Natural treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

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Hi Dave,

 

I react to your mail because I have been in a similar situation with

my daughter. She has experienced a lot of stress because of not being

and feeling accepted by her schoolmates and teachers. It has resulted

in long-term sleeplessness and ultimately in chronic fatigue, for

which she is going to be treated this fall.

None of what I want to share with you is meant as a prescription of

what you have to do, it is written from my own experience. So when I

write anything not applicable to your situation, please don't feel

offended.

 

There are different ways to get stress relief that I can think of.

For my daughter and myself I have used Valerian (Valeriana

officinalis) drops. Valerian is a natural way, not- addicting and not

making a person sleepy. It relaxes and gives you a feeling you can

cope better by being touched less by what comes to you.

 

When your daugghter is feeling depressed or down, Hypericum is a good

treatment. You can use it as a tea or take drops.

 

I gave my daughter to sleep better a homeopathic med, from A. Vogel

called Dormeasan. Containing Avena sativa, humulus lupulus,

lupulinum, melissa officinalis, passiflora incarnata, valeriana

officinalis.

I live in the Netherlands, so I don't know if you can get that in the States.

 

My daughter had sleeping problems due to stress, so she needed

somthing to sleep better. Now she is on melatonine, but here that is

on prescription only.

 

Other ways are:

bach remedies. You'll have to find a person who can find the flowers

helpful for your daughter.

Homeopathic remedy for constitution. A general constitutional remedy

for the kind of person your daughter is. This can help the person to

get stronger and more able to cope.

 

What a person with too much stress needs is to get grip on her life

by herself. Maybe your daughter could benefit from some kind of

coaching as to how handle stress and to get a good self-esteem.

Mind that I don't talk of therapy, but coaching. I don;t think

there's anything wrong with a person experiencing a lot of stress.

But from my expereince with my daughter, now almost 15 years, help

from outsiders can help a lot. Let alone the fact that kids in that

age often don't have high opinions on what their parents know. And

there is the pitfall of wanting to be your kids healer, at least

that's where i was several times in the last 5 years.

 

Another thing, that helps me a lot is a kind of yoga, a yoga of immunity.

With that I help myself with stress, although my kids think it is a

bit strange.

With simple statements you can release stress and trauma from the

different layers of your consciousness and feel calm and clear

afterwards. here is the link, in case you want to try out:

www.wayimmune.org

 

When you have a kid with any kind of a problem, the thing you want is

to care but not be taken away in the problem too. that is scary for

the kid. So a kind of taking care and looking for solutions/help or

whatever, without feeling helpless yourself. Not being swept away by

emotions. Well, I am talking here in hindsight and my husband always

was better at this than I was )

 

Okay Dave, lots of success for you and your daughter, this was my two cents,

 

greetz, Esther

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My 12 year old daughter has been diagnosed with an Obsessive Compulsive

>Disorder called trichotillomania. With trichotillomania, she pulls out

>her hair due to the stress that she encounters (school, peer pressure,

>etc.). Her doctor suggests that medication may be an option. I don't

>know about you but the anti depressant medications (Prozac, etc.) scare

>the hell out of me! From what I've been researching, it seems the

>medication does not help and sometimes the symptoms can worsen. I have

>been researching some natural alternatives that have been used with

>people who have trichotillomania, but I really don't know much about

>them. I have found four natural ways: 1) Marjoram leaves 2) Kava

>Kava 3) Chamomile tea 4) Natracalm. I have read that Kava Kava

>should only be taken by people who are 18 and up. I have also read

>where some people have found Natracalm to be a very effective natural

>way to relieve the stress. Any further input would be greatly

>appreiated.

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>Thank you,

>Dave

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