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52 year old female with multiple symptoms
Menopausal - Night Sweats, waking every hour, no libido, high blood pressure, weight gain, finger joint stiffness and swelling... Have taken several consitutional remedies with little to no relief. Started with Sulfur, Calc Carb, Nat Mur, Phos. Originally Sulfur helped the hot flashes, but then I started to prove the remedy. Looking for any recommendations going forward[message edited by susienwc on Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:35:31 GMT]
susienwc on 2014-12-15
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QUESTIONS:
1. Your age & sex
52 Female
2. Describe your appearance
Weight
230
Height
5'7
Body type (Very thin, Thin, Medium, Chubby, Fat, Obese)
Chubby
Any significant feature (e.g. sunken cheeks, stooped shoulders, thin chest etc.)
no
3. Your profession
Management Consultant
4. Describe your personality in at least 20 words (e.g. stubborn, lazy, suicidal, dont want to work, always in a hurry etc.)
Stubborn, impatient, loyal, caring, looking out for underdog, funny, interesting, intelligent
5. How is your relationship with your parents, spouse, siblings, children etc.
Mother, - distant, but feelings of obligation
Children - closer to son than daugther
6. If relationship is not ok, whats wrong and how is it affecting you
7. Do you smoke/drink/drugs, if yes, details of why & since when
Wine, daily
8. What is your main health problem & its symptoms
Menopause night sweats, weight gain, no libido, swollen stiff finger joints, sleep disturbance, waking every hour on the hour
9. When did this main problem begin
about a year ago for some,
weight has been an ongoing issue my whole life
10. What is the cause of this problem in your view
Hormones, Thyroid?
11. What non-medicinal actions make the main problem better (e.g. massage, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
Nothing
12. What non-medicinal actions make it worse (e.g. massage, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
Nothing
13. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (e.g. weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.)
Frustrated
14. What other health problems do you have
High blood pressure off and on
15. List down all health problems and when did they start (approximate month & year)
Approx 2 year ago
16. What non-medicinal actions make these other health problems better (explain each problem)
Less stress
17. What non-medicinal actions make these other health problems worse (explain each problem)
More stress
18. What animals or insects are you afraid of
Spiders (just recently, in past month of so) and hard shelled beatles
19. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. loneliness, water, heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness, flying etc)
Close situations, people in personal space, heights (falling)
20. What occupies your mind mostly
Weight
21. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy
I get emotional
22. Do you want to stay alone or with people
I'd rather be alone or with my husband and family
23. How is your sleep, if not good, why
Waking with night sweats every hour
24. Do you have any recurring (repeating) dreams, if yes, what do you see
no, but dreaming of weird things this past week, like a break in in the house, feeling like I can't escape
25. Is your complaint affected by weather, if so, which weather affects & how
I used to think cold damp, was bad, but now not sure, as sunny hot weather makes me sweat too much
26. Do you normally feel hot or cold
27. What foods you crave & love (not what you eat due to health or other reasons, rather what you desire)
28. Is there any food that you hate
29. What taste you crave & love (e.g. sweet, salty, sour, bitter)
Sweet, salty
30. Is there any taste which you hate
Bitter
31. Do you like warm or cold food
Both
32. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, lead pencil, mud .)
no
33. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)
Little to no thirst
34. Do you have excessively dry lips or mouth or both
no
35. Do you have any coating on tongue first thing in the morning, if yes
Rarely, but if I do
Is coating thick
no
Color of coating
white
Where exactly (back, middle, sides etc)
full tongue
36. Any taste in your mouth first thing in the morning (e.g. bitter, sour, metallic)
no, but I have had strong salty taste in my mouth in the past.. several times over the last year
37. How is your skin (dry, oily, rough, acne, pustules, boils, psoriasis etc), upload here or email me a picture of the skin problem
Dry
38. Details about your perspiration (sweat), answer all these points:
Where mostly (head, chest, back etc)
Fase, forehead
How much (a lot, normal, very less)
excessive
Any strong smell (garlic, onion etc)
no
Does it stain, if yes what color (yellow, green, no color)
no
39. Any problems with eyes/vision, if yes, since when
no
40. Any problems with ears, nose, throat (e.g. nose always blocked, runny, color of discharge)
Sinus, mostly stuffy, right nostril worse than left
41. How is your stool, answer all these points: how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.
thin, often, and sometimes strained, or delayed, sometimes urgent, blood as if from hemmaroids at times
42. How is your urine, answer all these points: color, smell, any blood etc.
Light in colour, no smell unless I eat asparagus, and recent blood tests showed some blood
43. How is your sex desire (e.g. no desire, low, moderate, high, very high)
44. Are you satisfied with your sex life, if no, why not
45. Males genitals (any problems with erection, any pain, any itching, warts etc.)
46. Female genitals (any pain, itching, warts etc)
47. Females menses details (reply to all these points)
Regularity (early, late, irregular, duration of cycle)
Endometrious from 14, had ablation 20 years ago, no mensus since
Flow (low, moderate, high)
Clots (none, some, a lot, huge clots, bright color, dark color)
Any discharge (color, consistency, smell)
no
48. What illnesses are running in your family
Mothers side
Heart disease, diabetis, arthritis
Fathers side
Cannot answer as the sight does not allow, but he had a brain tumor and his family members had similar deaths
Siblings (brother/sister)
COPD Sister
49. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)
no
50. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details
Gallblader removed
Endometrial ablation
tubal Ligation
Several scopes and coterization for endometriosis
51. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological), if yes, give details (what, when, where, why, the list of medicines used)
Physical for frozen shoulder - osteopathy, massage, accupunture
52. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dosage, approx. time frame)
sulphur 200
sulphur 1000
Calc Carb 200
Nat Mur 200
Phosporous 200
Over past six months..- Sulphur 200 had some positive impact on the hot flashes, but then I started proving the remedy
1. Your age & sex
52 Female
2. Describe your appearance
Weight
230
Height
5'7
Body type (Very thin, Thin, Medium, Chubby, Fat, Obese)
Chubby
Any significant feature (e.g. sunken cheeks, stooped shoulders, thin chest etc.)
no
3. Your profession
Management Consultant
4. Describe your personality in at least 20 words (e.g. stubborn, lazy, suicidal, dont want to work, always in a hurry etc.)
