Has anyone tried Homeopathy? If so what works?

I have tried homeopathy for a variety of things. I take simple remedies like ruta for tendonitis and there's a couple but I've found that there's an awesome "combination" (it's like a mix of a few homeopathic remedies) which has allowed me to be off HRT and pretty happy about it. I don't think some homeopaths would think it is traditional homeopathy, but I see a naturopath and he prescribed it and it works wonders for me. I'm a bit keener on this type of homeopathy because the dilutions are a bit lower, so it works physiologically, not just energetically (there's a part of me that is still not so convinced about the energetics of homeopathy).

I think if you want to go the homeopathic route but are skeptical (I'm a science-based nutritionist so I was quite skeptical!)... I am more convinced by reading some of the studies they do on homeopathy in animals (like treating mastitis in cows). It can't be placebo effect! The more I learn about it (I have a very good naturopath) the more it intrigues me.

I take fish oils too and the combination of the homeopathic and the fish oils seems to work really well to control my symptoms, especially mood symptoms.

I've never tried simple homeopathics for my menopausal symptoms but I'm sure there are lots of people with good experiences. I'm not convinced about using the simple remedies to "fix" such a complex problem, but I might be biased because I've found something that works well for me

Thanks for adding some of your real life experience with homeopathy. I've had such a hard time with hot flashes that I'm willing to try almost anything [except Hormone Replacement Therapy].

My 11 year old dog recently passed away. She was a wonderful companion. She started with hip dysplasia when she was 2 years old. At three she tore both her ACL's. [There is a point to all this - bear with me.] By the time she was 7 she had arthritis in her front legs as well. It was about that time I learned of a homeopathic vet who lived about 45 minutes away. I brought Magic to him and the medicine he gave her worked very well.

It's only been recently I began to think that if it worked so well on Magic, why shouldn't it work with me. Today, I found out there was a homeopathic practioner who live about 30 minutes away. I figure it can't hurt to call.

I tried the homeopathic remedy called Calm by Hylands. I was having insomnia and decided to give it a try. My experience with it was not that great. It made me opposite from calm...in the middle of the night after having taken it I would wake up and feel very restless....felt like I had to keep moving....almost jittery. I used it for about a week and decided to quit using it because of how I felt. I decided to use my regular herbal sleep aide called Sleep-Relax and see if that made me jittery when and if I woke in the middle of the night. It did not.....so I tossed the bottle of Calm in the garbage. I think it also made me constipated, because that has also stopped since not using it.

Maxxy,

Just wondering, did anyone suggest that particular remedy for you or did you just pick it to try out?

Hello there

I bought Calms at our local health food store, off the shelf, and I have also seen it at Safeway Food Store (inCanada).

If I had gone to a person trained in homeopathic medicine I may have gotten a special formula for whatever problem I was experiencing at the time, ie, insomnia, depression or anxiety. Since I live in a small town, I don't think there is anyone that is trained in that medicine....so I bought a ready-made formula off the shelf.

I am sure that homeopathy works....just not for me in this particualr case with insomnia.

My worst symptom during this process of peri/meno (there are many of course), but the worst is the drained feeling, the fatigue that can make me feel in SLOW motion, and the brain fog.

I have started a small dosage of DHEA, which after researching, is no big deal if it's under 25mg, that's consider small and less likely to produce any side effects. So I am taking 10mg daily with breakfast.

Yesterday, after talking with another health person, she suggested I try RHODIOLA ROSEA. This is suppose to help with energy and thinking clearly. Today is day 2 on this.

Has anyone tried this Rhodiola??? Or heard anything more about it???

Thanks, Juliann

When my son was 11 months old, he developed terrible eczema on his face and hands. Our GP wanted to give him cortizone cream, which is basically a steroid. I wasn't at all happy about that as I'd heard one of the side effects caused thinning of the skin. A friend recommended a homeopathic doctor, and so I thought he'd be worth a try. We had a short consultation and the doctor disappeared into a back room and gave us a bottle of tiny white pills. My son had to take these for a month and he wasn't allowed orange juice or tomatoes for 6 weeks. Within 6 days, the eczema had vanished - we were very impressed! It never returned.

