What Everybody Ought to Know About Treating PTSD Naturally
Best treatment for PTSD – Homeopathy and healing trauma
Homeopathy is a natural and safe method of treatment
Using homeopathic remedies to treat the symptoms associated with PTSD, depression and anxiety, is safe, effective, non-toxic and not habit forming. Conventional medicine treatment of PTSD frequently involved antidepressants and anti-anxiety medicines, but there are natural alternatives.
- Homeopathic medicines help you heal without the potential side-effects and risk of dependency, often associated with conventional drugs used in treating these conditions.
- Homeopathy helps you recover from your symptoms, rather than masking your symptoms. Conventional drugs sometimes have a numbing effect on the person, as well as causing new symptoms (side-effects). The correct homeopathic remedy given, triggers and assists your body to heal itself and restore health.
- Homeopathy uses a holistic approach to healing, taking all aspects of you mental, emotional and physical life (experience and symptoms) into consideration before prescribing the medicine to fit your individual and unique symptom picture.
June is PTSD awareness month
The majority of patients who contact me for help are struggling with debilitating mental and emotional symptoms. PTSD is a condition frequently helped by homeopathic treatment, both in acute and long standing cases, where the incident(s) happened months or years back in time. Many who get in touch with me are looking for a natural and safe alternative to psychotropic drugs, due to concerns about their safety and efficacy.
PTSD awareness is much needed since studies show that up to 3/4 of those suffering with symptoms of PTSD never receive or seek help for their condition. Living with the symptoms of PTSD, at times accompanied by depression, OCD, or other disorder, can significantly impair the person’s life. If you or someone you know are suffering with PTSD, know that there is hope for overcoming the symptoms and return to a life of freedom and peace of mind.
What is PTSD?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be triggered by witnessing or experiencing a violent, life threatening event, such as an accident, a terror attack (Paris, Kabul, London, Manchester, and sadly many others) active combat, being a witness to war, abuse, sudden loss of a loved one etc. The common denominator of PTSD is having experienced or witnessed an event involving the threat of death, serious injury, or a threat to the physical well-being of oneself or others. Only physical threats come under the definition of trauma in PTSD.
Symptoms of PTSD
Symptoms associated with experiencing or witnessing a violent event often occur immediately after the event happened and may be effectively treated with homeopathy. PTSD however is only diagnosed in conventional terms after a person experiences symptoms for at least a month following a traumatic event.
The main symptoms found in PTSD:
- Re-experiencing the trauma through persistent and distressing recollections of the event through nightmares and flashbacks.
- Avoidance and emotional numbing. Avoiding places, people and situations which may trigger memories and re-experiencing the original trauma.
- Increased arousal and hyper vigilance. Difficulty sleeping, easily startled, quick to feeling irritability, anger or even violent.
Case examples of recovery from PTSD with homeopathy
Case 1 – The war within
Jeff (name has been changed) is a U.S, veteran, and had been serving in active combat in the Middle East. He contacted me after years of battling what he described as “a war inside”. Constant nightmares of war, terror and killings defined his nights. Unable to sleep through a single night without waking from terrible nightmares was becoming unbearable to live with. It was all taking a tremendous toll on his quality of life, as well as on his ability to perform at his current job as a mechanic.
The homeopathic interview during the first consultation lasts about 1,5 – 2 hours. I listen to every detail about the persons experience surrounding the reason they came to see me, as well as many other aspects of the persons life, including general health history, childhood, various likes and dislikes, physical symptoms when applicable etc. These are are all important aspects of choosing the specific remedy that will help the individual heal.
In Jeff’s case, I gave the homeopathic remedy Stramonium which brought about an amazing shift in his ability to sleep peacefully through the night, for the first time in many years. The nightmares subsided after about 2 weeks of taking the remedy. After seeing me regularly for the next 4 months the nightmares went away completely. The memories of the traumatic events Jeff experienced during his time in the Middle East are of course still there, but they are no longer tormenting and terrorizing him during the night, preventing him from living a normal and productive life.
Case 2 – Still in prison
Tom, (name has been changed) age 42, came to see me, accompanied by his elderly father. Tom’s father had called me a couple of weeks prior to our consultation to book an appointment for his son, a result of a referral from one of my patients, previously treated for depression.
Tom was struggling with symptoms of PTSD, as well as a history of alcohol abuse. The history of alcohol abuse started when Tom was in his late teens, according to him, a result of difficult circumstances in the family home. He stayed away from his parents home most days, stopped going to school, and spent the majority of his time hanging out with “the wrong crowd”, drinking and getting involved in petty crime.
Things quickly took a turn for the worse for Tom. When he was in his early 20’s he was arrested for a serious crime and ended up spending 17 years of his life in one of Americas most notorious prisons. During all those years behind bars, Tom had experienced, and been witness to, several incidents of violence, some extremely dramatic.
When I saw Tom for our first consultation, he had been out of prison for a couple of years. Tom was dealing with flashbacks of the violent events he had been witnessing while in prison, he was having recurrent nightmares, had tremendous anxiety about leaving his apartment due fear of something horrible happening outside. In the past year and a half Tom had gone back to drinking to numb the pain and anxiety which was always present, day and night. He spent most of his days and nights isolated in his apartment, “as if I’m still in prison”.
His father had been a steadfast support and a frequent visitor during all the years Tom spent in prison, and had remained so after the release. Toms father was in poor health and very concerned about what would happen to his son should he no longer be around to support him in his daily struggle.
In the past year and a half Tom had gone back to drinking to numb the fear, pain and anxiety. Tom wanted more than anything to finally become a productive member of society, not going back to drowning himself in “alcohol and self-pity”.
The homeopathic remedy Lyssinum matched the detailed description of how Tom was experiencing his symptoms of PTSD. The healing process for Tom stretched over a period of a year and a half with steady improvement happening with each consultation. I had to adjust the dose of the remedy given about 8 weeks into treatment as some progress and good results were apparent, but not holding for any length of time. With the change of potency the changes in Toms mental state became more significant and longer lasting between each consultation. A decrease in the frequency of nightmares and eventually feeling comfortable enough to venture outside the apartment on his own, started happening about 3 months into treatment with Lyssinum. A year and a half after Tom came to see me he was free of nigh terrors, and free of his dependency on alcohol to numb and subdue. Tom went on to work in the family business that was started by his grandfather, and still run by his loving and supportive father.
It is important to emphasize that each case is unique, and chronic problems like PTSD are best handled by a qualified homeopathic practitioner.
Don’t delay getting the help you need! I am always happy to answer any questions you may have about the use of homeopathy in PTSD. Email me: lone@naturligvishomeopathy.com to schedule a time with me, or get in touch here
If you are currently taking antidepressants or other conventional drugs for you PTSD, please know that you can still add homeopathic treatment, as it does not interfere with conventional medications. During homeopathic treatment we often experience a reduction in the conventional drugs needed, and in some cases no further need at all. A reduction in, or a stopping of taking your conventional medications, should always been done under the careful supervision of your MD and homeopath.
Classical Homeopath Lone Pedersen DCH, MNHL
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