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Perimenopause

I am having mood swings (mostly toward anger), difficulty concentrating throughout the day (I feel like I am in a fog), short term memory loss, dry skin and hair. I also experience frequent waking at night if I stay up later than usual. I am more tired than normal whether I sleep well or not. No 'hot flashes' yet, but I do go from cold to warm rather quickly. I am a healthy 49 year old. I take no prescription medication, but I am taking gingko and multivitamin daily.
Any suggestions, particulary for the concentration and memory issues would be wonderful!
 
  gsjoy on 2013-12-29
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
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)
 
fitness last decade
1. 49 year old female
2. 5 feet 0 inches, 118 lbs, thin
3. RN, housewife, homeschool mom
4. Mostly easy-going, friendly, but busy. Naturally curious and studious. Hard working.
5. Main problem-1. difficulty concentrating. I feel like I am in a fog and not able to think clearly. 2. Memory lapse- short term memory is lacking.
I also have mood swings tending toward anger, headaches,and dry skin and hair.
6. This began probably 6-8 months ago, but has quickly progressed in the last 2 months.
7. Not a specific event, but my midwife told me in October I was in perimenopause.
8. I really haven't found anything to make the main problem better.
9. Sleep disturbance definitely makes it worse.
10. I feel angry, overwhelmed, and inadequate.
11. In good general health. Thyroid function in October was normal. Take no prescription medications.
12. I have found nothing to make the mood swings, memory and concentration problems, dry skin, or headaches better.
They tend to get worse about 2 weeks before my period, then improve slightly during my period.
13. Reading.
14. I try to avoid.
15. Snakes.
16. I don't think I am afraid of much. I am anxious in social situations sometimes.
17. It varies. Schedules, work, childrearing.
18. I am grateful for consolation and sympathy.
19. Mostly alone, although I enjoy people.
20. If I stick to an early (9pm) bedtime, I usually sleep well. If I go to bed later, I tend to wake frequently. I am always awake by 6 am.
21. I do not recall any dreams.
22. I like sunny, calm, 80 degree weather with low humidity. It tends to elevate my mood.
23. I am normally cold, but find that I am getting warm/hot with increasing frequency.
24. I tend to wear loose clothes, mostly sweatshirt/sweat pants or yoga type pants and tee shirts. I wear scrubs at work. Jeans if I am out.
25. I love almost all foods. I eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, and chicken. I also eat goat and deer once per week on average. I drink about 60 oz of water per day and about 8 oz goat milk.
26. I don't hate anything, but I dislike brussel sprouts.
27. Salty is probably my favorite, but not like potato chips. More like meat and potato type salt.
28. I don't hate any tastes.
29. I like warm foods.
30. I do not want indigestible foods.
31. Lately I am more thirsty, perhaps from being inside in heated buildings. I drink about 60 oz of water and 8 oz of goat milk daily.
32. I have dry lips.
33. No coating on tongue first thing in the morning.
34. I have not noticed and taste or smell from my mouth first thing in the morning.
35. My skin is dry and itchy. I have noticed bumps like acne and reddened skin in my nasolabial folds with flaking.
36. I sweat mostly in my axilla and sometimes my back when I exercise or am working hard. No more sweat than usual, no distinct odor. On white shirts, armpit area is yellowish/brown. I have not recently changed deodorant brand.
37. I have no current problem with ears, nose, throat, or chest.
38. Bowel movements every day to every other day, formed, brown, soft, no unusual smell, no blood.
39. Urine is clear yellow, more dilute during the day when I drink a lot. No unusual odor.
40. Desire varies with time in my cycle. Immediately after my period, more desire than before my period.
41. NA
42. Cycle has shortened from 28 days to 24 days, spotting for up to a week before, light flow except for one 24 hour period in the middle of the week which is heavy. Small clots during the heavy day. No discharge other than menses.
43. Mother- HTN, hypothyroid,fibroids, alcoholism, depression. Father- HTN, CAD, lung CA (paternal grandfather), skin CA (father), alcoholism. Sister- mitral valve prolapse, fibroids.
44. Multivitamin, Omega 3 Fatty acid, gingko biloba, menoquil. Acetominophen and ibuprophen for headache, sometimes naproxen for joint pain.
45. C-section in 1993. No implants.
46. Took zoloft for about 3 years for situational depression. Have not taken it in over 2 years.
47. I have not taken any other homeopathic remedies that I can remember.
 
gsjoy last decade
Please leave the questions in place and give your answers under each of them. 
 
fitness last decade
1. Your age & sex
49 year old female

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type (thin, medium, chubby, fat etc)
5 feet 0 inches, 118 lbs, thin

3. Your profession
RN, housewife, homeschool mom

4. Describe your personality (stubborn, easy going, always in a hurry etc.)
Mostly easy-going, friendly, but busy. Naturally curious and studious. Hard working.

5. What is your main health problem & its symptoms
Main problem-1. difficulty concentrating. I feel like I am in a fog and not able to think clearly. 2. Memory lapse- short term memory is lacking.
I also have mood swings tending toward anger, headaches,and dry skin and hair.

