Rishimba or Evocationer please help changeable moods _{Page 2 of 3}

Hi, the dose must have worn off. I am back to gloomy, not wanting to leave the house, am very irritable, poor concentration. I have felt anxiety in the mornings, with waves of dread passing over me, wanting to hide and not face my responsibilities. I had these last summer in the heat of july, they may be part of SAD. The 1m did have a positive effect, very slow start. Two days were low, third day seemed better, the next few days were definitely better, and the last 3 have been going down. Of the positive, it was definitely easier in the mornings, and i was obviously tired at night, no desire to stay up very late. Moderate indifference to eating late at night and to having sweets. I could tell the difference between wanting food out of habit and really needing them. For two or even three days i had confidence to express my opinion and had things to say in casual conversations. Usually i dont even have anything to say. I did not feel compelled to read every book of an author i liked this week, but was aware of usually wanting to, and not needing to do it this time. I did not have particular improvements in terms of time management and other things. I feel less stiff overall. Thanks

Then can you suggest anything complementary? I have difficulty concentrating, so thingslike making decisions, even cooking are very difficult. Talking to people, even friendly, i prefer to avoid and havea lot of irritability. I continue to have headaches with periods also feeling very hot, sweating a lot. Instead of doing what i need, i avoid because it is too overwhelming, and feel even more stressed.

Mental :
Feeling very scattered, foggy thinking, cannot focus or make decisions, irritability building to the point where i want to scream for people to stop interrupting me and making demands, bothered by clutter so that i want to throw things out because putting them away is too overwhelming. Unable to do most things because of fuzzy thinking. I can circle around the kitchen and trying to make a decision on what to do, and not be able to choose a task, just keep circling. I have partial thoughts about needing to do this and that, but unable to settle on any one, all seem overwhelming and all are fleeting. Inability to judge the time, like not able to do much because i have an appointment in the afternoon, so i am axious about that, not the appointment, but unable to focus on another task because time is limited. Similarly, when my son is napping, i waste the time, as he will wake up soon, so i am anxious about that rather than doing something.
I will continue a bit later

Yes, I cannot tolerate heat, especially humid heat. Sweets - yes, but not everything. I dislike things that are too sugary - icing, fruit punch, most jams, candy. I like chocolate, especially with nuts, but only the darker kinds; white chocolate tastes fake and most milk chocolate does as well. I like sweet pastries more than candy, also cookies of shortbread type, Mille feuille.
No trembling in general, possibly from aftereffects of adrenaline after a shocking or frightening experience.

Did you want me to continue with mental and physical symptoms, is there already enough information?

In addition to what i mentioned earlier, i feel more depressed and anxious. Not wanting to leave the house and not wanting to return. A sinking hole in my chest. Easily frustrated by change of plans of any kind, unfamiliar circumstances, uncertainty to the point of screaming, crying, swearing in frustration, for even the simplest things like missing a turn on the highway in unfamiliar area, not being able to find parking, etc. I feel irritated all the time, especially when interrupted, unable to focus on any activity. I feel i should be doing something, but it needs to be important and worthy, and i cannot come up with anything like that, and am doing nothing, only the frustration is building. I am awake longer and longer at night, and mornings are more and more difficult. I dread facing the day, worried at not finding anything to fill the day. All the same issues resurfacing. A lot of basic activities are such a hassle, too overwhelming to attempt, and frustrations at not undertaking anything, not being able to decide on doing something. I feel like i am not describing this well and missing entire areas of symptoms that may be important. Like, if i had a list of symptoms, i would add some that i am not recalling by myself.
Physical issues include stiffness of muscles resulting in aching back. Many very sore areas on arms and legs where the muscles are very tight, with knots, tight to the point of pulling bones and joint out of alignment,causing pain. Joint ache and stiffness, especially hip joints, and feet, especially after sitting. Sensations of pins and needles in feet, sometimes legs, after sitting, feels like caused by hip joing shifting and pressures. Stress and urge incontinence, as with any coughing, sneezing, jumping, etc, and frequently needing to go for small amounts, as if unable to hold much.
Frequent unproductive sneezing, sometimes with clear nasal discharge, occasionally with itching nose and eyes, like a seasonal allergy. I am not allergic to anything external. I often get these symptoms when i am about to have sinusitis, but this has been going on and off in the last several weeks, without progressing to sinusitis. Also my sense of smell improves and worsens repeatedly. Usually connected to the sinusitis, but it feels like all this improves as lachesis influence rises and worsens as lachesis dose wanes. It is as if lachesis has acted on my physical symptoms more than the mental. The stiffness is much better than before. Dry irritated skin patches on knees remain, but the patches on elbows are starting to reappear, but were quite good for a while. Scalp has become greasier with increased flakiness, since i had that poor reaction to sepia. Possibly fewer hairs falling out, i definitely had an increase in that after sepia. Dull stabbing pain in liver, heartburn, burping. Strong Hormonal headaches during and at end of periods, cramping, bloating. Cramping at ovulation. Usually feel fatigued right after the period.
In terms of alumina and arg nit, alumina sounds similar to a number of mental issues, but i never feel better in damp warm environment and dont have dry, brittle nails or hair. I am not worse after potatoes. I have no fascination with knives, and am not afraid of blood. If i were to do something, i would definitely not stab myself. I might jump from a tallbuilding, before i did anything else. For argentum, it matches on being worse during hear, tender gums, pain in sound teeth. I dont think i feel worse after sweets, but i avoid really syropy things. Otherwise it is difficult for me to judge fully. I may want to do more lachesis, but more often, and not expect miracles from one dose. I feel a return of same mental symptoms,except i dont want to settle back into depression, it is not right. Usually i assume that it has a right to take over me. Please let me know what you think.

