Severe Anxiety _{Page 2 of 2}

Oops, that last message got sent before I was finished. Here are my recent mental and

physical symptoms in order:



26 Sep 2008
Severe depression & anxiety
Mood swings
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea

(All measurements are upon waking unless otherwise indicated)
Saliva pH: 6.6
Basal body temp: 97.9
Blood pressure: 106/64
Pulse: 68
Weight: 139.5
Mood throughout the day on a scale of 1-10: 3-7


29 Sep 2008
Depression & anxiety
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea
Itchy all over, mostly in extremities
Severe felt temperature changes (e.g., felt very hot, 2 hrs later felt very cold, etc.)

Saliva pH: ?? [Ran out of litmus paper]
Basal body temp: 98.0
Blood pressure: 114/72
Pulse: 80
Weight: 138.5

Period started 28 Sep
Heavy menstrual flow


01 Oct 2008
Severe depression
Anxiety
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea
Itchy all over, mostly in extremities
'Felt' temperature changes (e.g., felt very hot, 2 hrs later felt very cold, etc.)
Anger

Basal body temp: 97.8
Blood pressure: 108/64
Pulse: 68
Weight: 139.5
Mood: 2-4


02 Oct 2008
Depression & anxiety
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea
Itchy all over, mostly in extremities
Severe felt temperature changes

Basal body temp: 98.0
Blood pressure: 101/59
Pulse: 71
Weight: 137.0
Mood: 4-5


03 Oct 2008
Depression & anxiety
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea
Very itchy all over, mostly in extremities
Very severe felt temperature changes

Basal body temp: 97.8
Blood pressure: 100/57
Pulse: 64
Weight: 136.5
Mood: 4-5


04 Oct 2008
Depression & anxiety
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea
Itchy all over, mostly in extremities
Severe felt temperature changes

Saliva pH: 5.75
Basal body temp: 98.0
Blood pressure: 104/64
Pulse: 72
Weight: 135.8
Mood: 3-6


05 Oct 2008
Mild depression & anxiety
Mild insomnia
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea
Itchy all over, mostly in extremities
Felt temperature changes

Saliva pH: 6.5
Basal body temp: 97.6
Blood pressure: 96/58
Pulse: 73
Weight: 136.7
Mood: 4-5



06 Oct 2008
Depression & anxiety
Mild insomnia
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea
Mildly itchy all over, mostly in extremities
Mild felt temperature changes

Saliva pH: 5.5
Basal body temp: 98.0
Blood pressure: 107/68
Pulse: 60
Weight: 136.3
Mood: 3-5


07 Oct 2008
Mild depression & anxiety
Mild insomnia
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea

Saliva pH: 6.0
Basal body temp: 97.6
Blood pressure: 109/70
Pulse: 65
Weight: 136.0
Mood: 4-5


08 Oct 2008
Depression & anxiety
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Acne & rosacea

Saliva pH: 6.5
Basal body temp: 98.0
Blood pressure: 98/57
Pulse: 75
Weight: 136.0



09 Oct 2008
Severe depression
Anxiety
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Acne & rosacea

pH, etc: Too depressed to take notes


11 Oct 2008
Very severe depression
Anxiety
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Acne & rosacea


12 Oct 2008
Very severe depression
Anxiety
Anger
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Acne & rosacea


13 Oct 2008
Very, very severe depression
Constant weeping
Anxiety
Anger
Constant runny nose & itchy, painful eyes
Acne & rosacea

Saliva pH: 6.5
Basal body temp: 96.9
Blood pressure: 115/79
Pulse: 78


14 Oct 2008
Very, very severe depression
Constant weeping
Anxiety
Anger
Constant runny nose
Acne & rosacea
Tingling in hands and feet


15 Oct 2008
Very severe depression
Anxiety
Constant runny nose
Acne & rosacea
Neck & shoulder pain
Numbness in finger

Saliva pH: 6.0
Basal body temp: 97.6
Blood pressure: 106/63
Pulse: 75
Weight: 135.5


16 Oct 2008
Mild depression
Mild anxiety
Mood much better
Insomnia
Runny nose
Acne & rosacea

Saliva pH: 7.0
Weight: 136.5


17 Oct 2008
Depression
Anxiety
Bad mood
Weakness/fatigue
Runny/stuffy nose
Sore throat
Neck & shoulder pain
Acne & rosacea

Saliva pH: 6.5
Basal body temp: 97.6
Blood pressure: 104/65
Pulse: 78
Weight: 137.5



I hope this is what you need. Please reply asap! Thank you very much!!!!

