Phosphoricum Acidum - Mental (inc. personality) symptoms - T.F. Allen

MIND

Mind

Emotional.

The sensations experienced on taking from 40 drops to 3 drachms were those of moderate alcoholic stimulation. There was slight pain through the frontal region, and a buoyancy and lightness of feeling rather agreeable. When larger doses were taken there was a feeling of drowsiness, an inclination to lie down, and an unwillingness to undertake mental labor. This continued for some hours,

Lively vivacious mood (after twenty-four hours),

Very lively and frequently quite let loose,

Very lively and good-humored,

He is beside himself, and hot from the slightest vexation,

She dances, without consciousness, violently and wildly, for several days, without lying down, except at night,

Internal uneasiness hindered him at work,

Lachrymose, as from homesickness,

Sad and solicitous concerning the future,

Sadness and feeling of solicitude, as if she would be sick,

Sad,

Sad, earnest, discouraged only when walking in the open air, the farther he walk the more it increases; in the house it gradually disappears, and he becomes more lively,

Depression (after four days),

Apprehension, as if the chest were too tight, with internal heat (after eight hours),

Great anxiety; was obliged to lie down, in the afternoon (third day),

Anxiety and restlessness throughout the whole body,

He was constantly complaining about his illness,

He looks very ill-humored and morose, so that every one asks him what the matter is, although he is not sick,

Very ill-humored, weak, and sleepy, in the morning on rising,

Very ill-humored, peevish, irritable,

Discontented with himself, reproachful,

Very irritable depressed mood, with physical prostration,

Obstinate about everything,

Easily vexed and easily gets into a passion,

Quiet indifferent, and much boring in the nose,

Indifferent, restless,

Intellectual.

Hastiness in speech; he cannot do anything rapidly enough,

When reading, a thousand different thoughts come to mind; he can understand nothing; what he reads is obscure, and everything is immediately forgotten, with difficult recollection of what he has known a long time,

He cannot get rid of an idea, and the thoughts connected with it do not come to him,

He cannot find the right word when talking (after two hours),

Loss of ideas and weakness of mind; on thinking he becomes dizzy,

He cannot collect his thoughts in proper order,

Indolent, dull, unbalanced mind, without fancy; disinclination for even agreeable mental work,

He speaks unwillingly; talking is irksome,

He speaks little, and answers questions unwillingly,

Disinclination to talk,

His intellect was affected,

Disinclined to work,

Constant fretfulness, with disinclination to talk,

Almost complete loss of memory of the occurrences of the day (first day),

Quiet fretfulness,

He cannot be alone without losing his thoughts and becoming unconscious, in the morning,