I would like to know what kinds of results you are expecting me to have at this point, as an assessment of whether this is what should be happening. At this point I am much worse physically, with muscle tightness, aches and joint pains in full swing. It is difficult to walk and carry children. This disappeared for a short while after lachesis, but is definitely back. Should a similimumbe improving physical symptoms first or mental? thank you

A month since lachesis. Ii took the arg nit when you suggested. I am definitely not getting better. Physically i am much worse, with aches and fatigue and sluggishness. Mentally verysluggish, apathetic, things are too much. I had a slight lifting of my moods for a couple of days, but i have these from time to time anyway, so cannot really attribute it to the remedy. On the other hand, Lachesis gave a feeling of lightness, physically, muscle aches went away, even joint pains, no other remedy has done that. And it had an uplifting effect on my moods. The physical effect stayed longer than the mental. Right now I again stay up too late and cant get going in the morning. I am irritable, often hate to be touched, and get stuck in sulking. Please let me know what you think. Thank you

Hello, i am wondering whether you are on the forum? I still need some advice. My mood has been better in the last couple of weeks, but I typically feel much better in the summer. I have not noticed any definite improvement from arg nit, not so that i could say for certain. I stay up very late at night, with much better moods and more energy, sometimes I cannot fall asleep, as my mind is too "excited", then in the morning i feel exhausted. Still quite stiff, fuzzy thinking, rushing mentally. Very irritable at being interrupted. It has been most of a month since arg nit, like you requested. Thanks

Hi, Lachesis did work for a short while, but the problem is, I write again when the effects wear out, so the symptoms repeat. Would it make sense to report part way through? I find remedies work for a little while and then the symptoms revert, and when I report, they have already reverted. I generally find that effects of most medicines wear out very quickly on me - pain killers, anaesthetics, etc does that make sense? Thank you

Hello, no, I avoid painkillers and almost never take them, but effects do wear out quickly, including more powerful drugs given at a hospital, for example.

Hello. It has been almost a month since I took lach 1 m, and I am wondering whether I can repeat it or take something else. I had a feeling of calm and peacefulness within a couple of days of taking it. Not overly happy,but calm. I felt like a deep dark lake, mostly calm with stirring underneath. I had a poor mood withanger and even a worst state where i was so stuck in my mood that i was lying down and not moving for multiple hours, during ovulation with some headaches, and my mood worsened during the period, with more irritability and pickiness. For the first time since winter I did not have the hormonal headaches towards the end of period. I have had more energy, and did not often bother with existential questions. I did notfeelvery sociable or talkative, and have had low confidence about approaching people with requests or even questions, but felt calm. But the last week I have been feeling more apathetic than calm and the last few days have had symptoms of anxiety with very dry mouth, lack of appetite, difficulty breathing, like a lump in my chest, loose bowels, secondary insomnia. Please let me know what you think. Thank you very much for your help!

Hi, yes, I wake up with these. They get better towards evening, but are still present in afternoon. Sleep has been poor in general, I have felt less able to fall asleep, and felt more awake throughout the night, not really awake, but with mind not being able to disengage, not able to relax to be fully asleep. I wake frequently because of my son, but have not been able to get to sleep well, after 5 or 6 am, because of the waves of anxiety starting. It has made it difficult to focus, and controlled breathing has not helped.

Hello, Rishimba. I am hoping that you can advise me once again. I was overseas for the last little while, with no access to the forum. I had advice of a local homeopath, and repeated lach 1m twice in the last 2 months. First time on the 11 of August (appr 3 wks since you advised) and next on 28th of Aug. I feel that the last dose has already worn off and would like to know whether I can repeat it, or try lach 10m. For the last two weeks I have felt increasingly sore and achy (muscles, especially in my back), fatigued, heavy, staying up late, much harder to get up int he morning. Poor sleep - cannot physically relax. Heartburn, sinusitis (pain in frontal and ethmoid sinuses), lack of smell, stress incontinence all reappeared. Various joint pains that had gone away are back again. Irritability, anger all resurfacing. Thank you so much for your help!