The Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy

Our Patients Share Their Stories

Written Testimonials:

A.J.G.: Featured Testimonial February 2012

"In my final year at university, I started to experience panic attacks. At the time, I didn't really understand what was happening to me. While these attacks didn't really affect my grades, I did notice them while lecturing during my seminar courses. Fortunately, it was at the end of term and I graduated without incident.

"Over the next ten years, my life became a living hell because of anxiety. I remember reading somewhere that it takes someone with anxiety disorder an average of ten years to seek treatment and that's how long it took me. After a proper diagnosis, I got on medication and started to reclaim my life. Medication did help, but I found the many side-effects disturbing. I couldn't concentrate for very long and this would affect my work. Also, I suffered from painful headaches, and sudden bursts of anger. After four years of this, I had enough. At the suggestion of a friend, I got off the medication, and I tried homeopathy.

"Well it's been almost two years now and homeopathy has helped me in ways traditional medication could not. Since starting homeopathy, I have only taken two additional doses. This is to say, every time I have felt my anxiety coming back, I would simply take another dose and the anxiety would dissipate. At this rate, I take a homeopathic dose roughly every six months, which is far better than having to take a pill every day. Today, because of homeopathy, I live panic-free. I take comfort in knowing that if I have a setback, homeopathy will help because I know it works.

"What a truly wonderful therapy homeopathy is. In our family, we use homeopathy to treat almost every illness, and it has a huge positive impact on our health. I would strongly recommend homeopathy - it got to the root of the problem that plagued me for years and eliminated it."

- A.J.G., Montreal, QC, February 2012

Penny Lane: Featured Testimonial December 2011

"I am so happy to share my experiences with homeopathy.

I had been taking prescription medication to treat anxiety and panic for several years. I never felt comfortable putting these chemicals into my body but felt I had to in order to be a better mother to my son. I felt that my anxiety got in the way of me being the mother my son deserved, which resulted in so much guilt and anger. I did not want my son to witness his mother handling small life situations with an extreme and intense stress level. I would wake each morning in a state of panic, worry about everything, feel overwhelmed, was quick to anger and became compulsive about my surroundings.

I had heard encouraging stories about homeopathic treatment and then had the great fortune of meeting my MICH Homeopath. Five minutes into our first session I knew that this was the perfect match for me! I have never felt so listened to and understood.

At the end of the session I had the opportunity to look over sheets of paper detailing my behaviours and feelings. I was amazed that every word I said had been heard! I was treated with genuineness, empathy and professionalism.

Within a day of taking my first remedy I felt like a new person. For the first time in a very long time I felt peace from within, calm, centered and balanced. Since then I have continued to work with my MICH Homeopath and have seen improvements and changes on many levels. As I experience changes in my symptoms, she is so open to reassessing my case and prescribing the remedy that best meets the symptoms that I am experiencing. I know that she is always there to support me and simply to listen! Homeopathy has given me the hope that I can treat anxiety naturally!"

- Penny Lane, Montreal, QC, December 2011

Lise Lareau: Testimonial 2011

"For many years, I have been in the process of 'curing' my fear of flying. In the hopes that you enjoy true stories, I will tell you this one! It all started several years ago. I had to fly to get to Rouyn-Noranda (a short trip) and I started to feel bad. I became so stressed that I lost my sight for several seconds….just enough to give me an urgent need to escape, and to associate this feeling with flying. The second the plane touched down I felt relieved.

Subsequently, I literally fled air travel. I worked many years on the Côté-Nord and exclusively travelled by car to Montreal. So many hours I wore myself out driving on difficult roads that often became icy in winter. I also missed certain important family events…hiding the true reasons.

Over the course of those years, I also passed up all the great trips that were offered to me. When I had to fly to work further north, I lived in terrible anxiety during the days preceding my trip.

When I came to the metropolitan area, I managed to expand this anxiety to the majority of transport options (train, bus, and sometimes when I was traveling with someone else). Even when I was traveling alone in my car, I did not like bridges, tunnels and highways like the Decarie.

