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lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-28 |
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I am new to homeopathy and came upon this forum in search for relief to a swollen uvula....very dry throat...I am 51 years old...in menopause and all the lovely symptoms associated...hot flashes...sleeplessness.. weight gain...hair changes....mood swings. Early on, I feel I had a bit of insanity...now better controlled. For many of these symptoms, lachesis comes up as my remedy.
My question is what dosage I should take.....the uvula seems to also be getting better...but as I obsess about it, I swallow more..kinda testing it...and
therefore, making it worse.
Should I srat with 30C? |
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| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-28 |
oh and I should add, I have started on kali permanaganum
for about 4 days....but this doesn't seem to be the remedy for the menopausal symptons according to the Remedy Finder. Shall I contunue on it or be on lachesis? | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-28 |
Hi catgirl,
In homeopathy, we consider the entire person from head to toe, including his/her mental and emotional disposition when we prescribe for chronic complaints.
The information you have given is insufficient to comment whether Lachesis is indicated.
Detailed information about mental/emotional disposition, fears, anxieties, anger, and general things which have an impact on you must be mentioned.
Examples of general things can be weather, temperature, foods, times of the day, touch, body position...or anything else you can think of.
Also, what are the diseases that run in your family, and what were the major events in your life that had an impact on you ? We would need a complete timeline.
Sameer | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-28 |
Hi Sameer,
Thanks for your response. I'll be happy to supply more detailed info. I've noticed that there are often a list of questions for people to answer...could you throw some of these my way, as I fear i would create a novel without some quidelines.
Thanks.... | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-28 |
Create a novel without guidelines, that is what I want :) | This thread continues beneath the following ad.
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| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-28 |
ok here it is...
51 year old female
kitchen and bath designer
single...live alone
smoker
like wine..have stopped recently
menopausal since 48
many life changes in conjunction with onset of menopause...loss of mother...loss of boyfriend...loss of job...a period of obsessive behavior regarding my hair following that time...i'd say a feeling of complete loss of control in general..my hair changed from menopause...the obsessive behavior has supsided for a few years now.
hot flashes, weight gain, loss of motivation and clear thought. Inability to stay asleep...get up and need to eat... I have been taking an herbal rememdy called Menoquil...this has helped considerably. Recently, throat issues...very dry throat...feeling of food in throat. Cigarettes have become fire safe (use of carpet glue) and I have stopped smoking those...I roll my own. ...when the dryness appeared. I began to panic....started to swallow often...and uvula became swollen. I have given up coffee as that aggrivated it...and have started kali permanganacum. The uvuala seems better. as long as i dont over swallow.when I over think it...it bothers me again. .and since the change in cigarettes...the dryness has gotten much better. . I have also given up menoquil...maybe an allergic reaction I thought. But now the flashes are returning.
mother died of cancer
father died of liver decease
Anxieties....mostly financial...i own a home and fear loss of it at some point, due to economy...
I have good friends but no desire to be in a relationship...little sexual desire...dryness...
I;ve been happily employed with my current employer for over 3 years....love my work.
great group of people.
is there anything else I c an tell you? | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-28 |
i forgot to mention the feeling of anxiety prior to taking menoquil...that has been much better...
also regarding throat...at night while sleeping...metalic taste...not always...usually when breathing through mouth...clogged nose. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-29 |
Lachesis 30c is fine. Take 3 doses for one day only.
Do not take any more doses after one day.
Then just wait and watch for 10 days and report back. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-29 |
Thank you Vameer....I will order today.....see you back here in about 2 weeks....I hope to report a feeling of well being. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-29 |
I mean Sameer.... | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-29 |
I do have one question regarding your suggested dosage...curious as to why just one day? | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-29 |
In homeopathy it is not the medicine's action which cures rather, it is the REaction of vital force to the remedy which cures. Once that response, starts, it should be left to continue unhindered (even from doses of the correct medicine). | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-29 |
I'm beginning to understand how it works. If my menopause sypmtoms seem better after 10 days, but not my uvuala issue...would I then try something different...or continue the Lachesis? Thia is a new way of healing...and trying to get a handle on it...thanks for your help so far. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-29 |
My local Vitamin Shoppe did have the 30C Lachesis...I have taken 2 doces already today...I did take my memopausal supplement earlier today...before taking the lachesis...will this interfere? | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-30 |
Do not take menopausal supplement from tomorrow. In homeopathy, we give one medicine only that covers the entire symptom picture.
Come back after 10 days , and then I will guide you further. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-11-30 |
Sameer,
I look forward to my return in 10 days...I am tracking my experience. I would like to take a moment to thank-you for the time you dedicate to this forum. It is very kind of you and so much appreciated. | This thread continues beneath the following ad.
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| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-01 |
As I read through posts, I am understanding more about holisitic healing and I'm finding myself wanting to express myself even more on here...I didn't realize just how this works until I began reading some of the posts...and I see that there is so much more that I can say....for my own attempt to heal not just physically...but within.
So as I await my ten days...hopefullly to an unswollen uvula as well as help with menopausal discomfort...I'm going to spew on here...
