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♡ PANKAJ VARMA last decade
Nux Vomica
(Extracts from ABC homeopathy):
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; ;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after midnight; ;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from excitement; ;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after mental exertion; after mental strain; ;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from thoughts; from activity of mind;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; after excessive wine; ;
sleep; waking; 3 a.m.; ;
sleep; waking; early;
sleep; waking; late; ;
sleep; yawning;
sleep; yawning; daytime; ;
(Even after waking up late ..the Nux V patient is unrefreshed).
Pankaj Varma
(Extracts from ABC homeopathy):
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; ;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after midnight; ;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from excitement; ;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after mental exertion; after mental strain; ;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from thoughts; from activity of mind;
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; after excessive wine; ;
sleep; waking; 3 a.m.; ;
sleep; waking; early;
sleep; waking; late; ;
sleep; yawning;
sleep; yawning; daytime; ;
(Even after waking up late ..the Nux V patient is unrefreshed).
Pankaj Varma
♡ PANKAJ VARMA last decade
Okay... Status update time.
This may not please anybody, but I looked at your advice and yesterday I decided to take Baryta Carb 200CK. It came in pellets so I took seven little pellets exactly three times throughout the day yesterday.
When I took the first dose, I felt an interesting mental effect very soon afterwards (maybe 20 minutes). It wasn't bad, it was kind of subtle, but I'm not sure how to describe it. I felt somewhat sleepy for a little while but it passed.
About five hours later I took dose #2. This time I fell asleep probably a half hour after taking it, and I slept for 4-5 hours. (I've been having trouble maintaining a rigid sleep schedule lately due to my insomnia, so this may be influenced by that). Other than being sleepy I felt basically fine.
I also suspect that it caused some sort of mental improvement, but it's really too early to tell if it's really my imagination, because of course I want it to work.
I realize it has not even been a day since I finished taking my third and final dose, so I don't have any expectations yet.
Here's something that seems important. When I took dose #3 it was well past midnight (again my bad sleep schedule is to blame). So it was very late, which as you all know is when my energy comes up anyway. So this time when I took a dose of Baryta I did not get sleepy at all. I suppose I felt more in contact with my body and more 'action oriented,' and feeling like doing things, which is what I wanted and the reason I gave when I initially posted. But I'm not sure if that is really what happened yet. I may be looking to hard for a positive reaction.
I'm sorry about not taking the Ars again, but I figured it this way. I am not at all opposed to taking Ars, but the next strength that has been recommended is 30C. Every medicine I've been recommended on here is 200C to start, so I figured, why not just order Ars 200C and try that if the Ars 12 worked ok? The only reason I bought Ars 12 all those years ago is because they were out of 30C. :)
Anyway I hope you don't mind the diversion but I thought it best to try the Baryta since it had just arrived and was a stronger dose.
- Will
This may not please anybody, but I looked at your advice and yesterday I decided to take Baryta Carb 200CK. It came in pellets so I took seven little pellets exactly three times throughout the day yesterday.
When I took the first dose, I felt an interesting mental effect very soon afterwards (maybe 20 minutes). It wasn't bad, it was kind of subtle, but I'm not sure how to describe it. I felt somewhat sleepy for a little while but it passed.
About five hours later I took dose #2. This time I fell asleep probably a half hour after taking it, and I slept for 4-5 hours. (I've been having trouble maintaining a rigid sleep schedule lately due to my insomnia, so this may be influenced by that). Other than being sleepy I felt basically fine.
I also suspect that it caused some sort of mental improvement, but it's really too early to tell if it's really my imagination, because of course I want it to work.
I realize it has not even been a day since I finished taking my third and final dose, so I don't have any expectations yet.
Here's something that seems important. When I took dose #3 it was well past midnight (again my bad sleep schedule is to blame). So it was very late, which as you all know is when my energy comes up anyway. So this time when I took a dose of Baryta I did not get sleepy at all. I suppose I felt more in contact with my body and more 'action oriented,' and feeling like doing things, which is what I wanted and the reason I gave when I initially posted. But I'm not sure if that is really what happened yet. I may be looking to hard for a positive reaction.
