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Help for my daughter

Hello to you all!

My 17 year old daughter has been in treatment for depression since 2006. This past April, we left my husband and her brother to seek treatment for her in the US. She always worried about people suffering and was jealous of her brother. She had her period days before her 10th birthday, and since then has had acne. Usually on her cheeks and chin. She is fair skinned, and the acne is bright red with some pus. Usually she breaks out in lines and more before her period. She has taken many antidepressants without any change in her mood. When she is at her lowest she feels sad and cries herself to sleep. Last year she complained she felt tired and sleepy all the time. She took many naps during school and would fall asleep instead of doing homework. She is afraid of spiders. Like hot tea and graves ice cream. She has an aversion to olives, butter and mayonese. She hates herself after eating. She is afraid of gaining weight. She liked to feel hunger pains and controlled herself not to eat - she lost more than 20 lbs in 2months last year. Since April she started gaining the weight back. Her acne has aggravated since then. Now she has lesions around her collar and back, mostly on the side of the backbone, shoulders and arms. The lesions are bright red. Scratching her back, I can feel little hard bits coming out of the skin. Scratches always leave a red line on her skin. When she is nervous she bites and chews on her nails. She asks me to sleep next to her and hug her until she falls asleep; in the middle of the night she kicks and spreads herself all over the bed. She grinds her teeth loudly and talks on her sleep. Has vivid dreams which she likes to write down in a notebook. Her skin is oily and shinny in the afternoon. Since she was little she never liked anybody touch her nose. She is constantly blowing it - making a very loud noise (like a goose). Music has a calming affect on her. She feels better between 7-10am and worst 1-5pm. In June of 2005 she had an argument with my father and he stopped talking to all my family. She feels guilty she made him stop talking to me. She is sensitive to criticism, seeing others suffer and rudeness. She is a 10 on self criticism and 8 for others.
She has one BM a day, soft.
She loves to read. She asked to be home schooled at age 12 but she felt 'dumb and inferior' when she had to ask her father for help with work. She tends to dwell in the past. Needs to be loved. Likes surprises and small presents. Likes to be hugged when she is sad and to go to sleep. She likes compliments.
Never taken homeopathic remedies. She is taking an antibiotic for acne and, Zoloft and thyroid hormone for depression.
I appreciate any help and comments.
 
  M3r4M08 on 2008-09-23
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
does she like going out in the open airy environments or like staying back in a cozy room ?

how is her thirst- less or more ?

what are the kinds of dreams she usually has ?

does she like having lamb / beef ?
 
rishimba last decade
Try pulsetila 1M single dose,after 7 days Iodium30c daily 1dose for 7 days.
 
Zahid)2 last decade
Thank you for your reply.

To Dr. Rishimba:
She likes to be outdoors, hiking, canoeing; but when she feels worse she says she wants to curl up and sleep. Her thirst is the same, a 5, but she prefers icy cold water to drink and hot showers. She doesn't like to eat beef and will never eat pork. We don't eat much lamb lately. She ate it before but thought it was too fatty. Her dreams usually are about friends and a fantasy place; or about her boyfriend and she feels jealous of other women with him.

To Dr. ZahidY2:
Would these remedies be affected by the ones she is taking now?

Thank you.
 
M3r4M08 last decade
homeopathically PULSATILLA 1M may be given as a weekly dose for some weeks.

its always best that during homeopathic treatment, no other medicine is taken by the patient. thus, i would suggest to complete the course of antibiotics that she is taking and then wait for a few days. if she can, she must gradually stop zoloft and get rid of it.

once she is off zoloft, she should start the homeopathic treatment.

if she cannot taper down zoloft, homeo treatment will not do any good.
 
rishimba last decade

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