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Hi,

I got the Ignatia 200 C.

Please let me know how to make the dose in water and I would
like to start as soon as possible.

Also, any other things I should know like don't eat anything within 30 minutes of taking dose?

Thank you.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
If you instead have pillules or pellets, you will need a small bottle and a dropper to make your own liquid dose. Mix water and alcohol into this small bottle to the ratio of 5:1. Dissolve 3 pillules/pellets into this bottle. All doses will be made from this bottle.

If you already have a liquid dose just start from step 1.

1. Hit the bottle 5 times firmly against the palm of the hand

2. Place 3 drops into 100mls of clean fresh water

3. Stir very thoroughly

4. Take 2 teaspoons out into the mouth and hold for 20 seconds, then swallow.

This is one dose and the same steps should be taken for any further doses, unless I ask you to change them in some way.

If any old symptoms reappear, or any current symptoms worsen, this is a GOOD sign in most cases. DO NOT SUPPRESS them with other kinds of medication unless you are in real danger (which is a highly unlikely reaction to a remedy).

However, if you are on regular medication it is also important that you do NOT stop taking this. Once it is determined the medicine has acted beneficially, we can look at reducing such medication if safe to do so. Regular medication in this instance is NOT defined as other homoeopathic medicines which MUST be stopped.

One dose only, then give me a report after 7 days of any changes.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Excellent. Thank you so much.

This is amazing what you guys are doing for us.

So, I took the dose as you said today, and then I ate about 10 to 15 min later. I hope that's okay?

Also, so the mixture that I made in the small bottle, I should keep that for any possible future doses? Or should I empty and start over if I ever need it again?

Thanks, really appreciate all you've done.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Hey,

so an update to my condition.

I took the dose like you said on Saturday evening.

The next day, I started to have a lot of throat clearing and a weak voice.

This is usually rare for me unless I eat something very acidic and a lot of it. But I did not eat anything acidic, followed the same diet as usual.

So, this must be what you were referring to when you said some things may get worse, but it's still a good sign.

This continued the next day too and I seem to have a lot of phlegm, more than usual.

Today, is the third day. Not as much throat clearing, voice kind of weak still, and some phlegm.

One new symptom, which started since Sunday or Monday, is that I feel very sleepy after eating. And I am eating the same amount of food. I feel warmer and sleepy.

The main symptoms, which are the nauseated burps and restriction on the amount of food I am able to eat, are still there. Hopefully these will clear up after the 7 days.

I will let you know and update you on anything else I notice this week.

Thanks.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
That is probably a good sign. It sounds like the homoeopathic aggravation. Wanting to sleep more is also usually a sign of healing, although interestingly one of the other remedies made from the same plant family has 'sleepy after eating' as a well-known symptom (Nux-vomica).

As for the bottle, you keep it for future doses. The alcohol you mixed in will keep the remedy fresh for several months.
[message edited by Evocationer on Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:51:25 GMT]
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Excellent.

Yes, that is interesting.

Will let you know how things go on Sunday after the seventh day.

Thanks again.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Hi Evocationer,

wanted to report reactions after 7 days, which today is the 7th day since I started the first dose last Saturday.

Those new symptoms, the sleepiness after meals and feeling warmer, that went away after Tues. which was the fourth day.

Also, my voice went back to normal and throat clearing went back to the usual amount, so I guess the aggravation passed.

Anyway, the main symptoms are not gone. The main issues being the nausea or nauseated burps and eating less than I should be able to.

Let me know what to do next or if I should do nothing and wait?

Thank you sir.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Hi Evocationer,

Did you get a chance to read my last update yet?
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Alright repeat the remedy one more time. Hit the bottle 10 times instead of 5.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Evocationer,

I screwed up the dose last night.

Instead of taking 3 drops from the bottle and mixing it with 100ml of water, I took two tablespoons straight from the bottle.

So, I forgot to do the part with the 3 drops. I used the dropper to fill up two tablespoons worth, waited 20 seconds and swallowed.

This morning I woke up with extreme pain in my left shoulder.

I cannot imagine this happening from sleep. Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Do you think it is a reaction? Like nerve pain?

I woke up like an hour before my alarm goes off, which is kind of unusual, and I was in immediate pain. I could barely move without being in pain. I then laid down in a different position, on my right side or right shoulder. This took away the pain but not completely.

