In the grip of the credit crunch impacting on our day to day lives many families are now struggling with the increased demands on their domestic overheads. This has thereby forced many workers to extend their working hours or take additional jobs on board to help meet their increasing overheads. Many families have had to make significant cut backs in their spending and this has greatly impacted on their quality of lives. Long working hours and increased stress is believed to have a direct impact on reducing such individuals health, resulting in Depression and chronic illness.
Symptoms of depression are: changes in mood, with sadness, indifference to things that are usually pleasure, decrease in the usual level of functioning, and often, there are changes in functioning of the function of biological processes like sleep, appetite, energy, and sexual functioning. At times these functions decrease, at other times they will increase. Some people will have increased sleep and/or appetite; others, or at other times, will have decreased sleep and/or appetite. Researchers have concluded that homeopathy may be useful in the treatment of some patients with anxiety or depression, either as an adjunctive treatment or as a sole treatment in patients who specifically request it.(Davidson J, et.al, 1997, "Homeopathic Treatment of Depression and Anxiety", Alternative Therapies, Vol.3, No.1, January)
Depression is currently treated by the medical profession with Anti-depressants. As with all drugs some people react badly to antidepressants, whilst side effects can seem quite mild in others.The irony here of course is that, helpful as antidepressants may be for some people at some times, these side effects can be very depressing in themselves. Because no one antidepressant has been proven to be any more effective than any other, the choice of which drug to prescribe often rests on their different side effects! The overwhelming popularity of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) was in part due to their apparent "safety" over more toxic drugs when used improperly. Some of the Tricyclics are extremely toxic in overdose, such as Dothiepin, Amitriptyline and Imiprimine.
Many people arrive at the homeopaths consultation room after having already chosen to receive conventional treatment in the form of anti-depressants but with no overall benefit to their health. Homeopathy can work along side to help such individuals restore their level of health over a committed period of time by both practitioner and patient. This may vary from person to person depending on the duration of illness and the symptoms experienced.
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