Tatiana

19 Oct 2008

Severe anxiety
Mild depression
Runny nose
Poor skin
Shoulder pain
Back pain


Saliva pH: 6.5
Basal body temp: 98.2
Blood pressure: 104/63
Pulse: 101
Weight: 135.2


Please respond asap. Thanks!

Tatiana

22 Oct 2008

Symptoms:

Severe depression
Severe anxiety
Severe insomnia
Bad mood
Anger
Lethargy .. just want to give up
Frustration
Back, neck, tooth and shoulder pain
Poor skin
Poor circulation

pH etc: Don't really care.. don't feel like taking measurements


I NEED HELP!!!!! Are you going to help me????? Please!!!!! I can't stand it any longer.

I ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT let myself get worse/extremely bad & suicidal again. I have not taken any medications, but I need SOMETHING. This can not go on.

Please, please, please reply. It is so frustrating not hearing anything at all!!!

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Tatiana

please please help me!!!! someone!!!! anyone!!!!

tatiana

Current symptoms:

Very severe depression
Very severe anxiety
Very severe insomnia
Etc., (see above)


Help!!!


Tatiana

Hello,

I've been reading books and studying homeopathy on my own, and I think I may by Medorrhinum. Any thoughts or ideas on this, anyone?

Any ideas on dosage/potentcy?

Thanks!

Tatiana

Thanks for the replies and advice.


Raphael: I am generally a chilly person, I guess, but I live in Arizona where its very very hot. I hate that. I have lived in cold climates, and I enjoyed the snow and rain, and the cold didn't bother me much. (Except when it was REALLY cold. ;-) )

I guess that's not much of an answer, though. I guess I would say I'd prefer to live in a cooler climate than in a very hot one.


Dr. Haran: What potency of Hypericum?


Thanks so much!

Tatiana

Also, this question is to any homeopath / doctor / expert etc. who reads this.

Do you agree or disagree that I am a Medorrhinum? Why or why not?

Thanks!!


Tatiana

Interesting....

So what do you think I should do/take/whatever right now? Do you agree with Dr. Haran on the Hypericum?

Thanks so much!!

Tatiana

Raphael,

Thanks so much for the reply. The thing is, I've already taken Arsenicum Album, but in a much smaller potency (30c). And it did nothing. Zero. If it were my simillimum, wouldn't it do something, anything, even at that small dose?

(But its true I have not yet tried Phosphorus. I bought it, at 30c potency, but I never took it.)

Also, I took Conium 200c, and that did a LOT. It probably removed one of those layers or something. But then of course it wore off or something and I was very sick again.

So basically I don't know where I am right now. It's so very frustrating, especially since there are so many conflicting viewpoints!! I thought homeopathy was supposed to be simpler than this.

What do you think?

Thanks again,
Tatiana

Dr. Tahira,

You replied. Hallelujah!!


Urine: Very frequent. Probably because I drink a lot (a real lot) of water. Its even more frequent if I drink beer, of course.

Frequent urging. Sometimes I have a very extreme urge to urinate which is a problem when I'm trying to go somewhere or run errands. Also I sometimes feel like I need to use the bathroom, and then I find there is only a little urine or even none at all.

Usually it is clear, unless I take vitamins (once in awhile lately I take B vitamins). Then its yellow. Sometimes it smells yeasty, but not usually.


Stool: One to 3 times per day. About half the time, it's er.., banana or cucumber shaped, medium to dark brown, and easy to pass. The other half the time it is usually too soft. Sometimes, but rarely, it is black and hard.


Appetite: Good, but I have trouble eating (gathering the will to eat, or to get up and get something to eat) when I'm very depressed. All too often I only eat one meal a day. Then I get ravenously hungry in the evening, am too tired to cook anything, and I end up eating junk food (potato chips). [Which reminds me, I better make something to eat as soon as I'm done with this email.] I do try to eat more, and am proud of myself when I do eat 2 or 3 meals a day. I think I feel happier and better overall when I eat.

Also, my appetite is much decreased when I'm on my period. (I still try to get in at least 1 decent meal a day, though.)


Digestion: Seems good. I don't really feel like I have heartburn or stomachaches much. Rarely, like when I have the flu, but that's pretty much it.


