About 5 months ago I saw a homeopath for some chest pains I was having. He started me on Nux Vomica and about 4 weeks later switched me to Sulfer which he claims is my constitutional remedy. He also had me go off of caffeine as he said that countered the medicine.

I am now a totally different person than I was then. I am WAY more mellow about everything. I guess this isn't so bad in and of itself though I sort of liked myself better before. I was not uptight before but I was super, duper high energy. I got by just fine on about 3-6 hours of sleep a night. I was always happy and felt energized and enthused about life. Now I feel most of the time tired. I can't stay up until 3:00AM anymore. Most of the time I fight tiredness and go to bed at 12:30 or 1:00AM. I awake at about 6:30AM often without the alarm. But I am still tired all the time.

So, I just don't feel like I can deal with this, all of a sudden, need to sleep for 8 hours a night. I simply cannot afford this right now. So I am considering going back to my caffeine habit but am not wishing to go through the pain of going off of it again.

Is there something that I can take to give me back my energy without going back to caffeine?

Dear kfisher

I am married to a sulphur constitution ,oh yes i know what you are like so well. So here is my oppinion,take what you want from it/or nothing at all.
Your homeopath gave carefull consideration taking your case carefully and came up with your well indicated ho. remedy for you symptom of chest pain.If the chest pain is better then the remedy has done its job. But now you ask why you need more sleep and dislike your new mellow persona.The human body needs a balance,you were pushing it via caffeen,overload,too much for your system,it needed more sleep/rest you were over-riding this fact in your body via caffeen,it's not natural.Sulphur const. gets verry into work to the point of work a holic and are happy this way,but its not good for your health and thus the chest pains,it's your body yelling at you.
So yes you can go back to the old you, cafeen/coffee,no sleep,100 miles per hour days (like my husband does). Or get used to the more balanced you without the chest pain. Its a easy choice (i think)
But i know sulphurs "they dont want to listen to anyone unless it's their own idea"............................................. .................................................
More on sulphur constitution please enjoy my article at;
www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com
go to searchbox;type in my name gina tyler the list of articles will appear including sulphur...............
Gina Tyler

I am a girl and according to sources I have read it isn't possible for a female to be a sulphur. Could he have mis-diagnosed?

Is there something I can take in leiu of caffeine that isn't caffeine? Something that will increase my energy levels?

Hi,

Of course it is possible for women to be Sulphur constitutionals. It is not as common a remedy for women as it is for men, but yes, female Sulphurs do exist.

A female friend of mine is a Sulphur and also one of my Mat Med tutors was a Sulphur.

I also agree with Gina. You need to get used to being more balanced and after a remedy such as Nux and Sulphur, lots of people will find that they need more sleep and will feel slower generally. This is the body rebalancing in response and is in stark contrast to the Nux behaviour, which tends to be quite driven and with this need to be on the go all the time.

Anyone can be any constitutional remedy. There is a tendency to see more male Sulphur's just as there is the tendency to see more female Pulsatilla's because it is a good hormonal remedy, however, just as female Sulphur's exist, there are a few male Pulsatilla's.

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Sarah-I. RN, Homeopath, Craniosacral Therapist, Therapeutic Massage Therapist, Reiki Master Teacher.

was the originator of the Nux and Sul technique.

Try a few doses of Nux Vom 6x. [just a FEW]

You indicate that there is a technique with nux and sul. Is there some good reference that I can research on this matter? I appreciate all the responses and even your well-meaningn advise. This is an extremely hard transition for me. If I had known the outcome of this path I think I would not have stepped on it. I don't feel like me anymore and at 42 years of age I am once again trying to discover who I am like when I was 14. Nobody warned me of this possible outcome which is why I feel as if it is quite possibly not correct.

I am a bit afraid of the nux. That is the remedy that had the most dramatic affect on me. When I took it, it was just like smoking pot. It even affected my nervous system for some period of time and I have no ability to hold things (I keep dropping things). Besides the clumsiness, I otherwise become nearly incapable of moving for several hours after taking it. Of course I have not taken it since my first time 5 months ago. Once I went to sulpher that has been my path. The sulpher felt really good at first and it made me really happy but I never got back my energy.

Do you still recommend trying the Nux given this information? Will it somehow have a different affect to me after this time with the sulpher?

He gave me a 1M dose and a .30 dose in the Nux and a 1M in the sulpher. I had to take the Nux .30 for 2 weeks (2 pellets 1 time a day). The sulpher he gave me once and I only took 1 more time since. I think it is like 1 time every 2.233 months or there about. So if you do recommend trying again the Nux then how much and home many times do you recommend?

I do appreciate all the help. I have avoided calling my homeopath because I knew the probable outcome of that conversation. I figure he would no sooner give me something to counter this new mellow me then he would inject me with poison. Still I don't understand why, if this is right, that it feels so wrong.

Dear Members

What is a Sulphur? Does Sulphur create a personallity?

I have not seen this in a proving, and all these practitioners who claim to know what Constitution is have failed to show, how a medical substance has created a certain constitution in their provings.

Further more, Is constitution a disease?
I say NO.

And lastly following the dogma of constitutional prescribing, how do you handle a situaion where in a Sulphur constitution the disease-symptoms are indicating Aconite, then after that Belladonna, then after that Hepar-s?

do you give sulphur anyway? (as done so to the greatest detriment in many cases)?

Homeopathic remedies are indicated by SYMPTOM-SIMILITUDE to the existing disease ONLY !!!

Homeopathy can treat diseases only !! So- if constitution is not disease, why then make it an indication for the selection of a remedy in a situation where much depends on the proper selection.

If Sulphur has not only cured the existing disease, but also balanced the bodie's need for rest in order to remain healthy, then a return to a livestyle overrrunning the bodies own efforts to remain healthy will inevitably create health problems in the future.

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Consultant Homeopath
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...you guys are all going to stick together on this one... I either commit to this lifestyle or not. There is not going to be anything that I can take that will make everything back to normal and healthy. Or even anything that I can take that will give me more energy? sigh.... This is really tough...

I can't believe that a stupid little sugar pill has caused so much change in my life.

YEs, see a homeopath who will prescribe the right remedy for you. IT can be reversed.
All the best!

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Dear kfisher
Yes that is correct what Dr. Leea said in the previous post. But why on earth would you do that? You have no more chestpain now due to the wonderfull remedy prescribed to you,do you really want this back via your old ways of living? Many come on this forum saying over and over that they have been to many homeopaths,for years and years with no cure for what ails them,it is due to the difficult situation of finding a well indicated CORRECT remedy just for "you". The homeopath that has treated you hit the nail on the head,you are fortunate to have this.
We as humans dont understand our own body what it needs to be in perfect harmony,it is so finely tuned the excess of anything can and will throw it into a wildspin. In the study of Ayurveda you see the balance of all we do/eat/drink/sleep/activity/breath (pranayama)/meditation/sunsalutations.......etc. In modern life this reaks havock on our scedule,trying to work lenthy hours in a really stressfull job you end up with all sorts of health problems. Even the times you go to bed and times you awake needs to be in balance.(ayurveda mentiones;sundown for bed/sunup for wakeing,according to the energy of the earth/sun)
Gina Tyler