Depression
Rajan
Sankaran: 4 things needed for successful living;
Hope: when there is DESPAIR Syph.
Morality: absent = Aur-met.
Identity as individual: identity lost: Alum.
Depression:
a spell of sadness and lack of motivation. It displays the opposite of the
mania with a lack of self-confidence and delayed mental activity. On the
emotional plane the patient
feels
nothing. They cannot cry, feel guilty and accuse themselves, which can lead to
thoughts and attempts of suicide. Apart from resignation, delayed mental
activity, fatigue and a feeling
of
heaviness, anxiety may arise, which makes the patient appear restless and
driven. In this stage we also see sleeping disorders. They are now caused by
worrying and come possibly
with an
increased desire for sleep. Physically the patients become sluggish and the
decrease in motion can cause constipation and problems with menstruation.
Libido that
was
exaggerated during the mania is now reduced or non-existing.
A combined
condition is also known, when both conditions take turns or exist
simultaneously, for example manic restlessness combined with deep melancholy.
Sometimes,
between the opposing phases, patients are completely free of symptoms and
appear to be healthy. The phases of the disease can last 3 - 6 months or appear
periodically at
certain
times (in spring/summer/fall and winter).
Clinical
research shows that this disease does not diminish over time, but it continues
these phases.
If the
course of the disease is unipolar, either only depressive or only manic phases
can be seen (this is rather rare).
The cause of
the disease is unknown. A genetic predisposition is assumed, which, prompted by
external stimuli, excites the individual disposition. But also brain metabolism
is most likely of important.
The disease
may be brought about by psychological causes or times of any increased stress.
The
diagnosis of the disease is more unambiguous in its manic phase than in the
phase of depression, which is „endogenic“.
Beschwerden:
- Gewichts-/Appetitänderungen
- Schlafstörungen
- psychomotorische Verlangsamung o. Erregung
- müde o. Antriebsmangel
- Empfindet sich „Wie wertlos“/SchuldEMPfinden
- Konzentrationsstörung
- Entscheidungsschwierigkeit
- Selbstmordgedanke/-versuche
- Gaumenproblemen: Passi.
Es gibt homöopathische Mittel, die nicht nur bei einfachen psychosen helfen, sondern auch bei schweren psychischen Störungen eingesetzt werden können, wenn sie individuell auf den Patienten abgestimmt sind.
Eine Selbstbehandlung auf homöopathischer Basis bei seelischen Krankheiten ist aus mehreren Gründen sehr schwer. Es beginnt schon bei der Auswahl der für den Betroffenen individuell richtigen Mittel (und in der richtigen Potenz). Zudem muß meist im Verlauf einer Selbstbehandlung eine Anpassung des homöopathischen Miitels an den psychischen Zustand des Betroffenen vorgenommen werden. Eine psychische Behandlung gehört deshalb in die Hände eines erfahrenen Homöopathen!
Wie oft in der Homöopathie tritt zu Beginn der richtige Behandlung eine Erstverschlimmerung auf. Diese Reaktion zeigt an, daß die Selbstheilungsregulation begonnen hat. Man sollte sie auf keinen Fall mit Medikamenten unterdrücken, da ansonsten der Gesundungsprozeß wieder unterbrochen wird.
Homöopathische Beruhigungsmittel
Diese homöopathischen Mittel bewähren sich zur Beruhigung tagsüber, ohne daß man müde wird:
* Ph-ac. Nervöse Schwäche, ausgelöst durch Überforderung, Kummer und Sorgen o. Schlafmangel (Appetitmangel o./+ nächtlichem Schwitzen).
* Aven. Als Basistherapie bei nervöser Schwäche, bei Schlafstörungen und zur grundlegenden Kräftigung der Nerven.
* Coff. Wenn Nervosität in Verbindung mit Unruhe, mit Zittern, mit Kopfschmerzen oder Schlafstörungen auftritt, dazu psychosomatische Herz- und Kreislauf-Symptome vorliegen.
