headaches

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Greetings all.

I have a 55 year old woman who has severe headaches. Onset was ~5 years ago when she started menopause. She started the rolfing series about 6 years ago. She was then seeing an excellent DC at the time (I personally know him and his work) who determined via x-ray that she had some issues with her neck alignment and he started manipulation. She has also tried cranio-sacral which did not help. The HA came on sometime around the same time as menopause - it is not a clear timeline. She has done extensive "cleansing" over the years with herbalists; had the EAV test several years ago and follows the results.

Initially onset included dizziness; nausea, head pounding, starting at the vertex; eyes sensitive to light. She has been taking Nortriptyline which does decrease the severity but does not stop them. She has been a dental lab technician for over 20 years so there is some toxic chemical exposure. Some sensitivity to odors. Obviously her liver is taxed.

She has had gas for years with certain food combos and has taken digestive enzymes for years to help this issue. Some acid reflux helped with 6 months of prilosec.

A fairly healthy diet. Very supportive and loving relationship with her husband.

So I started her with BTGs which she has been enthusiastic about, including COP. We then started with the basic 1, 20, 243 to start working with her liver - 5 gtts TID. She is a flower essence practitioner and does a great deal of muscle testing of herself - she tested herself and decided to reduce her SIG to 3 gtts TID from the beginning. One week after beginning the UNDAs she called me to say that she felt like she is back where she was when she started menopause: extremely irritable and angry. We reduced her dosage to 3 gtts BID. She then called a few days later saying that she took a few days off from the UNDAs, calmed down and then resumed 2 of them at 3 gtts BID - IMMEDIATELY her irritability returned and she felt like "killing" someone. We are going to include some acupuncture to get this liver energy moving beginning of the week.

So I have a few thoughts and questions:

Should I assume that her emunctories are not working as well as we thought and stop the UNDAs for now until they are moving along better? What else can I add to accomplish this? She is doing the BTGs and eats a fairly clean diet. Should I add in some chelidonium plex? And thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated.

P. Lambert, ND, L.Ac, LMTNaturopathic PhysicianLicensed AcupuncturistYour sacred place is where you find yourself again and again. ph