Doctor, can I stop the child's Western medicine, the child takes Western medicine, although it is quiet, but she is constantly gaining weight, and the period is gone, this *** is too big, fortunately used Chinese medicine for a period of time, the child's condition has been alleviated a lot, I want to completely stop the Western medicine now, looking at the mountains of medicine at home are uncomfortable!
This is what a patient said when I saw me online, her child has been diagnosed with bipolar for 6 years, during which she has tried everything, and even started to read medical books at home, and she will give this medicine to her child, and then change that prescription, until she sees the way I said, she feels that it is different from the previous one, so she made up her mind to try it with me, but I didn't expect the result to be good, so I had the idea of getting rid of Western medicine!
The child is currently 24 years old, and it was found that bipolar originated in high school, when the teacher called the child's mother, saying that the child needed to learn and couldn't go in, kept crying, and needed to be taken back, and the mother then went directly to the hospital with the child, and gave her Western medicine at that time, which was temporarily controlled, but after being sent back to school, the child did not insist on taking medicine, but stopped taking medicine without authorization, resulting in the condition again, and this time it was more manic, and after the subsequent diagnosis of bipolar, the child was suspended from school and at home so far!
Diagnosis, the child's mother said that now she has gained more than 30 pounds, and her sleep is not steady, although sometimes she can communicate normally, but she will deviate when she speaks, and she is always upset and wants to lose her temper!
I see that his tongue coating, the tongue is red, the moss is yellow and greasy, and there are tooth marks on the tip of the tongue, which is characterized by liver qi stagnation, phlegm and fire disturbing the heart, and biphasic caused by mental restlessness!
The child himself is under great pressure to go to school and has a serious psychological burden, which will lead to stagnation of liver and gallbladder qi for a long time, unable to germinate, and abnormal qi and machine movement, which will affect the operation of the fluid in the body, and the fluid will stagnate and form phlegm turbidity, which will be suppressed for a long time and turn into heat, so phlegm heat will be formed. If phlegm and heat are blocked in the heart, there will be loss of heart and soul, and the mind will be restless, and there will be visual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, upset, irritability, sleepiness, and dreams.
So I used my experience formula for her, the first step is to dissolve phlegm, the second step is to clear heat, and the third step is to clear the liver and regulate qi, open the liver and gallbladder qi, dissolve phlegm turbidity, and dissipate the heat, so that the heart is not blinded by phlegm and heat, and the lost "mind" can be recovered, so that the patient can gradually recover.
At present, the patient has been taking medication for 15 days, his sleep has improved, and his mood has stabilized.
Now to answer the questions from the previous patient's family:
Can I stop using Western medicine? The answer is yes, but it is not a "sudden brake" type of total stop, and the dose should be gradually reduced until the drug is stopped, because Chinese medicine is slow after all, in order to prevent adverse reactions after stopping the drug, parents should still be cautious!
Can you find a way to help your child at home? I don't support this, parents want to help their children's mood is understandable, but in practice, because of professional limitations, often unable to accurately deal with the symptoms, but will cause harm to the child's body and delay the condition!
Therefore, no matter what the child's current state is, Chinese medicine has always focused on syndrome differentiation and medication, and you don't know the type of child's constitution, and blind medication will definitely not achieve the desired results!
Bipolar disorder