A 42-year-old woman, a mother of two, she has a wiry appearance, dark, black hair, and a restless and somewhat irritated expression. She feels uneasy and anxious and experiences panic attacks. She calls it hyperventilation. It starts with feeling nervous when getting up, a strange feeling in her tongue, and it preoccupies her all day. The panic attacks make it impossible to relax, and her thoughts race. The problem has been going on for years and began a year after surgery for an ovarian cyst, after which she felt better for a while. She has a nervous feeling, resembling anticipatory anxiety, and a lump in her throat. She then becomes restless, asking herself ‘will it get worse’, and paces around the table to distract herself. She goes to work (administrative), which goes well, but afterward, "I'm punished," and she has a relapse. During an attack, it takes her breath away, gives her a dry mouth, it goes to her head, she keeps thinking doom and gloom: "It won't go away, where did it come from?" Impatient: when she's sick or when things aren't going the way she'd like. She wants things to be like they always were, at home, with the kids, out with friends, at work (wanting a normal life,
Fabidae). She doesn't have the energy to do anything. Her energy used to be high; she was like a speeding train doing much in household, and her mind is constantly racing. She rarely sits down. She can no longer read a book; she stares at the TV and falls asleep late.
After
Apis mellifica, the symptoms subsided, and after
Trifolium pratense, she felt fine for a year.
Five years later, she returned: she had "hyperventilation" again, a nervous feeling, it was over the top, a restlessness, bordering on panic. She can function with oxazepam; otherwise, she'd spend all day lying in bed waiting for it to go away. She can't drive, which causes panic. Three years before, she had thyroid surgery as a preventative measure for glomus tumors. She was given Thyrax and felt better for a while. The glomus tumors had been present for 10 years; it's a family problem.
For five months now, she's been very restless again. "The misery started again": tension in her abdomen, which gets her up, and tension in her throat. Mornings are the worst; it subsides during the day. She sleeps very well. Her menses haven't been for a year. During an attack, she gets hot, starts sweating, and wants to go outside; lying in bed at home helps. The conversation during the consultation makes it worse, and after 20 minutes, she runs outside; she needs fresh air. At home, she often goes for a bike ride. She feels self-conscious and really needs to go outside; she's getting so miserable. Coffee makes it worse. Mezereum provided some relief for a few weeks, but then it relapsed. A new symptom after Mezereum: a striking symptom, often on the left side, as if the leg has fallen asleep, especially near the foot. Or the toe: occasional cramps, a heavy feeling. The upper arm feels as if a band is pressing.
AnalysisTrifolium pratense worked well; but this is a new situation with the same symptoms. It's good to reanalyze the case in such a situation.
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Fabales remained indicated, "continuing as the only option," missing enjoyable activities, legs firmly planted on the ground (fasting), and stability as a theme (this is an extrapolation of the themes of the
Fabaceae, see article about that).
Rubrics in the repertory were reviewed, looking for possible medications, with an emphasis on the
Fabaceae family. Based on these findings, the knowledge of the theme and stage is then linked back to the findings (The rubrics studied in this study were: apprehension stomach, fear abdomen, anxiety open air ameliorates, anxiety lying ameliorates, anguish, must lie down, leave home:
Oxytropis lambertii. We search all the rubrics till we find a remedy fitting the story, the case).
Fabaceae: Hard work and survival of the situation, focused on one's own experience, carefree, down-to-earth. Wants everything to be pleasant and cozy, uncomplicated.
Phase 5: Restlessness, impatient "I'll keep going, but I want it to be over" (Fababaceae). Wanting to go outside is a characteristic of
Oxytropis lambertii. This plant contains a lot of barium, which refers to
Stage 2 or
Phase 2.
Prescription:
Oxytropis lambertii MK.
Follow-upThe day after taking this medication, the feeling in her leg and arm was normal again. Her energy is good now. During the first month, she still feels a lump in her stomach when leaving home, but it is less intense (
Stage 4, doubting if ‘it would be ok or the panic would come’). "I'm doing everything a bit easier. It's so much better, I don't know what you can do more for me now. Everything's back to normal." Coffee is going well now. Her voice is lower, darker, more present; she's more relaxed, the tension is gone. No longer annoyed, but relaxed. After three months, she calls to say everything is going well.