Titanium sulphuricum

4.4.1 Titanium sulphuricum, Case 1A 44 year old woman suffers from migraines. They start with flashes of light which can make her panic. Then the pain starts in her neck, radiating to the left side and settling above her left eye. She loses the left side of her field of vision. The pains are pressing and accompanied by nausea, sometimes with vomiting, and profuse perspiration. The pain is < from reflected sunlight, flashing lights, stress at work, before menses, < 3 pm, sleeping late; > wearing sunglasses
The migraines started 10 years ago. She had a boyfriend and they were very much in love. He wanted to get married,but she did not because she felt herself too inexperienced and she was afraid of sex. She felt she wasn’t ready for marriage. Many years later her friend married someone else and then she suddenly regretted
that she had let the opportunity slip by. Some time later she met him again and they started to have an affair because they still loved each other. She wants to marry him, but now he doesn’t want to because he doesn’t want to leave his children. Now she can’t decide whether to carry on with this relationship or not.
She is a perfectionist, wants to do everything well and hates it when other people do things by halves. She needs to have a sense of security: she is not the type who will change her job on her own accord, for instance. She is quiet and reserved, and has never told anyone about her boyfriend. She gets on well with other people, is not easily upset, but when she is upset she is quite radical in her decisions.
She was brought up with little freedom, as her parents were narrow minded and kept an eye on her all the time. They used to tease and ridicule her, especially if she had been out: ‘Who is your boyfriend then?’ They would make funny faces about it and although they did not mean to be nasty she always felt extremely embarrassed.
She is afraid of heights, fainting, crowded streets and walking to the front in church.
She also has tennis elbow in her left arm and some vaginal discharge.GeneralsWeather: too hot or too cold, -> outside, > mountains.
Perspiration: none.
Time: < 3 pm.
Desires: fruit, apples, cheese, meat.
Aversion: onions, garlic, sour.
Food: < alcohol: head feels hot.
menses: profuse, myoma.
Sleep: awake around 4 am < thinking about work, < lying in late.AnalysisThe vertical hemiopia reminds us of Titanium or Lithium.
The incident that took place around the start of the migraines had to do with her relationship, which points to Sulphuricum. What was happening in this relationship? The relationship was fine until the time when she had to make a commitment. The official start, the question of marriage, was what made her feel so indecisive. She did not dare to commit herself in case she couldn’t handle it. Later on she started a relationship with the same person, but this time it was in secret, only half and half. The uncertainty, the delay, the indecision and the half heartedness point to stage 4, to Titanium. So when we join the two themes together we get Titanium sulphuricum.
Other Titanium symptoms: -> fruit, -> apples, hemiopia, flashing lights, migraines, < bright light, -> outside. Sulphuricum symptoms: easily heated, < lying in late, -> fruit, she was teased about boyfriends in childhood.ReactionOne month after Titanium sulphuricum 1M she generally feels better, more energetic and more stable. She finds she doesn’t think about the relationship problems so much; she has decided to carry on but feels less intense about it, and will wait and see what happens. If he chooses to be with her that’s fine; if not, she’ll break it off. She has had no more migraines. In the course of the next 18 months she had 4 repeat doses of Titanium sulphuricum 1M.