What is PCOD?
PCOD (Poly Cystic Ovarian Disease) or PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) is a disease characterized by multiple (‘poly’) cysts (small sacs filled with fluid) in the ovaries.
Patients with PCOD have abnormal levels of hormones that result in irregular menses, infertility and certain masculine changes in the body.
Obsessions
These are your unwanted and unwelcome thoughts. It is very important for me to tell you at this point, you are not choosing to have these thoughts. The following are some examples, but this is not an exhaustive list.
Thoughts
Am I a paedophile?
Am I capable of harming children?
I’m a monster, I’m disgusting.
I’m a bad person.
Is there anything in my past that can explain this? This is a particularly tricky thought, and I think it is best for me to explain it under the compulsions explanation, as it straddles both.
Having these types of thoughts and images are extremely disturbing, and due to the nature of the thoughts, many people, maybe you, never tell anyone about it, or seek help. You have to remember that this is just another manifestation of OCD, it does not say anything about you as a person.
What are the symptoms of PCOD?
Generally, the patient presents with the following symptoms:
Various hormones of the body operate in harmony to regularize smooth functioning of all systems including the reproductive system.
The disturbance of hormonal mechanism makes the ovaries produce an excessive amount of the male reproductive hormones (androgens) and at the same time, there is a failure of egg formation. This excess of androgens with the absence of ovulation may cause infertility.
With this understanding, that the disturbed hormonal functioning of the body lies at the root of PCOD, it can be easily perceived that this constitutional disorder will require constitutional approach towards its rectification.
The homeopathic approach towards management of PCOD is constitutional, taking into account the presenting complaints along with physical, mental and genetic make-up that individualizes a person. Homeopathic medicines which act at root level can bring back deviations of the hormonal system back to normalcy and in many cases abolish the need for exogenous hormones with their side-effects and complicate surgical procedures. Moreover, with this hormonal harmony, chances of conception increase significantly.
The idea of actually getting treatment for POCD can be terrifying, especially when you think your obsession is unspeakable and untreatable. But OCD is OCD. POCD is not some untreatable separate diagnosis that requires some strange outlying treatment approach. The most effective treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Though there are multiple forms and variations on CBT, the ones that are most likely to help with OCD use a combination of cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness-based interventions.