I'm sorry about not taking the Ars again, but I figured it this way. I am not at all opposed to taking Ars, but the next strength that has been recommended is 30C. Every medicine I've been recommended on here is 200C to start, so I figured, why not just order Ars 200C and try that if the Ars 12 worked ok? The only reason I bought Ars 12 all those years ago is because they were out of 30C. :)
Anyway I hope you don't mind the diversion but I thought it best to try the Baryta since it had just arrived and was a stronger dose.
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
Okay, it's your choice in the end, but please do not take any more medicines for next week or so. Just wait and watch, and post back the changes you notice in 1 week.
Sameer.
Sameer.
sameervermani last decade
Sameer,
Okay will do. By the way, just to confirm, did I do the right thing by taking seven little pellets? Is that one dose? It seems there's quite a lot of potential doses left in this bottle.
Also, can you predict the possible directions we might go in next week? The reason I ask isn't so much impatience as planning. It takes about a week, roughly, to receive a new order of medicine. So if I know the major possibilities of what may be needed next, I think it best to order now, not next week. This should save a few unnecessary days waiting.
Thanks,
- Will
Okay will do. By the way, just to confirm, did I do the right thing by taking seven little pellets? Is that one dose? It seems there's quite a lot of potential doses left in this bottle.
Also, can you predict the possible directions we might go in next week? The reason I ask isn't so much impatience as planning. It takes about a week, roughly, to receive a new order of medicine. So if I know the major possibilities of what may be needed next, I think it best to order now, not next week. This should save a few unnecessary days waiting.
Thanks,
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
Possible orders I am considering (based on what I've read from you guys):
Nux Vomica 200C
Lyco 200C
Baryta... higher dose?
Ars 200C... or different dose?
I invite any suggestions. :)
- Will
Nux Vomica 200C
Lyco 200C
Baryta... higher dose?
Ars 200C... or different dose?
I invite any suggestions. :)
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
Just 1 pellet was enough as one dose.
Possible directions.. hmm.. difficult to say .. it all depends on how well react to Baryta.. as I said, just wait and watch... 1 week more of waiting always does benefit in homeopathy or atleast never does any harm. Hurry in homeopathy is a cardinal sin.
Sameer
Possible directions.. hmm.. difficult to say .. it all depends on how well react to Baryta.. as I said, just wait and watch... 1 week more of waiting always does benefit in homeopathy or atleast never does any harm. Hurry in homeopathy is a cardinal sin.
Sameer
sameervermani last decade
Pankaj,
There are some qualities to Nux that look interesting. What I wonder about with Nux is that when I read the literature on it, it seems the Nux patient they describe is a hard driving aggressive guy, etc. etc.
That isn't me. I want to BE that hard driving aggressive guy (well, move in that direction anyway). :)
I also don't view myself as mischievous. I actually should go around and stir up the pot a bit. Then I'd live a little!
The Nux patient seems angry. I am not that guy. I get angry but it is a very quick anger that passes very quickly (the classic example being irritating noises, high pitch noises, etc.). If anything the natural anger that may come up in a healthy person from time to time, seems physically suppressed somehow.
Now having said that I have to agree there are some hits in the symptom list. But the overall direction seems to be the opposite of where I need to go.
I'm mainly worried that if I take it I'm not getting to the crux of the problem.
I cannot emphasize enough that the 'hard driver' (or 'type A personality') that I want to be, is where the direction I need to go with myself. I realize that it is possible to do anything in excess, but at the moment it is a lack of normal 'fire' if you will that is holding me back. Increasing that fire/drive/focus would be healthy for me, I'm sure of it.
Thanks for your thoughts.
- Will
There are some qualities to Nux that look interesting. What I wonder about with Nux is that when I read the literature on it, it seems the Nux patient they describe is a hard driving aggressive guy, etc. etc.
That isn't me. I want to BE that hard driving aggressive guy (well, move in that direction anyway). :)
I also don't view myself as mischievous. I actually should go around and stir up the pot a bit. Then I'd live a little!
