I agree with what Davidk and Sreischman say as I have seen many people who were atheist, completely change their views on religion. While homeoapthy can not make us whole spiritually as only prayer can do that, it does remove obstacles like greed, hatred, etc, create guilt and remores and allow people to forgive and move forward in life. Often this is in a spiritual direction. Homeopapthy simply allows people to be the best they can be.

While I have only treated 5 people on prozac and celex as I have only practiced for 2 years on a very part time basis, all were winged off their meds in 30 days or less by cutting the prescription in 1/2 every 5-7 days. of course if I did not give them the right remedy it would not have gone smoothly and in 1 case the person had to go back on meds again as I missed the simillimum initially and they cut down before we relaized the remedy was not correct. This was later reversed once I gave the right remedy.

What was interesting is 3 needed anacardium initially as they were on both meds and main complaints of lack of confidence and focus and confusion, etc and they really matched the cycle of Anacard. as Dr. Herscu describes it. They needed other remedies afterwards but it got them off their meds. Also Nat-m for old griefs seems common for depression cases, but you have to find out what the person was like before the meds. This often requires talking to friends and family members to help build the case as the person on meds often can not accurately describe how they felt and responded to what caused theri state, but it works well as the pattern or cycle emerges and can still be seen even though they are masking it. It is still there!

This si what I find most interesting and of moat value about herscu's method is that by taking the history and in analysis of the CC and in looking at the bigger picture over time, you cna see not only why they need a certian remedy now, but a strong likelyhood of what other remedies they will need. As Dr. herscu sauys it often becomes highly predictable and this does pan out in practice as everyone knows remedies form bridges sort of speak with other remedies as they share so many symptoms. By understanding how the person has responded to major stresses in their life you can see where they are at today and where you need to get them to be healthy.It is not always easy to see this but it is there and often you can predict which remedies they will need.

In summary, depression is highly treatable when people are on meds. I am fairly new to all this but with Herscu's I have not had any difficulty with these cases. Again, I think talking to family members and firends can help determine the state they were in before the meds and knowing the state they are in on the meds and where you need to take them helps simplify remedy selection.

Finding a homeoapth who really understands the affect of the meds and how to determine what state they would be in without them is the key.

regards
John O.

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