| Author | Message | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 2 Registered: 7-2010 |
Although he tried to help; he only made it worse. First puzzle, yay | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1622 Registered: 4-2010 |
Welcome to the forum! He = HAM? (Human, Adult, Male, in case you're not sure what that means.) He 1 = He 2? Are there other people involved? If so? 1? 2? 3? 4? 5? 10? 20? More? Does someone die? Become injured? Is there property damage? Physical damage to a person? Mental damage? Is his job important? Is he supposed to help? Did he see the problem and come over to try and help? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 3 Registered: 7-2010 |
He = HAM? Yes to all. (Human, Adult, Male, in case you're not sure what that means.) He 1 = He 2? Yes Are there other people involved? If so? 1? This 2? 3? 4? 5? 10? 20? More? Does someone die? Become injured? Is there property damage? Physical damage to a person? Mental damage? Noish Is his job important? Yes Is he supposed to help? Yes Did he see the problem and come over to try and help? FA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1657 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he a policeman? Fire fighter? Soldier? EMT? Other military personnel? Other medical personal? Is the other person involved HAM? HAF? The one with the problem? After all this, is he "scarred for life"? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 4 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is he a policeman? Fire fighter? Soldier? EMT? Other military personnel? Other medical personal? This Is the other person involved HAM? Yes HAF? The one with the problem? Yes After all this, is he "scarred for life"? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1672 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he a doctor? Is the other man his patient? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 5 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is he a doctor? Is the other man his patient? Yes to both | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1758 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is penoptes some sort of snake? Or other reptile? Is this relevant? Has the man been bitten by a creature? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 6 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is penoptes some sort of snake? It might be, I do not know all the different kinds of snakes. The Penoptes in the tile is not a snake, though. Or other reptile? Maybe, but not this Penoptes. Is this relevant? The title is as vague of a hint as people usually make them on this site, so yes, it is vaguely relevant. Has the man been bitten by a creature? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1683 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the patient sick? Injured? Near death? Does the doctor give him medicine? Perform surgery? Prescribe something? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 7 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the patient sick? Yes Injured? No Near death? No Does the doctor give him medicine? No Perform surgery? No Prescribe something? Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1712 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe the wrong medicine? To treat another condition? Did it make the condition worse? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 8 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe the wrong medicine? Yesish To treat another condition? No Did it make the condition worse? Yesish Giving straight yes/no answers is hard. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1717 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe medicine? Exercise? Is the patient's condition relevant? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 9 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe medicine? This Exercise? Is the patient's condition relevant? Yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2378 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did the medicine worsen the existing condition? Or add another one to it? Did it interact badly with something else the patient was taking? does the patient suffer from: injury? Infection? Organ damage/malfunction? Malnutrition? Poisoning? Burns? Brain injury? Heart condition? Is it a chronic condition? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 11 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the medicine worsen the existing condition? Yesish Or add another one to it? No Did it interact badly with something else the patient was taking? No does the patient suffer from: injury? Infection? Organ damage/malfunction? Malnutrition? Poisoning? Burns? Brain injury? Heart condition? Is it a chronic condition? This is closest | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2381 Registered: 9-2009 |
Skin condition? Is it fatal? Is the medicine: ingested? Injected? Inhaled? Inserted? Topical? Did the doctor misdiagnose the condition? did the patient eventually: die? Get better? Is the condition painful? Debilitating? Unsightly? Dangerous? Is it an STD? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1729 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the medicine prevent the proper medicine from working? Does it have no effect on the condition at all? Thus allowing it to get worse? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 12 Registered: 7-2010 |
Galfisk Skin condition? No Is it fatal? No Is the medicine: ingested? This Injected? Inhaled? Inserted? Topical? Did the doctor misdiagnose the condition? Noish did the patient eventually: die? Get better? Probably this. Is the condition painful? Debilitating? This Unsightly? Dangerous? Sometimes Is it an STD? No Balin Does the medicine prevent the proper medicine from working? No Does it have no effect on the condition at all? This Thus allowing it to get worse? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1761 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the condition affect the heart? Lungs? Head? Brain? Arms? Legs? Stomach? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2401 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did the doctor think the medicine was good for something it wasn't? Side effects relevant? Was the medicine for a disease with similar symptoms? Is the disease hereditary? Genetic? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 13 Registered: 7-2010 |
Balin Does the condition affect the heart? Lungs? Head? Brain? This Arms? Legs? Stomach? Galfisk Did the doctor think the medicine was good for something it wasn't? No Side effects relevant? No Was the medicine for a disease with similar symptoms? Noi Is the disease hereditary? From what I can tell, yes Genetic? And I think this too | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2413 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it a neurological disease? Epilepsy? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 14 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it a neurological disease? I'm pretty sure it is not. Epilepsy? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1792 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it affect the memory? Alzheimer's? Dementia? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 15 Registered: 7-2010 |
Does it affect the memory? Alzheimer's? Dementia? No to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1795 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he have a stroke? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 16 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did he have a stroke? Assuming you mean the patient. No. And neither did the doctor. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2453 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does the disease affect: movement? Senses? Thinking? Sleep? Balance? Did the medicine worsen the symptoms? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 17 Registered: 7-2010 |
