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sorry, some of these don't mesh well with each other:
Paralysis
like being stuck
like a deer in headlights
like being detached and apart
like having your finger caught in the door forever, but without any pain
or, when something distracts me and i snap out of it momentarily and my body starts to dry heave and retch, itÂ’s like trying to hold back lava erupting from a volcano
Stuck
like a broken record
like tires spinning in place
Shock
like having the lights switched on
like a jolt of electricity
Terror
like a deer in headlights
Dead
like your foot falling asleep, without the tinglies
like being numb
like being asleep
Deer in the headlights
like being stuck in place
Barrage
like a never ending slideshow of thoughts
like a speeding train
Bat away
like avoiding, shutting off
Rigid
like being in shock
like being hung up on a hangar
like a knot
Shut down
like turning something off
Honeycomb
like a bunch of round things all together next to each other
Bug's eyes
same as above
Crawling
like the round things might start moving
Something invisible spinning in a circle
like a jet fighter circling around my stomach and preparing to dive into it
Paralysis
like being stuck
like a deer in headlights
like being detached and apart
like having your finger caught in the door forever, but without any pain
or, when something distracts me and i snap out of it momentarily and my body starts to dry heave and retch, itÂ’s like trying to hold back lava erupting from a volcano
Stuck
like a broken record
like tires spinning in place
Shock
like having the lights switched on
like a jolt of electricity
Terror
like a deer in headlights
Dead
like your foot falling asleep, without the tinglies
like being numb
like being asleep
Deer in the headlights
like being stuck in place
Barrage
like a never ending slideshow of thoughts
like a speeding train
Bat away
like avoiding, shutting off
Rigid
like being in shock
like being hung up on a hangar
like a knot
Shut down
like turning something off
Honeycomb
like a bunch of round things all together next to each other
Bug's eyes
same as above
Crawling
like the round things might start moving
Something invisible spinning in a circle
like a jet fighter circling around my stomach and preparing to dive into it
ddollar last decade
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
will a picture help? this is what tryptophobics are afraid of:
http://bit.ly/rWquTf
anything that resembles circles or holes, all mushed close together or in a symmetric pattern or alignment. even worse when it's on skin.
for example, my friend in high school once had three pimples all in a perfect line with each other and equally distributed. that creeped me out so much.
http://bit.ly/rWquTf
anything that resembles circles or holes, all mushed close together or in a symmetric pattern or alignment. even worse when it's on skin.
for example, my friend in high school once had three pimples all in a perfect line with each other and equally distributed. that creeped me out so much.
ddollar last decade
Also what is the experience of a deer in the headlights? What is the experience of being stuck in place?
Paralysis, by your definition, is the same as stuck. There is definitely a theme of moving/not moving here. Your whole state seems to revolve around the movement of your digestive tract, or its non-movement.
This sensation of the invisible thing circling is interesting to me. Visualise this jet fighter, describe it to me exactly, right down to colour shape way it dives.
Paralysis, by your definition, is the same as stuck. There is definitely a theme of moving/not moving here. Your whole state seems to revolve around the movement of your digestive tract, or its non-movement.
This sensation of the invisible thing circling is interesting to me. Visualise this jet fighter, describe it to me exactly, right down to colour shape way it dives.
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Also what is the experience of a deer in the headlights? What is the experience of being stuck in place?
i don't know if i can explain it much better than that, it's almost like being in a constant state of fright or terror where everything shuts down or i suppress the pain or bad feeling...but i'm not even sure this is something i'm doing because i'm afraid
This sensation of the invisible thing circling is interesting to me. Visualise this jet fighter, describe it to me exactly, right down to colour shape way it dives.
oh, it's nothing that concrete - it could be a fly too, just an invisible spot in front of my body that i feel like i focus on, and it seems to move dive in closer to my stomach pretty quickly when i'm about to feel pain or sickness, and then i kind of look away or avoid it again
i don't know if i can explain it much better than that, it's almost like being in a constant state of fright or terror where everything shuts down or i suppress the pain or bad feeling...but i'm not even sure this is something i'm doing because i'm afraid
This sensation of the invisible thing circling is interesting to me. Visualise this jet fighter, describe it to me exactly, right down to colour shape way it dives.
oh, it's nothing that concrete - it could be a fly too, just an invisible spot in front of my body that i feel like i focus on, and it seems to move dive in closer to my stomach pretty quickly when i'm about to feel pain or sickness, and then i kind of look away or avoid it again
ddollar last decade
There is something here, I am hunting it now lol. Some image is forming for me - it is fascinating so just keep with me.
