Dear Danielle

I withdraw my case-assessment and remedy selection of lachesis.

After the application of lycopodium in unknown potencies the symptoms might be altered and a different now suitable remedy might be necessary.

Best of luck, Hans

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Hans Weitbrecht
Consultant Homeopath

The problem I am having is the new symptoms from the Ars make me feel horrobile. I am trying to stay calm but I don't think I can deal with a homeopath right now who wants me to watch and wait and come back in a months time. I am very depressed to the point I have trouble getting up in the morning and I don't want to be alone right now. I really gave the LYC a chancebut on such a low dose I have not seen an improvement and just a little aggrvation but no improvement. I don't know if I can haandel this whole approach right now when I am in chronic pain. I don't want to jump from remedy to remedy but I gave this remedy a chance and because it is such a low dose but I don't know what dose????? I am at a loss of what to do next. The migraines and rigt sided eye strain/blurry vision have left me popping pain kilers and no body believes me when I say I am not feeling well after three months ....they say it is all in my head. My ears are sensitive to sound and my teeth still feel sensitive and now both my ears are in pain. He agreed maybe to try Pulistilla next but when I don't know. I don't understand how you know when to go to the next remedy..I feel I am ready but because he gave me a low dose he might say... maybe we should go higher... I don't want to do anything on my own for I don't want to make a situation worse that has already got worse. Well thanks for all your help on here. I guess I am just at my breaking point and still want to believe homeopathy can help me solve this problem I don't know how I even got in the first place.

Yoohoo...Danielle...come in please; calling Danielle....

Lycopodium is the wrong remedy. We've all been trying to tell you that pain and suffering should resolve within 2 days. You're "undecided" (another Pulsatilla symptom) because you don't want your homeopath to be mad at you because you didn't follow orders. You're willing to suffer
so that you won't be rejected. All this is Pulsatilla.

If you want to go about this conservatively, you can take a 6C Puls. in water 4 times a day with succussions, and--hey, here's an idea--just don't tell him!

Snoopy

Snoopy, it may be the wrong remedy, but it is inappropriate to suggest Danielle starts decieving this practitioner.

It can often be very hard to control a bad reaction in a patient, homoeopathic or otherwise.

A single dose needs to be used to prevent the likelihood of further aggravation.

Danielle, do you have the impression that the practitioner knows what he is doing? Do you trust him?

If not, my advice would be to try a single dose of Chamomilla 30.

[ 05. August 2002, 02:11: Message edited by: DavidJK ]

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David Kempson.<br />Dip.Homoeopathic Medicine.<br />Lecturer Australian College of Natural Therapies (Brisbane Campus)<br />Member AHA, AROH, HMA<br />Member Australian Homoeopathic Association. Member#0442.

Dear David,

This is what I was afraid of. For a long time I held back giving an opinion because I knew it would only draw fire and only serve to confuse Danielle. I didn't agree with the Lachesis Rx but didn't say anything because I don't think it's appropriate for us to disagree in front of a patient. How could she have faith in any of us?

But finally Barb couldn't take Danielle's suffering and anguish any longer and said, "For Pete's sake, take Pulsatilla!" Instead, however, Danielle continued anguishing. So then, since the ice had been broken, I admitted that I agreed with Barb. Predictably, here you come with a suggestion for yet another remedy. There's no way that this can be helping Danielle. David, do you want to take Danielle's case? Because if you do, I'll bow out and keep my opinions to myself.

I lost faith in her homeopath when he said she would have to wait a month for the pain to stop. I hope we all know that pain should subside within 2 days. Just think of Sue's mother with osteoporosis whose pain yielded quickly to calc-phos, and then the restless legs yielded to kali phos and finally the energy came up with mag phos, it all happened literally over-night.

Danielle has been on Lyc. for over a week and getting worse. She thinks she has to keep seeing this guy because she owes him money. Well, if you would like to suggest a solution...?

Snoopy

The problem I have is yes, I do owe him money but he seems to know what he is doing but the way he gave me the remedy is so that he could see me back in a month and I would probably not have an aggravation and never need to call him. The problem with that is I have migraines, blurry vision in my right eye and ear pain where my ears get hot inside and now the migraines and blurry vision seem to be worse than the ear pain. I am popping pain killers two times a day and these symptoms are a result of the ARS I took which I never thought would make me worse. Once I start crying I am crying and angry now that this has lasted so long and I can't get any relief. I know what classical homeopathy is and how you lookat one remedy before going on to the next but I am in chronic state here and almost feel this homeopath, as good as he might be can't help me when I have so many things bothering me at once. Because of the unknow potency he gave me it could take longer to see results and maybe he does need to go up in dose??? I left him a message but he did not get back to me yet. But because I am crying all the time I need something for the depression from all these symptoms. I never take anything and now I am popping pain killers to help me through the day so I can work. YOu have all been here to listen and help me the problem is I feel the way my homeopath is treating me it will be take forever to get better. The migrains and blurry vision are worse now than the ear pain and I guess I am just a mess. I really am afraid to do anything that will make me worse and I guess in that sense he has not made me worse but if I could potentially get better in two days why do I have to waite a moths to go back and see this guy. I am in chronic state and that is the problem.

I don't know if the LYC has helped me for after the ARS I wa in such a bad state I could not even go to work. So in that sense I am better for some of the symptoms have died down but I still have the symptoms. The lyc does not seem to be hurting me but not doing the job. IT's hard for it's not just ear pain anymore.

Dear Danielle,

Sue's mom was on the lowest potency imaginable, 6X, four times a day.

An ear ache, a headache, pain in general, should resolve in a day or 2 at the most. If you think you are proving Arsenicum, you can try a dose of Ars. 6C. You absolutely should not be "a good girl" and wait a month so that you don't offend your homeopath. He's someone that you hired and you're paying, so you're the boss. Get him in gear; or, better still, find a better homeopath. Otherwise, you're throwing good money after bad.

Snoopy

I agree but it's so confusing what is going on.... I am not a homeopath and have no clue what is going on... I think the ear pain is a little better but then again the other night I was in pain. It comes and goes and is not completely better at all, but now I am complaining about bigger things like migraines and right sided blurry vision. I don't know what is going on.. I understand the word proving but how do I know. All I know is the symptoms of migraine and blurry vision have not gone away. I don't know what potency he gave me ... he siad he would call me back but I don't know what to ask. All I know is I have two sets of symptoms that probably need to be treated differently. Plus I am crying all the time but I wonder if that is just a normal reaction to the state I am in.

I don't know. I will talk to him when he calls me back... talk to him about proving the remedy and see what he says.

Thanks Snoopy for your help I am just confused and wish it was a year later when hopefully this is all behind me.

Danielle

So I talked with him and ok... he sounds like he knows what he is talking about. he doesn't remember the potency and thatis a little crazy 30c or 1M but he said he doesn't want to change anything yet for I could be heading toward a cure if all my symptoms are coming back strong. He said lets wait one more day and see what happens. He doesn't want to jump, go crazy and wants to air on the side of caution before he goes to another remedy or says I am proving the remedy. He said give me another day and then call me. He knows I am sensitive and that is why he is wanting me to wait another day. I agreed to wait. I can't say the ear pain is better but maybe tomorrow will bring a different picture.

I will give him one more day.

Danielle