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Homeopathic Remedies for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a severe and complex mental health condition in which a person fails to understand or to differentiate between reality and unreality. It is mainly characterized by delusions and hallucinations. Delusions are fixed, false beliefs that cannot be shaken even when a reason is given against such beliefs. Hallucinations are sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimuli like hearing a voice or seeing an image that is not present in reality. Disordered thinking and abnormal social behavior also accompany these characteristic features.

There is a vast scope for the treatment of many such psychological complaints with homeopathy. Homeopathic medicines are found to be very effective in treating Schizophrenia. Being of natural origin, they are free from any toxic side effects and are safe to use. Apart from safety, homeopathic medicines for schizophrenia are also not habit-forming, and one can withdraw their use once recovery begins. Homeopathic medicines act deeply and aim to work on correcting the root cause of the disease. Delusions of varying kinds, hallucinations, and the other accompanying features of Schizophrenia are treatable with natural homeopathic medicines. Due to the use of these medicines, the intensity of symptoms is seen to reduce gradually and there is a sense of general well-being.

Homeopathic Medicines for Schizophrenia

Homeopathic Medicines For Schizophrenia

There is a huge list of homeopathic medications to treat Schizophrenia, and the remedies are selected symptomatically depending on a case-to-case basis. The top-ranked homeopathic medicines for Schizophrenia are Lachesis, Anacardium Orientale, and Hyoscyamus Niger. The keynote symptoms of these homeopathic remedies are as follows:

1. Lachesis – Top-Grade Medicine

Lachesis is the top recommended medicine for schizophrenia treatment. Certain delusions are mainly indicated for the use of this medicine. These include the patient’s delusion about having been poisoned by someone, being harmed, or being followed by enemies. There is suspicion to an extreme degree towards everything. The sensation of being under the control of some superhuman power is yet another unique feature in persons needing Lachesis. Another delusion could be there are robbers in the house. In some cases, there is a delusion that she is dead and people are preparing for her funeral. A wish to isolate themselves, aversion to work, and a marked loquacity (excessive talking) are also present among such subjects. There is disorganized speech and continuous talking marked by quick jumping from one subject to another unrelated subject. Repetition of the same words over and over again is also present in the speech.

2. Anacardium Orientale – For Auditory Hallucinations

Anacardium Orientale is an important medicine for Schizophrenia where a person hears voices. The voices are mostly of spirits or dead people. A few patients narrate that the voices say that they are going to die soon. Some patients say that the spirits call their names, and command them to follow them. Some patients state that the voices inside them speak in abusive language. Those who need it experience delusion as if the mind and body are separated and delusion of being double or having two wills. A very unique delusion that may be present is that on one shoulder an angel is sitting commanding and doing good things, and on the second shoulder a devil is sitting asking to commit bad things. Other accompanying features are extreme sadness, absent-mindedness, suspicion, indifferent behaviour, and lack of interest in anything. Forgetfulness, aversion to work, desire to swear and curse, and talking in phrases that make no sense are also some characteristic symptoms that may be present. Another unique feature is the feeling that everything is a dream, and nothing is real.

3. Hyoscyamus Niger – For Delusion Of Being Poisoned And Seeing Absent Persons

Hyoscyamus Niger is useful in cases where the patient thinks someone is going to poison them. In most cases, as a result, they avoid eating or drinking offered by others. There is also a suspicion that family members are keeping a watch over them all the time.  Sometimes the patient does things that appear foolish. Laughing loudly at everything is also distinctly present. An impulse to strike and bite others may also arise along with delusions. Excessive and hurried talking, and unintelligible muttering can also appear. One may make strange and funny gestures like a clown dancing. The next important symptom to use this medicine is when a patient says he is able to see people who are not actually present.

4. Stramonium – Where Patients Talk with Imaginary Spirits

Stramonium works well in cases of Schizophrenia where the patient thinks that they can talk with spirits. Patients who need this remedy say that they are under the influence of these spirits. They may also say that they are in communication with God. They carry out conversations with imaginary people. A feeling of restlessness accompanies talking to spirits and imaginary people.  Delusions about the presence of multiple people in the room may also arise though none are there in reality. The patient sees people coming out of all corners of the chamber. Patients who hear voices that scold them are also treated well with Stramonium. Another delusion that points towards using Stramonium is a firm belief by the sufferer that he is going to die soon. As a consequence, they start to give directions for their funeral. A constant praying and recitation of religious rhymes also predominantly appear with the above features.

