Cases From Notes (work in progress) Flashcards
12 y/o girl with recurrent chronic bronchitis, which is seasonal. In the fifth grade she had pneumonia. She gets wheezing in cold weather. Mucus in the throat, which she can’t clear. The infections start as a cold, then she gets post nasal discharge, and this wakes her at night. Restless sleep. Puts feet out of covers. She doesn’t like other people’s expectations. She is very responsible. She is artistic, and sympathetic. She likes open air. She is stubborn.
Tuberculinum
Woman has migraine headaches since age 20, a few times a week. These are mainly related to her menstrual cycle. She was previously a hippy, and was married to a poet and construction worker. She worked as an actress. She has had a lot of changes in her life. She lives internally and fights demons on the inside. She has an internal feeling of wanting to die. She has had strong romantic desires. She wanted to fall in love, travel to far away places. She cries easily, but she has a strong will. She is sympathetic. Her HAs go in one eye and out the other. During these headaches she can’t function. This is the only time when she slows down and asks for help. She is dissatisfied with her marriage because there is no romance there. She has hx of asthma for 3 years following a bout of pneumonia. She has strong allergy to dog dander.
Tuberculinum
Woman with a breathy, sexy voice. She doesn’t like cats. Hx of bronchiectasis, which cleared up completely after the remedy. For the past year she has been tired all the time, she has had to stay home from work to rest.
Tuberculinum - Hx of Tuberculinum
Man with recurrence of fatigue. He is very exhausted. He had recurrence of throat complaints. He doesn’t have the mental power to concentrate. He doesn’t want to fix the mind on anything. He is active physically, but mentally tired. He is restless, he can’t finish projects. He is not relaxed, he is hyper in his brain. He is polished, cosmopolitan, but world weary. He has a strong sexual desire. He has a decadent quality. He has lost all sense of romance. He falls in love 10 times a day. He describes it as love, rather than sex. He falls in love with the image of the woman, but he gets over it easily. He says he has lots of affection inside, and that he just had a relationship with a woman for 3 months that was intense. He admits that he “overdid it”, taking up her time, he consumed her, and wanted to be consumed by her. This turned his partner off. He is dissatisfied. He feels unfulfilled. He never watches the same TV show for more than 1 minute. He is very close to his cat. It is the magic feeling that he wants in a relationship, not the person
Tuberculinum
A woman has a fainting spell, she says, “I felt my soul leaving me and I was afraid I was going to die.” She gives some more information, but she does not tell you that she ate a lot of heavy food the day before. She asks, “Do you think it could be my stomach?” Having no information to suggest this possibility, you say, “No, it was more likely a drop in your blood pressure.” or something like that. Only then does she volunteer, “But yesterday I ate a lot of heavy food!” In this way she tries to catch you, to trick you, to see how smart you are. If you can see past what she is saying, it is a manipulative, deceitful trick. She knows she is withholding information and they do this in all realms in their life.
Thuja
I recall a very nice man. He was one of the nicest people one can possibly meet. Very sensitive, a poet. Nevertheless, he himself felt that he was distant from people. He felt unable to truly communicate directly and personally. So he turned to poetry as an outlet.
Thuja
Rectal cancer. In a terrible emotional state. He was married to a wife who was an animal. Hysterical, biting, screaming. He is delicate, upright, always doing the ight thing. He is a community person. He wouldn’t leave her out of a sense of duty. He met a wonderful lady, fell in love. It took him 2 years, though he deeply loved this woman, before he finally left his abusive wife. Two years later he developed rectal cancer. He said, “I can’t forgive myself for leaving my wife. Did I do the right thing? I examine my motives 24 hours a day. Weighs heavy on my conscious. It is right I should die. I’m bad. I stooped to low ethics. I hate and loathe dishonesty, and hate that I was dishonest. The cancer is my punishment. Fear at the pearly gates they will say, “You are wrong, bad.” He felt he was a horrible nasty guy. Somewhere it had to be in the case. Every delusion has some truth.
Thuja
