Depression 18007...India
A 25-year-old female, brought to the practitioner by her aunt (her carer), was suffering for over two years from depression caused by a huge shock. In early 2020, she lost both her parents within a period of two months and soon after, she stopped talking and responding to others. Previously, she was a very cheerful and bright young lady. Now she became passive, had a blank stare, showed no interest in life and even stopped eating. She was admitted to a hospital where she took psychiatric treatment for one month and since there was hardly any improvement, she was discharged and the doctor said ‘there is no hope'. Nevertheless, she took medicines prescribed by a psychiatrist for two years but these did not help. For the past two months, she had swelling in both legs. During the consultation she avoided eye contact with the practitioner who had to ask her several times if she had pain in the legs, she nodded “yes”. On 13 March 2022, she was given:
#1. CC15.2 Psychiatric disorders…QDS
#2. CC3.7 Circulation + CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic + CC18.5 Neuralgia…TDS
However, she continued taking the allopathic medicines. The aunt was advised to avoid giving her junk food which she was fond of. Just after three days, on 16 March, the aunt excitedly conveyed that she could see positive changes in her niece’s behaviour as she had started responding to others and the blank stare was almost gone. Also, the swelling and pain in both the legs had reduced by 30%. Within three weeks, there was 75% improvement in all her symptoms and this progressed to 100% by 19 April. She had become her usual cheerful self, talking freely with others. The dosage of both the remedies was reduced to BD.
The patient chose not to visit her psychiatrist and stopped the allopathic medicines. She also found a job that she enjoyed. The remedies were tapered off and stopped on 1 Aug. As of Oct, she has continued to be fine.