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Mother has schizophrania

My mother is 68 and suffering from schizophrenia from last 4 years.she has hallucination, delusion ,uncontrolable anger.those voices tells her that they kill her son and will kill her, sometimes she laugh/smile for no reason, she keep on talking to herself etc.

She doesn't take alopathic medicine though psychiatrist has prescribed Residone.

I had been to 3 different homeopathy doctor but not much success in controlling her illness(apart from anacardium 10M which i can see some results in littlebit of reduction in hallucinations|.


I will be grateful if anybody can help me?
[message edited by sumeetkapoor on Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:49:04 GMT]
 
  sumeetkapoor on 2013-11-16
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
What remedies has she been given besides anacardium 10m?

Please fill out the form on her, http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/188925

Please go into some detail about what was going on
with her before this started. A shock, an accident, illness,
etc.
 
simone717 last decade
Sex: Female
Age: 68

Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering?
Delusions: we have moved to different house in same city but still she thinks we have house in old place as she is very much attached to that place. She still think her son (my brother) is still live in previous house( which we already sold).she think her son is separated from his wife and now living alone. We shifted 2 house within a year and she think those voices occupies house nearby to her to torture her. she thinks it is her daughter in law who send those voices to torture her.
Hearing voices: Those voices says they will kill her son(my brother), sometimes they broke his hand, they kidnapped him .Sometimes it is like a running commentary to her whatever she is doing or about to do. Self talking: if there are no hearing voices she uses to talk about past as if she is talking with friend.
Laughing without any reason, uncontrollable anger and use abusive words, doesn’t get whole night sleep( wakes up in the middle of night), bitter taste of water, she feels as if somebody is pulling her leg or hair, pocking needle on her head .
She use to talk to herself and sometimes recall those instances when her daughter in law use to fight

She is suspicious and doesn’t take any allopathic medicine not even multivitamin (except one particular B-complex brand multivitamin as she is taking that from long time). If i give to her she thinks as if i am trying to kill her.

She can’t concentration while watching tv , she can’t see killing or fighting in tv, sometimes while watching tv she misunderstand something and think those ppl in tv talking something against her.
She thinks she is right and rest of world is wrong.


2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
If she hallucinate alot then she gets headache, she has pain in her knees which is started 3 month ago,
She has Tardive dyskinesias (TDs) facial spasm, lips licking.

3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?

She thinks those voices gave her knee pain and headache.

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
She use to shout (top of the tongue) and use abusive language to those voices. she use to go out in balcony and shouts on those voices.


5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?

it start almost 4 years ago. Earlier, she use to weep all the time. Hallucination and delusions were also less. But almost since 2 year it is day and night.
It all started since her son (my brother) got married. Her daughter in law nature wasn’t good towards my parents. She uses to fight for no reason. She even physically hurt her. Her son(my brother) didn’t care about my mother . Later on he also use to abuse my parents verbally.


6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Mostly Morning as soon as she gets up.

7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?

Ans: Thinking about those instances when her daughter in law use to fight.

8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?

No

9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
Ans: I don’t know

10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
Ans: she used to be Quiet sensible religious women but now Arrogant, suspicious, Easily offended, Lazy , Irritating.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
No strange feelings during thunderstorm but if somebody shouts to her from back then she gets angry suddenly.
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
if she is awake in night then she like to switch on the light.

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
she had habit of talking to herself earlier but not all the time.

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
she thinks all are good.

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?

She use to recall those instances when her daughter in law use to fight

12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
No crave but she like sweets

13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Less

14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
Not that i know

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Normal

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
|Normal

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?


She wake up sometimes at night and sit down for few hours .

19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?

20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?

She think she is right and if somebody oppose then he is wrong.

21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
Alopathic :
Resdone ( on and off) not on daily basis. She develop Tardive dyskinesias (TDs) facial spasm ,lips licking.
Homeopathy:
Earlier:
Bryta carb 200C : 4 months no improvement
Deeham 200C : 4 Months :no improvement
Lobelia 30C : 2 weeks . Aggravate her hallucination and shouting.
Stramonium 200C : 2 weeks : Aggravate hallucination and shouting.
Veratrum album 200C : 3 months every alternate days
Cannabis Indica 200C: 1 month no improvement
Belladonna 200C : 2 weeks every alternate day: not much improvement
Zintine 30C: 3 weeks: Aggravate hallucination and shouting.
Rhub met 200C: 3 weeks: Aggravate hallucination and shouting.
Argentum Nitricum 200C: : Aggravate hallucination and shouting
Anacardium 200C: 3 months : shows slightly improvement in shouting.
Anacardium 1M:2 weeks: shows slightly improvement in shouting.
Presently:
Anacardium 10M: hallucination reduced by 30%( with hallucination her frequency of shouting reduce too)
Hyoscyamus Niger 200C: Improvement in facial spasm.
Sac Lac 200C: improvement in night sleep. Now only 1 or2 times she gets up in middle of night in a week .