The Nux patient seems angry. I am not that guy. I get angry but it is a very quick anger that passes very quickly (the classic example being irritating noises, high pitch noises, etc.). If anything the natural anger that may come up in a healthy person from time to time, seems physically suppressed somehow.
Now having said that I have to agree there are some hits in the symptom list. But the overall direction seems to be the opposite of where I need to go.
I'm mainly worried that if I take it I'm not getting to the crux of the problem.
I cannot emphasize enough that the 'hard driver' (or 'type A personality') that I want to be, is where the direction I need to go with myself. I realize that it is possible to do anything in excess, but at the moment it is a lack of normal 'fire' if you will that is holding me back. Increasing that fire/drive/focus would be healthy for me, I'm sure of it.
Thanks for your thoughts.
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
Crimsoncloak last decade
Pankaj,
I addressed the insonmnia symptoms so that you could make your own analysis. This is probably more accurate than simply relying on me to say 'I have insomnia.' Sorry I wasn't more specific to begin with.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; ;
Yes.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after midnight; ;
Yes.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from excitement; ;
Possible, but I don't think so.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after mental exertion; after mental strain; ;
Mental strain may just make me tired enough to fall asleep.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from thoughts; from activity of mind;
Possibly. It is hard to tell from the phrasing of this what was meant.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; after excessive wine; ;
I am guilty of sometimes having excessive wine. But it doesn't seem to effect my insomnia much one way or the other.
sleep; waking; 3 a.m.; ;
Rare. I usually wake up sometime between 11am and 1:30pm and have for years.
sleep; waking; early;
Rare. I only wish this were the case.
sleep; waking; late; ;
Yes, see above.
sleep; yawning;
Sometimes.
sleep; yawning; daytime; ;
Sometimes.
(Even after waking up late ..the Nux V patient is unrefreshed).
No, I feel fine when I wake up. It's just that I wake up in the middle of the day (this has gone on for years and resists reasonable attempts to change my sleep times).
I do go through periods where I sleep during different parts of the way. But homeostasis for me is that 11am-1:30pm time frame above, I always return to that.
>Interesting ...becoz Nux Vomica rectifies that abnormal sleep pattern.
Well then that is definitely a major point in favor of Nux.
- Will
I addressed the insonmnia symptoms so that you could make your own analysis. This is probably more accurate than simply relying on me to say 'I have insomnia.' Sorry I wasn't more specific to begin with.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; ;
Yes.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after midnight; ;
Yes.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from excitement; ;
Possible, but I don't think so.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; after mental exertion; after mental strain; ;
Mental strain may just make me tired enough to fall asleep.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from thoughts; from activity of mind;
Possibly. It is hard to tell from the phrasing of this what was meant.
sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; after excessive wine; ;
I am guilty of sometimes having excessive wine. But it doesn't seem to effect my insomnia much one way or the other.
sleep; waking; 3 a.m.; ;
Rare. I usually wake up sometime between 11am and 1:30pm and have for years.
sleep; waking; early;
Rare. I only wish this were the case.
sleep; waking; late; ;
Yes, see above.
sleep; yawning;
Sometimes.
sleep; yawning; daytime; ;
Sometimes.
(Even after waking up late ..the Nux V patient is unrefreshed).
No, I feel fine when I wake up. It's just that I wake up in the middle of the day (this has gone on for years and resists reasonable attempts to change my sleep times).
I do go through periods where I sleep during different parts of the way. But homeostasis for me is that 11am-1:30pm time frame above, I always return to that.
>Interesting ...becoz Nux Vomica rectifies that abnormal sleep pattern.
Well then that is definitely a major point in favor of Nux.
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
Will ,
You never take remedies based on just 1 symptom alone i.e. insomnia.
Your personality type is opposite to both Aur. and Nux. and I have been stressing this since the beginning of this thread.
When the personality type is opposite , the medicine will never help you in any way at all.
Sameer.
You never take remedies based on just 1 symptom alone i.e. insomnia.
Your personality type is opposite to both Aur. and Nux. and I have been stressing this since the beginning of this thread.
When the personality type is opposite , the medicine will never help you in any way at all.
Sameer.
sameervermani last decade
Do you have breathing problems?
Do you have skin rash ??