* Ign. Nervlich bedingter Gereiztheit, auftretend mit depressiven Verstimmungen (+ Herzbeschwerden o. Sehstörungen) zusätzlichem Appetitmangel o. Druck im Kopf.
* Nux-v. Chronischen Nervosität durch anstrengende geistige Arbeiten, mit (Durch)Schlafstörungen, mit einem Benommenheitsgefühl, mit Kreuzschmerz o. mit Magen- und Darmbeschwerden.
* Phos. Mageren, hochgewachsenen, blassen Menschen, unter einer nervösen Schwäche leiden, die gereizt sind, die nicht schlafen können, die zudem an Herz-Kreislauf-Beschwerden o. Rückenschmerz leiden.
* Valer. Nervosität o. Gereiztheit, Unruhe und Schlafstörungen, gegen Stimmungsschwankungen.
* Zinc-met. o. Zinc-valer. Nervöser Unruhe, auftretend mit Zittern/Zuckungen (Füße) mit Lähmungsgefühlen im Rücken, mit Gedächtnisschwäche o. Kopfdruck.
Homöopathische Schlafmittel
Gegen Schlafstörungen helfen teilweise die gleichen Mittel, die man auch zur Beruhigung am Tage einsetzt:
* Ph-ac. Schlafstörungen sind seelisch bedingt, dazu ausgeprägte Müdigkeit am Tag.
* Arg-n. Schlafstörungen durch Streß o. Überforderung.
* Coff. (Ein)Schlafstörungen weil man zum Schlafen nicht ruhig genug ist bzw. erregt ist.
* Gels. Schlafstörungen sind durch Überanstrengung verursacht, dazu Schwindel o. Kopfschmerz.
Gilt als "Psychopharmaka" in der Homöopathie gegen Schlafstörungen, verursacht durch Sorgen o. Kummer (auch Liebeskummer).
* Kali-c. Schlafstörung durch Schmerz o./+ 3 h. schweißgebadetes Erwachen.
* Nux-v. Gestörter Schlaf mit Aufwachen durch Nervosität, o. nach Alkohol-/Kaffee-/Nikotinmißbrauch.
* Passi. ist das Grundmittel gegen nervöse Schlafstörungen.
* Phos. gegen Schlafstörungen, verursacht von Nervosität, einer nervösen Schwäche o. durch Angst bei Dunkelheit (Kind).
* Puls. Schlafstörungen sind mit Müdigkeit am Tage verbunden. Sie werden manchmal auch durch hormonelle Probleme (Wechseljahre, Pubertät usw.) verursacht.
* Sulf. Schlafstörungen sind durch Arteriosklerose in den Hirngefäßen (Adern) begründet, besonders wenn im Zusammenhang mit heißen Füßen.
* Valer. Hauptmittel gegen Schlafstörungen (nervlich bedingter Unruhe o. bei Erregungszuständen).
* Zinc-val. Schlafstörungen, auftretend mit Unruhe, besonders mit unruhi (Beinen).
Homöopathische Antidepressiva
In der Homöopathie gibt es zahlreiche antidepressive Wirkstoffe. Allerdings müssen sie genau zu den Ursachen der vorliegenden Depression passen. Leichte depressive Verstimmungen kann man mit den Mitteln aus nachfolgenden Liste zu behandeln versuchen:
Starke oder unklare Depressionen sollten unbedingt von einem Facharzt behandelt werden, da ein gewisses Selbstmordrisiko besteht!
* Ph-ac. Chronische Depressionen, zusammen mit Erschöpfung o. Angst vor der ungewissen Zukunft.
* Aur-met. Hauptmittel bei Depressionen, manischen Depressionen, Selbstmordgedanken, dazu Herz-Kreislauf-Beschwerden.
* Cact. Depressionen in den Wechseljahren mit Menstruationsstörungen, mit Herzklopfen und mit Angst.
* Cimic. Wochenbettdepressionen, meist nach einer komplizierten Entbindungen, manchmal auch bei Depressionen in den Wechseljahren, dazu verstärkter Drang, sich zu bewegen, Schwatz-/Launenhaftigkeit, mit Angstzuständen.
