Chelena's Homeopathy History

Chelena

Data Quality: 3 stars

Sex: Female
Age: 57y

Condition: Chronic Neuralgia 17 additional condition(s)

Quality of Life:

Social: Moderate
Mental: Moderate
Physical: Moderate

I am: Good

Chelena: Female, 57 years; Sacramento, CA

Primary Condition: Chronic Neuralgia and 17 more ▼

First symptom: Jan 1986
Diagnosis: Sep 2012

Interests: Alternative Medicine, Relationships and 1 more ▼

About Chelena

Have suffered from severe chronic depression as well as periods of dysthymia pretty much from childhood. Obvious manifestation came at age five when I collapsed after one of my bipolar mom's rages. In just seconds, somehow, my body just shut down and I was paralyzed from the waist down and my hair had already been falling out in clumps but mom never noticed until I was hospitalized. So then later, add years of sexual molestation by my "godfather" in my late teens and many years later after another collapse and serious series of breakdowns and hospitalizations and it was not entiredly a shock when I learned all my "diagnoses" by doctors, therapists and social workers that also had Post traumatic Stress Disorder and that wonderful phrase: Personality disorder. Haven't worked since 2002, battled depression, severe migraines, allergies, and suicidal thoughts and attempts for many years.... but thanks to perseverance and two great therapists and one very good Psychiatrist I am mostly in a good place compared to 2000 to 2011.

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Interests

Alternative Medicine, Relationships, and Working with my Condition

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Member since: Apr 02, 2008 Last Login May 25, 2013

Other Conditions

Bone Spurs

First symptom

Feb 2007

Diagnosis

Jan 2010
Borderline Personality Disorder

First symptom

Sep 1975

Diagnosis

Mar 2006

Stopped

Jul 2010

Stopped Reason

This was resolved with Dialectical Behavioral Group Therapy DBT, Individual Therapy, Journal Writing, and Menninger Clinic.
Chronic Idiopathic Back Pain

First symptom

?

Diagnosis

?
Dysthymia

First symptom

Jan 1959

Diagnosis

Sep 2000
Eczema

First symptom

Jan 2004

Diagnosis

Mar 2005
Fibromyalgia

First symptom

Jan 2003

Diagnosis

Jan 2004
Hypothyroidism

First symptom

Sep 2000

Diagnosis

May 2010
Major Depressive Disorder

First symptom

Jun 1960

Diagnosis

Sep 2000
Menorrhagia

First symptom

May 2004

Diagnosis

Sep 2004

Stopped

Jan 2007

Stopped Reason

This was resolved with Estrogen derivative and Medroxyprogesterone Acetate.
Migraine

First symptom

Sep 1966

Diagnosis

Jun 1968
Osteoarthritis

First symptom

Mar 1988

Diagnosis

Jun 1991
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

First symptom

Jan 1959

Diagnosis

Sep 2000
Perimenopause

First symptom

Jan 1999

Diagnosis

Jan 2001

Stopped

Jan 2010

Stopped Reason

This was resolved without treatment.
Sexual Abuse

Occurred

Dec 1969
Social Anxiety Disorder

First symptom

Jan 1960

Diagnosis

Undiagnosed

Stopped

Jan 2011

Stopped Reason

This was resolved with Couples/Family Therapy, Cultivating Friends/PLM, Individual Therapy, Individual Therapy, Individual Therapy, Individual Therapy, Individual Therapy, and Individual Therapy.
Spondylosis

First symptom

May 1985

Diagnosis

Nov 2005
Undifferentiated Inflammatory Arthritis

First symptom

Jan 1994

Diagnosis

Jul 1995

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Chelena's Homeopathy is for:

Paranoia
Excessive crying
General health
Increase effect of another treatment

Chelena has not reported any side effects for Homeopathy.

Chelena's Homeopathy History (Stopped)
As needed Jun 14, 1985 - Jan 01, 2001
Stopped Did not seem to work Jan 01, 2001
Stopped Course of treatment ended and Did not seem to work Jan 01, 2001

Evaluations
Date	Dosage	General health Perceived effectiveness	Increase effect of another treatment Perceived effectiveness	Paranoia Perceived effectiveness	Excessive crying Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 01, 2001	As needed		?

Date: Jan 01, 2001
Advice & Tips: I use to cry at the least trigger from a very early age. One day when I was getting acupuncture to treat menses related migraines. This treatment help treat the migraines perfectly but stimulated a very odd reaction. At the end of the last session of three I curled up into a fetal position and started crying uncontrollably. The acupuncturist, if I remember correctly, tried to help but nothing worked so she referred me to a homeopath. I literally cried for 24 hours almost non-stop until I saw the homeopath/M.D. the next day. She sized me up very quickly to my surprise and after only talking for a few minutes she gave me some pilules to take right away. I stopped crying about 10 minutes later while talking to her. I continued to take the remedy for a while and then stopped when she told me to. So I have had amazing success with this therapy. I have many stories to tell but I think this suffices. Unfortunately once I had a complete emotional and mental breakdown in 2000 nothing seemed to help. It's taken 9 years to find the right therapists and prescription drug regimen to help with my chronic depression and PTSD. I think the homeopathy was sort of a bandaid for something that needed so much more but I had no idea. Still, when my kids were little, it was fantastic and helped me keep them out of the docs office and avoid antibiotics as I caught their colds and other illnesses much earlier as Homeopathy is all about observation. It's much easier to observe your kids than anyone else as you've know them since birth and also their physical systems are smaller and easier to treat. Once they got older I was not able to do as much.

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