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Bulimia/Migraines | From kairos [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-05-25 |
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I am currently trying to help a friend. She is brunette, 35, overweight (all her life, mainly because of the volume of food she eats) and has been prescribed Prozac in the past to help with binge eating and deliberate vomiting. She stopped taking the prozac some time ago since she felt that putting so many chemicals in her body with little result could not be helping her. (Good for her!) As long as she can remember she has suffered with nose bleeds and migraines. Originally I tried to help with the acute problem of migraines. below are the symptoms I repertorised:
Vision, spots before headache Vision, moving Head, pain, nervous Head, pain, occipt to forehead Head, pain, from mental exertion Head, pain, darkness ameliorates
When going through the MM I held two other things in my mind:
Generals, obesity Mind, despairing
Sil and Calc seemed to show best and I first settled with Sil, 30C when a migraine began. She took several doses, but it seemed to have no obvious effect, so back to the drawing board.
Next time we tried Calc, also with no effect.
Then I decided that we should try and broaden the picture. We moved from those acute symptoms to the following:
Mind, self, loathing Mind, delusions, looks wretched in mirror Sleep, dreams, being pursued Eating amm Vomiting amm (these last two were the best I could come up with for bulimia)
Head, congestion, open air amm Head, pain, catarrhal Vision, spots, floating Eructation after food
This is where I got really stuck - probably too many symptoms, but they are all very strong in her picture.
Calc, Puls, Sil and Sulph all seem to show. Because she is'moddy', changeable and weepy and because she is always complaining catarrhal problems on getting her hair wet (she swims alot) I plumped for Puls - 200C for three days.
On the the evening of day 1, which she had spent travelling, she had a brief bought of diarrhoea. Nothing else since.
Although she had not really linked this all together, I have noticed that she has not had a migraine since the Puls. (She was having 1 or 2 a week).
I would be interested to hear reflections on any of this as I am not sure what to do next.
Best wishes to you all. |
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| Re: Bulimia/Migraines | From kairos [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-05-25 |
Forgot some food details: Hates anything creamy or milky - usually makes her sick. Loves sweet things, salty and strong food (anchovies, capers etc.) | | |
| Re: Bulimia/Migraines | From kairos [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-05-25 |
I have now learnt that she had an adverse reaction to one childhood vacs - swelling of arm followed by fever. Unfortunately she cannot identify which vacs it was. | | |
| Re: Bulimia/Migraines | From erika [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-05-26 |
if pulsatilla has helped then stick to this for now - give another dose if the frequency of migraines increases again. make sure she is feeling better in herself also to confirm it has helped. for now leave and wait. | | |
| Re: Bulimia/Migraines | From kairos [Log on to view profile] | on 2005-06-01 |
Thanks, erika. The migraines do seem to have stopped altogether, despite the fact that she is studying very hard. However, she doesn't notice any major shift in her mood and her hayfever is just beginning. (Streaming, itchy eyse and nose). | This thread continues beneath the following ad.
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