* Hyos. Depressionen in Zusammenhang mit starkern Ängsten, mit Erregung, mit Mißtrauen allem gegenüber, mit Verzweiflung und auch mit Halluzinationen.
* Ign. Neurotische Depressionen in Verbindung mit starker Weinerlichkeit und Jammern, mit Nervosität und starken Angstzuständen, verursacht durch den Verlust einer nahestehenden Person.
* Lil-t. Depressionen in den Wechseljahren, dazu Gereiztheit, nervöse Herzbeschwerden, oftmals Senkung der Unterleibsorgane.
* Lyc. Depressionen bei verstandgesteuerten Personen, die ihre eigene Gefühle zu fest im Griff haben, zur Einsamkeit neigen und die Zukunft fürchten.
* Nat-m. Depressionen in Zusammenhang mit Ängsten/Gereiztheit/niedrigen Blutdruck, mit einer Neigung zur Verstopfung:. Diese Personen haben ein auffälliges Verlangt Salz/Salzigem und ein Gefühl der Schwäche gegen 11 h.
* Nux-v. Depressionen in Verbindung mit ANGST und GereiztHEIT morgens. Oftmals bei Personen mit einer Neigung zur Perfektion.
* Puls. Depressionen in Verbindung mit einer großen Überempfindlichkeit und einer großen Weinerlichkeit. Oftmals in Verbindung mit einer unregelmäßigen Monatsblutung bei Frauen, besonders häufig geeignet bei jungen Frauen während der Pubertät.
* Staph. Depressionen nach einer Geburt, dazu treten Nervosität oder Gereiztheit auf, zuweilen auch eine Ablehnung des Kindes. Tritt überwiegend nach einer schweren Entbindunge auf.
* Verat. Starke Depressionen (nach harten Schicksalsschlägen) die nicht verarbeitet sind.
Aesc.: Depressed, irritable, head dull,
confused/great sadness, irritability. Varicose veins, leg ulcers, hemorrhoids.
Bapt.: stupor, “arouse him and you get the
impression he has been on a drunk. This is the first thought you will have in a
baptisia case.”
Septic infections, ulcers Mental indications:
melancholia with stupor; inability to think, mental confusion; illusion of
divided personality; indifference
Berb.: Listless apathetic, indifferent/mind
weak, forgetful, unable to sustain mental effort, melancholy, apathy. hepatic,
laxative
Homöopathie gegen Ängste und Phobien
Die folgende Gruppe eignet sich nur teilweise zu einer Selbstbehandlung. Sie richtet sich gegen Ängste und Phobien. Falls diese nicht bereits das gesamte Leben bestimmen, sie also noch nicht schwerwiegend sind, kann man versuchen, die nachfolgenden Mittel zur Selbstbehandlung zu verwenden.
Ausgeprägte Angsterkrankungen sollten immer fachkundig behandelt werden!
* Acon. Angstanfälle, dazu Unruhe, Todesängste und Blutandrang zum Kopf bzw. Blutandrang zum Herzen.
* Arg-n. Angst, dazu Unruhe, auch mit Kopfschmerzen und Schwindel, dazu Herzjagen, oftmals verursacht durch Wetterveränderungen, manchmal auch durch Lampenfieber, vor Prüfungen, durch Platzangst oder Angst vor engen und geschlossenen Räumen.
* Ars. Angst mit Ruhelosigkeit, auch mit Gereiztheit und Erschöpfung. Todesangst und nächtliche Angstattacken bzw. auch Alpträume.
* Calc. Angst und Pessimismus, mutLOS/ERschöpft/kann nicht entscheiden.
* Lach. Angst vor Trennung, der Zukunft, Mißtrauen, manchmal verursacht durch Herz-Kreislauf-Störungen o. Hormonstörungen.
* Nat-m. Angst, verursacht durch Sorgen/Kummer/Konflikte/Streß, oftmals + Depressionen, < 10 - 11 h.