My mother took a homepathic combination remedy made by Weleda for migraine when she was going through the menopause, and she was convinced that this greatly helped reduce the frequency of the attacks.

As for me, I am absolutely certain that these things work. I've used variious remedies over the years...for cystitis, throat infections, grief and more recently the horrible menopausal anxiety and panic. (yuck!) I've found aconite is excellent for that.

Oh, and my friend's old labrador is responding well to homepathic treatment for her arthritis!

I used homeopathy for everything. Hypericum is wonderful for stress and anxiety. Ignatia for tearfulness, especially if you have a lump in the throat.

The trouble with homeopathy is its vocabulary sometimes. the Materia Medicas are so old-fashioned, from Hanaman's time, that sometimes it's hard to pinpoint the right remedy for your symptoms. And sometimes your exact symptoms aren't in there.

I've found a website: *** - which sells quite a few homeopathic remedies. It's a bit confusing to me, as I am just beginning to understand homeopathy. They also sell books with explainations on the varied medications. I just ordered one. Hopefully it will help to demystify some of the answers to the questions I have. I did try Lacheshis Muta for my hotflashes. The results were of minimal improvement so it wasn't the answer for me, but I'll keep trying.

Hi ladies. I have been looking into trying homeopathy as well since nothing else seems to be helping my awful symptoms. I just ordered two very informative books about homeopathic treatment that all of you might be interested in: Menopause & Homeopathy by Ifeoma Ikenze, M.D. and Homeopathic Medicine For Mental Health by Trevor Smith, M.D..

Nevermore, and Moonlight Lady, you seem to have had some positive experiences with homeopathic treatments. I really want to try them, but as nothing else has helped me, I'm putting it off because I won't know where to turn if homeopathy doesn't help either. I guess I'm leary too, because like you Maxxy, I tried the Calms formula by Hylands and the same thing happened to me-I had the opposite effect. I even felt sort of rageful all of a sudden, and that really scared me. It's wierd, I seem to have the opposite reaction with a lot of things since beginning peri. Anybody else have trouble with that, or is that just my own personal strange symptom?!!


Darlene

Darlene,

Once you receive these, will you share what the books recommend for menopause symptoms?

Praying they help you. What a trip, huh?

JJ

Thanks Darlene for sharing the book titles. I feel that I just might get somewhere with homeopathy after all.

JJ and Saturn, both books go into quite a bit of detail about homeopathic treatment. The one that is written specifically about menopause has several case histories and the doctor seems like a very compassionate woman-someone I would definitely like to see. She not only discusses the individual homeopathic treatments for various menopausal symptoms, but she includes chapters on nutrition, diet and lifestyle for preventing and dealing with other midlife issues like heart disease and osteoporosis. After reading it, I feel that the best way to find the most appropriate homeopathic treatment for the symptoms you are experiencing is to actually see a qualified practitioner. In the author's words "...a combination remedy will be moderately effective for a high percentage of people who use it for the indicated symptoms, but will not be effective for everyone. On the other hand, a single remedy will be effective only if it is the correct remedy for that individual at that moment. However, a well-chosen single remedy can bring about dramatic and incisive changes far superior to any combination remedy." So it seems like rather than standing in the health food store trying to guess which remedy might fit your needs, you would have a better chance of success with an experienced practitioner, wouldn't you think, unless you just have a few pretty straightforward symptoms.

The other book dealing with homeopathy for mental health, has a very detailed section on menopausal depression (see, it really does exist!) and a separate section on menopause. The doctor writes that "Some women are more fortunate and the 'change' passes as a non-event, almost unnoticed; suddenly a period is missed, does not recur for several months and then quietly disappears with no adverse reactions." (why couldn't we be in that group?) "For many it is a time of of anxiety, panic and depression-a time of emotion and tears with fear of break-down." I know we can all relate to that latter description here! He lists 7 different remedies-some of which I have never heard of. They are: Sepia, Lilium tig., Iodum, Pulsatilla, Thuja, Causticum, and Cactus. Each one describes different qualities that accompany the depression. Anyway, with sooo many different remedies to try, it just seems to me that you would have a better chance finding the right one if you enlist the aid of a knowledgeable practitioner. Hope I've given a little help to you if you're leaning toward giving homeopathy a try.

