pcos help

Hi,

I've had PCOS since I was in my teens and I popped a cyst when I was 18 (now 26) and for the past 8 years I have been on birth control. I've tried getting off of it but when I do I get no periods and terrible acne and oily skin that I pretty much have to go back on it. I am finally getting off of birth control pills as I want to take the homeopathic approach.

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.
PCOS, irregular periods, acne (if not on birth control)

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

Apart from PCOS, irregular or no periods, and acne, I have digestive issues- consitpation, inflamed sinuses, extremely bad circulation- my feet are always frozen and hands are always cold.


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.
Frustrated, cranky, want to be left alone.

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
A cyst burst in my ovary when I was 18 and x rays etc were done to prove that I had a cyst burst.

6. Which time of the day you are worst?


7. What are the things that aggravate your suffering and those that ameliorate the same? Example: time, temperature, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing etc.
I hate being in cold temperatures, dairy seems to make my sinuses worse. I am a vegetarian.


8. Do you think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
Nope, I've lived in the same area my whole life.

9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
I feel great during warm weather, not humid though.

10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
I am moody, get anxiety easily, and easily irritated.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
I love thunderstorms, I feel very comforted by them.

- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
Yes, especially knowing that someone cares for me.

- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
bright lights make my eyes hurt.

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc?
I seem to cry easily.

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
a bit disturbed with a dysfunctional family, i've had lots of anger issues and tend to yell and get angry very often even if I dont want to.

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?
sweets-pastries,

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

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

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
if its too acidic, I get acid reflux very easily.

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
sometimes after sleeping my head has lots of sweat, otherwise while exercising it varies

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
I have digestive issues, I tend to be constipated

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
I like sleeping on my side

19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
yes

20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings? How are you different from others?
I don't think in a straight line as many people do.

21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
birth control which I now want to stop after this cycle is over.

22. What major diseases are running in your family?
diabetes from fathers side, and heart disease on mothers side

23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
I'm 5'7, 120 lbs, I tend to workout a lot but somehow it's always been very difficult for me to tighten my body and lose the loose skin and cellulite even though I am not fat.

(For Females)
24. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe the irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc.
I tend to be very irregular without birth control pills and have oily skin and pimples. I tend to get depressed few days before my period starts and flow is not heavy not light, there is clotting

25. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.