* Phos. Angstzustände durch ein geschwächtes Nervensystem, dazu kommen Schlafstörungen aus Angst vor Dunkelheit, manchmal auch starke psychische Erregung.
* Verat. Angst mit Gereiztheit, mit Unruhe, Angst
vor dem Tod, mit Erschöpfung. Manchmal
auch Wahnvorstellungen.
People who are constantly under stress and battle
anxiety, depression and other emotional difficulties may look no farther than
their own mouths to discover the effect.
A new study by Brazilian researchers published in the
August issue of the Journal of Periodontology (JOP) draws a strong correlation
between gum or periodontal disease and psychosocial conditions and stress. Gum
diseases may cause inflammation and infection of the gums, tissues and bones
supporting the teeth. If left untreated, severe cases can lead to permanent
loss of teeth.
"More research is needed to determine the
definitive relationship between stress and periodontal diseases“, Diane
Peruzzo, the study's lead author, said in a press release. "However,
patients who minimize stress may be at less risk for periodontal
diseases."
Peruzzo and her team reviewed 14 studies published in
dental journals between 1990 and 2006. They found that a majority (57,1%) of the
studies analyzed found a connection between stress (or psychosocial disorders)
and gum disease.
The July JOP issue featured a separate study that
attempted to explain possible reasons for the stress-gum disease connection.
Researchers said that increased levels of cortisol, a hormone released into the
bloodstream at times of stress, may trigger destructive action in the gums and
jaw bone.
"Individuals with high stress levels tend to
increase their bad habits, which can be harmful to periodontal health",
Dr. Preston D. Miller, the president of the
Blues carry
a deep sense of melancholy, “a form of clarity tinted by emotions.
C.G. Jung
connected melancholy with an alchemistic, inner process of change, the
encounter with our shadow.
Frei
nach: Wolfgang
Rissmann
Incidence
of depressive illnesses has increased considerably over the last years in all
countries of the Western world.
Diagnostically
can be differentiated between the depressive syndromes + numerous physical and
emotional illnesses, and those which can be understood as depressive in a more
narrow sense.
Bipolar affective disorder (ICD -10 F31)
Depressive episode (ICD -10 F 32)
Recurrent depressive disorder (ICD10 F33)
Dysthymia (ICD -10 F34.1)
Adjustment disorder: brief and prolonged
depressive reaction, mixture of fear and depressive symptoms (ICD -10 F43.2)
These more
narrowly-understood depressive disorders cannot, understood as an uniform
clinical syndrome. Really is dealt with the most varied forms/with different
causes/degrees of severity/clinical courses. In much the same way, no single
unified Anthroposophic understanding of depression can be offered, but instead
general disease processes described which can present themselves differently in
each situation and always with individualized expression.
A first
important insight into the human being is revealed through R.S.’s
differentiation of 2 constitutional types, the hysteric and the neurasthenic
constitution.
In
addition, deep seated causes for illness can be found in functional metabolic
disturbances in the lower man, the so-called organ picture disorders of the
lungs, liver, kidney, heart, as well as other organs.
A true therapy, in the sense of
Anthroposophic medicine, will ultimately always need to be individualized. The
method for this comes through a typological understanding of the being of
illness and of the individual constitution, and also how these relate to
typical remedies and healing methods. Not every remedy and healing method needs
to be used for specific disease processes, but can also be primarily oriented
through these kinds of typological criteria. They are intended to be helpful in
a practical way for therapeutic work, but make no claim for completeness.
Naturally,
an appropriate therapy for depressive illnesses will need to be comprehensive,
and in addition to Anthroposophic remedies and external applications one should
keep additional possibilities in mind:
Psychopharmacotherapy
Movement therapy (therapeutic eurythmy,
gymnastics, dance therapy, other movement therapies, any kind of natural
movement)
Art therapy (sculpture, painting, music, speech
formation)
Work therapy, ergo therapy
Client-centered therapy, psychotherapy
An kind of social assistance
Self help groups
Pastoral care
Climacterium:
Aurum/Apis
Organ
Diagnoses:
The
Formative forces of all four major organs can be affected in depression. One
particular organ disturbance may predominate, but several organs can also be
affected at the same time.
