33-years-old Mr. P. A. B. (PIN 15564) visited Life Force on 27th February 2011. He was suffering from anxiety since four years. He used to experience a sense of discomfort or uneasiness with a sensation of heaviness in his chest. He would be restless and nervous. He had very low self-confidence. He was indecisive and confused. He would experience a difficulty while concentrating on his work. His mind would be preoccupied with lots of thoughts, mostly negative. He would get panic on trivial issues and was hyper-reactive. He would suffer from sleeplessness due to excessive and continuous thoughts. He was prescribed anti-anxiety pills, anti-depressants, and anti-epileptics by his allopathic doctor since three months. Since three years, he was continuously on various conventional medicines but he did not find any relief. The allopathic medicines would make him feel sleepy and drowsy.

His appetite was normal. He preferred fish and spicy food. His water intake was normal. He was sensitive to the cold temperature. He was stout in physical appearance.

He was working in the sales faculty of a sanitary ware manufacturing company. His wife was a homemaker. He was staying in a joint family with his parents and elder brother. His elder brother was suffering from depression and did not work. His father had retired from the police force. His mother was a housewife.

He was the sole breadwinner of the family. This responsibility was stressful and disturbing. His father had been a strict disciplinarian in his childhood. He had always been scared of his father. This had resulted in anxiety in him since childhood. His brother was also suffering from depression and anxiety and was not earning.

His father was now suffering from memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. He had to take care of his father and elder brother. His work pressure was also tremendous, as he was in the sales faculty. He had to achieve the targets set in the office. All the stress had taken a toll on his health and made him suffer from this anxiety at such a young age. He was performing well in his career; however, he was not at peace due to anxiety, worry, and anger on petty issues. He looked very sad and gloomy.

His mother had hypothyroidism.

His case was studied in detail by Dr. Shah and he was prescribed a few research-based medicines.

He reported with 25% improvement in his anxiety on 9th June 2011. His restlessness and nervousness had decreased. His sleep was sound for 4 to 5 hours. His relief from heaviness and difficulty in breathing was also better. He had reduced the doses of allopathic medicines to the minimum.

He reported on 4th October 2011 with a further improvement in anxiety. His restlessness and nervousness were further reduced. His sleep had improved. He was further able to reduce the dose of allopathic medicines. His case was reviewed and medicines were upgraded by Dr. Shah.

He reported on 5th December 2011 with overall 50% improvement in his relief from anxiety. His relief from restlessness, nervousness, and sleep was improved by 50%. He was able to reduce his allopathic medicines to half of their previous doses.

He reported in July 2012 after a gap of 6 months in the treatment. His anxiety, nervousness, and breathing difficulty were stable with the medicines. He was diagnosed with high blood pressure a month back and was taking antihypertensive medicines. Stress was severe in his professional field. He now had mild headaches. He was disturbed due to high blood pressure being detected. He feared thinking being suffering from any other major illness. His case details were reviewed and medicines were prescribed by Dr. Shah.

He visited on 26th November 2012 with overall 40% improvement in his relief from headaches, anxiety, and breathing difficulty. He was able to reduce a tablet of allopathic medicine. His sleep was improved and refreshing.

He visited on 15th April 2013 with 70% improvement in his relief from anxiety. His headache was also improved by 70%. He was able to reduce his allopathic medicines and take them on alternate days.

He was happy to report with further improvement in his anxiety on 27th August 2013. He felt 75% improvement in his relief from headaches and heaviness. From a month, he had been able to stop all the allopathic medicines and was feeling relieved.

He was very happy and positive with the overall improvement.

Conclusion:

This case highlights that homeopathy can gift you a great relief from the discomfort and symptoms of anxiety effectively and safely without any side-effects and eliminate your dependency on allopathic medicines.

- Written by Dr. M. N. P., Associate doctor to Dr. Rajesh Shah