It was hell! And what lies I told and humiliation hiding ‘MY GIANT PROBLEM’.

I decided to take charge of the situation because I had had enough.

First I forced myself to take bridges, tunnels, trains etc. I managed to do that by telling myself ‘It’s not a plane!’ Then I tried NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques under the guidance of various professionals. It didn’t change the problem but my desire to fix it continued to grow stronger. Next, I tried an airline’s desensitization program for fear of flying. This method helped me considerably and I was able to fly short distances like Montreal to Toronto. Still, the two-week anxiety that preceded the trips persisted, and I would even say it intensified. I returned to NLP, this time with another group. It helped me, but it didn’t fix the problem. I wasn’t cancelling trips, but I continued to avoid them. I focused on learning the thoughts and beliefs of people that were capable of relaxing on planes. That helped and I succeeded in going on a pretty long trip with a friend. Next I tried hypnosis. I’m not certain if that had any impact. I tried a technique called eye-movement integration, used for people who have been traumatized. Having been trained in the method, I worked on ‘my problem’ with a colleague several times and finally had encouraging results. I found ways to ‘support’ the plane trip so that I could take it when necessary. That was pretty good depending on various factors such as the person who accompanied me, the length of the trip, entertainment, where I sat in the plane, etc. But the days before the trip continued to be difficult and anxious. I couldn’t envision trying a long flight or traveling overseas!!!

In March of 2011, I met my MICH Homeopath. I told her of my great difficulties. To my surprise she told me she could help me. Together we identified what terrified me and the remedy that could take care of that. As I was scheduled to fly to Colorado several days later, she gave me a remedy to take on departure and on return.

What a surprise! Not only did I have a magnificent voyage without anxiety during the days preceding or onboard the plane, but I adored the trip and started looking for occasions to take more trips! I even took an overseas trip this summer.

Total victory!

I can never thank homeopathy enough for having allowed me this permanent healing. It is hard to explain how this victory has expanded my life! It’s a dream come true."

- Lise Lareau, Pierrefonds, QC, 2011

Tim S.: Testimonial 2011

"I initially decide to consult with a MICH Homeopath due to some unusually strong and persistent allergic reactions I had been having, in addition to problems of chronic fatigue and uncomfortable coldness in my extremities. I had seen a regular homeopath some years ago for a different issue, but the formulaic and impersonal nature of the diagnostic process was disappointing. However, after having my initial session with my MICH Homeopath, I was surprised by the depth of her analytical process.

I found that the methods with which she explored my issues took me somewhat out of my comfort zone, however I never felt that there was any imposition of her own analysis or suggestions of ideas other than my own.

I usually felt a near-immediate response in the remedies she prescribed, and in describing these responses to her, she would re-examine her strategy of treating the problems. In this process, I would continue exploring new territory regarding my senses/feelings/impressions about the issues in question.

In each session — I had 4-5 sessions in total — I would inevitably discover that I'd managed to find new ways of examining my health issues through her guidance, and had developed my own vocabulary to describe the sensations and emotions I was feeling. It was a very 'self-emergent' process. I would always leave the session with a different and much more positive outlook on the issues I had come to explore, and this would reinforce the process in the subsequent sessions."

- Tim S., Montreal, QC, 2011

Shauna: Testimonial 2011

"A year ago, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 HER2+ breast cancer. I thought about complementary and allopathic healing paths and realized that when I listened inside carefully, I was being called to both. Images intuitively arose of the First Nations sundance, which uses invasive methods (cutting and dancing in heat) and holistic integration (permitting individual and communal healing in dialogue with nature). I invited in whatever felt healing to me and was open to wherever my path led. I still am.

