I have had panic attacks and anxiety for eight months. I refuse to go on meds. I have tried several different approaches. One of which has been homeopathy. Because of derealism I was put on canchulagua. This helped out a little and I was able to deal for the most part though I would have bad days. My doctor from North Coast Family Health (Naturalpathy) decided to switch my remedy to Arsenic Album. I took a half cap of 200C which made me feel very strange and lathargic (a good strange but on the verge of anxiety) for a couple days... then WHAM! Worst day since the begining of my anxiety. It was like reliving the worst days of my anxiety. The doctor told me to take a 1/4 cap of the 200C again that night. I did as I was told and woke up shaking and anxious in the middle of the night. This morning I felt like I was in pain and did not want to get out of my bed and did not until around 11:00. I have still felt on edge to say the least...

MY QUESTION IS:

Is it true with homeopathy that you can get worse then better like SSRI's to a certain extent? Is this normal that I am reliving the worst parts of the anxity and am undergoing a cleansing of sorts? Is this the right remedy?

Thanks and I am glad I found this forum. I truely believe in the power of homeopathy. I never did until it took away my horrible palpitations that I was having that 3 alblations could not cure.

Can I take an asprine..... will it antidote it?

3rings, I went to the web site for the place you named (in New Hampshire..correct?) but they have nothing other than a phone number and apparently only set hours. Have they not given you an emergency number to call?

Do you have any other remedies on hand? Those that will antidote Ars are: Carb-v., Chin., Ferr., Hep., Ip., Nux-v., Phos., Verat., bry., camph., carb-ac., cham., chin-s., dig., euph., graph., iod., kali-bi., lach., merc., nat-c., nux-m., ol-j., op., plb., rhus-t., samb., sulph., tab.

If so, take one pellet of any potency you have.

If you've none of the above remedies in any potency, you might want to try inhaling anything that has camphor in it such as Tigar Balm, Anbesol.....sorry, I don't know other products to suggest that contain camphor. May be of no use but might try a swig of very strong black coffee.

The exact same dose of Ars might antidote the last but taking 1/4 capful isn't an exact dose, so probably not a good idea to try that.

Do you have any Bach Rescue Remedy? I've used it to stop an aggravation.

If you can get the home number for any of the listed naturopaths .....I'd call till they answered. Let it ring all night. If no answer, start calling all the staff listed on the web site! If still no answer, call the local police department where the *doctors* live and have them go to their homes and knock on their damn doors! No health care provider has the right to prescribe any treatment, including homeopathy and not provide an emergency number to patients for reactions such as yours. It's unforgivable.

If all else fails and you are still truly concerned, go to your local emergency room, give them the names of the personel at the clinic and have them contact the *doctors* any way they can.

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I am actually a bit more calm than I was a few hours ago. I talked to the doctor and she said that my body is going through a cleansing and try to get through it... or antidote it with menthol and try a couple 30C when I feel better. They are really great people there.... just hard to communicate about things sometimes.

What do you all think about the remedy that I am taking for anxiety and panic attacks. I know you need to know a ton about the other things in my life, but what is the experiences you have had using this remedy on patients for anxiety? I also have had some intestinal and stomach issues with anxiety so she thought this would do the trick. My stomach does feel better over the past few days. I still feel off at the moment... but keeping busy usually helps. I just want to get better

3rings, our homeopathic remedies have wide range of effects on our body. You don't have to worry. Just take the medicine as it was suggested by your homeopath. Definitly his suggestion would be based on some concrete ground. Your homeopaths know very well, if anything which we will tell you, it might create confusion in your mind and it will again create more anxiety, so better option is to keep your mind cool and let him to decide what is better for you. I hope you will feel better after treatment. Share your views with your homeopath frankly. If he is perfect homeopath he will definitly satisfy you. I am Praying for your health and prosperity.

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I think your "homeopaths" are Naturopaths, and this, unfortunately, is not the same thing.

In North America, the only naturopaths who have specialised their training in homeopathy to the same extent as homeopaths have applied for, and qualified to receive, the D.H.A.N.P. designation.

If your naturopath does not have these credentials, then its quite likely they've had a very limited training (and I mean a couple of weekend seminars is most likely) in Homeopathy. I'm sure they know their stuff about herbs and nutrition, and they'd be great to see about that kind of thing, if you're interested in it. But for homeopathy, you need to make sure you see someone who knows what they're doing.

2 doses of 200c so quickly, when the first dose was obviously still working...makes me wonder.

You've got a good rapport with these people, and that's great...but you really should just seek their help for treatments they are qualified to deliver. If they don't have the DHANP, then they haven't been trained to a basic international standard that other homeopaths are required to obtain.

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I don't understand 1/2 a cap and 1/4 of a cap as I only give 1 pillule. There is no way you should have repeated the 200C when its action had not finished.

You write you are from Worcester. Is that Worcester UK?

You can feel worse before feeling better but you certainly do not repeat the remedy again at this stage!!

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No... I am in worcester ma. I took a 1/4 of a top of a vial of 200c. I am really scared and I dont feel good at all. I am not sure what to do.