That picture you linked is interesting as well - is still leading me in a particular direction.
Describe 'bug's eyes' for me as well. If only we were doing this in person I could get you to doodle for me, it would be so much more efficient.
What are your current fears?
If you weren't talking about yourself, what thing in nature would describe - 'Paralysed, cannot move, numb, terror, shock, shut down, detached' - what sort of process does this seem to be describing?
Describe more on something 'landing' on you, and being 'struck by a needle'.
I believe you are very close to describing to me the source of your remedy, the substance that it is made from. I just need to coax you all the way there.
That picture you linked is interesting as well - is still leading me in a particular direction.
Describe 'bug's eyes' for me as well. If only we were doing this in person I could get you to doodle for me, it would be so much more efficient.
What are your current fears?
If you weren't talking about yourself, what thing in nature would describe - 'Paralysed, cannot move, numb, terror, shock, shut down, detached' - what sort of process does this seem to be describing?
Describe more on something 'landing' on you, and being 'struck by a needle'.
I believe you are very close to describing to me the source of your remedy, the substance that it is made from. I just need to coax you all the way there.
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Imagine that jet fighter moving in quickly - what does it do when the pain comes? Extend your imagination.
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Describe 'bug's eyes' for me as well. If only we were doing this in person I could get you to doodle for me, it would be so much more efficient.
you know how a fly's eyes has a whole bunch of little tiny eyes inside of it? at least i think they do, from what i remember. kind of the same idea. just grosses me out.
What are your current fears?
vomiting, no question. the way that it feels, sounds, smells. haven't puked since i was 11, i live in constant fear of it now.
i'm guess i'm also afraid that i'll never get better, that i'll be like this the rest of my life, and i'll die without having lived any kind of life. i really almost kind of feel like i hadn't done anything in my life before my illness either. i lived in a constant state of fear and avoidance of everything: social situations, romantic relationships, failure at work, etc.
If you weren't talking about yourself, what thing in nature would describe - 'Paralysed, cannot move, numb, terror, shock, shut down, detached' - what sort of process does this seem to be describing?
well, i'd say deer in headlights but you're probably already sick of that one :)...it's hard to say how it feels because it really is like feeling nothing...maybe if an animal was drowning, and it was fighting so hard to escape, for so long, that eventually all that was left of him was his paddling arms, going through the motions of treading water. his body is still moving, but he's not really 'alive' - the only thing he can do now is tread water, and he can't do anything else.
Describe more on something 'landing' on you, and being 'struck by a needle'.
it's more like the pain or sensation just appears in the exact place in my gut that i know it will appear. it's like i'm anticipating it showing up there, and then it does and so i know how to make myself not feel it there.
the needle is kind of referring to the kind of pain i feel. when you get a novacaine shot at the dentist and they stick that giant syringle into your gums, that's kind of what it feels like. this is of course when i'm not dodging away from the pain.
Imagine that jet fighter moving in quickly - what does it do when the pain comes? Extend your imagination.
if i don't 'look away', it spreads all over that area and makes me feel sick/nauseous there with a burning feeling.
you know how a fly's eyes has a whole bunch of little tiny eyes inside of it? at least i think they do, from what i remember. kind of the same idea. just grosses me out.
