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Need help restoring normal heartbeat ( A -FIB )

A very good Questionnaire (Set of Questions)



Patient ID: Sex: Age: Female ~ 61 yrs young

Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering? Diagnosed in hospital with ATRIAL FI BRILLATION fast irregular beat and mild CHF
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
(Initially I had wheezing, shortness of breath which prompted me to visit a local clinic - they noticed rapid heart, took EKG, it proved A FIB, they told me to go to ER. ER tried to get heart normal, admitted me when they couldnt, put me on drugs, including Lasix ( which I occasionally take if feeling puffy hands) and Warfarin which I stopped after 2 weeks because of terrible diarrea. I take aspriin daily instead and hope I'll be okay.

Unremitting FATIGUE : exhausted to the point I cannot function..the simplest tasks feeling too much to attempt. I go days without leaving the house.
* DEPRESSION




3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
Anxiety, I can feel my heart rapidly beating in my side and it makes me feel wound up, nervous..I just want it to settle down.
Pale complexion, weak, have at times lightedheadedness comes and goes, dont trust my self to go far in public,fear of passing out
Pressure/buzzing in my head
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
very scared

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
Compounded heartbreak last 5 -7 yrs...
MAJOR HIGH EMOTIONAL STRESS CULMINATING IN THE DEATH OF BOTH MY PARENTS
GRIEF

EARLY CHILDHOOD ABUSE /TRAUMA
being beaten and perpetually punished as a child
frightened, worried unsafe in my own home
much heartache, sorrow, betrayal, lonely

ANGER liver


6. Which time of the day you are worst?
MORNINGS
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
HMMM....CHOCOLATE, TOO MUCH COFFEE, ALCOHOL, sweets, gluten

feel better when outside in fresh air

sunstarved in NYC winter depression
I do so much better with sunbaths and ocean swims


8. Do your 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)?
feel better when I move...drive, walk
change of scenery, in the country, natural world better.

here I am stagnating in bed with tv


9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
SUNNY DRY SUMMER DESERT WEATHER IS BEST w COOL NIGHTS
I SUFFER TERRIBLY IN HUMID HEAT

10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
BRILLIANT, LONER, MOODY, EASILY OFFENDED,ARROGANT,CRITICAL,I NTOLERANT OF IGNORANT PEOPLE, FRUSTRATED MY FAMILY AND FRI ENDS DO NOT SEE OR HEAR ME......TOO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT HAS LEFT ME BITTER
YET UNDERNEATH ~ I have the sweet tender heart of a child - very nice, kind playful, engaging, whimsical, friendly
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
agitated...also hate wind and rain
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times? Yes- but rarely experience it. To survive I became an isolator. People dont even know how much I am suffering.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
HATE LOUD NOISES, HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO SMELL AND SOME UGLY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
SAD, ANGRY THEY DONT MAKE THE EFFORT TO HELP ME / LOVE ME - LONELY, DISAPPOINTED (Severly wounded inner child issues)
I am the healer wise woman who heals and helps everyone else
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
dying from this heart business. Trying to focus my attention on restoring balance!

12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
cheese, butter, ginger ale, crackers, sushi, eggs, oranges, avocado, sour cream, salt, a little sweet at night

13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive? less to normal

14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
less to normal now - generally an EMOTIONAL eater
15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
eggplant! junk food w chemicals
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
I dont sweat,much generally but in humid heat Im dripping wet
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
pretty good, heart meds made it light in color and soft
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
stay up all night sleep late racing dreams, never feel rested


19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
God no. No sex drive since menopause, no lover in yrs. I occasionally use vibrator
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
I have always felt different..I am a very old wise soul..much of this temporal plane seems very stupid to me
I am a disappointed idealist.
I feel happy in the natural world with the elements and the innocent creatures. I love the company of children and dogs..the innocents. They are open and loving and honest and sweet.

21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
Metropolol, Cardizem - These drugs were making me even sicker and messed up my natural rhythm so I tapered off. Now a little worried about myself.

