Psychiatric disorders 11592...India
In 2017, when a 40-year old woman visited the practitioner, she was extremely distraught due to unknown fears, persistent sadness, and crying for no reason. Any news of death made her shiver with fear and the sound of an ambulance frightened her. She felt strain in the nerves on top of her head resulting in severe headache. She had complete lack of self-confidence. Her problems started in 2006 but there was no known cause. When the symptoms were severe, she felt weak but she managed to carry out her daily chores.
In August 2006, a neurosurgeon ordered a CT scan of her brain but it did not reveal any abnormality. For her headache and weakness, she was prescribed medicines that she took for two years but there was no improvement. Even the temporary relief that she felt was eclipsed by the side effects of allopathic medicines. In July 2008, she started having right-sided stomach-ache, gas and belching during evenings and nights. Also she developed tinnitus in her right ear, marked by a buzzing sound 3-4 times a week. She refused to consult an ENT specialist due to fear of the side effects of medicines. But she started homoeopathic treatment for her psychiatric condition and buzzing sound. As there was no improvement, this was stopped after two months. In October 2008 her physician diagnosed the condition as depression and prescribed Placida, which she took until the Indian Government banned its use in July 2014. During these long 6 years, Placida had made her drowsy and sleepy all day. She was able to manage her tinnitus without any treatment.
After stopping Placida, her mental state deteriorated so much that in August 2014, she had to visit a psychiatrist, who gave her MDD-XR 100 mg OD for depression and Happi-D tablets for gastric problems. If she missed even one dose, her condition would become very bad. Two years after starting MDD-XR, due to its side effects, she developed an involuntary movement of the legs, kicking them in the air. The psychiatrist could not suggest any remedial measures for this. He rather warned her not to stop the medicine as withdrawal effects could be severe. So she continued to take both the allopathic medicines.
On 30 November 2017, the patient's husband contacted the practitioner (his friend) who gave:
#1. CC3.7 Circulation + CC4.10 Indigestion + CC5.3 Meniere’s disease + CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC15.2 Psychiatric disorders...TDS
After a month, she felt 50% relief from all symptoms - fear, feeling melancholic, crying for no reason, headache, restless legs, tinnitus, and gastric issues. After another month, her gastric problems and tinnitus completely disappeared while all other symptoms gradually improved. In another 10 months by end of November 2018, she had a full recovery. She did not feel weak anymore and there was a complete regain of self-confidence. So her psychiatrist stopped Happi-D and halved the dose of MDD-XR to 50 mg and after two weeks, to 25 mg and finally stopped it on 10 January 2019. On 16 January 2019, she experienced a partial (about 30%) relapse of fear, headache, and kicking of legs.
So, on the advice of a Senior Practitioner 11585…India, #1 was replaced by the following:
For calming:
#2. NM6 Calming + NM25 Shock + NM95 Rescue Plus...TDS
For Headache:
#3. NM44 Trigeminal Neuralgia + NM85 Headache-BP...TDS
Within two weeks, her fear vanished and she had 50% relief from kicking of legs and headache. After continuing the remedies for another month at the end of February, she again achieved 100% relief from all symptoms. The dosage of #3 was reduced to OD. As she was not taking any allopathic medicines, #2 was reduced to OD only after three months at the end of May. The dosage of #3 was tapered down to OW by June end before stopping at the end of August 2019. However the patient is continuing to take #2 at OD and as of June 2020, she has had no relapse whatsoever.
If using the 108CC box, give for #2: CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic and for #3: CC11.3 Headaches + CC11.4 Migraines