Dream question
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:31 pm
What rubrics or remedies come to mind for this:
80 year old woman, has not had many (any?) dreams for some years, but she
describes the dereams she used to have this way: Oh, I loved my dreams.
They were so rich. Very sensual -- *not* sexual, but sensual. Like, I'm
standing on a mountain ridge, looking over a valley. The wind is blowing,
and I can feel the wind on my skin and in my hair; the smells are rich and
sweet... (from my memory, but gets the gist)
There's *much* in the case, esp. earlier parts of it, that suits op. In the
present, tho, one major problem does *not* seem to suit op, and that is her
"inability" to get to bed before 2 a.m. She says she gets at *most* five
hours of sleep a night, and now will fall asleep where she sits, if
conversation lapses for a moment. She desperately does *need* to sleep
(health is worsening), but says she "can't" get to bed until she (long list,
but main points would be) gets breakfast ready for next morning, picks up
things from around the house, finishes sorting the mail (*LOTS* of it, and
98% junk), checks the windows and doors, has her bedtime "snack"... For the
life of me I don't know why that takes until 2 a.m., except that she is
moving soooooooo slowly these days. The obvious rubric is "can't rest when
things are not in their proper place." Op. is not in that rubric; does this
(the behavior, not just op.'s absence from the rubric) seem like a reason
not to give op. in the present?
(Sep. has been helping her, but not as much as I think needs to be done.
Sulph is a possility, but the others MIND; REST; cannot, when things are not
in proper place: anac., ars., carc., ephe., lac-eq., sep., sulph. don't seem
convincing.)
There's a great deal more to the case, but I don't want to do all that at
the moment; am especially interested in thoughts re the above questions,
tho.
Thanks!
Shannon
80 year old woman, has not had many (any?) dreams for some years, but she
describes the dereams she used to have this way: Oh, I loved my dreams.
They were so rich. Very sensual -- *not* sexual, but sensual. Like, I'm
standing on a mountain ridge, looking over a valley. The wind is blowing,
and I can feel the wind on my skin and in my hair; the smells are rich and
sweet... (from my memory, but gets the gist)
There's *much* in the case, esp. earlier parts of it, that suits op. In the
present, tho, one major problem does *not* seem to suit op, and that is her
"inability" to get to bed before 2 a.m. She says she gets at *most* five
hours of sleep a night, and now will fall asleep where she sits, if
conversation lapses for a moment. She desperately does *need* to sleep
(health is worsening), but says she "can't" get to bed until she (long list,
but main points would be) gets breakfast ready for next morning, picks up
things from around the house, finishes sorting the mail (*LOTS* of it, and
98% junk), checks the windows and doors, has her bedtime "snack"... For the
life of me I don't know why that takes until 2 a.m., except that she is
moving soooooooo slowly these days. The obvious rubric is "can't rest when
things are not in their proper place." Op. is not in that rubric; does this
(the behavior, not just op.'s absence from the rubric) seem like a reason
not to give op. in the present?
(Sep. has been helping her, but not as much as I think needs to be done.
Sulph is a possility, but the others MIND; REST; cannot, when things are not
in proper place: anac., ars., carc., ephe., lac-eq., sep., sulph. don't seem
convincing.)
There's a great deal more to the case, but I don't want to do all that at
the moment; am especially interested in thoughts re the above questions,
tho.
Thanks!
Shannon