5. Platina – For Schizophrenia Accompanied By Delusions Of Grandiosity

Platina is a high-grade homeopathic medicine for Schizophrenia with delusions of grandiosity. Patients who need Platina think of themselves as superior to others, and of great value to humanity. They believe that they are better than everyone else, and that all others are insignificant in comparison. Even the closest family members seem to be of no value and inferior to them. They exhibit great pride and are extremely critical of others.

6. Baryta Carb – For Suspicion That A Person Is Being Talked About

Baryta Carb is helpful in treating Schizophrenia where sufferers have a high suspicion that other people are talking about them. There is also a feeling that they are being made fun of and people are always laughing at them. Other symptoms that accompany are difficulty in concentration and confusion of the mind. Childish behaviour is also common among patients who need the medicine — Baryta Carb.

7. Plumbum Met – For Delusions Of Conspiracies Of Being Murdered

Plumbum Met is administered for Schizophrenia among those suffering from delusions of others conspiring to murder them. These individuals think everyone around them is a murderer and their life is in danger. Sadness, melancholy, restlessness, anxiety, aversion to talking, and absent-mindedness also prevail.

8. Thuja Occidentalis – For Sensation Of Being Under Superhuman Control

Thuja Occidentalis is of help in cases where the patient feels as if he is under the control of some superhuman power. The patient has a vacant look with staring eyes and may talk in a hasty way or use the wrong words while talking. They are also sad, irritable, and suffer from insomnia. They are usually unable to manage daily life tasks.

9. Calcarea Carb – For Delusions Of Being Followed By Someone All The Time

Calcarea Carb is administered for Schizophrenia with a delusion of being followed by someone all the time. Along with this, there is the fear that something bad is going to happen. Fear of misfortune and of losing reasonableness in one’s life is also present. Anxiety, high irritability without any reason, and the constant fear of death also appear.

10. Kali Bromatum – Where Persistent Sleeplessness Attends Delusions

Kali Bromatum is a medicine for Schizophrenia where there is persistent insomnia accompanied by delusions. The delusions are of varying kinds. They mainly include delusions of conspiracy, and of persecution (as if someone is conspiring against them or pursuing them). Symptoms of depression, which include profound melancholy, indifference to life, and uncontrollable weeping, are also present. Such patients fear talking to people. Another marked symptom is a feeling of being singled out as the only person for divine wrath.

11. Cannabis Indica – For Disorganized Speech

Cannabis Indica is a very useful medicine for Schizophrenia with the presence of disorganized and incoherent speech, with the tendency to stammer. A person who needs Cannabis Indica begins speaking but is unable to complete a sentence. They forget words while talking. A lot of ideas tend to crowd their brain, and they get lost in thought and/or are unable to fix their attention on one subject. Uncontrollable laughter may arise when the patient laughs at every word spoken to him. They even laugh at serious matters. They, however, have the persistent fear of becoming insane.

12. Medorrhinum – When Nothing Seems Real

Medorrhinum is a medicine for Schizophrenia when nothing seems real, and the person feels everything is a dream. This is accompanied by feelings of anxiety and of always being in a hurry. Patients are also impulsive, and cruel and tend to use abusive language. As night approaches they are overwhelmed by the fear of someone following them. They have delusions of people looking at them from behind the furniture. Apart from the above symptoms, sudden mood changes may also be present. A very characteristic feature is that patients constantly think that they have done some unpardonable sin and are going to hell, so they keep praying.

13. Aurum Met – To Manage Depression

This medicine is of great value to manage depression in such cases. Those who need it have intense sadness, and hopelessness along with predominating suicidal thoughts. They feel as if life is a burden, and the future is all dark. They indulge in self-criticism. There is a desire to die, and such people constantly talk of self-destruction and suicide.

Reasons Behind Schizophrenia

1. The exact reason behind Schizophrenia is still not clear to the medical fraternity. However, a combination of genetic, and environmental factorsseems to play a vital role in making a person prone to developing Schizophrenia. It most commonly begins in teenage or early adulthood.

2. It is also thought that some imbalance in chemicalsused by the brain(neurotransmitters dopamine, glutamate, serotonin) for communication between one nerve cell to another nerve cell and losing connections in some brain areas may play a role behind its cause.