This cannot be a co-incidence. I mean it could still be from sleep. I am at work right now and the good thing is that I do not have to lift anything at work.

The pain is still there. Even a slight movement has to be done very slowly since it hurts. When I move my neck to the left, it also hurts the shoulder area. It is a sharp pain and then almost paralyzing.

Please let me know what to do.

Thanks
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Yes you took a very large amount of the remedy - many doses worth.

It will wear off. It may even end up producing a beneficial result - the aggravation will often produce a 'push back' in the opposite direction (cure) equal to the initial push forward.

There isn't really anything else you can do at this stage. Let me know if things don't improve though.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Excellent. Thats good to know.

Ya, lets hope this takes care of the problem once and for all.

So, when you said let me know if things dont improve, do you mean after another week? Your talking about my original issues with eating and not the shoulder right?

My shoulder has improved since earlier today. Lets see how that goes tomorrow. I can give you an update if anything stands out tomorrow.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Generally I would say wait one week after any dose before trying to assess the reaction. In many cases 2-3 weeks is safer as remedy reactions can be slow in some people.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Hi Evocationer,

so it's been another week since my last dose.
(2 weeks total since my first dose).

I hope you do not take this in a bad way or
negative way, but I think we should try
another remedy.

My body usually responds very quickly to this
remedies, as you remember from my first dose,
my throat issues got worse the next day and I
became very sleepy after meals for days.

I still have not improved.

One other thing that might help is that the
burps that I have seem like acid burps.

It does not burn but there is some pain, it is
unpleasant unlike a normal burp. It's like an
undigested burp, which I described as nauseated
burps before.

There were some other remedies you said were close,
so maybe we could try those? Or if you wanted to
re-assess some things about my case.

I have Natrum Muriaticum 200 C ready, which you said
was very close to the Ignatia 200C remedy you had
me take.

Again, thanks as always for your time and support in
helping me find a solution to my problem.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
I don't take that in a negative way at all. I am only interested in finding a remedy that helps you, and you have to be honest with me for that to happen.

The reaction to the remedy was interesting, but we can move on.

I have redesigned my questionnaire to try and more easily elicit the information I need. My old one was a bit too structured and directive. If you want to answer these questions it might help me further. When I see clients in my clinic I will spend an hour retaking the case to see what I have missed or misunderstood.

I will post it anyway. See what you think.

Please answer the following questions with as much detail and honesty as you can. Single word or short answer sentences are often of little use to me. Try to be as descriptive as you can. There are no right answers, and no specific kinds of information that I need. These questions are designed to stimulate your mind into thinking about yourself in a way that is helpful for a homoeopathic prescription. If anything is too sensitive or private to mention, you do not need to talk about it.

What is the main problem you have?

How does this problem manifest in your life?

How does it stop you from living your life normally?

What obstacles are in your life?

What kind of patterns do you see occurring again and again in your life?

What can you do to make yourself feel better?

What events in your life do you feel had the most impact on you?

What sort of situations aggravate you or make your life more difficult than it should be?

What are your strongest fears? How do you deal with them?

When do you feel at your worst? Why?

When do you feel at your best? Why?

What was the worst thing that ever happened to you? What was so terrible about it?

What was the best thing that ever happened to you? What was so good about it?

What kind of life have you lead?

What do you think has prevented you from having the kind of life you should have had?

Where do most of your problems come from?

What situations or images appear most often in your dreams or nightmares?

What causes problems in your relationships?

What kind of people do you have the most problems with?

What do people like about you?

What do people dislike about you?

Were you very different as a child, as a teenager, as a young adult? How so?
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Ok cool. Sounds good.

One other thing I want to mention. Another reaction that I had was that I was more nervous than usual and tense, since taking that last dose (the big dose). I dont know if that relates to the dose or not, but it was pretty unusual for me to be that nervous and tense.

Anyway, so I have a question about the first question. What do you mean what is the main problem? I am assuming you mean main mental problem or problem in general in my life? And not any physical symptoms right? Since you already know those.

Will try to answer as best as I can.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
No right answers :) Just go with whatever first occurs to you. I suppose the main problem is the one that causes the most suffering for you, the one if removed or resolved would make your life markedly better.

Your feedback is helpful to me. I can continue to refine the questions this way. Thanks!

