[ 27. November 2002, 23:16: Message edited by: Call Me Sam ]

It's not surprizing that you fit many of the remedies in Bailey's. We all have a little bit of all of the remedies in us. The important thing is which one is the true similimun. Are you trying to treat yourself or are you seeing a classical homeopath? I find it nearly impossible to treat myself, except for a few first aid or acute situations. It takes someone who can be objective about all we say and organize it into a holistic picture of who we are, in order to get the similimum.

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Well all the remedies may have helped you partially. BUt as Shirley says, you need to have that one single remedy that will cover your entire case - the similimum, and that weill really have lasting effect. I woudl second her suggestion that you follow up well with a calssical homeopath.
Regards,
doctorleela

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[ 27. November 2002, 23:17: Message edited by: Call Me Sam ]

[ 27. November 2002, 23:17: Message edited by: Call Me Sam ]

Hi Sam,

There is objectivity and then there is Objectivity. The problem with treating ourselves is that the most important symptoms to ourselves are the ones that bother us the most. A trained homeopath knows how to look at the case and determine what are the keys to the problem. So to be Objective in the homeopathic sense, we not only have to evaluate our symptoms based on how important they are homeopathically, rather than how important they are to us as individuals; but we also have to have a deep understanding of the homeopathic philosophy in order to determine the core issues of the case.

I understand that it's hard to find a well trained homeopath in many parts of the country. However, there are a number of good ones in Michigan. It's not at all unusual to travel several hours to go to someone. I travel some distance to see my homeopath, even though I, myself, am a practicing homeopath.

Even though it's difficult for you to relinquish control and to open up to someone, even that will be considered as part of your case by a good classical homeopath. I'm afraid that you will just keep going in circles trying to do this yourself. If you e-mail me privately and let me know where you are located, I will try to find someone you can trust. The other option would be to go to Dr. Leela's site and see if she will take your case over the internet.

I'm sure the right remedy will really help you, but it is important to find the similimum and not keep taking a lot of things that are merely in the ball park.

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Sam

If you do want the hoemopaths here to take a look at your cae please answer the questions below.

In order to treat you homeopathically we need more info from you. Please answer the questions below.
This is a general QUESTIONNAIRE used in Luc De Schepper's 'Hahnemann Revisited'. It may be used as a starting point, reproduced, or cusomized further.

Name:
Age:
Height:
Weight:

1. What is your chief complaint (CC)?
2. When did this problem begin? What happened in
your life around that time? What do you think
caused it?
3. What aggravates the CC? (certain types of
foods or weather, movement, light, noise,
heat/cold, or anything else that you can think
of; please be specific)
4. At what time of the day or night is the CC the
worst? Specify an hour if you can.
5. What symptoms can you identify that accompany
the CC (whether directly related or not)?

GENERAL QUESTIONS
6. Questions about the weather and environment:
you only need to answer those which apply to
you.
a. In which season does the weather bother you
the most?
b. How do you react to cold, hot, dry, wet or
windy weather? Please mention any and all
types of weather that affect you, and how.
c. How does a change of weather affect you?
d. How do you feel in bright sunlight?
e. Do you have any special reactions before,
during or after a storm? Please specify.
f. How do you react to drafts of air (e.g. open
window, having a fan on you) ? Do you like to
sleep with the window open even when it's cold
out?
g. How do you react to sudden changes in
temperature, e.g. going from a cold
environment to a hot room or vice versa?
h. What about warmth in general, warmth of the
bed, of the room, of the heater or stove?
i. How do you feel at the seashore, or on high
mountains?
7. What position do you dislike the most:
sitting, standing, lying?
8. Do you perspire a great deal? If so, when and
where on the body? (feet, head, hair, armpits,
etc)
9. What time of day tends to be a down time for
you?