22. What major diseases are running in your family?

Alzheimer and diabetes.
She doesn’t have Alzheimer as her nearby or long term memory is good. She remembers all people and instances. There is no forgetfulness and when schizophrenia started she had her brain scaned.

23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
Short 4.10, round face. Medium build.

If you need anything else to know please let me know.

Sumeet
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
'She used to weep earlier' - what was the reason?
 
Zady101 last decade
Zady- I am analyzing this , fyi.
 
simone717 last decade
Hi,

You can answer Zady's question, just wanted him to know I am
studying this.

1. Did the Tardive start after the Resdone?
Bc it does resemble many side effects of Resdone. How long has
she been off and on Resdone? When was last time she had it?

2. When was the last dose of Anacardium 10m given?

3. Describe her relationship with your brother before he got
married?

4. What is going on now with the brother and daughter in law-
do they visit at all- are they still abusive to her?

5. When was the last time she had a brain scan or
MRI?

6. When was the last time she had any blood work
done?

I think the most important thing to get right here
is right diagnosis. Alzheimers is just one form
of dementia. There are other forms that can
have this behavior such as fronto lobe dementia,
memory is still good unlike Alzheimers. Then there
are other causes of this such as B vitamin deficiency,
Thyroid hormones out of whack, toxins in the blood and often the
person is diagnosed as Schizophrenic by mistake.
They can do what is called a functinal MRI that
determines the blood flow status of the front brain,
and blood work can rule out Thyroid, B vitamims,
toxins, etc.
[message edited by simone717 on Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:19:11 GMT]
 
simone717 last decade
Zady,

Weeping or crying was without any reason.
4 years ago when the illness started It was mostly weeping or crying and that time it was very less hallucination now and then but delusion was there.
Psychiatrist said it was clinical depression and he gave resdone.
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
Hi- Can you answer questions 2 thru 6.
 
simone717 last decade
Please answer Simone's questions and also mention which remedies she has already taken.
 
Zady101 last decade
Simone

1.Did the Tardive start after the Resdone?
Bc it does resemble many side effects of Resdone. How long has
she been off and on Resdone? When was last time she had it?
Ans: Yes Tardive started after giving Resdone. She is been on and off till march 2012 and then she hadn’t given any Resdone.
2. When was the last dose of Anacardium 10m given?
Wednusday.... I give once in a week. The dose is 4 pills.
3. Describe her relationship with your brother before he got
married?
The relationship was very good he was very caring to her but after marriage he took 360 degree turn. This makes my mother heartbroken. He got more close to my mother because i was away in Canada.
4. What is going on now with the brother and daughter in law-
do they visit at all- are they still abusive to her?
Now there is not contact almost. My parents still try to talk to him but he hang up the phone.
5. When was the last time she had a brain scan or
MRI?
4 yrs ago
6. When the last time she had any blood was work
done?
2 months ago. She doesn’t have any thyroid or B deficiency.

4 yrs ago psychiatrist said it is clinical depression after taking all the blood work and brain scan.

The homeopathy doctor also said it is schizophrenia the way it is started as clinical depression and gradually increase to Schizophrenia.

She is been on anacardium 10M since almost 2 months. From last 2 weeks i didn’t see her hallucinating whole day. Once a week she hallucinates and talks to herself next to nothing. Now also i see improvement in her concentration improves while watch tv.

Do you think if it is front lobe dementia or B vitamin deficiency or thyroid problem then her illness improves with Anacardium ?


What about Stress factor or trauma due to long-term stressful environment at home. I read somewhere long term stress makes brain cells and neurons works differently.