Darlene

hi

for hot flashes etc, the usual recommendations are primrose oil and black cohash. Neither worked for me, but tincture of Mother's wort was better. Must get some more. Somebody said sage tea works well (I grow it, so I tried it. Nada, but we're all different)

hi ladies, i'm still alive!!! LOL i had a vitiman iv today, and had an ultrsound of my thyroid. i have accupunture in the morning, i had a massage tonight, and am eating very organic!! i am trying a holistic chiropractor on wed. and trying to find a chinese yoga and thia chi instructor. i can't think of anything else to do!!!! but i am sleeping better. yesssss, something positive!!!

Duch - not to be picky but primrose oil and black cohosh are herbal remedies, not homeopathic. I have tried black cohosh and have had some relief - accent on "some". It cut my hot flashes from one every 20-30 minutes to one every 50-60 minutes. That's why I want to try homeopathy. I'm hoping for more positive results. I continue to take the herbal remedy but it's not enough for me.

Again, thanks Darlene for the information you received from the books. I'm planning to pick up a copy of the book by Ikenzie.

Your welcome Saturn. My understanding of homeopathy is that it helps to rebalance your whole system, in turn helping to balance out your hormones, and because homeopaths take a very detailed history of their patients, they are better able to determine which remedy would help them the most. I tried the herbal remedy black cohosh in several different forms and it gave me a wierd sort of clenching feeling in my arm and leg muscles, almost as if I was about to have some kind of seizure. Needless to say, I haven't attempted to try it again!

Darlene

The thing to remember with homeopathy is - it treats the PERSON plus the ILLNESS or the SYMPTOM. We may all be suffering from the same SYMPTOMS here, but we are each experiencing them UNIQUELY. That's what homeopathy takes into account. Whilst there are general remedies for sale over the counter, what works for me may not work for you for exactly the same symptoms. This is why people sometimes think it doesn't work. And also sometimes people think visiting a homeopath is expensive. When you look at the price of over the counter remedies and the fact that you may have to try several before you get the right one for YOU, a visit to a homeopath is actually more cost effective. Initial visit is usually around the £50 mark but for that you get up to 2 hrs where you get to tell someone all the silly irrelevant things that maybe your doctor wouldn't consider important, but to a homeopath they are MOST important. The homeopath gets a FULL picture of YOU and your symptoms and your reactions and responses to them, plus ANY OTHER important life events you consider have affected you.
Included in that is any remedies you're prescribed. An your homeopath will follow you up to see how you're responding. You should need no more than 4 appointments in all, spaced out over 4 months and subsequent appointments are £29 including further remedies. And remedies may be added or taken away each month. Roughly that works out at about £8 per week for the RIGHT remedy. How much would you spend on ONE over the counter remedy which may not work? Then you buy another - which may not work. Then you give up on homeopathy.

Voice of experience talking.

Well, I just had my first ever visit to a naturaopath, not for meno, but for seborrheic dermatitis. Ridiculously expensive, he is. I am cautiously hopeful. It's about my last resort, now. We discussed meno and he told me he treats it successfully without any hormones. So, if I have difficulties, that's where I'll go for treatment.

Yagotta, you make a very strong case for giving homeopathy a try....and you also explain exactly why people give up on it and believe it doesn't really work. You are certainly right about spending a lot of money on the combination over the counter homeopathic remedies----I have a cupboard full and none of them seem to have done anything for me. I keep putting off scheduling an appointment with a practitioner because of my Doubting Thomas side, and I am also somewhat fearful of the 'healing crisis' that I have read about when your symptoms intensify before they get better---I don't think I could handle that. Still, I have gone so far as to fill out the questionaire (quite extensive) that I downloaded from the practitioner's website. So, speaking from your voice of experience, did you actually end up seeing a homeopathic doctor, and if so was he/she able to help relieve your meno symptoms? If your answer is a resounding YES, then I will quit procrastinating and make an appointment!