Do you get colds and coughs once in a while...if yes...can you describe the nature of the onslaught.
Pankaj Varma
Do you have skin rash ??
Do you get colds and coughs once in a while...if yes...can you describe the nature of the onslaught.
Pankaj Varma
♡ PANKAJ VARMA last decade
If you think ..by reading the books first time...you can become an expert homeopath....there is surely a dis-connect.
♡ PANKAJ VARMA last decade
>Do you have breathing problems?
No.
>Do you have skin rash ??
No with possible exceptions, although I think they are minor. One possible exception was that through my teen years I had a rash of some sort around my thyroid area covering part of my throat. It took years for that to mostly go away, it is about 95% gone today.
The other possible exception isn't so much a rash as a stubborn red patch of skin on both sides of my upper thigh, on the inside only, immediately next to the groin. You have to look very closely to see it is even there. I think that appeared maybe ten years ago. But it is still there.
>Do you get colds and coughs once in a while...if yes...can you describe the nature of the onslaught.
I almost never get a cold. Once in a great while I get a small cough that lasts a week or two. It isn't very bothersome.
- Will
No.
>Do you have skin rash ??
No with possible exceptions, although I think they are minor. One possible exception was that through my teen years I had a rash of some sort around my thyroid area covering part of my throat. It took years for that to mostly go away, it is about 95% gone today.
The other possible exception isn't so much a rash as a stubborn red patch of skin on both sides of my upper thigh, on the inside only, immediately next to the groin. You have to look very closely to see it is even there. I think that appeared maybe ten years ago. But it is still there.
>Do you get colds and coughs once in a while...if yes...can you describe the nature of the onslaught.
I almost never get a cold. Once in a great while I get a small cough that lasts a week or two. It isn't very bothersome.
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
I found out today that I made a mistake when I told everyone I took Ars...
I looked at the bottle again -- it says Arsenicum Album! (Not Arsenicum Metallicum).
Just thought those following this case would want to know.
Thanks,
- Will
P.S. No change since taking Baryta yet.
I looked at the bottle again -- it says Arsenicum Album! (Not Arsenicum Metallicum).
Just thought those following this case would want to know.
Thanks,
- Will
P.S. No change since taking Baryta yet.
Crimsoncloak last decade
sriram last decade
Will,
Arsenic Album is the one we were referring to as well. So, there is no discrepancy.
Let us give Baryta a few more days.
Sameer.
Arsenic Album is the one we were referring to as well. So, there is no discrepancy.
Let us give Baryta a few more days.
Sameer.
sameervermani last decade
If you have a swollen upper lip, swollen glands below the jawline, swollen glands on side of the face near the ears...then Baryta Carb is the right choice for you...other wise you are wasting your own time and screwing a lot of things for your self.
Pankaj Varma
Pankaj Varma
♡ PANKAJ VARMA last decade
Hello Will,
There is a mixed range of persons guiding patients here.
Some are fully qualified doctors, others with more than 10 to 20 years of expertise ,,,whilst some who have picked up homeopathy knowledge in the last 2/3 years.
It would be a folly to assume that the quality of each ones guidance is at par with the guidance of the other.
Best thing is to go to ABC Archives and see who has a high success rate of guiding individuals here.
Pankaj Varma
There is a mixed range of persons guiding patients here.
Some are fully qualified doctors, others with more than 10 to 20 years of expertise ,,,whilst some who have picked up homeopathy knowledge in the last 2/3 years.
It would be a folly to assume that the quality of each ones guidance is at par with the guidance of the other.
Best thing is to go to ABC Archives and see who has a high success rate of guiding individuals here.
Pankaj Varma
♡ PANKAJ VARMA last decade
Pankaj,
I think I see your point.
>'swollen glands below the jawline'
That is the one symptom (that you mentioned) that I have. They are not highly swollen or anything like that, but if you run your finger under the jaw line you can detect that both sides are a little bit swollen.
They've been that way for years. Only once in awhile, for a short while, will this slight swelling disappear.
I want to stress you actually have to look for it to know it's there, it isn't visible or anything like that.
The other areas don't seem to be a problem.