Risk Factors

There are certain factors that increase the risk of schizophrenia such as:

  1. Family history of schizophrenia
  2. Certain viral infections to the mother during foetal development, malnutrition, stress, exposure to toxins during foetal life, and having gestational diabetes, and preeclampsia increases the risk of schizophrenia in baby
  3. Infections and autoimmune diseases that affect the brain
  4. Prolonged stress for long time periods
  5. Using psychotropic drugs like cannabis
  6. Some factors like childhood trauma, abuse in childhood, dysfunctional families, death of mother/father, unemployment, being bullied or any deep insult in the past may increase the risk of schizophrenia in a person who has a predisposition for it.

Symptoms Of Schizophrenia

1)Positive/psychotic symptoms: These means symptoms related to actions and thoughts not based on reality

A). Hallucinations: Sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimuli like hearing a voice or seeing an image that is not present in real. a). Mainly auditory hallucinations occur in schizophrenia, in which the sufferer hears voices in the absence of any sensory stimulus.

b) Hallucinations related to smell, taste, and vision may also occur though these are not common.

B). Delusions: It is a firm belief in something with a lack of evidence to support it. a) Delusions are mainly persecutory in nature. In these delusions, patients feel that someone is plotting to harm them, someone is spying on them, they are being followed by someone, or someone will poison them. b) A delusion as if someone is controlling their thoughts or is keeping a watch on them is also a prominent feature among some of those who suffer. c)Delusion that they are very important or have excess fame.d) Delusion of possessing extraordinary powers e) Delusion that another person is in love with you.

3. Disorganized Speech: Disorganized speech and confused thoughts are present. The sufferer may give an answer to a question that has no link to the asked question. Senseless talking, jumping from one subject to the other quickly while talking. Speaking in a monotone, and saying meaningless words may also arise. They may also feel as if some external source is controlling their thoughts or think that they have some extraordinary powers.

4. Negative symptoms: These refer to not showing normal behaviour by persons having schizophrenia: It includes social withdrawal, losing interest in life activities, weak expression of emotions (not sad on sad occasions or not happy on happy occasions), lack of facial expressions, fewer to no gestures, lack of emotions, lack of motivation, neglect in maintaining personal hygiene.

5. Other symptoms are difficulty in recalling things, confusion of thoughts, poor concentration, moving slowly, writing excessively but meaninglessly, difficulty in making decisions, changes in sleeping patterns, and suicidal thoughts.

6. Catatonia:In some cases, the sufferer may stop talking with the body fixed in a particular position for long hours.

Complications

If not treated certain complications can arise such as:

Anxieties, obsessive-compulsive disorder, aggression, depression, suicidal thought or attempt, drug abuse, and alcohol abuse are a few things that may complicate Schizophrenia.

Diagnosis

1.There are no lab tests to diagnose schizophrenia. It is diagnosed by ruling out other mental health conditions and substance-induced psychosis. Certain tests may be carried out like MRI, and CT scan to check for changes in brain structure; blood tests to rule out other causes of symptoms.

2. A detailed psychiatric evaluation and symptom study is required to diagnose schizophrenia

3. Criteria given in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

(DSM-5) may be used to diagnose schizophrenia. As per this manual two diagnostic criteria have to be present for one month with a major impact on social or occupational functioning for minimum of six months. Among these one symptom is to become hallucinatory, one remains in delusion and disorganized speech and the second symptom is to be some among negative symptoms or disorganized or catatonic behaviour.

 

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Comments

  1. Momin Uddin says:

    Sir.Good morning I am suffering mental diseases like normal mania & sliplessness I took allopathic treatment different antiphysotic now I want to take homieomadicine pls advise me

  2. Rajkishore Prasad says:

    Can lachasis, Hysc 30, anacard 30 and Lyxo 30 given together

  3. Agnelo dsouza says:

    Only auditory hallucinations of women and children wanting to take 75 year old wife(retired teacher). to the police station.
    Wants her to be the principal of the tutorial class in the next building.
    Dsouza
    I need a doctor to evaluate her condition.

  4. Narendra Surana says:

    My son Rishabh now 28 is suffering from schizophrenia for last 10 years.sometimes he hears voice of a female who threat him follow her or he will be punished.he has restricted his life activities following her instructions or conclusions made by himself.he take care to do Minute to minute activities accordingly.he was on psychotic medicines for 3-4 years.once he made suicidal attempt.after that he stoped all medicine except one sizopine 100mg at night.for last four he was maintaining himself with this although he was not social,not doing any creative work,less talk with anybody .now a days he again hears little voices and act accordingly .also sometimes he feel fear attack of insecurity which last for 2-3 hrs after taking zapis .5mg .can you help me to get his life to normal.
    Please reply soon. Thanks