Bella-I have my first appointment with a naturopathic doctor on Monday, and you're right they are expensive, although the homeopathic doctor that I was considering is even more so. And then of course insurance companies don't tend to cover either one! But at this point I am so fed up with allopathic medicine that if one of these alternative practitioners can safely rid me of these horrible meno symptoms, then I guess I will pay what it takes to get my life back! You are so fortunate and very blessed not to be having any difficulties with menopause, and I hope it continues to be a smooth transition for you. Luckily you have somewhere to turn though if the journey gets bumpy :rolleyes

Darlene

For what its worth on the subject of the effectiveness of homeopathy, I have not yet gone the homepatic route for peri symptoms but about 10 years ago I had a severe case of CFS/Epstein Barr with such acute fibromyalgia that all my muscles in my back would cease up from top to bottom. I literally could not raise my arms to wash my hair in the shower - just stood there crying. After consultings all the "ists" hemotologist, neurologist, rheumatologists, cardiologist blah blah blah - I was recommended to a naturopath by a co-worker (a medical doctor trained in psychiatry ) who among other modalities was especially skilled at prescribing homeopathy. I was more than skeptical having never even heard of homeopathy at the time. As part of an entire course of treatment we began the thoughful process of trying to find the right homeopthic remedy. After some failures which left me very disillusioned - a miracle occured. A remedy called Bryonis Alba - took the muscular symptoms away immediately. It was so miraculous that I remember exectly where I was standing when I took it and it worked the first time. The descriptive language in homeopathic diagnosis is very important and the word "drawing" as when your muscles feel like they are drawing is what lead us finally to Bryonia Alba.

Sorry to ramble on but I must say that I am a believer. It's just finding the right remedy that is exceptionally difficult if infact there is a remedy for what ails you.

POOKISH

Ladies-

I am at the bottom of my life right now.

I recently consulted a homeopath (really thought I would get general nutrition advice too but haven't). I spent hours typing up
my whole life history etc. He told me to take Kali Bich (hmm) and Thuja. I had to mix it up. Told me to take it a few days and tell him how I felt. I did - I continue to feel worse and worse though certainly could no ascribe it to the remedies.
He says stop them. Then he said try pulsitilla. I did. Emailed him in a few days -said still going downhill. Still waiting to hear from him.

Question- I know the theory is that you have to find the right remedy for the emotional stuff. But if there are real physical
things causing pain (perhaps arthritis or something else) would the remedies work or only if the pain is purely a result of
an emotional issue? Am I making sense here.

I asked whether its ok to take multiiple remedies at once and he said no. I'm tempted to try some of the ones mentioned here.
It seems to me that we know ourselves and can read these books too.

P.S. - There is a site for Dr. Luc DeShepper and I think you can email him questions.
I have not had luck with anything, but thought I''d mention the site. (you an google it)
Anyone have an opinion on homeopathy for real physical stuff?

Darlene- do you think its crazy to just guzzle down all those menopausal depression remedies at once or just perhaps
go through them one by one.

I"m frustrated, because the homeopath I went to make me belive that if I feel worse day by day I should stop the remedy, but I assume it takes time. How long do you give each remedy?

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss - I have made two visits to a homeopath in the last 2 months and I've taken 3 remedies for two different problems. The first 2 remedies worked wonderfully on my mood and enthusiasm and depression, and also on my sensitivity to noise and vibrations which was preventing me from going out or travelling. I also had terrible crying bouts which came on suddenly and out of the blue which were very embarrassing and also physically uncomfortable because I felt like I was carrying a bucket of water in my heart. That sensation has now gone and I haven't cried or felt like crying since taking the first remedy.

The third remedy was for my aching joints and 2 hours after taking it I came down with what felt like severe cold symptoms, ears, throat, head and chest congestion followed by violent sneezing, coughing, aching all over. I ran a high temperature about 2 days after it began and coughed more than I have coughed for the past 10 years. I have suffered from a feeling of congestion in the right lung for that length of time so something wasn't clearing there, now I feel it's clearing. Today is the 3rd day and it's all subsided and the pain and stiffness in my heels and hips when I wake in the morning wasn't there today. I'm gobsmacked because I've woken up stiff and aching for the past 10 years or so and today I just got out of bed ache free. I'll monitor how it goes and let you know.

Any healing crisis that you go through should last no more than a couple of days and yes it's unpleasant, but it's bearable and worth it to get rid of whatever is ailing you on a daily basis. So please don't let that prevent you from seeing a homeopath. I know the thought of a healing crisis is scary, but they aren't always very severe.