Does the disease affect: movement? Senses? Thinking? This Sleep? And this Balance? Did the medicine worsen the symptoms? Yesish | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2509 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did the medicine make the thinking worse? Or sleep? Or both? Or something else? does the disease affect brain functions in addition to thinking and sleep? Does it affect memory? Did the medicine make anything better? Was it meant to? Could it have? Should it have? allergic or other adverse reactions to the medicine relevant? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 770 Registered: 6-2009 |
It affects his thinking: does this include mood? logic? perception? speech? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 18 Registered: 7-2010 |
Galfisk Did the medicine make the thinking worse? No Or sleep? No Or both? Or something else? No does the disease affect brain functions in addition to thinking and sleep? Se Ohala8's question Does it affect memory? Did the medicine make anything better? No Was it meant to? Yes Could it have? Yes Should it have? Yesish allergic or other adverse reactions to the medicine relevant? No Ohala8 It affects his thinking: does this include mood? THIS!! logic? perception? speech? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 780 Registered: 6-2009 |
clinical depression? bipolar depression? generalized anxiety disorder? panic attack disorder? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 19 Registered: 7-2010 |
clinical depression? This. Good job. bipolar depression? generalized anxiety disorder? panic attack disorder? If what I have said earlier doesn't add up with depression, it's because I know almost nothing about it. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 793 Registered: 6-2009 |
Why don't we call the patient Emilio? Did Emilio go to the doctor only for treatment of his depression? Or for another problem? Is the doctor specifically a psychologist? Psychiatrist? General practitioner? Did he prescribe a medication? A therapist? A behavioral modification? Did the doctor realize Emilio was suffering from depression? As a result of the prescription, did his depression get worse? Stay the same? Improve? Did he commit suicide? Did he have another relevant condition? If so, did it get worse? Stay the same? improve? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 20 Registered: 7-2010 |
Why don't we call the patient Emilio? Sure Did Emilio go to the doctor only for treatment of his depression? Yes Or for another problem? So no Is the doctor specifically a psychologist? Psychiatrist? This General practitioner? Did he prescribe a medication? Yes A therapist? A behavioral modification? Did the doctor realize Emilio was suffering from depression? Yes As a result of the prescription, did his depression get worse? Yes Stay the same? Improve? Did he commit suicide? No, I know people usually die in these puzzles; but let us say he survives Did he have another relevant condition? No If so, did it get worse? Stay the same? improve? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2000 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe an antidepressant? Was there a mix-up at the pharmacy? Or did they supply the correct medication? Was one of the side effects "depression may get worse" and, for Emilio, it did? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 21 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe an antidepressant? No Was there a mix-up at the pharmacy? No Or did they supply the correct medication? They did Was one of the side effects "depression may get worse" and, for Emilio, it did? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2015 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe the correct medicine that he intended to? Or did he write it wrong? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 22 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe the correct medicine that he intended to? Yes Or did he write it wrong? So no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2020 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he believe the medication treated depression? But it really didn't? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did he believe the medication treated depression? Yes But it really didn't? It hasn't got a 100% success rate, no. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2024 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did it treat a different type of depression than the man had? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 24 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did it treat a different type of depression than the man had? It is used to treat Emilio's illness, if that's what you wanted to know. It might treat other types of depression as well. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2030 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the medicine not work? Did it have adverse effects? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 798 Registered: 6-2009 |
Did the medication negatively affect Emilio chemically? i.e. the chemical imbalance in the brain which causes depression became more dramatic as a direct result of the medication? Did it set off a chain of physical changes? Did it worsen the underlying cause of his depression (say, he was depressed because his wife was dead, and the name of the medication reminded him of her)? Did it set off a chain of events outside Emilio's body? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 25 Registered: 7-2010 |
Balin Did the medicine not work? FA Did it have adverse effects? No Ohlala8 Did the medication negatively affect Emilio chemically? No i.e. the chemical imbalance in the brain which causes depression became more dramatic as a direct result of the medication? No Did it set off a chain of physical changes? No Did it worsen the underlying cause of his depression (say, he was depressed because his wife was dead, and the name of the medication reminded him of her)? Yes Did it set off a chain of events outside Emilio's body? Yes | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 881 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did the doctor prescribe a placebo? and Emilio realized, which made him more depressed that even the doctor didn't take his condition seriously? | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 26 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the doctor prescribe a placebo? Quite right and Emilio realized, which made him more depressed that even the doctor didn't take his condition seriously? Almost, but close enough for a *******************SPOILER************** Emilio suffers from depression. He has worked as a doctor before, and when he comes home from the pharmacy and checks his medication, he finds he has bought obecalp (Or Cebocap). He realizes from his time as a doctor that they are sugar pills, sugar pills that won't work for him because placebo requires you to think they will work. Because he has used a lot of money on something that won't work, his depression gets worse. And then better again because this story has a happy ending. Thanks to Balin, Galfisk and Ohlala8 for trying to solve my first puzzle. And thanks to Biograd who got it on his first try, well done. | ||
| Modicum (Modicum)
New member Username: Modicum Post Number: 27 Registered: 7-2010 |
The puzzles title was referring to the phrase "As sweet as sugar". Penoptes, or Panoptes is the epithet of Argus/Argos from Greek mythology. Argus is an anagram of sugar, just like placebo is an anagram of obecalp. Sorry for double post. I don't think I can edit my posts |
