had his hair still black when he died aged around 68.
My teeth are strong and off-white color. Normally do not have bad breath. But when I took Phosphorus for the first time I had a thick yellowish coating on the tongue, bad breath, teeth became a little looser from the gums. Otherwise my tongue is pinkish red with a thin whitish layer. The tongue is wider than normal. It has varicose veins on the lower side (not top).
My eyes have near and far number (L +0.25/-0.50, R +0.50/-0.75) as well as cylindrical. I feel tired/sleepy while reading from a book, although reading from the computer screen is not that much bad. Some times while reading, I will sleep within 10 minutes, even with the specs on. However if I am reading some interesting novel/story/topic, I can continue throughout the night. When there is headache, it extends upto just above the eyes.
Had TB in the glands below the neck/near color bone around 6 years back, for which took allopathic medicine for 6-7 months.
From the outer appearance, I look very composed, upright (may be stern) and healthy.