I don't often actually recommend any treatments to anyone but in the case of Homeopathy, I can't help but recommend it. Your symptoms may be complicated and that doesn't matter to homeopaths and it doesn't mean that the remedy has to be complicated either.

I'd say stop procrastinating and go for it.

Pookish - that's a wonderful description of how homeopathy worked for you. It is worth persevering with, even if the first remedy doesn't work. I think also what most people can't get their head around is the complexity and severity of their symptoms and the simplicity of being given one silly little pill which takes the problem away. And you're right, it's HOW we describe our symptoms that matters and gives the homeopath the clues they need to find the right remedy. That's why I ALWAYS recommend people to actually VISIT a homeopath, not to self prescribe and not to do it online. Because the homeopath really needs to observe you physically and hear you audibly as well as to take note of what you're describing.

I'm so glad you found relief. I've also experienced major symptoms disappearing due to taking homeopathically prescribed remedies from a qualified homeopath.

Yes - I have and it works. But the homeopathic remedy that works for me may not work for you, which is why it's best to visit a registered homeopath rather than buy over the counter remedies and self prescribe.

I spent a fortune on over the counter remedies which I would have spent better going to see a homeopath and getting the right remedy at the start.

Hi all

Thought I'd just jump in here and add that I have just made a visit to a homeobotanical practitioner here in New Zealand. I think their remedies work a little like homeopathic remedies but you have to take them ongoing not like most homeopathic remedies that you take for short durations. This woman I saw specialises in menopause symptoms so we shall see what the outcome is and I will keep you posted. I did try a homeopath about 12 months ago but only went the once and didn't follow through with it as I wasn't really in the right space for it at the time and went down another path which in the end did not ease any of my peri symptoms either.

Yagottalaff, have you tried any other modalities of natural healing? I have tried many things over the past 18 months to get some answers and relief from this hellish journey. I'm not one to take prescription medicines as I'm very sensitive to meds but I have had to succumb to a mild AD to get me through after I reached a point of no return earlier this year. Some of the things I've tried is Auric Energy healing (bit like Reiki), Colour Therapy, acupressure, massage, hypnotherapy, homeopathy, reflexology to name a few. The only thing I get a little relaxation from is massage and the energy healing but it is short lived and can get expensive. I suppose it only leaves accupuncture to try..........

Anyhoo I'll keep you posted on the homeobotanical treatment, fingers crossed it'll give me some relief from the constant anxiety and many other weird and not so wonderful peri symptoms...........

Hmmm - why did you have to type up your whole history? Was this an online homeopath? Or did you actually visit him or her in person?
Homeopathy works on ALL levels, from the centre of every cell through to the outside and in the same way it works from the centre of yourself to your exterior physical self. Whilst we can all read the books and study, just like anyone else when we are ill, it's best to have someone else observe us and take note of how we behave etc.

My homeopath takes the notes as I speak about myself, she asks very few questions, just allows me to ramble. Then she pieces it all together and gets an overall picture of ME and what my symptoms represent. Then her skill for selecting the correct remedy comes into play. She gives me on pill at her surgery and maybe two or three more to take for the next few days, then she phones me after about 4/5 days to discuss my progress, and if she thinks I need another remedy she posts it to me. I've used 3 different homeopaths here in UK and they've all worked on a similar basis and I've had excellent results from all 3. The last homeopath who I'm with at the moment is a woman and she's very intuitive and good at listening and making links between events in my life and symptoms I'm experiencing and I find quite often as I'm talking to her, we both make the link at the same time and it helps me to see which situation my symptom has manifested from. For example, the crying spells I had which I thought were related to bereavement, actually turned out to be related to a situation with my oldest son and his resentment and anger towards me and my inability to express my feelings to him because he refuses all contact. So in a sense it was bereavement and grief, but not due to anyone's death.

A good homeopath will be specific about your remedies, how long you should use them, when you should stop and they will always contact you to follow up on your progress. They need to know if you have had any reaction or not. It's worth phoning a few for an initial chat so that you can get a feel from their voice whether you'll gel with that particular one. Because I think when you feel comfortable with a person, you feel more free to express yourself and not hold anything back.