What are your current fears?
vomiting, no question. the way that it feels, sounds, smells. haven't puked since i was 11, i live in constant fear of it now.
i'm guess i'm also afraid that i'll never get better, that i'll be like this the rest of my life, and i'll die without having lived any kind of life. i really almost kind of feel like i hadn't done anything in my life before my illness either. i lived in a constant state of fear and avoidance of everything: social situations, romantic relationships, failure at work, etc.
If you weren't talking about yourself, what thing in nature would describe - 'Paralysed, cannot move, numb, terror, shock, shut down, detached' - what sort of process does this seem to be describing?
well, i'd say deer in headlights but you're probably already sick of that one :)...it's hard to say how it feels because it really is like feeling nothing...maybe if an animal was drowning, and it was fighting so hard to escape, for so long, that eventually all that was left of him was his paddling arms, going through the motions of treading water. his body is still moving, but he's not really 'alive' - the only thing he can do now is tread water, and he can't do anything else.
Describe more on something 'landing' on you, and being 'struck by a needle'.
it's more like the pain or sensation just appears in the exact place in my gut that i know it will appear. it's like i'm anticipating it showing up there, and then it does and so i know how to make myself not feel it there.
the needle is kind of referring to the kind of pain i feel. when you get a novacaine shot at the dentist and they stick that giant syringle into your gums, that's kind of what it feels like. this is of course when i'm not dodging away from the pain.
Imagine that jet fighter moving in quickly - what does it do when the pain comes? Extend your imagination.
if i don't 'look away', it spreads all over that area and makes me feel sick/nauseous there with a burning feeling.
ddollar last decade
Alright I would suggest the remedy Vespa. I would get 30c and 200c. This is the remedy we make from the Wasp.
You have described the life and death struggle of the prey of the Wasp - they paralyse their prey, who remains helpless and unable to move until fed upon.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:46:47 BST]
You have described the life and death struggle of the prey of the Wasp - they paralyse their prey, who remains helpless and unable to move until fed upon.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:46:47 BST]
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
makes sense to me, i will try and find it tomorrow and give you the results when i can. thanks so much for devoting your time to this!
ddollar last decade
Vespa is not a well known remedy. Apis, the bee, is much better known, and I did look at this remedy as well as a differential. However, the bee does not typically paralyse those it attacks.
Symptoms which do confirm the remedy (scarce though they are):
Anxiety with fear
Anxiety in stomach
Death, feels as if dying
Loss of consciousness
Inability to move
Does not answer when spoken to, looks into space
Glassy eyed
Feeling as if he had nothing to eat
Sensations of electric shocks
As if pierced with red-hot needles
Sensation of something sticking in the body
The wasp venom itself can cause symptoms of Nausea, Vomiting, Abdominal cramping, Diarrhea, Dyspnea. Anxiety, light-headedness, and syncope are typical as well.
There was a lot of interesting 'source' language here (peculiar expressions that are actually descriptions of the object your remedy is made from) - the rapidly moving thoughts that you can see coming and need to be 'batted away'; the feeling of being stuck with a needle; feeling something 'land' on your body; the aversion or fear of honeycomb shapes and bugs eyes; the jet fighter flying around looking for a place to dive into; being hung up on a hanger
Symptoms which do confirm the remedy (scarce though they are):
Anxiety with fear
Anxiety in stomach
Death, feels as if dying
Loss of consciousness
Inability to move
Does not answer when spoken to, looks into space
Glassy eyed
Feeling as if he had nothing to eat
Sensations of electric shocks
As if pierced with red-hot needles
Sensation of something sticking in the body
The wasp venom itself can cause symptoms of Nausea, Vomiting, Abdominal cramping, Diarrhea, Dyspnea. Anxiety, light-headedness, and syncope are typical as well.
