Help for headache and sore throat

Thanks so much for your response. I actually tried belladonna last night and it seemed to help but I probably haven't taken it often enough. I will increase the times that I take it. Thanks again.

Hi Minsa or anybody, my symptoms have changed a little so I want to update you and see if I need a different remedy now.

I have laryngitis that started yesterday afternoon.

My sore throat continues although it seems a little less painful right now and is brighter red instead of dark red.

I don't have a fever.

My eyes hurt a little and they are a little red. I have a slight headache above my eyes. My cheeks around my nose/under my eyes hurt a little.

I am a little more tired today than I was yesterday. Yesterday I seemed to have a burst of energy for while.

The neck stiffness is mostly gone.

Should I continue on the Belladonna or use a new remedy?

I forgot to add that I have a slightly runny nose and sinus drainage in the back of my throat.

Thanks Minsa. I will go get those remedies tomorrow and give them a try.

Hello again. Minsa, I did not get the remedies you suggested last because my symptoms had changed by Sunday morning and I wasn't sure if those would be the right ones anymore.

Saturday night when I went to bed I coughed a dry cough intermittently for about 3 hours before I slept peacefully. Then I slept for a while and had a fit of constant coughing from 6 to 7 am. But then I slept a very peaceful healing kind of sleep for another hour and a half and woke up feeling great. Just a little tired but feeling definitely on the mend. Part of the reason why I didn't get the remedies.

I did have a bit of wheezing in the morning yesterday.

Then yesterday late afternoon or evening I began to cough again. It got very bad while I was putting my kids to bed to where I had to not read stories, etc.

After that it seemed that whenever I breathed in, I would cough. I coughed through an entire movie while I tried everything I could think of--hot drink, cold water, an herbal throat lozenge, salty food, gargling with salt water. I went to bed and continued to cough constantly for close to an hour. So by now had been coughing constantly for about four hours.

It calmed down to be more intermittent for a couple of hours and then I may have gotten 3-4 hours of more peaceful sleep with an occasional cough until I had a worse fit around 6:30 am.

What can I do? I really hesitate to take any cough syrup. My daughter is still nursing and after my having had an allergic reaction to a sulfa drug last November (which is what brought me to this forum) she was green and pale and vomiting for weeks after, so I really have stayed away from any over the counter or prescription drugs. However, this cough is stubborn and persistent and I can't continue to cancel my work obligations which all involve extensive talking.

I am going to the doctor today for my yearly gynecological exam and I am going to have her listen to my chest while I am there just to be sure what is all going on there. But I really would appreciate any suggestions for this cough.

I also have the headache back again. But it really isn't as bothersome as the cough.

No fever. Slightly sore throat. Muscles near ribs and chest ache from coughing.

One or two more things to add. The cough is a bit more productive now after getting up and taking a shower. I am wheezing again this morning as well.

Hi Minsa, thanks for responding. When I went to the doctor's yesterday, she listened to my chest and said that it sounds fine.

I had my first night since Friday where I was able to sleep more than three hours at a time. Still coughing, but at least allowed to get some rest. Of course it woke me at 6 AM with a fit, but I think the mucus is breaking up now.

I will try your natural cough remedies and get the other homeopathics.

Thanks.

Hi MInsa, just another update for you. I took another dose of belladonna.

My throat is less red and sore now. Still have the coughing at night and I am getting ready to try your remedies before I go to bed.

I had a different kind of headache today and it is the kind in which it hurts worse to stoop and hurts upon standing up in the forehead/eyes area. It is best when I am sitting down. It may be related to my having a lot of cheese yesterday along with some pudding. I don't handle cow's milk products very well. But also it was a cloudy rainy day here until mid afternoon when it turned steamy and hot.

Hi Minsa, the headache is gone now (for now anyway). My throat is sometimes sore but usually just at the end of the day the last day or so.

The lemon and honey has really helped. My coughing fits are much shorter and the mucus is breaking up a little.

I have some sneezing and nasal discharge that is clear right now.

Thanks for your reply.

I am mostly doing better. I still have a slight headache and occasional sore throat just about every day.

Today I have been irritable and I have a sore neck and shoulder and back on the left side. I am thinking it is a pulled muscle that was aggravated by the coughing or something.

I took belladonna again today when the headache came and it seemed to help it and the soreness in my neck and shoulder isn't as bad either.

I don't have a fever anymore. I think I am definitely on the mend. It's just a stubborn sore throat like I've not had in a long, long time or ever.

Hi Minsa,

I read about Bryonia and it did sound like it may fit because sometimes the throat does seem worse after a stressful or emotional time period. So I tried it . . . . and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

I do think the cold is better, but the soreness in the throat just hangs on with occasional sneezing and yellowish or clear mucus in my nose.

So I am hoping that our trip to the ocean will help. I have always heard that sea air is helpful for some things? I don't really know because I don't live anywhere near an ocean, but I guess I will find out in the next few days.