Stubborn, impatient, loyal, caring, looking out for underdog, funny, interesting, intelligent
5. How is your relationship with your parents, spouse, siblings, children etc.
Mother, - distant, but feelings of obligation
Children - closer to son than daugther
6. If relationship is not ok, whats wrong and how is it affecting you
7. Do you smoke/drink/drugs, if yes, details of why & since when
Wine, daily
8. What is your main health problem & its symptoms
Menopause night sweats, weight gain, no libido, swollen stiff finger joints, sleep disturbance, waking every hour on the hour
9. When did this main problem begin
about a year ago for some,
weight has been an ongoing issue my whole life
10. What is the cause of this problem in your view
Hormones, Thyroid?
11. What non-medicinal actions make the main problem better (e.g. massage, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
Nothing
12. What non-medicinal actions make it worse (e.g. massage, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
Nothing
13. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (e.g. weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.)
Frustrated
14. What other health problems do you have
High blood pressure off and on
15. List down all health problems and when did they start (approximate month & year)
Approx 2 year ago
16. What non-medicinal actions make these other health problems better (explain each problem)
Less stress
17. What non-medicinal actions make these other health problems worse (explain each problem)
More stress
18. What animals or insects are you afraid of
Spiders (just recently, in past month of so) and hard shelled beatles
19. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. loneliness, water, heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness, flying etc)
Close situations, people in personal space, heights (falling)
20. What occupies your mind mostly
Weight
21. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy
I get emotional
22. Do you want to stay alone or with people
I'd rather be alone or with my husband and family
23. How is your sleep, if not good, why
Waking with night sweats every hour
24. Do you have any recurring (repeating) dreams, if yes, what do you see
no, but dreaming of weird things this past week, like a break in in the house, feeling like I can't escape
25. Is your complaint affected by weather, if so, which weather affects & how
I used to think cold damp, was bad, but now not sure, as sunny hot weather makes me sweat too much
26. Do you normally feel hot or cold
27. What foods you crave & love (not what you eat due to health or other reasons, rather what you desire)
28. Is there any food that you hate
29. What taste you crave & love (e.g. sweet, salty, sour, bitter)
Sweet, salty
30. Is there any taste which you hate
Bitter
31. Do you like warm or cold food
Both
32. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, lead pencil, mud .)
no
33. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)
Little to no thirst
34. Do you have excessively dry lips or mouth or both
no
35. Do you have any coating on tongue first thing in the morning, if yes
Rarely, but if I do
Is coating thick
no
Color of coating
white
Where exactly (back, middle, sides etc)
full tongue
36. Any taste in your mouth first thing in the morning (e.g. bitter, sour, metallic)
no, but I have had strong salty taste in my mouth in the past.. several times over the last year
37. How is your skin (dry, oily, rough, acne, pustules, boils, psoriasis etc), upload here or email me a picture of the skin problem
Dry
38. Details about your perspiration (sweat), answer all these points:
Where mostly (head, chest, back etc)
Fase, forehead
How much (a lot, normal, very less)
excessive
Any strong smell (garlic, onion etc)
no
Does it stain, if yes what color (yellow, green, no color)
no
39. Any problems with eyes/vision, if yes, since when
no
40. Any problems with ears, nose, throat (e.g. nose always blocked, runny, color of discharge)
Sinus, mostly stuffy, right nostril worse than left
41. How is your stool, answer all these points: how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.
thin, often, and sometimes strained, or delayed, sometimes urgent, blood as if from hemmaroids at times
42. How is your urine, answer all these points: color, smell, any blood etc.
Light in colour, no smell unless I eat asparagus, and recent blood tests showed some blood
43. How is your sex desire (e.g. no desire, low, moderate, high, very high)
44. Are you satisfied with your sex life, if no, why not
45. Males genitals (any problems with erection, any pain, any itching, warts etc.)
46. Female genitals (any pain, itching, warts etc)
47. Females menses details (reply to all these points)
Regularity (early, late, irregular, duration of cycle)
Endometrious from 14, had ablation 20 years ago, no mensus since
Flow (low, moderate, high)
Clots (none, some, a lot, huge clots, bright color, dark color)
Any discharge (color, consistency, smell)
no
48. What illnesses are running in your family
Mothers side
Heart disease, diabetis, arthritis
Fathers side
Cannot answer as the sight does not allow, but he had a brain tumor and his family members had similar deaths
Siblings (brother/sister)
COPD Sister
49. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)
no
50. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details
Gallblader removed
Endometrial ablation
tubal Ligation
Several scopes and coterization for endometriosis
51. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological), if yes, give details (what, when, where, why, the list of medicines used)
Physical for frozen shoulder - osteopathy, massage, accupunture
52. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dosage, approx. time frame)
sulphur 200
sulphur 1000
Calc Carb 200
Nat Mur 200
Phosporous 200
Over past six months..- Sulphur 200 had some positive impact on the hot flashes, but then I started proving the remedy
susienwc last decade
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