Ailments from music

[Caro]

Dear Barbara, Shannon and Venkat:

I'm leaning toward Nat Mur (thank you Barbara for the heart chackra
insight), given to her by a previous homeopath, but in a very low
potency.

The song is "SpanishEyes", and this was the first time she heard it.
She says that she sunk into the song and was overwhelmed by its
beauty. Immediately followed a nostalgic feeling of not being able to
reach the kind of love depicted by the song. A profound sadness of not
being able of living and attaining that beauty came about.
Suddenly she felt heart palpitations (never felt before) and a never
before felt anguish that started to increase. She felt scared by that
new feeling of anguish and much fear of remaining in that state of
anguish. She then "realised that [her] life couldn't be the same", as
if something very tragic had happened in her life. How was she to get
her old calm back? All of this knowing that if was herself who with
her own suggestion and fear of fear would remain feeling permanent
anguish; just by thinking and knowing the feeling existed. She was
about to be married to a man she was not in love with (this might be
the central issue).
Years later, that feeling of anguish and pain, which was there all the
time, produced "lack of air", with sighs that brought no relief. This
feeling of "lack of air" produced more anguish. All of this, knowing
that it was self-induced.
She says that she had children so that the physical impact of being
pregnant would distract her from the anguish. Her three pregnancies
(and all throughout the pregnancies) did distract her her attention
from the "emmotional lack of air" (which is the expression of the
anguish) bacause of the immediate nausea and discomfort. When the
anguish got unbearable again, it was time to get pregnant so that she
could be so fully occupied. This happened every five years.
She says that she was always nostalgic as a child, and she would go
"listen to music" , that she created herself in her mind. She would
hear orchestras and symphonies lying on the grass, closing her ayes,
and she could do this at will.
She is extremely impressionable and hypochondriacal.
It seems that her present physical symptoms started upon visiting a
friend dying of TB in the hospital. The terror, disgust of the sight
of disease, grief, pity, sorrow and anger at God ( that He would let
something like this happen to someone "so good")exacerbated all her
mental and physical symptoms. She says that when her friend died, she
got close enough to the coffin that the "smell of death" entered upon
her, throwing her in a state of panic that something similar would
happen to her. She couldn't stop thinking of her friend being "trapped
in a coffin" underground. She also has great fear of narrow places, is
extremely suspicious, superstitious. There is much weeping from
melodies and lyrics that are sad or beautiful.

She took Cimifuga last week (previous homeopath) and I'm waiting for
the effect to pass, so she's taking a placebo. Thyroidinum has done
nothing for her hypothyroidism over the last six months. Ignatia
worked for her in the past for a six-month long vertigo but she
*thinks* the previous homeopath gave it to her again, and didn't do a
thing. I'm actually considering the possibilityy that the bloating and
swelling of face and eyes might be a sinus infection accompanied by
and/or not the thyroid problem, for she cannot stop blowing her nose
and lots of watery mucous secretions come out. There is pain in the
right eye and head now, with decreased vision and dimness esp. right
eye. She tested negative for TB.

Thank you SO MUCH for all the rubric help, the remedies suggested and
the questions. I will look at Ambra, too. Any other insights are more
than welcome.

Kind regards,

[Joy Lucas]

I haven't followed this thread but this reads more like Ignatia to me.
Best wishes, Joy

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[Jean Doherty]

Me too, Jean

[d_barbara_hamilton]

Hi Caro,

A quick rep supports Venkat's suggestion of Ambra, but Ignatia also prominent.
That latter rx was also my first reaction until I read what you wrote below. Is there
two things going on here? Has she just had a tremendous fright from seeing her
friend (Aconite, Stram.) ? Behind that, the 'suffocation' aspect and ailments from
disappointed love also make one think of Lachesis, plus Tarent., which also come
through. [Aurum and Carc. also come up. - and she has the tubercular 'longing'/
yearning]

Personally I would ask if she did sustain a severe fright from this last episode and
whether you have a new exciting cause to treat first. However, Ign covers all the
bases (including a/f fright), and Ambra a close second.- and they both feel
'suffocated'.

More importantly - what do you feel about her, when in her company ? Do you feel
slightly sad, or ? Trust your instincts Caro.

regards, Barbara

PS: On an amusing note, I was intrigued to see how high Tarentula scored -
especially when you bear in mind the song: Spanish Eyes, and the connection
with tarantella dancing.

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Caro wrote:

[Shannon Nelson]

(Or swan? Or not...)