  5. Mallika L says:

    We are taking meds for schizophrenia for my son for 8 years..
    He is 27 years old now.. recently for the past 10 months , he had a hard time..
    For the past 7 years, he was managed with allopathic medicine with our encouragement to do some studies or works, but he couldn’t get succeed but got overwhelmed ; his sleep and appetite went bad; he had video game addiction and restlessness.from jan 2020, he skipped his meds too ; his voice hearing was very bad. He started murmuringand laughing himself.. he got admitted in hospital on March 2020.. he got powerful meds ,ECTs .. in hospital he became aggressive and more delusion; in that merge of reality and imagination state he was high and broke the glass door and broke his arm.. 2 major artery cut and 2 nerves cut.. had two major surgery and we saved his life with his hand, but physiotherapy is going going for the past 5 months to bring back his hand movement.
    Now the main problem is he thinks he got offer to work in Mars ; daily he is asking when can go Mars; he is talking telepathy with many public figures like Donald Trump or his friends; his memory is poor after this hospitalization.. doctors are saying due to our med skip he has become like this and we tried all powerful med and so his current condition becomes chronic.. so we are looking alternative options.. what is my son’s prognosis?
    Thanks

  6. Bojana Jankovic says:

    Hi, Dr. Sharma.
    I am 35 years old. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at age 17. I used Cannabis from 15 until the time I was diagnosed and after I started taking Risperidone at 18 I started smoking cigarettes. I stopped taking my Risperidone and relapsed and attacked my boyfriend under the suspicion that he was unfaithful. I was put on Perphenazine and the medication stopped working and I attacked my mother under the suspicion that she was abusing my father. I was put on Zuclopenthixol.

    I have had delusions of high Grandeur believing my father was a billionaire living under a pseudonym and that my mother was a gypsy and not my natural mother.

    I have had delusions that my prison guards had conspired to kill me.

    I have had periods of no sleep for 4 months.

    I have had delusions of a microchip being place in my left eye and being under the control of a famous rock star who could read my mind and send impulses into my brain communicating with me thus.

    I have had delusions of all of my friends and family achieving some kind of great success and leaving me behind to live in squalor not parcel to their secret lives and identities as famous musicians and writers.

    I have had delusions of being followed by acquaintances and cameras in the ventilation shafts used to spy on me as well as being followed by the government through the television and they sending messages to me through regular television programming.

    I have had delusions of people hiding in my closet.

    I have never had visual or auditory hallucinations but I have had periods of high mania with self-talking and an aversion to work, laughter at inappropriate times and a fear of becoming insane.

    I have had delusions that people could read my mind and that they were whispering about me or talking about me and I have had delusions that people infer significance in what is said to things left unsaid and vice versa.

  7. hamid nazir says:

    My son is a MBBS Doctor. Patient of schizophrenia for the last 15 years. Worked in a NGO. RESIGNED 1 YEAR back. Non social. Married and separated after 2 years. One child. Sleeps during day time and wakes during night. Doesn’t visit any Doctor. Doesn’t care the child. Avoids people. No bath. No change of clothes.anxiety. Doesn’t go outside.giving medicine but no improvement. Kindly prescribe medicine.

  8. Cindy Neethling says:

    My son is 23 yrs old, he has been treated for schizophrenia. He has recently been at a clinic due to depression and currently in ICU due to a viral infection which has affected the tissue of his heart and will only be discharged once the enzymes come down. We are wanting to discourage meds and want to take the holistic approach but need guidance on this. Our son is unemployed and we really want to assist him with getting back in to society.

  9. Sir , My Son is having symptoms as listed, and is suffering from symptom of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder .He performs all his tasks, daily routine works. But he is not focused and keeps on listening to music and songs. He fights with me. He sometimes depicts as if he is missing wisdom.and touch of reality. He some times depicts extreme energy and super power. He is on medicines. He is unable to express his feeling. How can u help me. Age of my son 20 years.

  10. Maria Hanna says:

    My brother is 51 yrs old and dx with schizophrenia at the age of 20. He is on geodon 60mg 2xs a day. No meds have ever helped him. Can he take homeopathic meds with his geodon or would he have to stop the geodon first. I appreciate any help. Also, my brother lives with me and he’s not doing very good at this time. He would probably have to take all the meds listed because he is having all the symptoms listed. Thank you and God bless you. Maria Hanna

  11. Divya Srivastava says:

    Hi Doctor

    I have schezophrenia for the past 8-9 years.
    I want to treat it with homeopathy.Please help me.