Wow. Yagotta, you responded so emphatically positive to homeopathy helping you that now I'm wanting to cancel my appointment with the naturopath I'm supposed to see tommorrow and go to the homeopathic doctor instead! Although isn't is true that many naturopaths treat with homeopathic remedies as well? Of course, since it's not their main focus, they probably aren't as detailed in finding the perfect remedy, and then I wonder if they prescribe other treatments at the same time or individualy. My main fear of the healing crisis is related to my awful obsessive thoughts and feelings of loathing and hostility that have plagued me since beginning perimenopause. I am terrified (not just of homeopathic treatments, but any new treatment that can effect one's mood and emotions) that I will lose all control and do some terrible thing-ie.you hear of people becoming suicidal or homecidal after starting on one of the major SSRI anti-depressant meds. I know that a big part of this fear is from the horrendous anxiety that I feel all the time now, but whenever I take something for the first time, I don't want to be alone in case I "go crazy" or have any extreme adverse reactions. Soooo, that's why the idea of a 'healing crisis' freaks me out--even as much as I really want to be able to live my life again! You asked about why Lidge had to type up a complete life history....the homepathic doctor that I contacted does that as well. She said that it helps her to see previous patterns, problems, relationships, choices etc. in a patients life that may have led up to their present day ailments or mood/emotional problems, and that can be a great help in finding the right remedy. It seems to make sense.

Pookish, your story as well is nibbling away a little at my fear of seeing a homeopath. That is quite amazing how you say the right remedy miraculously took away your pain. I am always praying for some magic elixir to make ALL the horrible feelings of menopause go away, but I have so many different and bizarre symptoms that I don't know if there is a single remedy to help me, and like you said, finding just the right remedy can be extremely difficult, but it must be exhilarating when the right one IS found.

Lidge oh lidge, how I can relate to you. I too am at the bottom of my life right now, though I seem to have been there for the better part of eleven years now. You make perfect sense when asking about a remedy that treats pain that is actually from something physical. I can't say that I know the answer, but I think that maybe (am I right here Yagotta?) homeopaths look for a possible emotional cause as to why you have developed a particular physical ailment in the first place and work on that. I know how discouraging it is to keep trying different treatments and to just continue to feel worse. That pretty much describes my life too. I am so very afraid that this physically ailing, emotionally broken women who I have become will remain until I die. I know that sounds so pessimistic, but it's just how I feel now. In answer to your question about "guzzling down" all those depression remedies at once, you can probably guess my answer if you read above about how I am aftaid to even try one treatment at a time I'm not certain how long you are supposed to take a remedy (Yagotta you must know) before giving up on one and then how do you know if you are having a healing crisis or if you are having a negative reaction to a chosen remedy. Lidge do you plan to keep trying different remedies? It would be wonderful if you could find one that worked for you.

Why does this transition through menopause have to be so wretched for some of us RoxurSox, the term "hellish journey" is one that I have also used so often to describe what has been THE MOST horrible time of my life. I sincerely hope that you are able to find some permanent relief from the 'homeobotanical' remedies that you mentioned. Please do let us know if they help>>>>>>if they do, we'll be asking you to find out if homeobotanical practitioners practice anywhere else besides New Zealand!

Darlene

Ladies-

I didn't go into see the homeopath personally because I just felt too lousy. I asked if we could do it on the phone and he said fine. I talked to him a long time in the first call. I cried. I told him I felt beyond help. He went on saying he thought my problems was that I had been on too many antibiotics and a few courses of steroids. He thought he had it nailed in that
it "suppressed" my system. But the ear and body pain started later- after the meds.

Then, I got another ear infection ( I had a tube put in then removed, long story). Had to take antibiotics again. So I'm torn between the two schools of thought and this adds to my insanity.

Homeopath asked me to answer questionnaire, which was long and intensely personal. Since then, I barely hear from him, though I think I owe him a call. I'm not afraid of the remedies, I just don't feel like they are likely to help. But then, I'm desperate so I want to believe.

I do feel caught between traditional medicicne and homeopathy. I was told by someone I trust that homeopathy can "complement" traditional medicine. But when the homeopath tells me how the antibiotics have ruined me, that sort of negates that, doesn't it?