Perhaps the questions should be main problemS?
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Ok I understand. I am also going to assume that you mean
how these questions apply to me now unless specified as my
past self.

I will try to get this all done by tomorrow night and post.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Here you go. Thanks.


Ok I understand. I am also going to assume that you mean
how these questions apply to me now unless specified as my
past self.


What is the main problem you have?

The main problem is this health problem. My life would be a lot better if
I did not have this problem. There was a time where I felt like I was dying.

I mean it was a lot worse about a year or two ago. It was like I couldn't
eat anything and if you cant eat, well then your slowly dying.

I was going crazy. I missed out on normal life, very worried and scared, and
couldn't function normally for the past 2 yrs because of that. I mean it
ruined my life. Socially as well. I couldn't go out, especially looking the
way I was, losing weight and looking anorexic and like I was dying.

I couldn't work, but I still managed to work a little. I ran away to New york
hoping it would help my problems. I lived there for about 8 months by my self.

It did not help and I moved back home. I would say the last 2 yrs or so have
been the worse of my life. Like I went through hell.

But as you know, I am considerably better and do not feel that way anymore.

But, still, the problem is not completely gone. I think the diet has
helped the most so far, especially being vegetarian for the past 2 months or
so.

The only other thing I would say that compares to this degree of problem would
be loneliness. Romantically. I would say that this is a big problem now.
I would say that a year or two ago, the eating was the main problem. Because I
would have to fix that problem so I wouldn't continue dying.

Since I have this under control now, I would say the main problem is missing
the romance. Still, it is still a problem.

How does this problem manifest in your life?

It is a part of my everyday life. I have to be really careful about what I eat.
There are a lot of things I have to cut out. I have to eat things in a plain
manner. I have to cut out acidic foods. So, even tomatoes and anything tomato
based. Onions, sauces, or anything spicy. A lot of fruit, which is acidic. I can
post a list of foods I avoid and what I eat.

My diet is very restricted. And so is my calorie consumption. Don't think I am
getting what I should be getting a day.

When it comes to the loneliness, I guess it causes me to lose interest or
motivation. I become uninspired. Depressed. Don't want to do anything or much.

It also causes uncertainty when it comes to romance or love life. Uncertain
about the future.

How does it stop you from living your life normally?

I cannot really have lunch or dinner with others because I cannot really have
much of a conversation while eating because of the symptoms. The main thing
being the burping which comes on after eating a little bit, then the acidic
burps come up. I cannot really talk or respond while this is happening. This
can last anywhere from a few seconds to 5 to 10 seconds.

This will also cause me to eat slowly and I do not enjoy the meal or the act
of eating because of these symptoms.

This also causes disturbance after the meal too, because sometimes if it can
cause phlegm after the meal and/or clearing the throat. This happens if I
eat anything that I shouldn't, anything acidic, or even too much dairy. Or if
I overeat sometimes. That can be hard to judge or measure sometimes, but I have
that under control for the most part.

In the mornings, I have a lot of phlegm. It seems to be despite what I eat. Like
the fact that I have been lying down all night has caused a lot of acid to come
up. I get the phlegm a lot about 5 minutes after Im done with breakfast and up
until an hour or two after the breakfast. It will just come and go at different
times. Then, I don't really have it the rest of the day. There is usually a lot
in the first 30 min following breakfast.

What obstacles are in your life?

Doing something that I really want to do with my life. Like making music for a
living. Something that would be fulfilling to me. Make me proud.

The obstacle is education to be able to do this. I am trying to learn this as
soon as I can. Or another obstacle is finding someone who could help me with
these goals like another musician.

I feel like achieving these goals will make me happier.

What kind of patterns do you see occurring again and again in your life?

I guess going through periods of loneliness and then not. Meeting different
people, some are still close to me and others I do not see anymore and I am
not friends with anymore. Dont get too close to many people, some I do.

I feel like this is kind of normal though. Like you meet different people in
life and through different periods of your life and different places. And some
you end up hitting it off or not, some are short lived relationships and some
longer or still going.


What can you do to make yourself feel better?

Talk to myself. Go over things in my head. Tell my self positive things or
imagine positive things happening or things that have happened from before.

Visualizing good memories or good thoughts happening in the future.

Listening to music. Different types depending on the mood I am in.

Watching tv. Distracting myself from any problems by entertaining myself
somehow.

What events in your life do you feel had the most impact on you?