Menopause was a huge change in my life...thus the name...but truly it has affected me greatly...not just the physical..which is huge. I watched my body go from youthful to entering old age...the change in my hair...as I mentioned earlier...freaked me out and I began cutting it to make it better...not knowing why it wouldn't do anything...I didn't realize it had changed...and I became obsessed...This lasted for many months....I watched my complexion change...my eyes got dark circles...I gained weight...I became very depressed and non functional in the world....at one point through this, my ex and I got back together...yet I was numb...emotonally unavailable....I went through the motions but wouldn't....couldn't feel...trust issues there too I suppose...little by little I came back to the world....found musicians to sing with...something I love and still do...ahh another reason to heal my uvula....he and I broke up almost a year ago...for good this time....I was ready and in a good place. But i still feel menopause hindering my desire to be in a relationship...and frankly...I dont like that...i want to love again. i want to feel again...but I feel menopause has made me numb...physically and mentally.
So overall...I am a pretty grounded person...I love music....the water...summer, spring and fall...despise winter...and we get it bad here. i used to be a very emotional person..I have guarded that and would like to heal that. I would love to feel again....as I said.
I fear flying...infact...I just cant do it...I fear doctors...that is very very bad...and I need to heal that...I had an outbreak of genital warts over 20 years ago...and they've not returned since. I smoke too much and need to find the strenght and will to quit. I drank too much...I am happy to report i have stopped...and it has not been too diffiult. This little bout of uvula thing has opened my eyes to taking better care of myself...and I am thrilled to have found homepathy....I believe it is the healing tool I need to begin...from within..as well as my physical self.
Yesterday...moments after taking my first dose of Lachesis...I went to the drug store to buy some sundries....as I walked around...this inredible feeling of warmth and calm came over me...like I've never felt...I shopped as if it were the best thing that ever happened to me...I only prayed it would last...Sadly, it was short lived...but it was amazing....and I only hope to find half of that calm for myself. Later, i got a bit anxious...and my uvula got realy swollen....last night...I slept better than I have in a long time....I woke to a good feeling...didn't swallow too much....I believe a good part of the problem is self induced...as mentioned earlier...I felt a weird dryness in my throat...and then started swallowing a lot...to check on it...and have been thinking about it constantly....when I forget...it seems better. But today seemed better...less "need" to check it out...still there though...
Also, when I woke this morning...i walked into the bathroom and looked in the mirror...my complexion had a slight glow...i didn't get it...I didn't look for it...I just saw it. I had no hot flashes today....and my belt loop was over one notch...I haven't used that notch in years...I dont attribute that this quickly to the Lach...but it was pretty cool none the less.
I'd like to heal what's on my plate at the moment...but I'd also lke to see if down the line I can find something to help my hair return to a better state...who knows...maybe the Lach. will help that...I read about amica.....though I've learned how to deal with it....tangles...lifeless...dry.....I'd love it to get better...I guess there has always been a little hair thing in my life...mainly...i want to feel good inside....like I used to....I'm ok now...but I want to be better than ok.
So there is the novel...Sameer...no need for response...I know you are very busy...just wanted to use this as a diary...so to speak...and also give you a bit more info into my psyche and history. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-01 |
day 2 and 3
slept really good again last night. I have felt really alert and awake....I dont think i yawned once today.
No hot flashes...
Regarding my uvula....seems up until late afternoon...I am swallowing much less....swelling is slight...I still feel something there...from the base of the soft palate...and still lightly swallowing it....but I am not swallowing much...just normally....and by about 4 pm...it got really swollen yesterday and today. But my desire to swallow and constant need to clear my throat has certainly deminished.
So now the swelling is not from my over swallowing... | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-02 |
We have hit the right remedy. As I said, please update in 10 days. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-04 |
Hello Sameer,
I just wanted to check in here on day 5....to see if i should be seeing improvement at this point...it seems I am still at the "worse before better" stage. Regarding the uvula part....
Thanks for your response. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-05 |
Hi catgirl,
Be patient, and wait for atleast 10-12 days from when the dose was taken. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-08 |
Hello Sameer,
i know I am being impatient...but I am concerned that worse is still where I am at....I feel as if i am constantly swallong something....yes, i was feeling this before...but it now feels hard at times...and painful...i also know that part of this is self induced from swallowing often.....but I sang the other night with great difficulty.....so dry...and like I have a ball in my throat....the base of the uvual feels more swollen than it was....and I feel as if there is something behind it....I am best in the morning...I feel very little wwhen I wake...coffee is very bad....talking seems to make it more swollen...when it's not overly swollen, i still feel s if there are ltlle dry bumps....I dont know what is real and what is self induced....yet i do know that is is worse than it was before taking the Lach....Please advise what I can do next.... | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-08 |
What about overall improvements like sleep/energy/mood ? Any changes on that front since taking the remedy? | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-08 |
Sleep has improved....still waking a few times a night but I feel rested....going to bed earlier though,,,,tired from worrying I guess....My energy is pretty good...my mood would be good if I weren't worried....double edged sword....
I wonder about the fact that I took Kali permanaganum (sp) prior to the lach.....as mentioned in my first post... Could this be complicating things.
And then I possibly wonder if there is a chance there are warts in my throat...would the lach have made these worse if so...I haven't had an outbreak in many years....but how do i put this delicately....hmmm using my saliva to moisten my fingers and then myself.....good thing I'm not know on here....so these are my thoughts... | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From catgirl [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-08 |
let me add...reagarding warts...i have no signs on my tongue....and I imagine I would have them there too. | | |
| Re: lachsisis...menopause and more | From sameervermani [Log on to view profile] | on 2009-12-08 |
Improvement in sleep and good energy is pointing in the curative direction.
These are life long's worth of problems, and won't go away in weeks.It can be months before some of your problems start giving benefit.
We should let your body respond to the last dose of Lachesis first. |
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