Note: Homeopathic Treatment requires strict individualization. Please do not take any medicine without consulting your physician/homeopath.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (O.C.D)
An obsessional symptom is an unwanted thought or impulse which
enters the subjects mind repeatedly despite his/ her conscious resistance.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - CAUSE
The cause of OCD is poorly understood. Genetics is known to play
some role. OCD can rarely occur due to some neurological disease.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Obsessional symptoms are recognized as coming from subjects own
mind. Common themes include repeated thoughts of becoming aggressive
or fears of contamination. These thoughts are often followed by
rituals which are patterns of behavior developed to relieve the
anxiety generated by the original obsession. The rituals involve
repeated checking, hand washing or changing the clothes. The condition
tends to follow a relapsing course.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT & Medicines
for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Homeopathy does offer treatment for OCD. But the treatment is not
very easy (compared to many other mood disorders) and a monitoring
period of many years is required. While treating OCD, 'perseverance'
is the keyword, both for the doctor and the patient. It takes long
time to obtain long-term benefits. The treatment method remains
consistent with the general homeopathic approach towards patient,
disease, and cure.
Some of the medicines commonly indicated in this condition are
lachesis, acid-nitricum, anacardium, natrum-mur, arsenic-alb, thuja,
sabadilla, stannum, medorrhinum etc.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - CONVENTIONAL
TREATMENT
- Behavior therapy is the preferred treatment.
- Medicines like clomipramine and selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors are used.
WHERE CAN I 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 |
