Please fill in this questionnaire in as great detail as possible.  Things that you might feel are "medically not relevant" can give important information, such as your habits, patterns of behaviors, moods etc.  So please report such things fully.  Include any strange feelings and sensations that you think might be important, even if they are not specifically asked for in the questionnaire.  Such information might give helpful information about your individual reaction to the illness, and thus help us prescribe the best medication for your problem.  Of particular importance are changes that you have noticed recently, in appetite, in desire or aversion for particular foods, in behaviors, sleep patterns, bowel habits, dreams etc., so please report any such details that you have noticed.

Present Complaints :

PERSONAL HISTORY:

(a) How is your appetite?
(b) Is there a tendency to indulge in particular kinds of foods (eg: sweets, sour foods, salty foods, etc.)
(c) Are you allergic or sensitive to any foods?
(d) What kind of weather are you most comfortable in? (Summers, humid weather, winter)
(e) Are you particularly uncomfortable in any weather or climate?
(f) Do you sweat at all? If you do, where do you sweat noticeably? (Scalp, upper lip, under arms, back, chest, etc.) Under what circumstances? (While eating, under tension, when you physically exert yourself etc.)
(g) In general do you like being out in the open air or do you feel more comfortable in closed rooms?
(i) Do you dream at all? If you do, do you remember them? What is the content? (eg: daily events, falling into space, running after a train, etc.)
(j) How is the quality of your sleep most of the time? (Rested and refreshed, feel tired most mornings etc.)
(k) How is your bowel habit? (Regular, constipated, diarrhea etc.) Is it modified by anxiety? By diet (eg. spicy food causes diarrhea)?
(l) How is your liquid intake? (Feel thirsty all the time, fairly normal etc.)
(m) How would you describe yourself? (Amiable, a loner, quite social, a tendency to be very picky about things like cleanliness and keeping appointments etc.)
(n) How do you react to stress and tension? (Tend to be verbally expressive, tend to keep things to yourself and brood about them, etc.)

FAMILY HISTORY:
Going all the way back to paternal and maternal grandparents.  (Allergies, skin problems, asthma, Alzheimer's, migraines, any other neurological disorders, heart problems, cancers, mental disorders, etc.