Author:
Maarten van der Meer
Book:
Evolution of analysis
Type:
Case
Chapter:
3-644.61.16
Fragaria vesca
Remedy code: 3-644.61.16.
A 32-year-old woman with PND. She is emotional and tense, looks alarmed, can tell the story very clearly, has good word choices, and regularly cries. She comes initially for a sleep disorder. She is not comfortable, feeling empty, and has all kinds of anxieties. She feels no connection with the baby, no interest, and she does not feel herself; it is as if someone is dominating her. Anxiety, unhappy, negative, and she can’t think clearly. It feels like any moment something is going to happen, or she could freak out, she doesn't dare to be alone with the baby, she doesn't like the baby. Nothing is fun anymore, she feels alone. Labor was initiated, waters broke a week before the date, but no contractions came. During the pregnancy, there was the Corona crisis, she was very anxious and gloomy, and they were isolated. After three nights, the sleep disorder came, and suddenly she was wide awake. With the first two children, breastfeeding did not get going; she wanted it so badly, and then suddenly the milk pulled out! With temazepam, she could sleep for two hours, but had no rest, and then the roller coaster of anxiety, restlessness, and mood swings began. Happiness was gone; she no longer felt love. Caring for the four-week-old baby now is her mother, her husband stays home because she can't be alone. After her second child, she had a large cyst on the right ovary, twisting with sudden pain, which was removed. She frets a lot, is a perfectionist, takes on many worries, those for children and husband, she makes many demands on herself, everything has to be ordered and neat. The children are priority one, she wants them to have a good time in life. That they become neat people. A good upbringing is important to her. She grew up in a small apartment, didn't get much fathers love, he worked nights, and there was little contact. He was a strict father, mother is very sweet. She had a nice childhood, girlfriends, school went well. Adolescence: she wanted a boyfriend fast, fast to the boys. She was always very independent, worked before getting married, she could do it alone. She did not get out often, preferred to do housework, neat and orderly. Before she had children, she was an adrenaline bonk. What had a lot of impact: she wanted to get married, but her father did not want it, he had an other candidate. Getting married was important; she believes in destiny, and they were very much in love with each other. She is panicky, her heart can skip. The tension made her start smoking again. Green tea makes her feel bad, she is moderate with coffee. She has always struggled with being overweight.
Analysis
Iron series: She is focused on the home, household, family, being able to do things herself, and be able to put things in order herself: matching the Fabidae, Iron series. Her independence focuses on functioning in society, being able to work, care, children. Important: her “control” focuses more on duty, household, not so much on autonomy of Gold series.
Rosaceae: Theme of love, insomnia (where the complaint began), restlessness and anxiety, heart complaints.
Phase 6: Partner, not feeling love, rejection by father.
Stage 1: So happy, expectations, sudden complaints, adrenaline bonk, mood swings.
Stage 16: Hopeless in love, no more love. For this prescription the repertory is used, the rubric ‘suppressed milk’, where Fragaria stood out because of its Rosaceae characteristics.
Prescription: Fragaria vesca MK.
Follow-up
The first week she already has a few good days, and there are times when she has feelings towards the baby. She now goes to sleep lightly and begins tapering off the drug. She still has intense thoughts: when she sees a knife, she is anxious, not daring to stay alone. She has now still thoughts that she will hurt the baby. This week she was very cold, and she registered anxiety, an empty feeling, a hunted feeling here inside (points to chest), and brooding. The heart is quiet now. The two weeks after this are rapidly improving, she is more herself, and she is still fears, she can deal with them, the fears no longer grip me. She can laugh, has a sense of purpose again. She is now off the lorazepam, ‘I do it myself again now,’ and takes care of the children herself. The bond with the baby is growing. She does still have a bit of the fear of anxiety, for it was a trauma over the past few weeks. She feels the uterus rumbling every day, as if menses must be coming. She looks relaxed and has good eye contact. In the next year, a headache develops that disappears after Sphingurus.