In an
Anthroposophical understanding of the human being, soul and spiritual
experiences are attributed not just to the brain, but directly to the whole
body. Out of this understanding, psychiatric disease is brought into relation
not just with disturbed processes in the brain (neurotransmitter imbalances),
but also with disturbed organ processes in the major inner organs: lung, liver,
kidney and heart, in broader sense spleen, digestive tract, reproductive
organs, endocrine glands.
Psychiatric
diseases can go along with functional disturbances of these inner organs in
various ways and to different degrees of severity. These functional
disturbances are not, as a rule, immediately demonstrable in the laboratory, in
histologic preparations, through radiologic studies, ultrasound, or magnetic
resonance imaging. It is more a question of the so-called “functional organ
disturbances”, in other words disruptions of the etheric formative forces of
the corresponding organs which are expressed in functional and psychiatric
symptoms. A precise medical history and
investigation of medical findings can then lead to a functional organ
diagnosis.
The formative forces of an organ can
be disrupted in 2 different directions:
1.
psychotic afflictions. The formative forces of the organ are to some extent
pressed out of the organ, enter into the inner soul space.
2. neurotic
illnesses/personality disorders. Distant traumas (from early childhood/not
properly worked through traumatic experiences remain lying at the border
between inner soul space and the unconscious activities of the formative forces
of an organ and therefore cannot be properly integrated). Resulting in
fear/compulsions/depressive ill-humor/functional organ ailments.
Disturbed Lung Formative Forces
Medical
history: History of pneumonia, tendency to bronchitis, predisposition towards
tuberculosis, tendency towards other hardening lung diseases
(sarcoidosis/fibrosis)
Characteristic
of the solid organism: condensed, hardened, tendency towards stiffness.
Physiology:
Disturbed sense of hunger and appetite, undernourished.
Psychiatric
behavior: Coercive personality structure, with overly correct and pedantic
thoughts and behaviors
Clear,
abstract, mechanical thinking without an emotional component
Tendency
towards pensive, brooding thoughts/tendency towards illusory, unworldly
imaginations (history of Tuberculosis)
Symptoms:
Compulsive thoughts and behaviors to the point of pronounced compulsions, impoverished
imagination and sociability, dull brooding mood, with undertones of religious
delusions.
Ferrum sidereum D20
For fearfulness and poor drive
Application:
three times weekly in the upper arm for four to eight weeks
Urtica dioica Ferro
culta Rh D3 dil.
For
pronounced compulsiveness
Application:
at least 4 weeks, long term therapy is possible
Cinis Urticae Ferro Cultae D3 trit.
For pronounced compulsiveness and rigid
temperament
Application: at least 4 weeks, long term
therapy is possible
Mercurius vivus
naturalis D12 trit.
Lack of
flexibility in thought, difficulty adapting, illusory basic attitude
Application:
4 weeks at the most, then a pause
Pulmo D6
With pronounced compulsiveness in thoughts and
activities
Application: at the beginning of any
constitutional lung therapy for 4 weeks.
Compress: Ginger compress over both lobes of
the lungs
Disturbed Liver Formative Forces
Medical
history: History of hepatitis
Alcohol
abuse/toxic exposures
Tendency
towards sinus inflammations (maxillary sinusitis)
Characteristics
of the fluid organism: Tendency towards local or generalized congestion of
fluids, tendency towards a drying up or being soaked, overflowing
Physiology:
too little thirst or overwhelming sense of thirst
Disinclined
to eat sufficient fats, or fried foods/meat
Psychiatric
behavior: Easy going personality with a tendency towards pictorial experiences
Phlegmatic
temperament/pictorial, emotional, seldom rational thinking
Cumbersome
thought process, with a tendency towards obstinacy and dogmatism
Symptoms:
Primarily weak drive for activity and lack of will power, often + constipation
and intolerance of certain foods.
