Plumbum Metallicum - Mental (inc. personality) symptoms

MIND

Mind

Mental depression

fear of being assassinated

Quiet melancholy

Slow perception; loss of memory; amnesic aphasia

Hallucinations and delusions

Intellectual apathy

Memory impaired ( Anacardium ^Anac.; Baryta.) Paretic dementia.

Aversions, dislikes

open air

company; being alone

indolence, aversion to work

evening

after eating

being touched

aversion to mental work

Behaviour

biting

biting; fingers

biting; himself

destructive

attempts to escape

foolish behaviour

makes gestures

convulsive

of hands; involuntary movements; folding and unfolding coverings

of hands; involuntary movements; to the head

of usual work

groping as if in the dark

industrious

nymphomania

runs about (see escape)

searching; on floor

shrieking

before convulsions

inclination to sit

spits; in faces of people

striking

tears things; himself

Dazed

between convulsions

Delirium

evening

night

alternating with other symptoms

colic

alternating with other symptoms; coma, also with drowsiness

alternating with other symptoms; unconsciousness

antics, plays

anxious

after epilepsy

frightful

laughing

talks a lot

maniacal

comes on suddenly

quiet

raging, raving

rambling

restless

tries to urinate on floor

violent

wild

at night

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

believes is doing something

is doing work

ordinary job

believes is doing something; is working a machine

calls someone

creatures and animals; on bed

bed full of ants

creatures and animals; insects

death; sees dead persons

death; corpse on a bier; dead brother and child

death; corpse on a bier; husband

environment and surroundings; sees castles and palaces

environment and surroundings; of being in different places

environment and surroundings; thinks is lost

illusions of fantasy

hears sounds; music

delightful

hears sounds; voices

inanimate objects are persons and vice versa; people appeared like dolls

paranoia; is about to be arrested

paranoia; impression of danger; to own life

paranoia; are conspiring to murder him

paranoia; that every one around is a murderer

paranoia; thought was pursued

by enemies

by friends

by police

by soldiers

paranoia; was about to be poisoned

about self; body; health, hypochondria; has incurable disease

about self; circumstances; thought they were pursuing ordinary business

about self; circumstances; is criticised

about self; identity; thinks is some other person

about self; identity; errors of personal identity

thinks is some one else

visions; on closing the eyes

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; figures; sees figures

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; sees people

vivid

Desires, wants

company

company; evening

company; of a friend

death

to kill; on waking

Fantasies

of exaltation

of exaltation; night

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

abusive

boredom, dissatisfaction (see loathing of life)

afternoon

weary of life (see boredom, dissatisfaction, loathing, etc.)

cheerful, happy

late morning

afternoon

in open air

walking in open air

cowardice

ecstatic

indecisive

indifference, apathy, etc.

irritability; morning; on waking

irritability; afternoon

irritability; on waking

laughing

involuntarily

sardonic

loathing; life (see desires, death)

mildness

mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.

in open air

alternating with tearful mood

mood; repulsive, bad mood

morose

playful; antics

quarrelsome, argumentative

quiet disposition

rage, fury (see insanity, mania, delirium)

night

with epilepsy

reserved

after eating

assumes strange attitudes

sensitive, oversensitive

serious

suspicious

unhappy; despair

discouraged

religious (of salvation etc.)

unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.

morning

unhappy; wants to injure self; suicidal disposition

unhappy; lamenting, regretting

moaning, groaning

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

morning

during period

on waking (see morning)

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

during convulsions

involuntary

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful)

impaired thinking; confusion

on rising

during chill

as to own identity

while standing

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

during chill

impaired thinking; idiocy

impaired thinking; imbecility

impaired thinking; mistakes; in time

thoughts wandering

ideas; deficiency of ideas

Insanity

mania, madness

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; night

anxiety; during fever

lacking self confidence

fear; of being alone (see company)

fear; in a crowd

fear; of being murdered

fear; poison; of being poisoned

fear; of water

frightened easily; starting, startled; from fright

frightened easily; starting, startled; on falling asleep

frightened easily; starting, startled; during sleep; starting from sleep

timidity

appearing in public

Memory

active memory

forgetful

weakness of memory

occurrences of the day

for words

Perception

numbness

does not recognise his relatives

senses; dull

time; time passes too slowly

Preoccupied

absorbed, buried in thought; meditation

talks of one subject; talks of business

Quiet, peace (or lack of)

quiet disposition

feeling of tranquillity

Restlessness, nervousness

night

anxious, etc.

wants to go from one bed to another

internal

when disease attacks suddenly

Sighing (see respiration)

Talking, conversation

answers abruptly, shortly, curtly

answers not lucid; imaginary questions

answers not lucid; monosyllable

answers not lucid; slowly

answers not lucid; daze returns quickly after answer

contrary (see obstinate, irritable)

critical

obstinate

cursing

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn

after eating

muttering (see delirium)

evening

in sleep

speech; babbling

speech; extravagant

speech; hasty

speech; incoherent

speech; nonsense

speech; prattling

speech; random, at night

speech; slow

speech; wandering

talks to himself

talkative

night

talks of one subject; talks of business

Thinking of complaints

Thoughts (see preoccupied); thoughtful

Unconsciousness

after epilepsy

during period

sudden