MENTAL/EMOTIONAL
10. What do you worry about? How do you deal with
worries?
11. Do you tend to be neater and more fastidious
than those around you, or more casual?
12. Do you cry easily? In what situations?
13. When you are upset, do you tend to tell a lot
of people or keep it to yourself?
14. On what occasions do you feel despair?
15. In what circumstances do you feel jealous?
16. When and on what occasions do you feel
frightened or anxious? Any fears (darkness,
being alone, in crowds, altitude, flying,
elevators, etc.)?
17. What are the greatest griefs that you have
gone through in your life? How did you react?
18. What are the greatest joys you have had in
your life?
19. In what situations do you feel the blues,
depressed, sad, pessimistic?
20. What bothers you most in other people? How,
if at all, do you express it?
21. Do you have a lack of self confidence and a
poor sense of self worth?
22. Do you have any recurring dreams? What is the
theme?
23. What would you need to feel happy?
24. What do you do for work? Ideally, what would
you like to do?
25. If you had an unexpected week's vacation from
work and $1000, what would you do?
26. How do other people view you?
27. What would you like to change most about
yourself?

FOOD
28. How do you feel before, during and after
meals? How do you feel if you go without a
meal?
29. What would you most like to eat (if you did
not have to consider calories, fat, anything
you've read about the right way to eat)?
30. What foods do you dislike and refuse to eat?
What foods do you react badly to, and in what
way?
31. How much do you drink in a day? Include
sodas, juice, coffee, tea, milk, and
alcoholic beverages as well as water. How
thirsty do you tend to get?

SLEEP
32. What hours do you sleep? Do you tend to wake
up at a particular time? Why? What makes you
restless or sleepy?
33. Do you do anything during sleep? (speak,
laugh, shriek, toss about, grind your teeth,
snore)
34. How do you feel in the morning?

WOMEN
35. Number of pregnancies, number of children,
number of miscarriages, number of abortions
36. At what age did your menses begin? If you
have gone through menopause, at what age?
37. How frequently do they (or did they) come?
38. What about their duration, abundance, colour,
time of day when flow is greatest; any odour
or clots?
39. How do you (did you) feel before, during and
after menses?

HEALTH HISTORY
40. What medications are you taking at present?
41. How frequently do you get colds and flus?
42. Have you had any childhood illnesses twice,
or in a very severe form, or after puberty?
43. Have you had any vaccinations since the
standard childhood ones? Have you ever had an
adverse or unusual reaction to a vaccination?
44. Have you had any surgery? What and when?
45. Have you had at any time (mention year): What
therapy was given?
a) Warts: Where? When? How treated?
b) Cysts: Where? When? How treated?
c) Polyps: Where? When? How treated?
d) Tumours: Where? When? How treated?
46. Do you tend to have any discharges (nasal,
vaginal, etc.)? Colour, consistency?

SENSITIVITY
47. a) Do you tend to need a smaller dose of
medications than most other people?
b) Do you need less anaesthesia than others,
or have a hard time coming out of it?
c) Do you tend to react to vitamins and herbs
and/or need hypoallergenic vitamins?
d) Are you sensitive to paint fumes, exhuast,
dry cleaning fluid, fragrances etc.?

48. Family history: Mention diseases, causes
and ages of deaths of father, mother,
sisters, brothers and grandparents on both
sides.

49. Construct a time line: Mention from birth
on to the present day, all IMPORTANT events
(emotional and physical traumas,
heartbreaks, divorces, work-related events,
diseases or traumas your mother had while
being pregnant with you, family stress,
death in the family or of friends,
disappointment, etc.) Mention the symptoms
experienced at those moments or which you
can date to those traumas. Please try to
write at least one page outlining major
events of your life.
50. What else would you like to say about
yourself or your condition?

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Wait a minute! Isn't David Johnson from Michigan?

Sam, check out Dr. Leela's web site. You can click on it at the bottom of her post. Her partner, I'm pretty sure, is practicing in Michigan! Sam, you should read Dr. Leela's and David's credentials. Dr. Leela is a homeopathic medical dr. (HMD) and David is certified in classical homeopathy (CCH) and is registered with the Society of Homeopaths, you won't find two more qualified people to give your case to. Check out their web site and be prepared to be impressed.

Snoopy

Barb, forgive me. You and I were posting at the same time and I had no idea you had gone to the trouble of printing out that whole questionnaire!

Barb, I'll tell you what I think. He's better off with Dr. Leela and David; you know why? If he has to pay for the services of a homeopath, he MAY just follow their professional advice, but I wouldn't waste my time doing pro-bono work for someone who has TOLD us, that he has more respect for his own opinion than anyone else's. I would like for him to get help, and I'll bet his case is easy--in a manner of speaking, but whoever gets him will have their hands full, and they ought to at least be getting paid.

Snoopy

Right on, Snoopy!

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