22. What major diseases are running in your family?
heart disease, hypertension, , pulmonary ( parents)

23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
Athletic build, skin that browns easily, brown eyes and long hair with a small bit of barely visible grey, my normally shiny eyes have recently grown small and dim, I feel Ive aged about a 100 yrs the last yr. I look awful and feel awful.

24. (ONLY FOR FEMALES)

Please answer the following questions:
(Please give details of your past menstruation if you have attained menopause.) I REACHED MENOPAUSE MARCH OF 2007 + was always regular..perhaps a bit of pms and swelling just before flow
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
[message edited by kadwa on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:15:23 BST]

I am being treated by Korean Acupuncture doc. This is helping. Also her herbs which I boil into a tea.
Thank you. Hope to hear from you soon ;-))

Marta
 
  Marta520 on 2013-12-28
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
I can prescribe if you can answer my questionnaire below.

Alternately, you can wait for someone else familiar with your original questionnaire to respond.

Please answer the below questions giving as much DETAILS as possible.

Don't hurry, take your time to reply. I need DETAILS.

Answers such as Yes/No/Normal are not helpful.

Please leave the questions in place and give your answers under each of them.

1. Your age & sex

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type (thin, medium, chubby, fat etc)

3. Your profession

4. Describe your personality (stubborn, easy going, always in a hurry etc.)

5. What is your main health problem & its symptoms

6. When did this main problem begin

7. Can you relate any event or events which triggered this problem

8. What makes the main problem better

9. What makes it worse

10. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.)

11. What other health problems do you have

12. What makes these other health problems better or worse (explain each problem)

13. How do you relax

14. Do you normally fight or avoid confrontation

15. What animals or insects are you afraid of

16. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness etc)

17. What occupies your mind mostly

18. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy

19. Do you want to stay alone or with people

20. How is your sleep

21. Do you have any recurring dreams

22. What type of weather do you like and how it affects your complaints

23. Do you normally feel hot or cold

24. What type of clothes you wear (tight, loose, around neck etc)

25. What foods you love

26. What foods you hate

27. What taste you love (sweet, salty, sour, bitter)

28. What taste you hate

29. Do you like warm or cold food

30. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, mud….)

31. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)

32. Do you have dry lips or mouth or both

33. Any coating on tongue first thing in the morning

34. Any taste or smell from your mouth first thing in the morning

35. How is your skin

36. Details about your sweat (where mostly, how much, smell, stain color)

37. Any problems with ears, nose, chest, throat

38. How is your stool (details of how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.)

39. How is your urine (details of color, smell, any blood etc.)

40. How is your sexual life & desire

41. Males genitals (erection, pain, itching etc.)

42. Females menses details for regularity, flow, clots, discharge other than menses (reply to all these points)

43. What illnesses are running in your family, mother’s side & father’s side & brothers/sisters

44. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)

45. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details

46. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological)

47. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dose, approx. time frame)
 
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Here you go:
Fasten your seatbelt!

Thank you

Marta

I can prescribe if you can answer my questionnaire below.

Alternately, you can wait for someone else familiar with your original questionnaire to respond.

Please answer the below questions giving as much DETAILS as possible.

Don't hurry, take your time to reply. I need DETAILS.

Answers such as Yes/No/Normal are not helpful.

Please leave the questions in place and give your answers under each of them.

1. Your age & sex
61 Female

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type (thin, medium, chubby, fat etc)
5'6 athletic build, evenly proportioned strong but 50 lbs overweight/feel swollen, run down, weak, feel like sitting or resting all the time. Everything is too much for me to handle.
3. Your profession
unemployed Massage Therapist - have been too dpressed and exhausted to work..

4. Describe your personality (stubborn, easy going, always in a hurry etc.)
Stubborn, childlike, sweet, critical, impatient of stupidity, ultra sensitive, easily disturbed/distracted, generous, visionary thinker prone to despair. Creative genius, moody, loving, open, empathic, gifted dog and child whisperer. Have trouble with idiot adults. ;-))
musical, singer, healer, poet, smart, highly intuitive, kinesthetic, old soul, angry, hold onto resentments, push people away who have betrayed my trust, lonely, feel very alone.

