CH came to me wanting support with an emotional issue that had arisen due to a change in her family dynamics and triggered an old childhood wound. She was experiencing feelings of abandonment and rejection. She was tearful and the upset had completely disrupted her sleep, making it hard for her to fall asleep and then finding herself awake for 2-3 hours a night. The upset had also affected her appetite resulting in some minor weight loss. She was prescribed pulsatilla once a week for three weeks.
When CH returned, she reported feeling better for the first three days of taking the remedy each week and had an improvement in her sleep and appetite. She had stopped drinking coffee and had started eating meat and noticed that she was no longer ‘bloated’. She was no longer tearful or experiencing the feelings of abandonment; however, felt that she needed something ‘a bit stronger’. In this appointment she expressed a couple of things that irritated her. We repeated the remedy in a higher potency, again once a week for three weeks.
At CH’s 3rd appointment her sleep had continued to improve, sometimes sleeping through the night and other nights waking for 5-10minutes and then going back to sleep. We talked more about her stress and the things that irritate her and evaluated the effects of the remedy. CH expressed that she felt good whilst taking the remedy but that the effects had ‘worn off’. We repeated the remedy again in a higher potency still.
CH came to her 4th appointment with some stress, worries and anger that she wasn’t always able to express. She was visibly angry in the appointment and her prescription was an easy one. We changed the remedy to Staphysagria in an ascending potency over three doses (night, morning, night).
5th Appointment. Since her last appointment, CH had experienced loose stools, which had stopped the day of her appointment. However, she was now feeling “really, really calm” and her sleep was “a lot better”. If she woke in the night, it was very brief and she’d fall asleep again until morning. In this appointment, CH revealed that she’d had a physical health issue for 2-3years that was previously not disclosed but that it had also improved as a result of the new remedy. So we are now working to improve this further.
