I am 34, male, and have atopic dermatitis all my life. According to my mom, it started on my eyelids, and behind my ears as an infant. It has changed and moved around many times since then. I was never very healthy, always lethargic, but no life threatening health issues. until 4 years ago i knew nothing about non-allopathic healing, so of course, I have used steroids and other medications on and off my entire life (until four years ago). had allergies to various airborne things, like pollen, and cat dander.

Four years ago, I got a serious fungal infection, sporotrichosis, on my right hand. Previous to that i had had fungal infections on my feet and between my thighs. for the sporotrichosis, i was prescribed a very powerful oral antifungal, sporonix, for several months. It killed the infection, but left me with chronic sinus problems. so of course, more steroids and medication until i finally had enough of allopathic medicine. I quit all drugs, even advil. it was tough for a few years and I experimented with many alternative healing approaches. I figured out that I was very unbalanced with candida overgrowth. I did 20 liverflushes, and the candida went away. but, my skin issues got worse. the tops of my eyelids and the skin between my nose turned dry, and blood red, with lots of discharge from my eyes. then a spot appeared on my right hand, long finger, a spot of skin that was pale, would erupt and wouldn't heal. I tried many different things on it (no steroids) but it slowly spread. i didn't know it at the time, but I had developed food intolerances, acetic acid, grains, turnips... many different things. it just got worse until the entire back of my right hand looked like a third degree burn, with lots of yellowish puss, it was awful. then the back of my right hand too broke out as well. my throat area was also affected. the red areas were well defined, there was a sharp line between good skin, and red oozing skin.

I started seeing a really good kineasiolgist, and she worked with me on my food intolerances, and I got better, but I could never really clear the eczema areas on my hands and face. as long as I avoided the wrong foods, it stayed under control. About that time I tried urine therapy and it helped too, but suddenly the eczema moved to my scalp.... tons of flaking skin and lots of hair falling out. I had very bad cradle cap towards the front of my scalp, just behind the hairline. very dry stretched skin.

I don't have ready access to a homeopath, so a few weeks ago I tried something someone recommended to me. Doses of arnica 6c in water, and applied topically. my eczema first turned red, then started to get much better a few days later. I also added Nat Mur 6x, and Kali sulph 6x, and this helped too. but, the eczema flared back up and I concluded that these remedies were only suppressing symptoms. I researched and read for a over a week, trying to find a remedy that fit me looking at the entirety of my issues and feelings.

but I chose a remedy, lycopodium 30c, and took one dose last wed, and another on friday. I'm not sure I chose correctly and am looking for some help. My eczema seems better, and my mood was much better. Lately I have felt very helpless and desperate with this eczema, but that seemed to have lifted. I am nearsighted, but, after taking the remedy, honestly, I have had periods of much better vision.

Other notable info about me. I often have very cold hands and feet. I get pressure in my forehead and behind my eyes. at the back of my head I often feel swelling, and i can't deal with cold well at all. if I get cold and tired I get quesy and feel unwell. I worry too much about my health issues. I have very stiff muscles, arms and legs. my calf muscles are very tight. Recently I lost lots of hair, my scalp is very dry and have lots of dandruff every day. I sometimes feel insecure, have a hard time standing up for myself.

I am hoping that someone would be willing to help me narrow down what might be a good remedy for me. I realize my situation is not any easy one, but I want to do it right. I am so tired of having skin issues/allergies, and very much want to move on from this.

Thank you for reading this,

John

currently have several large boils/pimples on the back of my neck, and sometimes get them in the throat area as well. when the skin on my hands erupts, you can see very small blisters with white heads, very small. for now there are no blisters, just very dry, chapped and red... with skin flaking off. cravings for sweet and sometimes salty food, beer. tend to wake up at 4 am, and have trouble sleeping again. i am thin now, and have been most of my life.

John

This is way too complicated and chronic to handle via the internet forum,you need to see a trained classical homeopath in person and do a proper casetaking.
www.homeopathic.org
directory of homeopaths in the usa

GT

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directory link does not seem to work. thanks anyway. I do believe I can figure this out myself.

J.

Dear John
JUst checked the link works just fine.
You said"I want to do it right"........."narrow down the remedy"...............
There is no possible way you can look at yourself objectively to find the well indicated remedy specially for the chronic problems you have had.
Many things you are correct about most of the first set of symptoms aka fungal inf. and sinus......were part of a bigger indication of symptoms,you mentioned Candida. Correct. Liver flushes are not enought to get rid of this,a complete overhaul of dietary intake needs to happen,the process of detoxing this candida may last a few months to a year. Any steroids,antibiotics,hormone related drugs will re-aggravate the problem.
You mentioned 'suppression',you are correct in saying that allopathy will and does suppress skin ailments .Any topicals used will also cause suppression.
Eczema is the external manifestation of an internal imbalance.
If you are not a trained classical homeopath your not familiar with Herings Law of cure,this needs to be addressed when you are trying to find a cure.Deep miasmatic layers of predisposition have caused these chronic problems.Reading homeopathy for a week is surely not enough knowledge. Try the link again.......................National Center for Homeopathy www.homeopathic.org
GT