Loss of close friendships. Things going sour between friends. The people
that I used to care for. Maybe I didn't get too close to people because of
experiences like that.

Also, my first romantic relationships. First breakup. I was not in love but
I did not want that feeling to end. I was happy. I liked being with the person
and the romance. Didn't really ask what the reason was for the breakup and I
didn't want to know. I could not stay friends either like she wanted. I felt that
I could never do that in my life.

I guess I have trouble hearing why a person would end a relationship. Feel like
it would be hard to hear or hard to take criticism or hear any faults.

The other big impacts have been deciding what to do with my life. And getting to
the point where I am doing something I want to do.

Once I found out that music is what I wanted to do, it was the first time in my
life I fell in love with something. Writing songs.

Everything else was just an obstacle, like jobs that I was doing.

Also, when I became extremely unhappy, unmotivated for doing a job that I didn't
want to really do anymore, year after year.

This is when I was fired for the first time in my life. That really affected me.
I was pretty angry and frustrated. Felt that I didn't deserve that. But at the
same time felt kind of relieved.

But this turned into a worse depression because I got fired at a bad time and was
unemployed for a year. Felt worthless, depressed, almost like killing myself from
the boredom and uselessness of sitting around all day.

Then I started to get optimistic and enjoyed my time off and put the time to good
use. To improve myself. Eventually got a job. However, even though I promised myself
that I would never let that happen, my life just became more and more unstable.

I quit the job I got after only 3 months because I felt that I was wasting my time.

I went through more jobs, firing or quiting, unemployment, and recently been stable.

However, that was one of the toughest times of my life. Extreme anxiety, stress, and
depression. I wouldn't be surprised if this whole stage of my life alone caused this
eating disorder or issues or disease or whatever you want to call it.

Once that started happening, then that became the worst thing I ever went through and
still is.

What sort of situations aggravate you or make your life more difficult than it should be?

Certain social situations. Sometimes working with others can be hard

What are your strongest fears? How do you deal with them?

Being alone. The idea of not having people close to me in my life. Ending up lonely, not finding a partner and never having the things that I want out of life, wife and family.

The idea of losing someone close to me but tragically or prematurely.

When do you feel at your worst? Why?

I guess if I lose confidence in myself or if I beat myself up mentally. Having recurring negative thoughts about myself. Repeating situations or experiences over and over in my head which bothered me.

If I imagine something bad happening in the future, whether it is a social situation or something else. Sometimes I feel like I am my own worst enemy. Like no one else can
hurt me more than myself.

When do you feel at your best? Why?

When I am imagining many positive thoughts or remembering positive memories and
experiences.

If I go through an experience where I learn a valuable life lesson. Usually one where I end up learning to take better care of myself, including mentally.

If someone compliments me on something about me or my work.

What was the worst thing that ever happened to you? What was so terrible about it?

I dont know how to answer this one. I will try to bring up some incidents.

One that I remember was a fight I had when I was a kid about the age of 11 or 12.

This happened in school. A guy started bullying me and I fought back. The fight was
broken up and I kind of lost control during the fight. I had to be held back. It was pretty intense. I was proud of myself for what I did, for fighting back but I still felt bad, like I shouldnt have to go through that experience because I didnt do anything in the first place.

I remember that I had felt like crap before the fight. For different reasons. One, the fact that I was lonely in school and I probably was having a bad day. This made things worse.

I ended up going home and felt a rage that I never did before. I had to be calmed down by my dad and had to calm myself down.

I guess the other thing that I didnt like was the fact that anyone at any time can do something to hurt you or annoy you.

What was the best thing that ever happened to you? What was so good about it?

I would say that discovering music and discovering that it was what I wanted to do with my life is become a musician.

It was the first time in my life that I felt like I had a purpose in life. To make music. I have always felt like a creative person.

The first time that I really loved something in my life. I felt great, I felt many things.

I felt so lost before that. I didnt know what to do with my life. And also like I wasnt contributing anything to society that I should be.

What kind of life have you lead?

I would say a good one. Meaning two things. One that my life has been a good overall experience. And also that I am a good person and really believe in the good of humans in general.

I feel like I lead a productive life, going to school and learning as much as I can, in many ways and not just academically from school.

I try to be inspiring too. Do things that others can benefit from, learn from, or get inspired by.

