Note: Homeopathic Treatment requires strict individualization. Please do not take any medicine without consulting your physician/homeopath.
Mood Disorders / Affective Disorders
-- Depression, Mania, Bipolar Disorders
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MANIA
- Sense of well being evident as elation or ecstasy
- Confidence and self-esteem are high
- Grandiose ideas without any substance.
- Thoughtless and risky behavior
- Delusion of being especially gifted or of being well-connected.
- Thoughts come rapidly
- Speech is fast
- Physical activity is increased
- Appetite is initially increased but may be decreased later.
- Sleep hours are reduced, but this does not cause fatigue.
- Promiscuity may occur.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT Mania
Homeopathy offers many medicines which work in such cases. In experienced
hands the long term prognosis is good. Some of the medicines commonly
used are belladona, stramonium, varatum-alb, hyoscamus, cuprum-met,
nux-vomica, tarentula, syphilinum, lachesis, arsenic, cocaine, coffea,
platina etc. There are many more medicines and the selection of
medicine varies from case to case. The cause and past history of
a person play a significant role in the selection of medicine. All
such cases require continuous monitoring by an experienced physician.
CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT for Mania
Neuroleptic drugs like haloperidol or a phenothiazine or lithium
carb are some of the drugs that are commonly used.
Electro convulsive therapy is given to resistant cases.
BIPOLAR DISORDER
It is a mood disorder in which depression and manic symptoms occur
simultaneously or in quick succession. It was previously known as
'Manic Depressive Psychosis'. Each phase of mania and depression
may lat for many months.
BIPOLAR DISORDER - SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Refer those of depression and mania
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT for BIPOLAR DISORDER
Homeopathy can help cases with bipolar disorder. Albeit the treatment
is more prolonged and difficult than that of unipolar disorder.
Most of the medicines used are similar to those used for depression
and mania. The treatment usually continues for extended periods
as each phase can last for many months. Also there is a tendency
of relapse in such patients. But homeopathy does offer a better
long term prognosis.
WHERE ELSE TO FIND MORE INFO? - INTERNET
RESOURCES
REFERENCE WORKS
A short Textbook of Psychiatry, Niral Ahuja, 4th ed, 1999, Jaypee
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed, McGraw-Hill
Davidson's Principles and Practise of Medicine, 17th ed, 1996,
Churchill Livingstone
New Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory, William
Boericke, 2nd revised ed., 2001, B. Jain
A Concise Repertory of Homeopathic Medicines, S.R.Phatak, 3rd ed,
B. Jain
Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics, Dewey, reprint ed, 1993, B.Jain
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