5. What is your main health problem & its symptoms :
Atrial Fi brillation, weak rapid erratic pulse, weakness, deep fatigue/exhaustion, lightheaded, poor circulation, buzzing in head, from heart not sufficiently pumping steadily, they tell me CHF - some fluid build up around heart..causes periodic wheezing, cough,
COMPOUNDED HEARTBREAK SINCE CHILDHOOD
Was severly beaten punished all throughout childhood. MJor

6. When did this main problem begin : has been gradually (probably) building over past few yrs..Ive had 8 yrs of sheer hell..VERY HIGH STRESS - family illness, tragedies w me the family healer feeling it all so deeply, running around trying to save every one.. it broke my health, my heart, my spirit and my life ad I had known it went off the rails.

7. Can you relate any event or events which triggered this problem
(see above)
THEY BROKE MY HEART. I lost my
spark. i succumbed to deep despair, hopelessness, depression and no real support. I tried valiantly to free myself of this emotional pain.
I am very lonely. I have gone from being a bright light to a bitter Eeyore. A Debbie Downer.
My depression is very physical. I am tired of the struggle.
Still, a flicker of hope remains. Deep sorrow.

8. What makes the main problem better : SUN!!!! BEACH DAYS, OCEAN SWIMS, MASSAGE, INFRARED SAUNAS, COLONICS, JUICING, CONNECTING W PEOPLE WHO ARE LOVING AND WHO GET ME. BREAKING THE ISOLATION,
acupuncture, sleep, fresh air, short walks, bathing, magnesium Applied transdermally
9. What makes it worse
stagnation..fluid builds up puffy hands, face.
THE DARK COLD CONTRACTION OF SUNLESS WINTER.
10. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.) :


fear of death, ( that's a new one), depressed, worried Bout myself, ILL, IN HELL, UNHEALTHY, UGLY, FAT
11. What other health problems do you have : This year 8 teeth went into crisis after my parents died.
much tooth decay/ infections. ongoing dental work I can't aFFord
12. What makes these other health problems better or worse (explain each problem)

13. How do you relax :tv ( draining addiction) FOOD, COMFORT FOOD, lots of baths, sleep,

IN AN IDEAL WORLD - sun, beach, ocean swims used to hike in CA MOUNTAINS

14. Do you normally fight or avoid confrontation : mostly avoid /HAVE TROUBLE STANDING UP FOR MYSELF W AUTHORITY FIGURES which feeds despair...but also because I am very powerful and perfectly capable of blowing someone to Kingdom come and a bit afraid of becoming violent. As a result I have allowed myself to be treated poorly and havent been able to ask for what I need, receiev proper care, etc. I tend to run away when feeling threatened.

15. What animals or insects are you afraid of .... dont like bugs in general..esp roaches

16. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness etc) HEIGHTS, A BIT CLAUSTROPHOBIC, DARK DAMP BASEMENTS ( HATE!)

17. What occupies your mind mostly : circular unresolved family problems..tragic alcoholicfamily story..severe stuck in one gear unable to move on..feeds despair..

18. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy :
Don't get much of it so couldn't tell you..but what little I've had I appreciate

19. Do you want to stay alone or with people : Long standing alone pattern - ( survival response to untreated depression /anxietyand effects ofchildhood trauma : but by nature I am a people person.

20. How is your sleep Stay up all night sleep late, never feel fully rested

21. Do you have any recurring dreams : No, but very much busy dream dramas at night

22. What type of weather do you like and how it affects your complaints ( see below - hot humid makes me vey ill.) LOVE CALIFORNIA!

23. Do you normally feel hot or cold : I am never comfortable in this body : unless in California. Ether too hot in heated buildings or humid summers or too cold in the deep damp chill of east coast winters whoch I HATE!! Must get back to CA!!