Past infections: I had really bad sinus infections about 8 years ago (around the same time this whole problem started). I had never had that kind of thing before – I had never taken penicillin before, because I never needed to. (Though some years before that I did take antibiotics for acne.) I would get a very bad sinus infection (at least that what I think/thought it was) and it wouldn't go away, and I would get a prescription from my Dr. for Amoxocillin. Then it might go away for a week or two or three, and then it would come back, just as bad or worse. And I'd have to go back to my doctor and get another prescription. And then another, for more, stronger antibiotics. Soon enough, she didn't want to give me any more prescriptions for antibiotics, and she said maybe I had something else, or something. I'm not really sure what she said, because it didn't really make sense to me. I think neither of us (neither my doctor nor I) knew what was wrong. But anyways after awhile, they finally went away. But for about 6 months it seemed like I was having a very bad sinus infection like every couple of weeks. It was awful.

I had the Chicken Pox as a child. I was vaccinated for most other viruses (measles, mumps, rubella, whatever) as a small child or baby.


If you need any more info, please let me know. And Thank You So Much for replying -- I really have a lot of confidence in you. (If only you weren't so busy!! ;-) )


Looking forward to hear your reply,
Tatiana

Dear Dr. Tahira,

Thank you so much for the quick reply. I really appreciate it.

Worst time of day or night... Hmm...

You know, some of these questions are a bit hard to answer because my symptoms have changed so much in the past several months (and several years, and even several weeks). But I'll do my best.

So here goes.


1. Time of agg: Lately, I have been getting more depressed in the late afternoon/evening/night. (I try to stave this off by going out and dancing or meeting friends.) I get sore throats and headaches upon waking in the morning. And I just hate to wake up in the morning (I always have). I'm definitely not a morning person. Usually, and definitely before I got sick, I was a night person. Happier at night, less symptoms (I presume), and I never (still) want to go to sleep! So my answer would be morning.


2. Fixed thoughts in mind: Well, I am and have always been very open-minded. I'm that way naturally, and I work to keep an open mind as well. For example, I am not rigid in my thinking against (or for) people with varying sexual preferences (e.g., homosexuality), various races, religions, etc. I actually try to learn about different ideas and beliefs, because I find that oftentimes they can be interesting and wise. And I am a very curious person. Now, sometimes I get a thought stuck in my head, like who should be the next President of the United States, but then, don't we all sometimes?? ;-) So my answer would be no – no fixed thoughts in my mind.


3. Factors that increase anxiety or depression: I've come to the conclusion that its different for both. I often get very anxious when I go places, even to the grocery store just down the street, when I'm at my worst. But I get very depressed when I can't go places, and when I'm bored, lonely (lonely is a big one), depressed (depression leads to more depression), that kind of thing. And of course my anxiety and depression are always worse just before and during my period. So my answer would be: Anxiety – worse going places. Depression – worse not going places, loneliness. Both – worse before and during period.


4. Forgiveness vs. holding a grudge: Of course I try to be a forgiving person. And I think I am. I know holding things in is bad for my health. I guess it depends on the severity of the offense, but I can usually forgive. But sometimes it's hard. And it depends on my mental state as well – if I'm depressed, tense or angry, I am less apt to forgive. So I guess my answer would be, for smaller, more everyday things, I'm forgiving. For bigger things (such as when my “very best friend” of 10 years turned against me at the worst possible time), it takes awhile.


5. Sensation in body: I'm not sure if I understand the question. Other than my symptoms (for example, right now I have menstrual cramps, does that count?), I would say no. I don't have any weird sensations like some I've read about on the site – bugs crawling up and down my legs, my legs turning to ice, feeling out of my body, etc. So I suppose my answer is no.


6. Hot or chilly: I live in the desert, and I think when I answered this question before on this forum (a question from another homeopath) I may have said I was a hot person. But truthfully, that's only when its very hot here. Usually I am a chilly person, and I feel better when I go inside where its warm. (Note: I like it to be warm, not hot!! Not 100-110 degrees F!!) But I am definitely not a sun-worshipper. I love the rain, hate the wind, and delight in a rare snow. But in all honesty I would say that I am definitely a chilly person.


Thanks so much, and let me know if you have any more questions. I am always so happy to hear from you.

Sincerely,
Tatiana

Hi,

Well, I went off my antidepressents (Zoloft and Lamictal) on your advice, back when I was feeling much better from taking Conium.

Now I'm very depressed again. My doctor prescribed Lexapro. Should I take it? Or, what should I do?

Tatiana