I've had patients undergo an amelioration with their remedies, yet still "put up with" their lingering physical symptoms, which can even become worse than before the remedy was given.

Thing is, the amelioration is overall, so even the intensified physicals are more easily tolerated...they seem to be less of a problem even though they may actually be more pronounced.

It's like the patient can bear them far more easily. They don't usually last though, and I think of their intensification as a hopeful sign if its accompanied with an improvement on the mental/emotional level. That seems to be the direction of cure.

If there is an actual suppression going on, the result for the patient is very different from the kind described above. Patients feel much worse, even if they don't suffer the physicals so much, or if they're gone all together. Plus, other weird symptoms make an appearance and I find myself always wishing I could bring back the original trouble, which usually seems like a better trade off!

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