NEAR DEATH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS: A homeopathic response
In April this year Christine came to see me seeking help with debilitating anxiety and a chronic state of overwhelm originating from not only a frightening, but prolonged period of trauma.
In the summer of 2021 Christine recalled becoming unwell with “covid”, waking in the night gasping for breath, with a loss of taste and smell, horrible rashes all over her body accompanied by a marked weakness. Rather than emerging from this illness and recovering, Christine, only in her late twenties - worsened.
Air-starved and depleted Christine’s health became compromised to such a degree that she eventually reached a state of collapse “I thought I was going to die”. It was at this point some nine months after first becoming unwell that Christine finally found out the real cause of her illness.
Over what was likely a year, potentially longer, Christine was slowly being poisoned by the carbon monoxide leaking in to her car. What was presumed to be “viral” was in fact the signs and symptoms of her body responding to this poisoning - the rashes, breathlessness and weakness all signs of the toxicity she had been enduring.
Two years on, the ramifications of this ordeal were as visceral for Christine as if it were only yesterday, affecting her sleep, her digestive health, her confidence and even her ability to get in to a car without panic.
With a talent for leading groups and public speaking Christine told me “I am less confident to do things I greatly enjoy, for example I love public speaking. I regularly speak to groups of hundreds and even thousands however since the carbon monoxide poisoning I get nervous to speak to a group of ten people. It’s such a foreign feeling, I don’t feel like myself”.
Trauma not only enmeshes itself in to the vital system of a person but inculcates the underlying predispositions a person might harbor. In Christine’s case, this post-traumatic stress had exacerbated her preexisting thyroid and digestive issues.
FIRST PRESCRIPTION
In my practice the role of trauma, toxins and deficiencies are the key factors that I look to address when it comes to determining my prescriptions. My approach involves the use of numerous remedies and varying potencies which I use concurrently - the aim always being to evoke an optimal healing response. Once an individuals deficiencies are addressed and the blocking effects of traumas and toxins removed - our body’s KNOW how to heal.
It was clear that Christine’s opening remedy needed to be OPIUM, an excellent trauma homeopathic particularly where there is the feeling of being out-of-body or not-feeling-like-oneself whilst also being an excellent medicine for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Opium was followed with a daily support of PHOSPHORUS, Christine being quite “The Phosphorus” in nature - having a luminous, sparkling and sensitive quality.
I will frequently use CELL SALTS and on this occasion NATRUM MURIATICUM was prescribed daily, among other things an excellent tissue salt for digestive ailments particularly constipation, irregular periods and when indicated, nourishing for the thyroid.
I often make triad remedy, a combination of CURCUMA CAESIA, LACTOFERRIN and FEL TAURI was prescribed in order to ensure her eliminative pathways remained open and active while undertaking this work.
MEDORRHINUM AMERICANA, my preferred Sycotic Miasm nosode was prescribed alongside a sequence of ascending scale clearing remedies including childhood shots and antibiotics (both of which were factors contributing to her preexisting maladies) and of course CARBON MONOXIDE as a homeopathic remedy.
POLY BOWEL PLUS is a treasured combination that I see as an “anchor” in the majority of my scripts and a classic Human Chemistry Integrated Therapy [HC] remedy. When it comes to balancing and clearing the HC approach is formative in my practice.
FIRST FOLLOW-UP
On her follow-up Christine said “I feel so much more like myself now, I’ve come out of the perpetual state-of-fear”. Her sleep had become deeper and as such she had been waking more refreshed, her driving anxiety had greatly improved with only occasional surges of panic although brief and mild in comparison to what she had previously experienced.
Interestingly in the final weeks where I had prescribed the 10M potency scale, Christine described an occasion of being suddenly overcome with extreme throat pain and surges of bodily shaking for an intense forty-five minutes and then like a fast passing storm - felt everything very much improved after. This “acute” beautifully demonstrates the role of what is often referred to as “an aggravation” but are for the most part positive signs of the body’s self-healing response. All in all an incredibly promising first follow-up.
WHAT’S NEXT
Given the residual effects of post-traumatic stress that remains, I have furthered this treatment in Christine’s next script alongside continued clearing and adrenal support. I now look forward to continuing our collaboration in order to address the deeper states that have manifested in her thyroid, digestive system and accompanying sensitivities.
“When I first came to Pailin I was in extreme physical and emotional distress. My body was reeling from a near-fatal bout with carbon monoxide poisoning and years of autoimmune dysfunction. I knew within a few minutes of talking with her that I wanted to work with her. I knew she had the knowledge and care to help me heal. After the first two months of working with her, I was a different person. My constant anxiety dramatically reduced to the occasional struggle. I felt more myself and more alive. My sleep became deeper and my energy improved. I’m deeply grateful for Pailin and her continued guidance along my health journey. While healing is a process for every individual, Pailin brings so much wisdom and hope. She gave my body the tools it needed and I am so grateful for her professional and kind expertise”
ABOUT HOMEOPATH PAILIN BRZESKI BSC(HONS) LCHE R.HOM.HINT.
Pailin has a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree through Middlesex University and Licentiate to practice from the College of Homeopathic Education in London United Kingdom and is a Human Chemistry Integrated Healing Method Practitioner incorporating Chinese Traditional Medicine [TCM], Aryuvedic Medicine and New Biology perspectives in her treatment approach.
Working with all ages, Pailin runs her clinic via VIDEO CALL worldwide, specialising in conditions arising fro trauma, toxicity and deficiencies from the neurological to musculoskeletal, hormonal to mental and emotional.
