Modern life is pretty much non stop. Feeling tired because you’ve had a full day is normal, as is needing an early night sometimes. However, when tiredness becomes fatigue and there’s not enough left in your tank to get you through your day with energy left for even just a little fun, that’s no good.
As a homeopath, I will look very closely at what is behind the fatigue. There is always a reason - often more than one - even if those reasons aren’t immediately clear. In this and next week’s blog, I’ll look at the main factors involved in fatigue and then at homeopathic remedies that will be of use in addressing the root causes for speedy and lasting recovery.
Post-viral fatigue and Long Covid
Homeopathy recognised the concept of post-viral fatigue long before the arrival of Covid and so our knowledge of helpful remedies was already firmly in place.
I have had the pleasure of working with a good number of patients who came to homeopathy with post-viral fatigue, some after Covid, some after flu, some after glandular fever. It’s been a real pleasure to see their energy shift and their lives broadening again.
Homeopathy is an individualised form of medicine, so different people need different remedies. However, there are remedies that come up time and again and do wonders for bringing back energy and joy. Here are two of them.
Phosphoric Acid is a remedy for person who was full of life but now feels as if their tyres have been burst. After a virus or after a major grief, energy is replaced by weakness, debility and slowness. Alongside this comes brain fog, sleeplessness despite exhaustion, and a reluctance to communicate with others.
Gelsemium is of huge benefit when a virus has left a person weak, fatigued and trembling. Their symptoms may include a return of flu-like symptoms when they get a dip in energy, with headaches, dizziness and chills. Anxiety may well be part of the picture too, especially in anticipation of upcoming events that may be seen as challenging.
There are many, many more remedies indicated for post-viral fatigue. These are just 2 examples.
Fatigue from insomnia
Here the question will be why aren’t you sleeping? For many, it’s overactivity of the mind and a difficulty shutting off, for others it may be due to loss of bladder tone, for others again it may be nightmares or night terrors that are the problem. Different remedies are indicated in each situation.
Kali phosphorica is a brilliant remedy for an overstretched mind that cannot switch off sufficiently to allow sleep. Equeseteum Hyemale is excellent for restoring bladder tone, and Calcarea Carbonica can be hugely helpful to children who are woken by fearful dreams.
Whatever the cause of your fatigue, homeopathy will have plenty to offer to help bring the energy and joy back into life. Please get in touch for more information.