"At the beginning of my journey, I was surprised to find some within my medical team open to permitting me to use herbal and homeopathic supports. Ironically, within the world of complementary medicine I encountered a lot of negative judgement over my decision to also use medical paths and teachings. I learned very quickly that I had to listen deeply inside to where I was intuitively being called--and that my healing path would unfold in its own mysterious way--to trust in this above anything else.

"My experience with homeopathy has been extremely positive. I did not turn to homeopathy (or to the medical world) for a cure or a quick "fix." Although I was diagnosed with cancer, I have always been interested in a deeper sense of wholeness, of health and wellbeing. Cancer was another messenger among many--bringing pause and the invitation to listen and understand inside more closely. Working with homeopathy was another way to support the deeper listening, which could then permit me to better support myself. In seeking help with healing I was not looking for a way to live as long as I could by any means necessary, or to somehow escape things. I wanted to understand more deeply what was happening inside so that my body, my deeper self, could guide me in how to be with this, in loving and healing ways. My deeper self knows best so the process has required a lot of listening, patience and commitment to sitting with that mystery.

"Thanks to the excellent support I have received from my homeopath and the remedies, I was able to go through 29 radiotherapy treatments without fatigue and little skin burning. My radiologist was amazed! I also had six chemotherapy treatments of TCH and did not have much nausea. I was able to hike in between treatments, continue to exercise and had little taste changes. My fatigue would pass usually two days after each treatment. I did lose my hair but my hair has come back very quickly and thickly. I'm very grateful for this.

"The dramatic demonstrable evidence of the power of homeopathy can be seen I suppose in the alleviation or prevention of my symptoms from the chemo and radio. However it has been and continues to be of much more fundamental importance to me than that. The work with the remedies is helping to create room for me to hold me with peace. The creation of this room, thanks to the help of the remedies, is deeply organic and alive...and feels very much of me, in conversation with me, sacred gifting. I continue to be very grateful to my homeopath and to the remedies for all that they are teaching me about listening and sitting with this sacred mystery inside myself. Grateful to myself and the universe too, for having this wonderful chance to walk in wellness along this healing path!"

-Shauna, Montreal, QC, 2011

MICH Patient (Name Withheld): Testimonial 2011

"My son suffered from a loss of appetite and from being underweight since he was three and a half years old, after he had the standard vaccine administered to children at that age – the dose of three vaccines in one. For ten years there was no diagnosis of a physical disorder ever detected by his pediatrician, and even taking vitamins and minerals, particularly iron, did nothing. Psychologically speaking he was worried about being underweight and his lack of growth bothered him. He thought that it would prevent him from succeeding in his life.

"The treatment he received from our MICH Homeopath helped him twofold: our son has been growing well and has put on more weight, and he also has confidence in the future."

- MICH Patient (Name withheld by request), Montreal, QC, 2011

Tanitsa Tsvetkova: Featured Testimonial July 2011

"After our arrival in Canada, my one-year-old daughter Viktoria began suffering from ear infections.

"Over six months our pediatrician had tried five different antibiotics on Viktoria with no success, and when he prescribed a sixth antibiotic and referred us to a specialist for surgery (to put a tube in Viktoria's ear), I didn't fill the sixth prescription.I was very scared of going ahead with the surgery, and I'd heard from friends that it doesn't solve the problem.

"I had read about homeopathy before and people had recommended it but I'd never tried it. My friend suggested that we go to the MICH Teaching Clinic. We booked a session there and my daughter took one dose of the homeopathic remedy they prepared for her. Six days later we went to our pediatrician for a review. He found that the sixth antibiotic (the one we didn't purchase) had helped both Viktoria's ears to be one hundred percent clean of infection.

"Since that time my whole family have been treated by my MICH Homeopath and we very rarely visit our pediatrician. My homeopath has seen my children for two years and during that time we have only needed to take antibiotics once. I am very pleased with my MICH Homeopath. She is a wonderful and very responsible person. I feel that my homeopath saved my child from surgery. I am very grateful to her and recommend her often."

- Tanitsa Tsvetkova, July 2011, Montreal, QC

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