- Will
I think I see your point.
>'swollen glands below the jawline'
That is the one symptom (that you mentioned) that I have. They are not highly swollen or anything like that, but if you run your finger under the jaw line you can detect that both sides are a little bit swollen.
They've been that way for years. Only once in awhile, for a short while, will this slight swelling disappear.
I want to stress you actually have to look for it to know it's there, it isn't visible or anything like that.
The other areas don't seem to be a problem.
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
Hi Pankaj,
For some reason I did not get an email notification of that last message from you.
I may be able to upload a photo, but the swelling is not visible. You have to feel around the jawline (just under it) with your finger.
- Will
For some reason I did not get an email notification of that last message from you.
I may be able to upload a photo, but the swelling is not visible. You have to feel around the jawline (just under it) with your finger.
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
Ok everyone, time to report.
I took 3 doses of Baryta, three times in one day, the Tuesday before last (or about 9 days ago).
When I first took it I felt a little funny but if there were any effects it was very subtle.
I did not notice anything for a few days.
Now, about four days later I received some good news and I seemed to also be improving in terms of emotional symptoms at the same time. So is this the Baryta or is it merely psychological?
I'm not sure where to go from here, but I should also note I've received a shipment of a few additional medicines. Here's what I received when/if the time comes to use them:
Nux vomica 200C
Cuprum metallicum 200CK
Lyco 200CK
Candida 30C
I'd call my experience with Baryta interesting. And it may be that I need to take it again, or take a stronger dose. I did not note any side effects, etc. at all that I can recall. Especially given what happened a few days ago it may make sense to try Baryta again soon.
Well, I may have to take one thing back. I observed that with the Baryta my sleep pattern became disturbed, sleeping maybe three times a day a few hours at a time. But at the same time I was happier. But I don't know if that was actually the Baryta or just other things.
However, I am impatient to try the Lyco, at least once. I really like the matches from the symptoms I've read, and I know that Sameer and Pankaj have both given at least a lukewarm nod to the idea of Lyco.
What do you all think?
What is the best dose to take Lyco at?
- Will
I took 3 doses of Baryta, three times in one day, the Tuesday before last (or about 9 days ago).
When I first took it I felt a little funny but if there were any effects it was very subtle.
I did not notice anything for a few days.
Now, about four days later I received some good news and I seemed to also be improving in terms of emotional symptoms at the same time. So is this the Baryta or is it merely psychological?
I'm not sure where to go from here, but I should also note I've received a shipment of a few additional medicines. Here's what I received when/if the time comes to use them:
Nux vomica 200C
Cuprum metallicum 200CK
Lyco 200CK
Candida 30C
I'd call my experience with Baryta interesting. And it may be that I need to take it again, or take a stronger dose. I did not note any side effects, etc. at all that I can recall. Especially given what happened a few days ago it may make sense to try Baryta again soon.
Well, I may have to take one thing back. I observed that with the Baryta my sleep pattern became disturbed, sleeping maybe three times a day a few hours at a time. But at the same time I was happier. But I don't know if that was actually the Baryta or just other things.
However, I am impatient to try the Lyco, at least once. I really like the matches from the symptoms I've read, and I know that Sameer and Pankaj have both given at least a lukewarm nod to the idea of Lyco.
What do you all think?
What is the best dose to take Lyco at?
- Will
Crimsoncloak last decade
Will,
If I were you, I would wait a bit longer to see if it is Baryta';s effect or just the good news you got.
Changing remedies so soon is not going to help anyways. You have to be patient with homeopathy. A condition you have developed over years is not going to be cured in 5 days completely.
I would it give one more week and see if you get further benefit, and then assess the situation from there. Three doses of 200C can act for several weeks if it is the right medicine.
Sameer.
If I were you, I would wait a bit longer to see if it is Baryta';s effect or just the good news you got.
Changing remedies so soon is not going to help anyways. You have to be patient with homeopathy. A condition you have developed over years is not going to be cured in 5 days completely.
I would it give one more week and see if you get further benefit, and then assess the situation from there. Three doses of 200C can act for several weeks if it is the right medicine.
Sameer.
sameervermani last decade
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