Persistent dream

[Michael]

i have a question. if a person has a persistent dream
of an aircrash (she has that dream regularly for many
years already), but the remedies in the corresponding
rubric "Mind, dreams, accidents, of, crash of
airplane" do not relate to the other symptoms of the
case, what to do with this dream? In this rubric there
is Rhus-t and several small remedies. The dream
started appearing about the time the main complaint
developed. Shall I use this dream in the case
analysis?

Best regards, Michael
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[Shannon Nelson]

Unfortunately, sometimes casetaking yields absolutely marvelous
symptoms that we simply aren't able to make use of! So if none of the
remedies listed for it seem to apply, I'd say you have a few choices:
(1) see if other repertories might yield more remedies to consider
(which are you using?); (2) see what other descriptions of the dream
might be used (danger? journey, unsuccessful? fearful? death? etc.)
While it's worth starting out with the most specific rubric, it might
also be useful to back up into more general ones... Or (3) might need
to leave it out of the analysis, but see whether it's consistent with
other themes in other remedies under consideration?

Can you tell us the main complaint, for curiosity?
Shannon

[DCR]

I agree. This is where I find Radar to be wonderful. I often get one key rubric that simply does not seem to fit (at the moment) with the case in front of me. That is more typical than I would like - since I see people after they have 'tried everything else' and the case can be a jumbled mess. I keep those 'odd' rubrics in a separate section of the rubric list - using or not using them and seeing how the results change (very easy to do with Radar) - and after all Radar is just a tool to give you a manageable reading/study list. If they come back for a while - that odd symptom that did not fit at first - may make sense and give a wonderful clue as to how to proceed as the case 'clears'.

[Michael]

I used a rubric from Complete Rep. I do not have
Radar.
The dream is like this: "The person sees an airplane
falling, exploding and burning not far from her. She
sees it very vividly. She does not see any people in
the airplane. Nobody whom she knows is in the
airplane. Nobody suffers." She began seeing this dream
before she began flying regularly (now she flies every
2 months). The main complaint is the uterine fibroid
(no pains, no bleeding).
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[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Michael

If the dreams started at about the same time as the main complaint, then it
is worth of very serious consideration.

Perhaps if you dig a bit deeper on the dream itself eg
What does it mean to the patient?
How do they feel afterwards? etc., then it may create an opening.

My Radar give just Graph, Mand and Sulph for DREAMS - ACCIDENTS - airplane;
crash of an

Regards

Soroush

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Michael

How does the Uterine Fibroid show it self that has become the main
complaint?

Regards

Soroush

[Michael]

Dear Soroush,

Thank you very much, this is exactly what I lacked, a
rubric from Radar. Complete Rep has Mand in that
rubric, but no Graph and Sulph. Sulph is the main
contender in the repertorization and the person is
taking Sulphur now.
Anyway I will try to dig deeper and I need to buy a
Radar. It looks like the differences between the
repertories are quite substantial and it makes sense
to have different repertories or even all of them.

Best regards, Michael

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[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Glad to be of help

Graph has uterine fibroids!

Regards

Soroush

[Michael]

Dear Soroush,

It really shows itself, as it is quite large. I called
it the main complaint (maybe incorrectly) because it
bothers the person most of all. Certainly there are
many other symptoms, but they are functional and they
are not so important from the person's point of view.

If we discuss the terminology, what should we call the
main complaint of the case, something which the person
finds important and wants to cure (which the person
"complains of") or something which we find important
and use for repertorization?

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[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Michael

I would have called 'Presenting symptom'.

The presenting symptoms can vary in intensity and importance - it can be
serious or trivial. It is the thing that has brought the patient to you.

But it may not be the 'Centre of the case' and 'what needs to be cured'.

Dr Shahrdar's article yesterday was excellent on this point. Patient may
present with Parkinson's or Diabetes. But these are perhaps not the centre
of the case.
The whole thing may be trauma centred or it may have been caused by some
kind of infection - and once that is dealt with, then the whole improves.

Regards

Soroush