I've been getting cystitis for years now. It always caused by intercourse and I would typically get it around 4 times a year.
It has worsened in the last few months so I have visited a homeopath and have taken Staphysagria. I'm now getting cystitis every time I have sex - the symptoms are now a little worse in that there is always blood in the urine. However, since taking Staphysagria, the symptoms do always clear up after a day (whereas previously they could go on for a week or two).

I desperately need to sort this out. Can anyone suggest what I should do / take to try and prevent the cystitis attacks?

Thanks
CA

The best course of action for you is to find a qualified local classical homeopathic practitioner who can do a complete consultation and prescribe a remedy based on the totality of your symptoms. Classical homeopaths prescribe one remedy at a time which should address all your complaints...and they prescribe in doses which should fit the case closely enough that doses are repeated as little as possible. Consultations usually take about an hour and a half or more. If your previous homeopathic experience wasn't at all like this, you need to find a real homeopath. If it was, you need to call your homeopath right away and describe what's been happening with your symptoms. You may be "proving" the remedy or it may be time to change it completely.

In the meantime, stop taking the staphysagria--homeopathic remedies are not to be used in the same way that conventional medicines are used. Abusing homeopathic remedies this way results in you beginning to "prove" the remedy, or produce the symptoms associated with it; and that will only be more painful for you. To be fair to your practitioner, these ongoing symptoms should be reported to him or her, and you should be guided on what to do. To me it looks as though you've not been informed on how to take the remedy properly--so you need to contact your practitioner asap. If it was prescribed by someone who really only "knows a little about" homeopathy, it may be time to seek out a serious practitioner so that you don't continue to suffer from this ailment.

Divina

[ 01 May 2001: Message edited by: Divina ]

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Hi Davina
Thanks for your response.
I have been seeing a registed homeopath whose directions I'm following. Basically, at the beginning (3 months ago) I took 2 tablets of Staphysagria and then a month later he gave me a liquid remedy of staphysagria , a drop of which is to be taken when I have the symptoms.
That's all I have been taking. Can you suggest anything further?
Thanks in advance
CA

Seems like you might have to suffer a bit before the remedy has a full effect but in the meantime there are other things you can do to help. Drink some water before sex.....then get up and wee straight after ( not sexy I know but it helps to flush stuff out). Try drinking lots of Barley Water during an attack. Have your wee tested for diabetes....you might have sugar in it.
Look inside yourself and think WHY you might have this related to sex. Do you enjoy it, is it a chore? What are you feelings around sex, all these can have an influence on how you react to it........do you LIKE your partner????Is he being a bit too rough??? Chances are after a time all this will settle down. Cantharis is a good First Aid remedy. Discuss it a bit more with your Hom.
Stay off coffee and tea, it makes your wee acid.Are you on the pill? This can muck things up too.
Some people recommend cranberry juice but I've never managed to find one without sugar in and that's what you Have to reduce to make things better.....
All the best
Simon

Dear CA,

Vitamin C, Vitamin C, Vitamin C.

Did I mention Vitamin C?

It works!!!

I was in a panic. I got cystitis on a Sunday night--doctor's office closed, drug stores closed, I didn't know homeopathy then....

I just remembered that I had heard somewhere that vitamin C was good for this; so, out of desperation, I took 6 one-gram capsules. An hour later, I took 4 more. An hour later, 4 more, and it was all gone!

I have repeated this method a number times and it has never failed.

Sincerely,

Snoopy

Vitamin C helps with bladder problems because it creates an acidic, inhospitable environment for bacteria. Acidophilus is also very good but be sure to get an exceptionally high grade or it won't be effective.

Dear CA
It's your recurrent problem if there is no historyof 'G' or's' think of Sulphur

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I used to have a lot of cystitis years back and am now totally cured. This was not by homeopathy of which I knew nothing at the time, but the result was so spectacular that I must tell you anyway. I started drinking 1-2 teaspoons of Molkosan diluted in water every night. This gives you the right bacteria inside and you won't have any trouble with cystitis. However, it doesn't cure you when you have it, you have to start when you are well. Maybe applecider vinegar works too, I have not tried it but read somewhere that it has a similar effect.

Molkosan is a concentrated form of milk acid made in Switzerland. It can usually be bought at health food stores.

Do have a try, my homeopath approves of it too.

Inger

Okay--let's make something clear:

I wrote what I wrote because I was under the impression that the staph was either self-prescribed or prescribed by someone who was not a classical practitioner: I also believed that since the first dose of the staph was given in dry form, all the following doses taken were also in a dry form.

Now I'm not certain if the staph is being prescribed in an LM or a liquid potency...so I don't know what's what. If it is just a liquid potency, which is mixed and then stored to "split" a dose, that's one thing. If its an LM, that's another. In any case, the homeopath should be consulted before anything is done.

But, Simon's suggestions--to do the real work of self-searching, and to try to determine whether or not some deeper underlying physical cause may be at work--is something that you need to do regardless.

LMs are supposed to be used with greater ease of repetition--so if the staph is only taken when the symptoms return, and they then return with less frequency, the remedy is doing its job. If the dose you've been given is not an LM but just a liquid drop of remedy taken when needed, this could be problematic. It isn't very clear in your post what is being taken and when...

In any case, your concern is something your homeopath needs to hear about in order to be able to monitor the case properly.
The idea of homeopathic treatment is that you should be cured of the susceptibility to cystitis...not that you might be able to resort to some form of treatment (be that LM doses of a palliative remedy, vitamin C, cranberry juice, or whatever else is used) indefinitely. Your homeopath should also be able to help you identify a "maintaining cause" for the condition, so that you can eliminate it from your life.

So, talk to your homeopath about your concerns. And, pay attention to Simon's suggestions--they are very important as well.

Divina

[ 03 May 2001: Message edited by: Divina ]

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