Regards

Sumeet
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
Zady,
She has been given these remedies
Bryta carb 200C : 4 months no improvement
Deeham 200C : 4 Months :no improvement
Lobelia 30C : 2 weeks . Aggravate her hallucination and shouting.
Stramonium 200C : 2 weeks : Aggravate hallucination and shouting.
Veratrum album 200C : 3 months every alternate days
Cannabis Indica 200C: 1 month no improvement
Belladonna 200C : 2 weeks every alternate day: not much improvement
Zintine 30C: 3 weeks: Aggravate hallucination and shouting.
Rhub met 200C: 3 weeks: Aggravate hallucination and shouting.
Argentum Nitricum 200C: : Aggravate hallucination and shouting
Anacardium 200C: 3 months : shows slightly improvement in shouting.
Anacardium 1M:2 weeks: shows slightly improvement in shouting.
Presently:
Anacardium 10M once a week a dose of 4 pills : hallucination reduced by 30%( with hallucination her frequency of shouting reduce too)
Hyoscyamus Niger 200C every alternate day 3 dose of 4 drops each in 10 tablespoon of water: Improvement in facial spasm.
Sac Lac 200C every night 7 pills: improvement in night sleep.
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
Simone,

I just read about front lobe dementia and it says

Hallucinations and delusions are relatively common as Alzheimer's progresses, but relatively uncommon in FTD.
 
sumeetkapoor last decade

[message deleted by simone717 on Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:07:05 GMT]
 
simone717 last decade
Hello Simone,

Will you be prescribing?

Just asking...
 
Zady101 last decade
Hi Sumeet,

Anacardium 10m is a very high potency and it seems like it
is working. When you give a 10M, you cannot just switch over
to another remedy and these things take time. There is
progress so I would continue and not disrupt this unless
progress stops.
 
simone717 last decade
Hi Zady,

She would have to leave her doctors now and do treatment on here.
I think the treatment is working, so no I would not be prescribing
anything or suggest she switch to online treatment instead of
in person treatment.

You may have a different opinion, feel free to give it.
 
simone717 last decade
Ok, then let me analyze and see whether Anacardium is really the solution bcoz it took an extremely high potency to show some progress.
 
Zady101 last decade
Sumeet,

What is the background theme or thread that connects her abuses? Anger, Fear, Sex?

To rephrase my question - Are her abuses loaded with anger, sex, insults, etc

Does she become violent?

Are the voices saying some good things also or only bad?
[message edited by Zady101 on Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:45:38 GMT]
 
Zady101 last decade
I don't understand why the other homeopaths did not give
her ignatia for shock and grief, bc having your child turn
against you is shocking and similar or worse than a death and this was
not addressed and it progressed-and of course there is
no closure on this , it is continuing, so how is a mother to let
go? ( nat mur) not easy to do that ever with the deepest bonds
you have in life.So anacardium seems to be the outermost
layer of this right now.
[message edited by simone717 on Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:58:33 GMT]
 
simone717 last decade
Zady,
Thanks for showing interests in my mother case.

What is the background theme or thread that connects her abuses? Anger, Fear, Sex?
When my mother was fine she told me that she always been in fear from her daughter in law when she start fight for no reason and also my mother told me she doesn’t like to live in the house anymore due to stressful environment.
I will say it is mainly fear, insult and disappointment from her son(my brother).
Does she become violent?
Yes, she becomes violent but mainly when those voices talk about killing her or my brother. She shouts back to them she will kill them. She also get offended easily if we oppose her in any issue. She has uncontrollable anger.
Are the voices saying some good things also or only bad?
Earlier mainly it was bad things but I notice those bad killing voices is reduced drastically after giving anacardium 10M. Now, those voices ask for food when she cooks. They says they put millions of rupees in her account and gave house in old place. Sometimes they say don’t wear this cloth or don’t eat this food. those voices mainly oppose her whatever she think or do.
The reason behind this can be as her daughter in law was also used to oppose or pin point mistake without any reason.
My mother thinks those voices are sent by my sister in law to torture her.

Thanks again
Sumeet
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
Hi Simone,
I posted my mother illness here in this forum because those homeopathic doctor isn’t sure about controlling my mother illness. It seems like they are just trying and testing remedies and lucky anacardium worked littlebit.
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
Hi Zady,

Anacardium 200C worked too but it was slightly improvement in shouting only but visible and immediate improvement is seen with 10M.
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
Will analyze the case in 1-2 days and come back to you.
[message edited by Zady101 on Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:49:37 GMT]
 
Zady101 last decade
Hi Zady,

Thanks a lot for your consideration.
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
Hi Zady,

Did you able to analyze my mother case?

I will be grateful for your help.

Best Regards

Sumeet
 
sumeetkapoor last decade
How is your mom doing now?
 
Zady101 last decade

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