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Sometimes we just do the best we can. i frankly found it surprising, but the lycopodium 30c appears to be helping much. i will hope that it continues. re diet, I changed all that years ago, same for medical drugs. time will tell if I have chosen correctly. and, as I mentioned, the result for practitioners in my area is 0. see:

http://72.29.197.17:591/nch_directory/FMPro

i'm just trying to do the best I can. If you cannot help me, perhaps someone else on the list will feel differently

John

Dear John
Its not that we dont want to help,not at all it is the limitations of casetaking via the forum that would be the stubling block to your cure.
If you have had a problem for 34 yrs it is "chronic". The in-person consultations for these type of complicated chronic cases on average take 2 hours of question and answer (patient-homeopath) Then there are the many follow up visits to monitor your progress,a change in remedy,potency,address your aggravations,progress...............etc. this may last a few years,a suggested estimate of one month of homeopathy for each yr. you have had an ailment.
If it were an 'acute' symptom (anything lasting under one month) it would be easily resolved via an acute casetaking discussion.Yes even possible here on this forum.
The other option you have is 1- contact the NCFH (i posted the link) ask for advice on homeopaths that are nearby not listed in the catalogue,
2- find a trained classical homeopath that does on line internet cases like dr. leela D Souza.(highly recom. her)

All the best GT

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Homeopathy is so complex that I think carefully before giving advice about any remedies. I know someone who is a lycopodium. (My hobby is to identify friend's and family member's constistution.) You say you feel insecure and have a hard time standing up for yourself. This sounds like a) you are a lycopodium or b) you felt this after dosing w/ lyc and you were proving it.

But unfortunately treating yourself with homeopathy for a chronic condition is too complex to do.

Some of the symptoms you have may be low thyroid, like always being cold. You may have ruled this out already though. This topic has been researched by George Watson who wrote the book Nutrition and the Mind. His research mostly involves how sugar is actually burned in the muscles. He came up with three categories, fast oxidizer, slow oxidizer and mixed. How your muscles burn sugar does relate to how you can feel cold all the time or warm. When sugar is burned in the muscles it releases heat, which is an oversimplification of this process. I found this book interesting because it also touches on how some people may eat more fat in the winter time. Fat can be good for some types because of the higer calorie content but it does seem to work better than burning sugar or breaking down protein. For some, eating more fat when it gets cold out does help the body stay warm because, again, as that fat is burned it produces even more heat than the sugar, I think. But understanding how your MUSCLEs burn sugar can help you figure out the diet that will have your metabolism working much better and eliminate or improve feeling cold. Tihs site explains more than I can remember now.

http://www.drlwilson.com/Articles/Ox...pes%201104.htm

I think that using digestive enzymes might help. They make some specifically for candida, one is Candex. I have used this product myself. You take Candex on an empty stomach. But I also use enzymes for digesting food and for inflammation, which is what dermitis can be about. Enzymes are great for skin and they do clean out debris in your blood stream. They will reduce pus that has formed from an infection by scavenging up the dead white blood cells.

But enzymes can also help with any food sensitivies you may have. If not with the sensitivities then they help you get the most nutrition out of the food you do ingest. Unfortunately finding the right enzymes can be a trial and error process for everyone. But after a certain age we all may need digestive enzymes because nowadays most of us eat a diet high in cooked foods (which can be low or devoid of enzymes). I take enzymes on an empty stomach for their benefits besides with inflammation.

Two specific enzymes of interest are nattokinase and serrapeptase that can help with fibrin build up. I like to think of fibrin as something like scar tissue that develops in everyone as we get old. I use both of these and find that if I don't take them I can feel some stiffness in some areas. I use these on an empty stomach to help them get into my bloodstream.

I honestly forget which ones but there are enzymes that help with sinus infections. These enzymes destroy the cell coating of the bacteria something like what the Candex does to the yeast cells.

There is no real harm to using enzymes but some people may find some discomfort from using proteolytic enzymes at first. These break down protein and cause an increase in stomach acid production which may damage the the GI tract. One way to avoid this possible problem is to use a bicarbonate in the beginning. The pancreas may also lose this function (producing bicarb) which can help destroy your own enzymes because then need to be activated by the right ph.

Keep searching, the answer to your health problems is out there.

Orthomolecular-

Thank you for your response. When I chose lycopodium it was a based on my long term symptoms and personality. I think I chose correctly as my eczema has improved markedly in the last few days. Luckily I managed to get an appointment with a local doc who practices classical homeopathy next month. I will hold off any further experimentation until he reviews my case. I will be curious to see if I was close with my determination of remedy. I suspect that I am close, but, time will tell.

Re the candida, honestly I cleared that problem a few years ago, through diet and cleansing, before I knew anything about homeopathy. After clearning candida and chronic sinusitis, my skin problems became much worse... I understand that this can happen as a miasm shifts to another symptom. so luckily, candida is not the issue, and those issues are gone, and moreover, my kineasiolgist confirmed this through testing.

I do think I am much closer to resolving my health issues... just need one last push, and I think homeopathy will do it. I'll let you know next month if i selected correctly. I was very analytical about it. I am an attorney, and am very adapted to observation and complex analysis, and yes, can be very objective about myself. I think I may have selected the correct remedy, although, the potency probably not.

John

Dear Bamboo
What is the progress of your symptoms,what did the homeopath prescribe for you?
Its been aprox 6 weeks,long enough to tell if there is a movement in the healing or not. Can you get back to us when you have some time?

GT

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