Cichorium
D3 dil.
For loss of
appetite and clear diurnal mood swings
Application:
at least 4 weeks
Cichorium Stanno cultum Rh D3 dil. or
For loss of appetite, diurnal swings and a
tendency towards chronic depressive symptoms, history of inflammatory liver
disease
Hepar-Magnesium
D4
Depressive
symptoms combined with severe exhaustion
Application:
at least 4 weeks three times weekly
Hepar-Stannum D4
For intermittent treatment and stabilization
Taraxacum
Stanno cultum Rh D3 dil. and
Lacking
vitality, dried out, adynamic
Application:
at least 4 weeks
Chelidonium D3
dil., Chelidonium Rh D3
Tendency
towards subicteric conditions, unable to tolerate fats and fried foods, eczema
and inflammatory skin reactions
Application:
at least 4 weeks
Chelidonium
Ferro cultum Rh D3
Weak drive
with irritated ill humor
Application:
at least 4 weeks
Choleodoron Dil
Subicteric conditions, unable to tolerate fats
and fried foods, difficulty getting going in the morning
Carduus marianus capsules
For a history of alcohol and other toxic
substances
Application: long term
Hepatodoron
tablets
Difficulty
staying asleep, with pattern of waking about 3 a.m., diurnal ups and downs,
tendency towards constipation
Application:
long term
Compresses:
A hot, wet compress with yarrow, wormwood, or
skin temperature compress with Oxalis essence
Organ embrocation for the liver
Stannum met. 0.4% salve (chronic conditions)
Ferrum met. 0.4% salve (for loss of will power
or restlessness)
Oxalis salve 30% (tendency towards cramps,
history of trauma)
Baths
Sulfur baths for dried up, sluggish, afebrile constitution
Oil baths
Oxalis oil
Disturbed Kidney Formative Forces
Medical
History: History of inflammations of the kidney or renal pelvis
Tendency
towards cystitis or ascending urinary tract infections/towards sinus inflammation
(Sinusitis frontalis)
Characteristics
of the air organism.
Entire
organism is either too weakly or too deeply “breathed-through,” flat, or
superficial breathing or congested breathing
Physiology:
Need/urge for air
Feeling
that can’t get enough fresh air, can’t completely breath in and out
Psychiatric
behavior: Emotional personality with rash, temperamental mood swings, intense
emotional experiences and affect
Tendency
towards inner tension, overstraining, restlessness, nervousness, hectic
Erratic,
superficial thought, determined by emotions
Quickly
exhausted
Symptoms:
generally restlessness, tension, agitation, inwardly vibrating, air hunger and
emotional irritability
Cuprum met.
praep. D6
Tension and
restlessness combined with inner chill
Application:
at least 4 weeks
Chalkosin D4 trit.
For tension and restlessness, especially when
accompanied by over-functioning of the thyroid
Application: at least 4 weeks
Chamomilla
Cupro culta Radix Rh D3 or Chamomilla
Cupro culta Radix D3 dil.
Inner tension,
which goes into a tendency for cramps in the region of the stomach and
intestines
Melissa Cupro culta Rh D3 or dil.
Inner tension combined with fear and chill.
Application: at least 4 weeks
Equisetum
arvense Rh D6 or dil.
Insufficient
structuring in the lower human being with a tendency towards water retention
and functional fluid congestion
Application:
at least 4 week
Carbo Betulae cum Methano D6 trit.
Inner restlessness with bloating and a tendency
towards diarrhea
Application: long term
Carbo
Betulae D8/Crataegus D2
Inner
restlessness combined with shortness of breath and heart problems
Application:
long term
Compresses
Ginger kidney compress (inner restlessness,
tension, air hunger, inner chill)
Equisetum kidney compress (fluid congestion)
Organ embrocation of the Kidney
Cuprum met. praep. 0.4% oil or rose-copper
salve
Full baths
Equisetum tea
Oil Baths
Equisetum ex herba 5% oil
Disturbed Heart Formative Forces
Medical
History: Inflammatory illnesses of the heart
Cardiac
malformations.
