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The first visit involves an extensive interview and examination that can last up to an hour or more, in order to discover the overall nature and pattern of the patient's health problems. Clients are asked about all aspects of their life including the details of physical symptoms, emotional issues, sleep patterns, food cravings, environmental and weather sensitivities, and much more. Therefore your participation in the process of understanding the details of your health problems and emotional issues is very important. Parents are asked to be very observant in order to report the symptoms and behaviors that their children may be experiencing.
It will be very helpful if you come prepared with a list of the medications, herbals, and supplements and their dosages that you are taking. You will be advised about how best to handle the regular medications that you are already taking once a full evaluation has been made.
If the choice of homeopathic medicine is clear it may be administered to you at the first visit. It is not unusual that extra time may be required for us to analyze and research your case and therefore you may receive your treatment within a few days after the first visit. The cost of homeopathic medication is included in the office visit fee. You will be asked to avoid drinking all coffee once you have taken the homeopathic medication.
Within hours to days after taking a homeopathic medication you may experience what is referred to as an "aggravation" of symptoms. This is very common, although it does not always happen, and is usually a short lived flare up of some of the symptoms that you may already have. This is usually a good sign that you are responding to the remedy and this may be followed by an improvement in your overall health condition. No need to worry as this is safe and completely normal.
In most cases you will be asked to return within a few weeks for the first follow up visit so that your response to the treatment may be evaluated, and the next decision in the treatment process may be made.