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Is this homeopathic dr legit?

I started seeing a homeopathic dr in April 2012 in Florida, USA. Since then my two sons (who have chromosomal abnormalities and are diganosed with autism and sensory processing disorder) and husband have also been seeing her.

I have been reading this forum and it sounds nothing like what we do.

This is what we do:

She interviews us and then gives us 3 remedies in LM potencies. The remedies are mailed to me and are usually 3 pellets which I dissolve in distilled water and we sniff each bottle once a day for ten days, with a minimum of 1 hour between each.

For example, I am on SEPIA, ARS, PULSATILLA. I started at LM1 and every 10 days I increase potency. I am currently on LM13.

My 4 year old is on lycopodium, RHUS TOX and Natrum. The 3 year old is on Pulsatilla, Lycopodium and Silica.

Both of them also take HEPUR 6x for mercury symptoms. My 4 year old sniffs Belladona30C for tantrums and my younger son sniffs Chamomille30C for his tantrums, while the tantrum is happening. I also take by mouth phosphorus30C pellets for obsessive thoughts, as soon I experience them. She also added salt tissue CALC FLUOR for my younger son's tooth cavity (he is on casein free diet and refuses to eat any calcium rich foods or supplements)

This week we will start clearing their vaccines and antibiotics from their past.

The four of us pay her a visit via phone calls every 4 weeks to go over how we are doing. These are expensive and Im not sure how much longer I can keep affording it because we also have to pay for the remedies. Are those monthly visits necessary since nothing really changes?

Has anyone gone to a homeopathic dr like this?
 
  pao2310 on 2012-10-21
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Hi- She is doing treatment method for extreme sensitivity.
Lm's are for sensitivity and a way to take remedy every day
without aggravating. Smelling remedies is also done for
extreme sensitivity.

If nothing is improving at all in any way, then this is not working
for you. There are homeopaths who do similar kind of
treatment in a Houston center for autism, and a center in
Canada where they practice what they call Sequential homeopathy,
but they do not dose this way with this many remedies in Lm's.
What she is doing is not unheard of but it is not the norm.

Since you are sensitive you do need a homeopath who has
a way to deal with that-I would find another homeopath
in florida or someone who is very good and does online
treatment by phone , skype or email. I am sure your homeopath
wants to cure all of you, but some peoples methodology does
not work for everyone and you are right to question this
and then move on.

If you want to tell me where you are in florida, I can look
up some options for you.
 
simone717 last decade
Thank you very much for your answers.

We are not sensitive that we know of, this is just the way the dr. does things. I know for my husband we have to dilute it six times because he is super sensitive. He had flu like symptoms the first time he tried it and they went away after he stopped sniffing it and rubbed himself with VICKS.

We are close to Tampa and Orlando in Florida and would love to get a recommendation. It does not have to be someone local as long as we can do skype or phone calls.

The treatment has definitely worked with my anxiety and obsessive thoughts. My sons' tummy troubles (gas, constipation and not absorbing foods) have improved although we also added digestive enzymes 3 months ago. Pulsatilla for my younger son has definitely made him friendlier. The belladona seems to be working for my older son, although we are also doing chraniosachral massages which have very clear improvements in his behavior. My husband just started in august and has not seen any positive changes.

I guess my biggest concern is that this seems to be such a long term thing with no end in sight. She says our issues are very deep so it will take a long time. She just keeps adding remedies every month. I cant keep spending so much money in monthly visits and remedies every month. Its been six months since I started seeing her. Also, if we get sick like for an ear infection we need to make an appt and pay for that appt. Its just so much money.

Thanks
 
pao2310 last decade
Pao2310,

I got your email, and I will research for you for
better options.
 
simone717 last decade
Dear Pao,
I dont know the details of your ailments,But if the ailment are complex or chronic A homeopath has to cure things layer by layer this surely takes time and at the end if you compare the cost of allopathic medicines,hospitalisaton,the mental torture during hospitalisation,the tme of a family member who attends the patient and many such hidden costs which we nomrmally dont consider (for eg.if the doctor their tells you that this ailment if not treated immediately can have serious consequences (I call it emotional terrorism ))then the cost of homeopathic treatment works out to less than 10% of the cost of allopathic treatment.I dont know about USA but in India it roughly costs 4000 to 5000 INR/day and if one is in Icu then it is 40000 to 50000 INR/Day.By the way how much you have to pay for homeopathy/10 days/patient ?
 
