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Chronic Depression- Pls help
Hello Doctors,I am writting this for my friend who is suffering from chronic depression for more than 6 yrs. She has been on allopathic medicines for 4-5 yrs. She has been seeing a specialist for past 1 year on has been on Daxid 200Mg tablets. She also had sleep problems and was taking sleeping pills for a long time. Now with Psychotherapy and help of the psychiatrist, she has stopped taking Sleeping pills. But the psychiatrist has asked her to continue taking Daxid for one more year. I understand that these medicines really does not cure depression but only causes long term side effects. Can anyone of you please let me know if my friend can take homeopathic medicines and gradually come out of Daxid. Also if she chooses to start homeopathy, how long will it take for her to come out of it. I would appreciate if any of you could answer these questions and help my friend out. Also could you please suggest any good homeopaths in Bangalore who is a specialists in handling such cases.
Thanks and regards
tochitra on 2008-01-10
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Dr JK Mohla
My Friend is 24 yrs old. She has been living away (Hostels) from home during her school and college days. She got into depression and no one at her house was knowing it. She used to get severe headaches. They showed her to lot of doctors and got her tested for everything. But doctors did not find anything in the tests done. Later they concluded it was Anxiety and started medicines for that. Next they started seeing some psychiatrist where she would get admitted in a hospital for 3 days and he would give some intervenous medicine. The name of the medicine was never told to the patient or her parents. She was also on some medication during this time. Things got worse and nothing helped her. Later they started seeing a different doctor and he started giving her high doses of anti depressants (Mirtaz). She started gaining lot of weight and got acne on her cheeks. Started eating lot of sweets and junk food. Till then she never liked sweets or junk food. She also started having other complaints like chest pain, joint pain, lack of interest in everything. She would get irritated, angry, shout at people for no reason. She also had suicidal thought and always felt her life was not worth living. Never thought she can get back to normal again. They found that Mirtaz had lot of side effects and the cause of all these problems. So they spoke to the doctor and he suggested some specialist in NIMHANS. They started seeing this doctor from past 1 yr and he suggested psychotherapy and switched her medicine from Mirtaz to Daxid and slowly stopped sleeping pills by teaching her relaxation techniques. Right now the problem is that the doctor suggests that she should have daxid for another year. But the concern is that does it really help a person to come out of depression with such tablets. I learnt that homeopathy helps people to come out of depression well and want to help her to switch to homeopathy and slowly come out of daxid. Her attitude towards life has changed a lot recently. She wants to get back to normal and is trying hard to do so. Also she has started showing interest in cooking, reading and other stuff. Let me know if you need any other information.
My Friend is 24 yrs old. She has been living away (Hostels) from home during her school and college days. She got into depression and no one at her house was knowing it. She used to get severe headaches. They showed her to lot of doctors and got her tested for everything. But doctors did not find anything in the tests done. Later they concluded it was Anxiety and started medicines for that. Next they started seeing some psychiatrist where she would get admitted in a hospital for 3 days and he would give some intervenous medicine. The name of the medicine was never told to the patient or her parents. She was also on some medication during this time. Things got worse and nothing helped her. Later they started seeing a different doctor and he started giving her high doses of anti depressants (Mirtaz). She started gaining lot of weight and got acne on her cheeks. Started eating lot of sweets and junk food. Till then she never liked sweets or junk food. She also started having other complaints like chest pain, joint pain, lack of interest in everything. She would get irritated, angry, shout at people for no reason. She also had suicidal thought and always felt her life was not worth living. Never thought she can get back to normal again. They found that Mirtaz had lot of side effects and the cause of all these problems. So they spoke to the doctor and he suggested some specialist in NIMHANS. They started seeing this doctor from past 1 yr and he suggested psychotherapy and switched her medicine from Mirtaz to Daxid and slowly stopped sleeping pills by teaching her relaxation techniques. Right now the problem is that the doctor suggests that she should have daxid for another year. But the concern is that does it really help a person to come out of depression with such tablets. I learnt that homeopathy helps people to come out of depression well and want to help her to switch to homeopathy and slowly come out of daxid. Her attitude towards life has changed a lot recently. She wants to get back to normal and is trying hard to do so. Also she has started showing interest in cooking, reading and other stuff. Let me know if you need any other information.
tochitra last decade
Could you please provide the following information for selection of proper medicine?
Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:
Describe your main suffering and from how long?
Exact location?
Any cause which you feel for this ailment?
What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
When did it all start?
What are the things which aggravate or ameliorate your suffering?
When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
How is your bowel movement and stool type (Constipation etc.)?
How sleep, how are your dreams?
Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings?
What medicines have been taken earlier?
How do you look like (Appearance (fat, thin, smart, tall, lean etc)?
If your are female how is your menstrual cycles and from how long (normal, irregular, painful, clotted, colour etc.)
Family history - What major diseases are running in your family?
Any other information?
dr. mahfooz
Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:
Describe your main suffering and from how long?
Exact location?
Any cause which you feel for this ailment?
What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
When did it all start?
What are the things which aggravate or ameliorate your suffering?
When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
How is your bowel movement and stool type (Constipation etc.)?
How sleep, how are your dreams?
Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings?
What medicines have been taken earlier?
How do you look like (Appearance (fat, thin, smart, tall, lean etc)?
If your are female how is your menstrual cycles and from how long (normal, irregular, painful, clotted, colour etc.)
Family history - What major diseases are running in your family?
Any other information?
dr. mahfooz
♡ Mahfoozurrehman last decade
please ask chitra to answer the questionnaire of dr. mahfooz.
its not difficult to treat such mental troubles through homeopathy.
she can be easily cured.. not a problem.
its not difficult to treat such mental troubles through homeopathy.
she can be easily cured.. not a problem.