24. What type of clothes you wear (tight, loose, around neck etc) cotton, easy, loose, can't stand turtlenecks

25. What foods you love : cheese, butter, fresh veggies, fresh pressed veggie juices, sushi, salad, my homemade soups, some fruit, coffee w cream and sugar, maple syrup, eggs, rice, tofu, fresh ocean caught fish, raw oysters
WHEN IN California and in sync w myself, I like to do colonics and cleanse..juice fast...for weeks! Transformational.
26. What foods you hate : eggplant, slimy

27. What taste you love (sweet, salty, sour, bitter): salty

28. What taste you hate : ammoniated smelly cheese

29. Do you like warm or cold food hmmmm...in cold DAMP of winter ( which I detest - love the sun..need to move back to CA! in cold I prefer warm food.

30. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, mud….) NO!

31. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)
average. Dont drink enough h20
32. Do you have dry lips or mouth or both - yes in winter

33. Any coating on tongue first thing in the morning
YES
34. Any taste or smell from your mouth first thing in the morning : tongue usually coated, plaquey film

35. How is your skin : always has been great. Lately though, my face seems a mass of wrinkles..like I e suddenly aged a 100 yrs. skin dry..esp forehead...red splotchiness

36. Details about your sweat (where mostly, how much, smell, stain color) I hardly sweat at all. Feel much better when i take a sauna/steAm

37. Any problems with ears, nose, chest, throat
itchy inner left ear for YEARS, post nasal drip, alot of throat clearing goes on
WHEEZING which I was told is from fluid around the heart

38. How is your stool (details of how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.) 3-4 x a day, softish, lightish brown color lately..may be from meds and supps? Usually darker brown and more solid

39. How is your urine (details of color, smell, any blood etc.) strong pale yellow, pee ALOT up to 2,3,4 x per night

40. How is your sexual life & desire : ha - pretty much non existant.. self pleasuring only occasionaly...no sex drive but at one time for whole life starting early teens was HIGHLY SEXED. Miss that. ;-))

41. Males genitals (erection, pain, itching etc.)

42. Females menses details for regularity, flow, clots, discharge other than menses (reply to all these points) :
menopause age 55 (March 2007 last) always regular 4-5 days - did have discharges candida albicans


43. What illnesses are running in your family, mother’s side & father’s side & brothers/sisters : MOM had AFIB/CHF ONSET age 61 same age as me made it to 86.
DAD: HEART ISSUES/emphysema pulmonary / childhood asthma, alcoholic, wife and child beater/depression/ lifelong smoker) made it to 87
TWIN BROTHERS: alcoholics, bipolar/depression/ anxiety/colon disease requiring surgery
SISTER: mental illness schizo affective talks to voices, takes meds to manage/ functional, talented industrious artist.


44. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.) acupuncture, Chinese herbs ( i boil and drink thetea) HEARTGEMS by GEMATRIA, OMEGA 3, UBIQUINOL CO Q 10, transdermal and oral magnesium, aspirin, was on beta and calcium blockers appro for one mo. after being hospitalized for two days w AFIB AND CHF symptoms.
Drugs were doing a number on me so tapered off gradually.

45. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details : NO

46. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological) NO

47. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dose, approx. time frame). Rescue Remedy,
 
Marta520 last decade
Your remedy is: Digitalis 200c.

HOW TO TAKE THE REMEDY:
Please take two doses 12 hrs apart. Just two doses. Not daily.
Report back with changes observed.
First dose: At night before sleeping.
Second dose: 12 hrs after the first dose.
Don’t take any more dose or any other remedy unless I tell you!

If your remedy is in the form of pills:
One dose is one pill.
Dissolve the pill under the tongue.

If your remedy is in liquid form:
Put one drop of the remedy in half glass of water, stir and take one tea spoon from it.
That’s one dose.
Use the same mixture for subsequent doses, if required.
Don’t refrigerate the mixture. Put it anywhere covered, away from direct sunlight.

PRECAUTIONS:
If there is significant worsening of symptoms (called homeopathic aggravation) after the first dose, then don’t take the second dose.
Don’t take any other homeopathic remedy during this treatment.
Give a break of at least 10 minutes before eating/drinking anything before or after taking the remedy.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:
A good example of how to report your progress is by giving %age improvement for all your health problems e.g.
Headache: 30% better
Low energy level: 50% better
Anxiety: 40% better
Sadness: No change
Depression: Worse
And so on list all your complaints.

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