by Kathryn Berg | Nov 22, 2019 | Calc Carb, Irritability with Menopause, Menopause, Night Sweats, Nux Vomica, Pulsatilla, Sepia
I remember being 37 years old and having night sweats and sleep disturbance. At 37 years old!!!! I mentioned it to my OB/Gyn and she said, “Well, you aren’t too young to be experiencing Peri-Menopause.” I was not about to put up with that, especially since I still...
by Kathryn Berg | Nov 12, 2019 | PTSD, Veterans with PTSD
This was written with the intention of posting on Veteran’s Day. Unfortunately, I was having technical difficulties, so it didn’t get published. Mercury is in retrograde…. Today is Veteran’s Day, 2019. You may have noticed a number of ways...
by Kathryn Berg | Oct 25, 2019 | Headaches, Hormonal headaches, Hormones
Not tonight dear, I have a headache. Headaches are probably the most common dis-ease suffered by humans. There are many types of headaches, and many jokes about headaches. But only women suffer from monthly hormonal headaches. These can range from mild pressure...
by Kathryn Berg | Oct 22, 2019 | agoraphobia, CPTSD, PTSD, Uncategorized
Does the idea of going to the mall cause you to shake and break out in sweat? Does riding the train or an airplane cause panic? These are all signs of Agoraphobia, which is a major symptom in PTSD. According to the Mayo Clinic, Agoraphobia is “…a type of anxiety...
by Kathryn Berg | Oct 18, 2019 | Classical Homeopathy
Have you ever been in a situation where you need to solve a problem, and you can’t decide which path to take? So you decide to do more than one thing at once, just to cover all your bases. The result of this approach is often confusion. What is helping? What might...
by Kathryn Berg | Sep 26, 2019 | How Does Homeopathy Work?, Uncategorized
When Success Stories are shared on my Lotus Homeopathy Facebook page or in Groups or a blog post or even in an email, I don’t often share the remedies that were helpful. It is always the First Question asked. Which remedy was it? The short answer to Why I rarely...
by Kathryn Berg | Sep 5, 2019 | bone spurs, Menopause, osteoporosis
Once you hit perimenopause, all sorts of issues related to bones can break out (pun intended). Osteoporosis is the one issue women and their doctors get most worried about. According to the Cleveland Clinic, early menopause (before age 45) or any long phases where a...
by Kathryn Berg | Aug 21, 2019 | CPTSD, Depression, PTSD
When someone hurts us, whether it is an insult hurled at us or someone cheats in their marriage, or a parent tells you that you are worthless, the first thing our brain does is make up a story about it. “They don’t respect me,” which can morph into “I am...
by Kathryn Berg | Jul 26, 2019 | Constitutional Homeopathy, CPTSD, PTSD, Snakes
I remember the first time I encountered someone who today would likely have a diagnosis of PTSD. She was an older woman I met on a volunteer trip in the late 1980’s. She commented about how difficult it was to sleep because she had a “built-in Sentinel.” Something...
by Kathryn Berg | Jul 24, 2019 | Coffea Cruda, Insomnia, Menopause, Nux Vomica, Women's Health
One of the earliest symptoms that menopause may be on the horizon is difficulty with sleep. This could be difficulty falling asleep, or waking up with night sweats or hot flashes, or waking up about four hours after going to bed and then not being able to fall back...
by Kathryn Berg | Jul 20, 2019 | Fishy Odors, Women's Health, Yeast Infections
As we age, health issues pop up. But when you reach perimenopause or menopause, anything that comes up seems double the trouble. “OK. I’m dealing with all these other issues, so I can possibly else go wrong?” And then some annoying little pesky thing comes up....
by Kathryn Berg | Jul 18, 2019 | Cimicifuga Racemosa, Menopause
One of the go-to herbs for women is menopause is Black Cohosh. It seems like a good idea. It’s natural. It’s herbs, so it must be safe. Right? Weeeeellllll, not always. Herbs are natural and they are generally safe in the right amount of doses, but they still need...
by Kathryn Berg | Jul 16, 2019 | CPTSD, First Responders with PTSD, PTSD, Veterans with PTSD
When practitioners choose a type of specialty, there is often a personal reason that they have chosen it. Perhaps a family member really struggled with a particular pathology, or the may have even passed because of it. The practitioner may have also had an experience...
by Kathryn Berg | Jul 9, 2019 | CPTSD, PTSD, Recovery
It is really common to hear people talk about their illnesses, whether it is PTSD or something else. It seems to be the topic du jour almost any place you go. It often goes something like this: I can’t do anything about it. My doctor says there is no cure, so I just...
by Kathryn Berg | Jul 1, 2019 | Healing The World
Note: This is Part 1 on a series of Healing the World. More articles on this will be written and posted from time to time. Note: This is not a political post. But given I have a background in Political Science and I also have spent about 8 years lobbying at...