♡ rishimba last decade
Hello Doctors,
Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the late reply. I had to get the reply from my friend for all the questions you asked. Here's the answer from her
Describe your main suffering and from how long?
-sever headache,palpitation,breathlessness, can't control my feelings like anger..it has been there for more than 10years
Exact location?
- pain in back side of my head
Any cause which you feel for this ailment?
-most of the time i feel depressed may be this is the cause.
What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
-headache,spinal cord pain ,shivering ,sleeplessness,..
What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
-when upset, feel like going mad and try to hurt myself till I see blood.
When did it all start?
-around 10 years back.
What are the things which aggravate or ameliorate your suffering?
-if some body scold me for no reason ,some body blame me for some thing, if i miss someone ,sometime even without any reason.
When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
-i don't feel any difference.
What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
-nothing like that.
How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
-less.
How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
-at times excessive.
How is your bowel movement and stool type (Constipation etc.)?
-most of the time i have constipation.
How sleep, how are your dreams?
-i used to have sleeping tablets ,some times it was also not working.i don't get any bad dreams.
Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings?
-yes,when up set i hurt my self like cutting my hand or in any way.
What medicines have been taken earlier?
-many like prodep,lametic,mirtaz,vasograin,zolofresh,....and now daxid
How do you look like (Appearance (fat, thin, smart, tall, lean etc)?
-smart and good looking.
If your are female how is your menstrual cycles and from how long (normal, irregular, painful, clotted, colour etc.)
-normal-around 4 to 5days
Family history - What major diseases are running in your family?
-BP and diabetics -parents.
Any other information?
no
Let me know if you need more information.
Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the late reply. I had to get the reply from my friend for all the questions you asked. Here's the answer from her
Describe your main suffering and from how long?
-sever headache,palpitation,breathlessness, can't control my feelings like anger..it has been there for more than 10years
Exact location?
- pain in back side of my head
Any cause which you feel for this ailment?
-most of the time i feel depressed may be this is the cause.
What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
-headache,spinal cord pain ,shivering ,sleeplessness,..
What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
-when upset, feel like going mad and try to hurt myself till I see blood.
When did it all start?
-around 10 years back.
What are the things which aggravate or ameliorate your suffering?
-if some body scold me for no reason ,some body blame me for some thing, if i miss someone ,sometime even without any reason.
When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
-i don't feel any difference.
What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
-nothing like that.
How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
-less.
How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
-at times excessive.
How is your bowel movement and stool type (Constipation etc.)?
-most of the time i have constipation.
How sleep, how are your dreams?
-i used to have sleeping tablets ,some times it was also not working.i don't get any bad dreams.
Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings?
-yes,when up set i hurt my self like cutting my hand or in any way.
What medicines have been taken earlier?
-many like prodep,lametic,mirtaz,vasograin,zolofresh,....and now daxid
How do you look like (Appearance (fat, thin, smart, tall, lean etc)?
-smart and good looking.
If your are female how is your menstrual cycles and from how long (normal, irregular, painful, clotted, colour etc.)
-normal-around 4 to 5days
Family history - What major diseases are running in your family?
-BP and diabetics -parents.
Any other information?
no
Let me know if you need more information.
tochitra last decade
Some more questions for the patient :
Are you IDEALISTIC in your dealings in the world ?
Do you find it hard to forgive ?
Do you like being consoled ?
Are you a reserved person ?
Do you have a tendency to suppress your anger ?
Are you sad, yet unable to weep ?
Are you mild or yielding ?
Do you throw things when angry ?
Sameer.
Are you IDEALISTIC in your dealings in the world ?
Do you find it hard to forgive ?
Do you like being consoled ?
Are you a reserved person ?
Do you have a tendency to suppress your anger ?
Are you sad, yet unable to weep ?
Are you mild or yielding ?
Do you throw things when angry ?
Sameer.
sameervermani last decade
sameervermani last decade
If I may add a few questions for your friend here, Tochitra:
1/. How was your childhood, did you have very strict parents? Any history of verbal or physical abuse?
2/. Was there any life-changing event that occured when these problems began?
3/. Have you ever taken any Homoeopathic remedies before, and if so, what were they, when, and for how long.
1/. How was your childhood, did you have very strict parents? Any history of verbal or physical abuse?
2/. Was there any life-changing event that occured when these problems began?
3/. Have you ever taken any Homoeopathic remedies before, and if so, what were they, when, and for how long.
Dr Organon last decade
please take two doses of NUX VOM 200C some 1/2 hour apart on any evening in empty stomach.
sont eat any food or dring water for at least 2 hours after that.
come back after 7 days and inform if you feel different mentally and physically.
sont eat any food or dring water for at least 2 hours after that.
come back after 7 days and inform if you feel different mentally and physically.
♡ rishimba last decade
Hello Doctors,
Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I have sent the question to my friend. I will post it in the forum as soon as she answers them.
Also I had a question about NUX VOM, Is this for sleep problem ? Actually i think now she does not have sleep problems. Anyway, I'll check with her again about it.
Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I have sent the question to my friend. I will post it in the forum as soon as she answers them.
Also I had a question about NUX VOM, Is this for sleep problem ? Actually i think now she does not have sleep problems. Anyway, I'll check with her again about it.
tochitra last decade
she will respond to nux vom with all her problems either getting cured or some more suppressed problems surfacing as additional symptoms.
these would elp the homeopaths to erect a similimmum and suggest a suitable remedy.
dont worry about the sleep problems... all problems are inter related and cannot be treated individually.
these would elp the homeopaths to erect a similimmum and suggest a suitable remedy.
dont worry about the sleep problems... all problems are inter related and cannot be treated individually.
♡ rishimba last decade
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