There was a lot of interesting 'source' language here (peculiar expressions that are actually descriptions of the object your remedy is made from) - the rapidly moving thoughts that you can see coming and need to be 'batted away'; the feeling of being stuck with a needle; feeling something 'land' on your body; the aversion or fear of honeycomb shapes and bugs eyes; the jet fighter flying around looking for a place to dive into; being hung up on a hanger
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
wow...that is all extremely fascinating and brilliant - those connections to the bee/wasp language, i would have never thought of this stuff in a million years. i did order a 30c online, if i can't find it tomorrow i'll just wait until it gets here. i'm so excited to take it, but i'm not gonna get my hopes all the way up just yet, as i've been burned before when i thought i had the right remedy.
thanks again,
dan
thanks again,
dan
ddollar last decade
Sensation Homoeopathy is a relatively new case-taking and analysis technique. It takes years to become even competent in it, and I am still years off mastering it.
Sensation homoeopathy looks for the peculiar language, ideas and gestures of the patient, which describe the substance their remedy is made from. The reason it is difficult is because for those practitioners who cannot help leading the patient (asking questions based on their own ideas and imaginings rather than the patient) it is easy to become lost and end up in completely the wrong place. In fact that can still happen to me even after all these years.
Anyway, we will see how it goes. The approach itself should be so radical, that I am hoping it will circumvent your sensitivity.
Sensation homoeopathy looks for the peculiar language, ideas and gestures of the patient, which describe the substance their remedy is made from. The reason it is difficult is because for those practitioners who cannot help leading the patient (asking questions based on their own ideas and imaginings rather than the patient) it is easy to become lost and end up in completely the wrong place. In fact that can still happen to me even after all these years.
Anyway, we will see how it goes. The approach itself should be so radical, that I am hoping it will circumvent your sensitivity.
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
thanks, that's very interesting. i did take the vespa 30c today - one dose of pellets in the morning, and then a sniff in evening. an hour after the first dose, my left leg started 'waking up' and i regained feeling there. but then after the time i sniffed it tonight, i got a different kind of 'paralyzed' feeling all over my body, for a few minutes i felt like things slowed down and i couldn't move my arms or legs except for very slowly. i assume this was some kind of aggravation, as my symptoms are now back to the exact same.
unfortunately, my homeopath and i talked today and she was kind of upset with me for seeking treatment from another doctor. it makes sense, i can't have two treatments going on at the same time. we've never actually done a full case-taking, so we're going to try that in early november.
i would love to have your help if that doesn't work out, i feel like you are on the right track. would you be offended if i asked if we could continue this later on next month? i would like to try a full case taking with my homeopath here first, for logistical purposes and because she's also my nutritionist and psychologist.
unfortunately, my homeopath and i talked today and she was kind of upset with me for seeking treatment from another doctor. it makes sense, i can't have two treatments going on at the same time. we've never actually done a full case-taking, so we're going to try that in early november.
i would love to have your help if that doesn't work out, i feel like you are on the right track. would you be offended if i asked if we could continue this later on next month? i would like to try a full case taking with my homeopath here first, for logistical purposes and because she's also my nutritionist and psychologist.
ddollar last decade
She never did a full case-taking? Why on earth not? Was she prescribing without a full case? That seems very odd.
You really should not take pellets - I have spoken to you before about how aggravating the dry dose is. You must use the Split Dose method I described to you in another post. You will not get good results using the dry doses. You cannot repeat the pellets ever, so you would need to make up the dosing bottle.
And you should never repeat a dose until the first one has been assessed. With your sensitivity that is of vital importance.
Two doses so quickly together can create a marked aggravation and I don't want to upset your system any more than it has to. A medicine that is well suited to your problem however, may actually produce very little aggravation in the way you are used to. This is my hope at least.
At this stage, the Vespa may continue to work for the next week or two. You will need to wait that long anyway before taking a new remedy.
You have started the Vespa - why not at least see it through to the end. The process has already been started - to come back later means that the whole case might have changed, and we will have lost this window of opportunity.
The process at this point would be taking single doses, and watching for reactions. The potency would need to be increased to match the level at which you express your condition (which seems to be 1m-10m). Once the right potency is reached, you will experience the huge 'jump to freedom' that comes with the simillimum.