bapu4 last decade
Bapu, many usa homeopaths charge from $200 to $400 for the first
visit for each person- a iittle less for a child. Then $80 or so for second
visits. You can see an allopath for $50 to $100 unless he is a super
specialist.If you are getting better from treatment or improving, great.
But if nothing is really happening after a few months, people run out
of money bc normal health insurance here does not cover homeopathy.So INR it is around 10,000 to
20,000 for an hour and half first visit to a homeopath.
[message edited by simone717 on Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:08:44 BST]
 
simone717 last decade
Dear Pao,
I dont know the details of your ailments,But if the ailment are complex or chronic A homeopath has to cure things layer by layer this surely takes time and at the end if you compare the cost of allopathic medicines,hospitalizaton,the mental torture during hospitalization,the time of a family member who attends the patient and many such hidden costs which we nomrmally dont consider (for eg.if the doctor their tells you that this ailment if not treated immediately can have serious consequences (I call it emotional terrorism ))then the cost of homeopathic treatment works out to less than 10% of the cost of allopathic treatment.I dont know about USA but in India it roughly costs 4000 to 5000 INR/day and if one is in Icu then it is 40000 to 50000 INR/Day.By the way how much you have to pay for homeopathy/10 days/patient ?
 
bapu4 last decade
Dear Simone,
This seems high charge by homeopath,but I think they must be giving meds also for 10-15 days,secondly if the relief is not there the homeopath gets a negetive publicity and will not get the patients,in short he cant afford to neglect patients.The Indian homeopaths are sending medicines to forign and charging total $50 or so (this includes cost of shipping which is quite high)pl. also tell what is the cast of hospitalisation.
 
bapu4 last decade
Dear Bapu,
you can google it bc it is more now- but a quick search showed
in 2010-
for hospital birth - USA $5000 vs. France Sweden Canada $2500
that is for an uncomplicated birth. USA is double or a third higher
for procedures. The $5,000 figure is INR 250,000. And that is
probably a 2 day stay.

If you do not have health insurance here to pay for part of these
things -people go bankrupt-Which is why there is such
political controversy about all this going on here.
 
simone717 last decade
Bapu4: the cost for each individual in my family is as follow:
First visit: $280
Monthly follow up visit:$70
Remedies: $10 for each remedy, I get three pellets of each remedy

Lycopodium: the dr. said my husband internalized so much and had an emotionally/verbally abusive father so that adds to reason why he is so sensitive. She said we had to be v very slow with peeling the layers.
 
pao2310 last decade
Lycopodium:I forgot to add. We don't add alcohol to the water. She just told me to tap the bottom a few times before sniffing.
 
pao2310 last decade
Varun gupta: thank you for the link. That is the exact situation we are in today. everything I do in my journey to”rehab” my children I do for a minimum of six months. We did see some improvements but not as much as I expected. I didn't expect her to heal my children's autism but expected their symptoms to decrease. Like the article explained, im justthankful that my son now looks at my direction and says hi or bye.

Also, I added this week chinese herbs that she recommended to help my child's liver prepare for chelation through the same line of chinese herb supplements (bioray supplement). So like the articlr stated, I am starting to look for other options.

I feel as if I only have a short window of time to find the right solution that will help my children reach their maximum potential. I have this internal urge to get them right before they turn six or seven or else they well get stuck in their path. I know its silly to think this way but I know that us the way I feel, even though it against my will. I am also seeing a counselor once a week to work on this feelings and learn to accept those things that I do not have the power to change.

Between private schools, therapies, special supplements, chraniosachral massages, after school entichment activities, homeopathic treatment, the behavior therapist- aide each child goes to school with and the huge grocery bill at the food coop/natural foods supermarket...we are broke, exhausted and emotionally spent. I really need guidance and thank u all for taking the time to answer my post.
 
pao2310 last decade
Dear Simone,
Precisely I wanted to show that homeopathy is much cheaper when hospitalisation and traumas associated with it are considered.
Dear Dr.varun,
I have a question,How a family member of a patient can judge that Brain is getting cured.I think the reflexes thro brain like recognition to mother saying hi,eye to eye contact which he did'nt do earlier are the confirmed indication that his brain is recovering,speech,memory and so on are other indications of recovery of brain.Otherwise how to judge that brain is getting cured?
[message edited by bapu4 on Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:17:49 BST]
 
bapu4 last decade
Yes Bapu, I agree with you.

For the record, Varun is not a Dr. I think it is important for
people, especially in the West, to know that. Bc in the West,
people see Dr. and think person is a real MD. Then they think
this site is crazy when they find out people are not MD's.

Older forum contributors and people calling them Dr. that is
not going to change, but new prescribers don't need to be
added to the Dr. list-it makes this site look less legit and it
is a very helpful site. Of course regular people on here know
prescribers have good intent ( unless you get a rogue person
trying to make money)

I introduce a lot of new people to homeopathy and this
gives fuel to the fire of people not trusting homeopathy who
are new to it.
 
simone717 last decade
o k.thanx,noted.
 
bapu4 last decade

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