Minutus

Unfortunately I have deleted the recent posts regarding a case where the
client repeated the words of the Homeopath, as though an echo, or a mimic -
I can't remember the exact details.... but this could come under the rubric
APHASIA (Kent lists just a few Rx but I am sure there are more) - and this
condition could also be amnesiac aphasia - where they have lost their memory
regarding words and thus need to repeat those that they hear from others so
that they can begin a new memory of those words - like learning all over
again.

Anyway what has stuck in my mind is KALI BROM -

Clarke says..."They are unconscious of what is occurring around them, memory
is destroyed, had to be told the word before they could speak it, inability
to express themselves, words repeated or misplaced etc etc.

Worth reading up on and also the rubric APHASIA.

Regards, Joy Lucas (whose own amnesia prevents from knowing whose case this
was!!!!)

Hi Freek and all
Joys post & idea about Freek's client, reminded me that I had looked up the
condition that Sue had called , and forgot to send it to the list.
Following is what I found that can be added to Joys idea for consideration.

I found was that this condition is commonly found in young children as they are
developing, and learning to talk, and is considered normal in this instance.
It is also found in some cases of dementia and brain damage due to various
disease processes - and this may be more along the lines of aphasia as Joy had
mentioned.

However, echolalia, also known as echophrasia (amongst other terms) is often
found as a symptom of Autism, Tourettes syndrome, and occasionally in severe
cases of Schizophrenia. It can be of either the delayed variety, happening
minutes, hours, days etc. after having been heard, OR it can be immediate, and
is usually repeated AFTER the full phrase has been heard, or question has been
asked, or statement has been made.

This did not sound exactly like Freek had described so I looked a little
further and found that it has been noted that some people labelled with
ADD/ADHD have been known to jump into conversations too early, interrupting and
even finishing the sentences for the others, and not always correctly as would
be expected. This sounded a little more like what Freek's client was doing - or
maybe a combination of the both.

If there was any other supporting evidence for any of the above conditions,
then this may be of use in finding a group of remedies that would come up for
consideration.

Hope this helps

Regards

Robyn