At worst it will end up going nowhere. After that you can go back to your other practitioner if you need to. Of course you can't have two homoeopathic practitioners treating you at the same time so it has to be your decision.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:36:30 BST]
You really should not take pellets - I have spoken to you before about how aggravating the dry dose is. You must use the Split Dose method I described to you in another post. You will not get good results using the dry doses. You cannot repeat the pellets ever, so you would need to make up the dosing bottle.
And you should never repeat a dose until the first one has been assessed. With your sensitivity that is of vital importance.
Two doses so quickly together can create a marked aggravation and I don't want to upset your system any more than it has to. A medicine that is well suited to your problem however, may actually produce very little aggravation in the way you are used to. This is my hope at least.
At this stage, the Vespa may continue to work for the next week or two. You will need to wait that long anyway before taking a new remedy.
You have started the Vespa - why not at least see it through to the end. The process has already been started - to come back later means that the whole case might have changed, and we will have lost this window of opportunity.
The process at this point would be taking single doses, and watching for reactions. The potency would need to be increased to match the level at which you express your condition (which seems to be 1m-10m). Once the right potency is reached, you will experience the huge 'jump to freedom' that comes with the simillimum.
At worst it will end up going nowhere. After that you can go back to your other practitioner if you need to. Of course you can't have two homoeopathic practitioners treating you at the same time so it has to be your decision.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:36:30 BST]
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
we talked a little bit i think about my issues in our first appointment, but i never sat down and write stuff like i did with my first homeopath. after that, we basically just tested different remedies using an electro-acupuncture machine.
that makes sense about the aggravations, i guess i assumed that if it was the perfect one it wouldn't matter, but that was wrong. my appointment to see my homeopath is not until the 17th or 19th of nov., i can keep you updated in the next couple weeks on how this single dose works.
thanks so much!
dan
that makes sense about the aggravations, i guess i assumed that if it was the perfect one it wouldn't matter, but that was wrong. my appointment to see my homeopath is not until the 17th or 19th of nov., i can keep you updated in the next couple weeks on how this single dose works.
thanks so much!
dan
ddollar last decade
She uses a machine? Then she will never cure you. Those machines are a scam - used by people who cannot practice homoeopathy.
What are her qualifications to practice homoeopathy? Where did she study? I would be suspicious of someone who uses a machine to 'test' remedies. There is no test known but one in homoeopathy - to take the remedy and record the reaction of the patient over a period of time, watching for old symptoms returning and for the direction in which symptoms move.
No machine is capable of doing that. It takes quite a lot of skill and care, with attention paid to subtle changes in the vital energy as reported by the patient.
A proper homoeopath can tell the difference between medicines by matching them to the symptoms you display. Using a machine to do it (which it cannot anyway) shows either laziness, or lack of knowledge. Either way your health is not in good hands.
Considering there are over 5000 medicines, there is no way to test every one of them. I doubt she has them all in her clinic.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:08:34 BST]
What are her qualifications to practice homoeopathy? Where did she study? I would be suspicious of someone who uses a machine to 'test' remedies. There is no test known but one in homoeopathy - to take the remedy and record the reaction of the patient over a period of time, watching for old symptoms returning and for the direction in which symptoms move.
No machine is capable of doing that. It takes quite a lot of skill and care, with attention paid to subtle changes in the vital energy as reported by the patient.
A proper homoeopath can tell the difference between medicines by matching them to the symptoms you display. Using a machine to do it (which it cannot anyway) shows either laziness, or lack of knowledge. Either way your health is not in good hands.
Considering there are over 5000 medicines, there is no way to test every one of them. I doubt she has them all in her clinic.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:08:34 BST]
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
And yes I know that sounds harsh. But homoeopathy is hard work, and takes a lot of dedication, a lot of study. When people use short cuts like that - baseless short cuts too - it irritates me.
