For Zady101: Sadness and Bugs

I like the idea of that because the bugs hate salt. I've taken that remedy before in the 30c, and it didn't do anything magical, so it's not my constitutional remedy unless that can change, but I guess that doesn't matter in this case. I'm going to wait a few days for the 2nd dose of Hepar Sulphur to quiet down. I figured it might be helping somewhat because since a few days after taking it the first time, the itch hasn't been so bad that I can't sleep.

I took it right after I started this new thread, before you responded to it. Both were impulse decisions.

I'm torn, I really want to take the Natrum but I also really want to continue on the current remedy and maybe move to a higher potency because I feel like it's protecting me. I haven't had a major flare-up since taking it. I was in the middle of one the first time I took it, and it got worse before it got better, but that's how it works sometimes. I haven't had any more bumps or rashes in about 5 days, but I'm still itching, and I still feel little bugs crawling on me, which could be psychological at this point but I can't afford to assume that it is. I still get the pin prick feelings in isolated patches. I'm pretty sure I still have them. I'm hoping that they really are reduced and it's not just a matter of me becoming less allergic to them, which could give an illusion of recovery but I'd still be just as contagious. I'm a little worried that I might be weakening the action of the remedy because I'm also using essential oils on my skin, but I don't really have a choice, I have scabies, if you don't kill them they multiply, and it's either that or the permethrin cream, which is a known neurotoxin and cat poison. I have 2 tubes of it from the doctor, but I haven't touched it. I had to stop taking the salt baths because it was ruining my skin and I think also dehydrating me, but it seemed like the salt was killing more of them than the oils do, I think because it goes deeper and gets some of the ones beneath the surface, so I need something to replace that with.

But, in summary: I believe that the current remedy is helping somewhat, although a skeptic could point out that it could be all the other stuff I'm doing and not the remedy at all. But I think that it is, because the timing of it marks the turning point. But it hasn't finished the job, and I don't know that it will, and it might only be stopping the allergic reaction instead of killing the bugs. The other remedy is an unknown, it might be better and it might be not as good, and the stakes are too high to just be adventurous, even though I'm very bored. So I want to be very sure of which remedy is likely to have the maximum effect on clearing out this physical condition.

What are the ways of knowing? What are the other clues?

When I've taken Natrum Mur for mental/ emotional stuff, it didn't seem like it did much, other things seemed a lot more powerful. I know it sounds like a good fit, I think it does too, but there are at least 5 other things I've taken that are a lot closer to being my constitutional remedy, and so far nothing seems to actually be. I don't know how relevant that is in this particular case, I'm just giving all the information I have: the seemingly good mental fit is a misperception.