Yes, I'm a little confused on the healing crisis too- when I told the homeopath I felt worse, he said to stop and then changed it.
How does he know it wasn't a healing crisis?

I just don't know anymore. When death starts looking attractive, you will try any port in the storm. I guess I"m just looking for that magic pill to hand me back the healthy and happy and out of pain me.

I guess I'll keep trying, but going to see a shrink next week. Of course, homeopaths see ADs as no-nos. But what to do?
I have a child and my life is in tatters- I can't live like this anymore- mostly it is physical to me, but it has taken a mental toll-
I can no longer cope with it. So back and forth I swing. Really would just like to be frozen at this point and thawed out when they find a cure for all this nonsense.

Hi Darlene

I will definitely keep you posted on the homeobotanical thing, I've been taking it for 4 days now and haven't really noticed any change but then I've had a lot of ups and downs over the past month with my dad being diagnosed with bowel cancer and having a huge op to remove it so my anxiety (especially my health anxiety) has been through the roof of late. We have a local naturopath who also uses homebotanical remedies and back flower remedies so everyone who's looking into a naturopath it would be worth while asking them if they deal with these remedies also. Naturopaths focus alot on diet and nutrition as well as supplements along with the other modalities I mentioned earlier (well they do here in NZ anyway). One thing I have discovered along the way is that alternative remedies take time and I mean a lot more time to work than conventional medicine so you need to be patient when trying them and give them time to work. I have tried many things and have done a lot of research on vitamin supplements over the past 18 months trying to find things that ease this hellish journey for want of a better term and have found one or two things that help with some symptoms but still trying to find something that eases the persistant anxiety, that seems to be the trigger for all else that gets to me.

Anyhoo must dash and pick up my daughter from school, will check in later..............

I have been using homeopathic remedies for the last 18 months. Having tried just about everything else except for HRT. (herbal remedies, natural progesterone, chinese medicine, acupuncture) Homeopathy is a lot more complicated than some people will have you believe. It is not like using herbs, different remedies work for different people and also in different doses plus there are things that antidote, coffee is quite often an antidote. sometimes just taking too much of a remedy can be an antidote.
It is much easier if your symptoms have only just started, if you have had them a while it will be harder to choose the right remedy, especially if you have been trying other things. I would definitely recommend finding a professional. There aren't any where I live so I have had to make do and I know that I have messed up a couple of times but my experience overall has been good. My hot flashes have been severe, every 40 minutes day and night. Everything I have tried has worn off at some stage and some remedies don't repeat well (which is how I messed up) plus I am very sensitive to remedies so I have to be careful not to get aggravations but in between times I have had periods of around three months TOTALLY SYMPTOM FREE.
If you must go it alone stick to single remedies and start low, read the materia medica and compare, the library usually has something to get started on. some possible solutions to check out:
Sepia, Lachesis, Sulphur, Graphites, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Belladonna, Glonoinum, Calcarea Carbonica, Natrum Muriaticaum.
As you can see there are many to choose from. don't rush into it, read up first it will save you from the mistakes that I made. good Luck

Thanks rhodie, I have tried Lachesis and found that it doesn't do anything. Perhaps the dose was too small, perhaps it's not the right medicine. I can't take sulfur because I am allergic to it. I knew about sepia and belladonna but not the others. I'll read up some more and continue my trial and error. My insurance doesn't cover homeopathic practitioners. I would be nice to see a professional, but I just can't afford it. Thanks!

Any luck yet Saturn?

I know this thread is an older one, but great thread.

I've not tried homeopathy for Peri, but have for lyme and to quite smoking. Both worked.
I smoked since I was 13 and 10 days after taking pyrogenium, I quit cold turkey. Something in my head finally clicked. And I was actually taking the pyrogenium for the lyme.
It was then told to me that this remedy is also used as a non smoking aid, which I didnt know so it was not placebo.

And like someone said above, it's important to take only one ticture at a time.

I've had no luck yet. After reading some more about types of homeopathic medicines for hot flashes, and trying to match them up with my symptoms, I'm going to try sulpher next.

It's never too late to revive an older thread. Thanks