What do you think has prevented you from having the kind of life you should have had?

Nothing except maybe myself at times. Looking at things in a negative way or focusing on the negatives. Being too hard on myself for anything that went wrong or even any negative emotion or mental set back. Trying to be a perfectionist in general.

Where do most of your problems come from?

Not sure. I guess from past experiences. From people.

People seem to have a big effect on me. Even people who I dont really care for. Even strangers.

I guess it comes from caring too much. Caring about others and caring in general. Although, I do look at that as a good thing to as well.

I guess that is one reason why loneliness is one of the things that affects me the most.

What situations or images appear most often in your dreams or nightmares?

I do not dream much at all or have nightmares. But I guess when it comes to dreams lately, which is extremely rare, it has been about girls.

Usually some kind of closeness with a person. Holding her hands, longing.

What causes problems in your relationships?

When there are disagreements. Or differing interests.

If I do not get what I want out of the relationship or my way.

If they like to do something that I dont or doesnt interest me much.

I may seem very needy, requiring affection and company. I can seem very forward because of how much people affect me.

What kind of people do you have the most problems with?

I guess people who are aggressive or have a dominant personality. People who are careless.
People who seem to be up to no good and want to harm you in some way.

What do people like about you?

Straight forward, honest, caring, helpful, goal oriented, dedicated, really positive at times, can be mellow at times.

What do people dislike about you?

Stubborn, sometimes too serious, temper and easily angered, can complain too much, and can be really negative at times, impatient.

Were you very different as a child, as a teenager, as a young adult? How so?

Yes.

As a child - Very positive and energetic. Enjoyed life more. I seemed to smile and laugh almost all the time. I was not serious at all.

I guess laughing was a big part of my life and I even mocked and laughed at those who were too serious such as my dad. I found humor in many things.

There weren’t too many things that could upset me. I didnt really care about too many things or others, just having fun.

As a teenager, I was kind of the opposite. Had more of a serious personality. Nervous, more negative than positive. Less confident. More concerned about my looks. Did not like that I was skinny. Still found humor in certain things and felt that I still had a sense of humor. Put my head down a lot, especially while walking.

As an adult, I guess kind of a mix. Way more confident compared to teenage years.

I would say more on the serious side though. Many times very serious. Hard to smile at times or even laugh. More sensitive and emotional. More complicated mental and emotional issues which I did not know how to deal with.

More recently, I would say positive and more balanced.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Hey Evocationer,

so what do you think about my case? Can you look at it and get back to me tonight with something?

Thanks.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Evocationer has not posted in
a few days, so he must be
busy at his clinic.
 
simone717 9 years ago
Evocationer,

I really need help. I know you have so many cases. I have seen so many posts. But can you please continue with mine.

I'm going crazy here everyday when I eat. Every eating experience sucks.

Please check out my last response when u can.

Thanks in advance.

I feel like we are almost there.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Hi tony-

If you click on a poster's name you can see
their last post. ( and all posts)

Last time E posted on here was the 23rd.

He has in the past years, just disappeared off
the forum with no one knowing what was going on.
Once he was very ill, the second time he had
a car accident. I emailed his clinic to ask-
but I am not sure if he is still at that clinic-
and they would not give any info about him
the other times it happened.

I hope nothing is wrong-But he would have been
on here by now, or he would have said he is on
vacation or something like that. We will have
to wait and see.

Regards,

Simone
 
simone717 9 years ago
Ok Simone,

thanks for letting me know and for trying to reach him.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago
Hi tony-

While we are waiting to see what is going on-

I looked over your posts. I think it would be a good
idea to try a couple test doses of Nat Mur 30c -

one at night and the next in the morning. You can dissolve
3 pills into two tablespoons of water and take a tsp as
a dose. Hold in your mouth for 20 seconds.

See what you notice after a day if there is any type
of reaction. One can always go Up in potency if needed.

Dr. Luc ( a famous homeopathic teacher) always gives
his patients a test dose - usually 30c to get an idea
of the reaction to the remedy.

Take care,

Simone
 
simone717 9 years ago
I just took one dose (3 pellets) of Nat Mur 200 C yesterday afternoon. This was dissolved under the tongue.

No reactions so far. I do not mind if there are any negative reactions, I just wanted to try it.

Will wait for any further advice from Evocationer.
 
tonybaloni33 9 years ago

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