6. When did this main problem begin
This began probably 6-8 months ago, but has quickly progressed in the last 2 months

7. Can you relate any event or events which triggered this problem
Not a specific event, but my midwife told me in October I was in perimenopause.

8. What makes the main problem better
I really haven't found anything to make the main problem better.

9. What makes it worse
Sleep disturbance definitely makes it worse.

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

11. What other health problems do you have
In good general health. Thyroid function in October was normal. Take no prescription medications.

12. What makes these other health problems better or worse (explain each problem)
I have found nothing to make the mood swings, memory and concentration problems, dry skin, or headaches better.
They tend to get worse about 2 weeks before my period, then improve slightly during my period.

13. How do you relax
Reading

14. Do you normally fight or avoid confrontation
I try to avoid.


15. What animals or insects are you afraid of
Snakes.

16. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness etc)
I don't think I am afraid of much. I am anxious in social situations sometimes.

17. What occupies your mind mostly
It varies. Schedules, work, childrearing.

18. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy
I am grateful for consolation and sympathy.

19. Do you want to stay alone or with people
Mostly alone, although I enjoy people.

20. How is your sleep
If I stick to an early (9pm) bedtime, I usually sleep well. If I go to bed later, I tend to wake frequently. I am always awake by 6 am.

21. Do you have any recurring dreams
I do not recall any dreams.

22. What type of weather do you like and how it affects your complaints
I like sunny, calm, 80 degree weather with low humidity. It tends to elevate my mood.

23. Do you normally feel hot or cold
I am normally cold, but find that I am getting warm/hot with increasing frequency.

24. What type of clothes you wear (tight, loose, around neck etc)
I tend to wear loose clothes, mostly sweatshirt/sweat pants or yoga type pants and tee shirts. I wear scrubs at work. Jeans if I am out.

25. What foods you love
I love almost all foods. I eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, and chicken. I also eat goat and deer once per week on average. I drink about 60 oz of water per day and about 8 oz goat milk.

26. What foods you hate
I don't hate anything, but I dislike brussel sprouts.

27. What taste you love (sweet, salty, sour, bitter)
Salty is probably my favorite, but not like potato chips. More like meat and potato type salt.

28. What taste you hate
I don't hate any tastes

29. Do you like warm or cold food
I like warm foods.

30. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, mud….)
I do not want indigestible foods.

31. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)
Lately I am more thirsty, perhaps from being inside in heated buildings. I drink about 60 oz of water and 8 oz of goat milk daily.

32. Do you have dry lips or mouth or both
I have dry lips.

33. Any coating on tongue first thing in the morning
No coating on tongue first thing in the morning.

34. Any taste or smell from your mouth first thing in the morning
. I have not noticed and taste or smell from my mouth first thing in the morning.

35. How is your skin
My skin is dry and itchy. I have noticed bumps like acne and reddened skin in my nasolabial folds with flaking.

36. Details about your sweat (where mostly, how much, smell, stain color)
I sweat mostly in my axilla and sometimes my back when I exercise or am working hard. No more sweat than usual, no distinct odor. On white shirts, armpit area is yellowish/brown. I have not recently changed deodorant brand.

37. Any problems with ears, nose, chest, throat
I have no current problem with ears, nose, throat, or chest.

38. How is your stool (details of how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.)
Bowel movements every day to every other day, formed, brown, soft, no unusual smell, no blood.

39. How is your urine (details of color, smell, any blood etc.)
Urine is clear yellow, more dilute during the day when I drink a lot. No unusual odor.

40. How is your sexual life & desire
Desire varies with time in my cycle. Immediately after my period, more desire than before my period, but not high at any time.

41. Males genitals (erection, pain, itching etc.)
N/A

42. Females menses details for regularity, flow, clots, discharge other than menses (reply to all these points)
Cycle has shortened from 28 days to 24 days, spotting for up to a week before, light flow except for one 24 hour period in the middle of the week which is heavy. Small clots during the heavy day. No discharge other than menses.

43. What illnesses are running in your family, mother’s side & father’s side & brothers/sisters
Mother- HTN, hypothyroid,fibroids, alcoholism, depression. Father- HTN, CAD, lung CA (paternal grandfather), skin CA (father), alcoholism. Sister- mitral valve prolapse, fibroids.

44. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)
Multivitamin, Omega 3 Fatty acid, gingko biloba, menoquil. Acetominophen and ibuprophen for headache, sometimes naproxen for joint pain.

45. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details
C-section in 1993. No implants.

46. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological)
Took zoloft for about 3 years for situational depression. Have not taken it in over 2 years.

47. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dose, approx. time frame)
I have not taken any other homeopathic remedies that I can remember.
 
gsjoy last decade
Your remedy is: Lachesis 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:
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.

HOW TO ORDER:
US residents can get the remedies costing from $7.99 to $12.99 from various online sources, use Google search for it.
 
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