Don't plug a patient into a machine and expect it to do the work - learn your materia medica, learn how to tell the differences between medicines, learn how to take a case properly so you don't have so much doubt as to what to presribe. It is really quite frustrating whenever I hear this.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:06:30 BST]
Don't plug a patient into a machine and expect it to do the work - learn your materia medica, learn how to tell the differences between medicines, learn how to take a case properly so you don't have so much doubt as to what to presribe. It is really quite frustrating whenever I hear this.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:06:30 BST]
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
yeah, i wasn't happy with the results even though i kind of understood the principle. it was like doing reflexology, where you hold a remedy close to your body and test how strong it makes you. there are a lot of different ones that made me 'strong' and a lot that made me 'weak', but it seemed really oversimple to have just 'good' remedies and 'bad' remedies. she knows how to take a case and has a license, but i think this is just faster for her since she has to focus on so many other things like naturopathy, therapy and hypnosis too.
ddollar last decade
Sorry to interrupt but i cannot hold myself there isn't any remedy which is 'good' or 'bad' its the homeopath. I disagree with 'homeopathy through machines'. Even the latest machines cannot match the case taking done by a real classic homeopath. Homeopathy is a science which need effort and skills to take a case, to prescribe a remedy.
comsite last decade
So she is lazy? Seriously, that actually is worse than being poorly trained.
Well as I said, it's your choice but in the hands of a lazy prescriber homoeopathy is like a loaded gun. You are taking your chances.
Well as I said, it's your choice but in the hands of a lazy prescriber homoeopathy is like a loaded gun. You are taking your chances.
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
yeah, i don't agree with the approach. but she combines the other medicines i mentioned before, and we just haven't had much time in our sessions (i can't afford to see her all the time). but i definitely told her i want to do a full intake next session, so that's a step! i'm hoping for the best, but we'll see.
ddollar last decade
What has happened so far from the one dose of Vespa you have taken?
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
nothing really. other than my left leg waking up about an hour after the first dose, i have a little bit of feeling come in and out of my left shoulder but not much. and i've also been doing other things like hypnosis for paralysis, so i'm not sure where that's coming from.
ddollar last decade
Yeah it will take more doses, and most likely a higher potency. You express yourself directly at the sensation level, level 5. This corresponds to 10M - the lower potencies will not likely reach the source of your disease.
Normally what I would do now is get you to repeat the remedy for a few days to see if a cumulative effect will build to create a change. If not we would move to 200c, then 1M then 10M - each shift in potency should go deeper. What may also happen is that new information will come up, which might make my choice of wasp/hornet/bee more precise.
Normally what I would do now is get you to repeat the remedy for a few days to see if a cumulative effect will build to create a change. If not we would move to 200c, then 1M then 10M - each shift in potency should go deeper. What may also happen is that new information will come up, which might make my choice of wasp/hornet/bee more precise.
♡ brisbanehomoeopath last decade
i'm not sure, i feel like the 'paralysis' feeling i have is totally different from the paralysis that i felt after taking my second dose of the vespa...it felt like a proving, i've felt the feeling before - last time was a remedy i was prescribed called opium and i felt really drowsy and sleepy that night after taking it. it was a totally new feeling that i had never had, and it didn't feel right.
i really feel like i may have just aggravated myself with the nux vomica beyond being able to anti-dote with regular stuff...i don't recall ever having paralysis on the left side of my body before taking the nux. and after i took my first dose, each successive dose never made me feel as good and eventually made it worse, so i'm wondering if there are just a cumulative of hundreds of doses of nux and i need to wait a long time for it to go away. does that make sense? i'm not sure if it's logical or not. i just know that after having started homeopathy, i've become much, much more sensitive to remedies and my guess is that is due to just taking so many.
i really feel like i may have just aggravated myself with the nux vomica beyond being able to anti-dote with regular stuff...i don't recall ever having paralysis on the left side of my body before taking the nux. and after i took my first dose, each successive dose never made me feel as good and eventually made it worse, so i'm wondering if there are just a cumulative of hundreds of doses of nux and i need to wait a long time for it to go away. does that make sense? i'm not sure if it's logical or not. i just know that after having started homeopathy, i've become much, much more sensitive to remedies and my guess is that is due to just taking so many.
ddollar last decade
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