Rubric help -- dissolved; also report on previously suicidal patient

[Rosemary C Hyde]

Thanks, Robyn.

I think you found the exact rubric that fits the situation -- Lack of initiative! Not a rubric I'd encountered before (that I remember), and I thank you.

And thanks to everyone...

The insights many have given on Hydrogen were also most helpful -- this is not the remedy my client needs. I'm now much more aware of when to think of Hydrogen seriously -- the religious aspect was something that I'd not previously seen emphasized.

Actually, my analysis has ended up defining as central to the case the following: the relationship with Nat-m, the lack of initiative when she's feeling ill, the annual cough that starts at the winter solstice and then gets worse and worse so it's agonizingly non-stop by the end of January, the head pain also worse around the winter solstice (which is when she got sick as a child, and is also the anniversary of her grandmother's death),head pain worse any jar (what an awful combination with the cough!), and especially her constant referral back to events that happened so early that she doesn't remember them but is convinced that they have a lock-hold on her even now. She has alleged sexual abuse in infancy by a grandfather she doesn't remember. She also then says her grandmother and mother sent her by herself from the US off to an ascetic boarding school in India from ages 4 to 10 (I would assume possibly to get her away from the grandfather, but that's not part of the story). She had no Indian heritage or cultural affiliation at all -- who knows why they did that? She felt totally abandoned. They finally took her back because the school rejected her due to her repeated illnesses.

The miasm is undoubtedly cancer. She functions well in daily life with a stable relationship and profession. She's very responsible. She's a psychotherapist, which she approaches as being a caretaker for those weaker than she is. She seems a bit "borderline" (hysterical??) when talking about her symptoms and her history, but otherwise is quite sensible and grounded. But she's very afraid of failure, and also filled with shame over not doing things right; the demands she makes on herself are unrealistically severe. Over time, she's contradicted several times every description she's given me of the details of her head pain and cough -- making the case totally confused and confusing. It finally turned out that when it happens she's actually confused. She has no serious pathology, psychological or physical, despite lots of functional suffering. Two other symptoms that stand out are a consistent tight spasm in the neck and various symptoms that have been aggravated by eating sweets. I'm planning to give Ignatia as the next remedy, at least partially because it's complementary to Nat-m (which worked well for several months), and also because this central picture of symptoms fits it well.

Anyway, thanks to all. I found the rubrics and discussions very helpful in clarifying the essential pieces of the case and reaching a decision.

By the way, the other person about whom I was asking about suicidal remedies several months ago is now doing fine, after Aur 200c and 1M. He's applying for jobs and has a plan for finishing law school elsewhere -- it's been an absolutely amazing transformation. We spent a very tense week after I gave him the remedy, first 200c then 1M, with the suicide "SWAT" teams in two cities at the ready to go after him at any moment -- and then he changed his mind and, although he still tends to be a bit cynical on occasion, he's reconciled with both his own self-image and his family, and is moving forward positively with his life. What a relief! None of our local psychologist advisors can believe the change; the effect of the remedy was clear.

Thanks to everyone for your helpful comments, then and now. Rosemary

****Hi Rosemary

You might consider a remedy such as Anhalonium, and also the following rubrics may suit your quest
MIRILLI'S THEMES - PHENOMENA - WILL
MIND - PHENOMENA - WILL - loss of
MIND - PHENOMENA - SELF-CONTROL - loss of
MIND - PHENOMENA - DELUSIONS, imaginations - will power, loss of
MIND - PHENOMENA - INITIATIVE, lack of
MIND - PHENOMENA - WILL - weakness of
MIND - INDIFFERENCE - headache; during
Best

Robyn
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[doctorleelah2h]

Hi Rosemary,
I'm dropping in rather late - but haveyou considered Hyoscyamus? Most
of teh physical problems are coveres and the central one - del -
WRONGED, besides the abandoned/forsaken feeling, etc.
D.r leela
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Rosemary C Hyde"
wrote:
the following: the relationship with Nat-m, the lack of initiative
when she's feeling ill, the annual cough that starts at the winter
solstice and then gets worse and worse so it's agonizingly non-stop by
the end of January, the head pain also worse around the winter
solstice (which is when she got sick as a child, and is also the
anniversary of her grandmother's death),head pain worse any jar (what
an awful combination with the cough!), and especially her constant
referral back to events that happened so early that she doesn't
remember them but is convinced that they have a lock-hold on her even
now. She has alleged sexual abuse in infancy by a grandfather she
doesn't remember. She also then says her grandmother and mother sent
her by herself from the US off to an ascetic boarding school in India
from ages 4 to 10 (I would assume possibly to get her away from the
grandfather, but that's not part of the story). She had no Indian
heritage or cultural affiliation at all -- who knows why they did
that? She felt totally abandoned. They finally took her back because
the school rejected her due to her repeated illnesses.
with a stable relationship and profession. She's very responsible.
She's a psychotherapist, which she approaches as being a caretaker for
those weaker than she is. She seems a bit "borderline" (hysterical??)
when talking about her symptoms and her history, but otherwise is
quite sensible and grounded. But she's very afraid of failure, and
also filled with shame over not doing things right; the demands she
makes on herself are unrealistically severe. Over time, she's
contradicted several times every description she's given me of the
details of her head pain and cough -- making the case totally confused
and confusing. It finally turned out that when it happens she's
actually confused. She has no serious pathology, psychological or
physical, despite lots of functional suffering. Two other symptoms
that stand out are a consistent tight spasm in the neck and various
symptoms that have been aggravated by eating sweets. I'm planning to
give Ignatia as the next remedy, at least partially because it's
complementary to Nat-m (which worked well for several months), and
also because this central picture of symptoms fits it well.

following rubrics may suit your quest