Expert: Kindred Beisinger penname K D Elizabeth Beisinger - 9/23/2004

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I am so glad you are so kind in trying to help me. Ok let me begin from the beginning if you dont mind. I have been battling depression & anxiety and off & on antideprssants for 12 years since the birth of my first child. I was finally able to get off medications for a longer period of time than usual about 3 years ago. During those 3 yrs I endured 2 of the worse stressful events in my life but I did not get depressed or anxiety attacks which was puzzling to me. However I did notice my concentration was detiorating then over time I developed brain fog, short term memory loss, severe dizziness & severe food sensitivities. I went to 3 medical doctors. One found nothing. The second found low iron, which after correcting did not clear up my symptoms. The third put me back on antidepressants. I was so desparate & did my own research, I tried an all day juice fast, which triggered anxiety attacks, depression again & hypoglcemia type reaction. So now i was worse with a multitude of symptoms. The antidepresant finally took away the hypoglcemia, dizziness, anxiety & depression but did nothing for all the other symptoms. So thats when i found the holistic doctor he put me on Adrenal/thryoid glandulars, liver & colon cleanser herbs, evening primrose oil, black current seed oil & multiple vitamins & minerals esp. chromium. I continued the Paxil along with all the supplements. He encouraged me to wean off Paxil and since I was stable as far as the anxiety & depression I decided to wean off. The hypoglcemia returned. Little by little my sluggish mind went away, my memory improved & i could think clearly again. The only symptoms I still had was the hypoglecmia type reaction and severe food sensitivity. Then I had a death in the family & the anxiety & depression returned once again. He started me on 5htp, tyrisone, st. johns worth etc. AFter about 4 weeks I started to feel better the anxiety & depression completely gone except i developed severe obsessions. Thats when he gave me the Homeopathic remedy. Somehow I misunderstood how & when to take it. i took it for several days & on the 4th day after taking it I suddenly developed severe trembling, anxiety, pain in the back & headaches and over the next 2 weeks all my symptoms I originally had have returned. All of them. He doesnt believe that the homeopathic remedy could had caused all this. He did bloodwork and now says I have chronic yeast and im going to start treatment for that next week.
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Hello and thank you so much for your response i greatly appreciate it. I am a bit confused on two things. First you said i should stop all recent remedies (except vits) I stopped the homeopathic remedy as soon as it made me sick, were you referring to that or did you mean i should stop the original herbs/glandulars my doctor gave me at the beginning of my treatment about 4-6 months ago. And when i do resume my treatment which kind of practioner would you recommend? herbalist? homeopathic etc??thanks so much claudia
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Hello. I am a 36 yr. female, I hope you can help me, I am presently seeing a holistic doctor. He is treating me for anxiety, depression, toxic liver, adrenal fatigue and rescently diagnosed yeast. He has me on glandulars & herbs. I have not yet started the yeast treatment,I was having a hard time with tension so he gave me a homeopathic remedy that had more than one substance, main one been mag.phos & kali phos & others. I somehow misunderstood how to take it, I mistakely took it for sadness instead of tension which is what it was for, shortly after I developed severe aggravations most of old symptoms returning but more severe than the original incl. trembling, anxiety attacks, headache & pain in the back and after 2 weeks are still somewhat lingering. My doctor is confused on why my body reacting like this he thinks its just my body getting sick again but he doesnt think the remedy caused this reaction, he doesnt really know how to handle it. I have read a lot and know that the Remedy did indeed trigger all these symptoms again. I was told by a homeopathic practitioner that all the supplements my doctor is currently using will no longer work and that the only way to treat these symptoms now is by homeopathy. My question is although homeopathy triggered my illness again, can I use other treatments to get rid of it again for example antidepressants or herbs etc? Or only homeopathic? in other words did this remedy Void out the herbs/glandulars he was given me and now they wont work? will the remedy continue to worsen my health? is this permanent? does a homeopathic doctor just give another homeopathic remedy to treat aggravations or is there something that actually "voids out" the damage this original homeopathic remedy did? im sorry for all the questions im just very concerned. i would greatly appreciate a response.
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Dear Claudia,
I can only make what I consider to be a safe suggestion.  I suggest that you stop all of the recent remedies and let your body stabilize for a bit (even if it is not better, it will be stable).  That is not to say that you cannot take a good multi-vitamin, especially Vit. B Complex, [very good for glands and nerves (anxiety, depression as well).]  You must consider all sources of information.  Herbalists can treat everything with herbs, homeopathic practitioners: only homeopathy.  Medical doctors don't recommend alternative.  Chiropractors use bone adjustments to treat fever.  
My recommendation is just stop except the Vitamins and increase your water to at least 64 0z. per day.  The water will flush your system all the way to the cellular level.  After 3 days, I believe you will be relieved of the more recent symptoms that were caused by misuse of remedy.  At the end of 1 week, I am sure you will be able to assess where you really are physically and emotionally.  Then, I always recommend 1 thing at a time.  Then there is no confusion, and when you feel better, you know which remedy helped.  Let me know how you progress, please.
I will be praying for you.
Kind Regards,
Kindred
www.theholisticadvocate.com

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Dear Claudia,
Just back to the point you felt you were "stable."  I just feel with your description of symptoms, this could be addressed systemically rather than symptomatically, which is how I practice.  If you have been on herbs and glandular for 6 months, I would think you would be seeing improvement.  I do not want to misdirect you, so if you don't mind, please write me back and share some more details.  If you would rather not, that is fine.  I am glad you went off of the misused remedy.  I did not glean that information from your first post.  If you would like to continue consulting with me, fine, please e-mail me from my website or continue here.  I sense you are having a bit of a communication or trust problem with the present practitioner.  I would be happy to help you.  I don't feel I can recommend the modality of treatment at this time, but will as we continue to communicate.
Meanwhile, what herbs, and the glandular . . . can you share more about exactly what gland and brand?
Kind Regards,
Kindred
www.theholisticadvocate.com  

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Dear Claudia,
I have just read your information and I don't want to add confusion, but from what I have read, and keep in mind, I am only going on these few posts you have sent.  Your need for glandular stabilization may and could cause all of the symptoms you have shared with me.  I do believe the depression, anxiety, food allergies, obsessions, and hypoglycemia may in fact all be a result of a "dysfunction" of the endocrine system.  Please, before you try any more treatments, increase your water to "flush toxins" and simply address the glandular and B Vitamins or multi-vitamin, with extra B Complex.  Do not add any more aggressive treatments at this time.  Let me hear from you in a week and keep in touch more often if you need the encouragement.  While you are increasing fluid, you could cut down on breads, starches and cakes, which would passively address the hypoglycemia and yeast concerns.
I will continue to pray for you and contact me before a week if you need the encouragement.
Shalom,
Kindred
www.theholisticadvocate.com