Ever since I was in my pre-teen years, I have had trouble getting a normal period. It was always irregular, and continued to be that way until I started taking birth control pills to regulate it. I was on birth control on and off for several years, until one day my period didn’t come back when I was on the pill. In April of 2009 at 24 years old, I went to the doctor and learned that even before I started taking traditional medication, my blood work had shown a history of imbalance. They completed an ultrasound to confirm it, and I was “diagnosed” with polycystic ovary syndrome, which is when the egg does not have the proper hormones to appropriately mature and break out of the ovary to begin the ovulation cycle. When it does, a period occurs. The doctors told me that there was no cure for this, only a way to regulate it through traditional medication. I didn’t want to take traditional medication like birth control again. I wanted to fix the problem.
I didn’t have a “real” period again until about August 2009, and then I had to induce my period with a pill called Provera every couple of months, because the doctors said it was “unhealthy” to not have a period every couple of months. Because of my lack of period, I was also gaining weight. I have always been a naturally skinny person and all of a sudden I was gaining weight almost exponentially.
In January of 2010 I met you. You spoke with me and we talked about various symptoms, as well as a series of questions you asked about me. Based on my answers, you recommended the remedy Pulsatilla. It was a one-time dosage and we would see how it went. You told me to stay away from perfumes, coffee, Vicks Vapor Rub, and Carmex, amongst other things.
I got my period no more than 10 days after taking the Pulsatilla on January 19. It was very exciting but I didn’t know if it would happen again. I made the mistake of getting my hair dyed about 2 weeks after the first period, and I began to feel ill and have extreme headaches. I didn’t get my period that month, and you mentioned it was because the chemicals in the hair dye had antidoted the remedy, and gave me a stronger dosage of Pulsatilla, and on March 19th I got my period once again! Then a month later on April 19th — exactly 31 days later — and 31 days after that! I once again got it on May 20th.
Thank you for all your help. I will keep you updated as the situation develops.