Dear Sam,

There's no question but that you improved on Thuja. I have made horrible mistakes leaving remedies that worked because something else looked better on paper! You say that maybe you've plateaued and and the case has slowed down; in that case, Thuja LM/3 might be a next logical step.

I turned to HAHNEMANN REVISITED, a modern homeopathic text book that walks you through everything, and looked up what it said under
"Time for the second prescription", and here's what it says:

"When it is clear that the present remedy has done all it can (in increasing potencies)...then the time is right for the next prescription. Often the next remedy will be the complement...
'remedies that follow well'....Another possibility is that a new layer has come up...in this case the 2 remedies will not necessarily be related. The last appearing symptom will be the guide to the next remedy. Under the action of your first prescription, old symptoms reappear....(Remember that as long as old symptoms resurface and disappear for good, no new remedy must be considered.) Finally a new symptom appears, not an old symptom on its way to final departure. It is even an error to think of a new prescription when the symptom picture is changing: you must wait for permanency or firmness in the symptom picture before making a prescription. ... So often I have seen beginners choose the first remedy correctly, then lose the thread of the case by changing to a new remedy because of a 'new picture'."

Sam, I think there is wisdom in this paragraph for you. Let's watch this return of old symptoms that you've had. Let's see if it's permanent or fleeting. Let's see if you continue to improve or if the improvement slows down.

Snoopy