    Thanks
    Divya

  12. Divya Srivastava says:

    Hi Dr, Sharma

    I have schezophrenia and want to treat it with homeopathic medicine.
    Can you suggest me a medicine for that.I have the following symptoms:
    Feeling of a conspiracy against me.
    Feeling that someone is trying to harm me.
    Feeling that someone is trying to separate me and my husband.
    Feeling that people are talking about me.
    Feeling that i am going to get placed in a very good company and that company is following me.
    Feeling that they have considered me for making their CEO and somehow they are keeping an eye on me and trying to train me.
    Sometimes i feel that i am the best person on earth and sometimes i live with guilt feelings all the time.
    I sometimes lose trust on my own husband and parents.that they are trying to harm me.
    When my huband is away from me for a long time , i think that he will never come back and will leave me , and get married again to another woman , and i start behaving abnormally , aggresive behaviour and start doubting my own parents and in-laws that this is their conspiracy.
    I dont have trust on anybody in this world , even the doctors that has treated me in the past , i doubt that he is trying to make me more mental.
    I dont trust alopathic medicines , i want to treat it with homeopathic medicine.
    I dont know how to live with this disease and for how ling it will disturb my life.
    Please help me treat it with homeopathic medicines.I will be very grateful to you.
    I used to be a hard working and sincere girl , but this disease spoilt everything , i want to get rid of it doctor , please help me.I love my husband and family very much , but they have lost trust on me as nobody in this world will understand my problem.I hope you will as you are a doctor.

    Thanks in advance
    Divya Srivastava

  13. Ayesha Kalim says:

    My husband is a patient of schizophrenia and taking his regular medications since 3 years. He often complains of muscle aches and stiffness. We want to use some homeopathic remedies for him to help him cure his illness. What would you suggest him.

  14. Dt Sharma writes: “Delusion is a firm belief in something with the lack of evidence to support it”.

    Well, then, that would make every single Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Sikh and most other religious people schizophrenic because they have a firm belief in a God/Deity for which there is no firm evidence.

    I think this statement needs to be qualified by saying that it is only a delusion if the belief without evidence is not one that is shared by one’s wider social group.

    In the 1960s, some American psychiatrists carried out research in rural Ireland and concluded that there was an extremely high rate of schizophrenia there. They thought this because virtually everyone they interviewed talked of their belief in fairies and various other supernatural beings. But in Ireland at that time there was a widely held belief in all kinds of supernatural spirits, like fairies, púcas, banshees etc. So the US Psychiatrists came to a wrong conclusion. The Irish people were not suffering from delusions.

    Not every belief for which there is no “scientific evidence” is a psychotic delusion!

  15. Hello! My sister is suffering from schizophrenia since 5 years. We have tried several allopathic treatments but no improvement till date. She also refuses to take treatment further. Can homeopathy treat schizophrenia? Please contact.

  16. Can these meds for hallucination comes in one pack of reckweg

  17. Hussain says:

    Hi Doctor hope ur doing good

    For past 3 months my wife is not behaving properly.. Ever since our marriage we had troubled marriage life due suspicious character of my wife and we went a extend of divorce but family interfered and stoped it..

    I have 2 daughters, for past 2 months there as been tiktok addiction say that some actor famous in tiktok is in love with him and she also like her, few days she reacting differently saying that tiktok person is talking only about him through videos in some kind sign language.

    I am worried she don’t sleep at night, dont eat always says that I will die like this.. I have 2 kids I am worried it will affect there mind too..

    Please help me on this regard

  18. Bikash Chandra Bose says:

    suffering from depression right from childhood.gone through various SSRIs. repeated thought diversions,lack of concentration,motivatition. presently on lamitor od 100,escitolopram,arip mp 2,5 and revotryl 0.5,take medicine for sugar,pressure.

  19. Kulwant says:

    My friend is very suspicious about his wife since there marriage about 30 year.she can not laugh or talk with others Even when she is on job he keep calling her where you are.Suspicion getting worse with age.She is very beautiful.she is not allowed to dress like others

  20. Hello, hope all good. My mother has a brain tumour none cancer, that at this stage time cannot not be removed due to multiple issues involved, but due to this she had start talking to people who are really not their or have died years ago and see animals / birds.
    please guide me of one medicine that would help her, she doesn’t have BP or sugar and have good diet but due to hallucinations sometimes she stops eating during meals or get annoyed. kindly help and advise.
    thanking you in anticipation

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