Characteristics
of the warmth organization. Disturbed: warmth formation, warmth distribution,
ability to transform warmth
Physiology:
Disturbed movement habits (not enough).
Deficient
warmth formation
Psychiatric
behavior: Personality structure with a moral tendency
Overly
conscientious, fearful being
Tendency
towards aggressivity
Symptoms:
feelings of guilt, fear of death, aggressive irritability or also aggressive
restraint
Aurum met.
praep. D12 or trit., as well as D20
Feelings of
guilt, anguish, fear of death, remorse
Concerned
more with the despair of existence and those depressions whose solutions point
to a transformation of life's goals and meanings. It has to do with the
transformation of material into spiritual goals.
Application:
long term
Leonurus cardiaca D3 Dil.
Anguish in connection with “heart
restlessness,” pectanginal discomfort
Application: long term
Hypericum
Auro cultum Rh D3 or dil.
Depressive
symptoms with gloom, loss of perspective and life weariness, connection with
existential „angst“.
Application:
long term
Carbo D 8/Crataegus D 2
Fear with pectanginal discomfort and shortness
of breath
Application: long term
Crataegus
drops
Older
adults with early cardiac insufficiency, shortness of breath and simultaneous
fear
Cactus comp. II
Fear, combined with irregular heart rhythms or
pectanginal discomfort
Salve application
Aurum Lavandula
Rosae comp. (fearful
restlessness and sleep disturbances)
Compresses:
Arnica essence (for fearful restlessness and
pectanginal discomfort)
Oil Baths
Melissa oil
The
relation of depression to the liver is obvious in the experience of
Hepatitis/Sn and Fe have a special relation/affinity for the parenchymatous and
bile functions. Stann-met. may arouse and unlock the torpid and paralysed will,
Fe will serve more to fan it with enthusiasm and give it individual force to
take its place in the world, to fight for its place.
There are
of course many other remedies needed in depression, but these three give a
certain orientation in penetrating the dark enigmas of this state. There are
many preparations of these metals to choose from. (vegetabilized metals: metals potentized by the passage
through corresponding plants).
Frei nach: Thomas Cowan, M.D.
There are
many parallels between what happened with penicillin and infectious disease and
the current story unfolding with SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Re-uptake
Inhibitors) and depression. A primary parallel involves diagnosis. “Infections”
are often not a primary event but rather a “cleansing” response.
So
diagnosis of depression is fraught with difficulty. As with all psychiatric
illness based on a kind of subjective grading of symptoms, no two “experts”
will agree on what is the actual definition of depression. The manuals of
psychiatry give amounts of time and severity of symptoms, along with various
somatic (body) reactions, but a constellation of symptoms is a different thing
altogether than an actual definition of an illness. The bottom line is that the
diagnosis of depression is based on the subjective understanding of the illness
in the eyes of the psychiatrist. As many authors have pointed out there is no
consensus definition of depression, but the diagnosis varies widely across
various cultures and has dramatically changed from an incidence of about one in
1.000 people in the pre-Prozac era to about one in eight or nine after the
introduction of Prozac. Also, there are no studies that show that Serotonin levels
have anything to do with the phenomenon we call depression (see „Let Them Eat
Prozac“ from David Healy for documentation of these facts).
In my
practice of medicine over the past 20 years, people with an incredible array of
symptoms have come to me saying that they suffer from depression. They include
people with persistent sadness/sadness is the primary emotion they feel or at
least remember that they feel. People with difficulty concentrating call this
depression; people who are shy and have difficulty finding success in social
life, people having difficulty holding a job, people being angry, suicidal,
bored, or even those who are trying to starve themselves all relate to this
title of depression. Each of these people have a legitimate complaint/and I
would love to be able to help them come to a deeper understanding and healing
in their lives; I just don’t think that each of them suffers from an illness
called depression. What is it then?
Studying
the history of the plant
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