Veratrum Album - Mental (inc. personality) symptoms

MIND

Mind

Melancholy, with stupor and mania

Sits in a stupid manner; notices nothing; Sullen indifference

Frenzy of excitement; shrieks, curses

Puerperal mania

Aimless wandering from home

Delusions of impending misfortunes

Mania, with desire to cut and tear things ( Tarentula Hispanica ^Tarent.) Attacks of pain, with delirium driving to madness

Cursing, howling all night.

Aversions, dislikes

to children; dislikes own

company

husband

thinking

being touched

to being spoken to

Behaviour

biting

destructive

of clothes

of clothes; cuts them up

extravagance

attempts to escape

to run away

faeces; swallows own faeces

foolish behaviour

makes gestures

of hands; clapping hands

of hands; involuntary movements

of hands; involuntary movements; to the head

ridiculous or foolish

stamps the feet

habits; rubbing head with the hand

habits; rubs head with hands

industrious

jumping; from window (see suicide)

kisses everyone

before period

kneeling and praying

mischievous

nymphomania

before period

during period

when period is suppressed

from childbirth

roving about naked; senseless, insane

runs about (see escape)

shrieking

singing

during fever

joyously, at night

inclination to sit

sits quite stiff; still

sits quite stiff; as if wrapped in deep sad thoughts and notices nothing

spits; in faces of people

squanders money

striking

tears things

Conscientious about things of little importance

Dazed

Death

presentiment of death

sensation of death

thoughts of death

Delirium

night

anxious

apathetic

cheerful

during chill

with coldness

comical

frightful

during headache

after haemorrhage

almost hysterical

laughing

talks a lot

maniacal

during period

muttering

nonsense, with eyes open

with the pains

quiet

raging, raving

recognises no one

religious

during sleep

violent

wild

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

believes is doing something

is doing work

believes is doing something; hard at work

creatures and animals; dogs; sees

about criminals

visions of phantoms, figures, people; sees thieves

visions of phantoms, figures, people; dream of robbers is frightened on waking and thinks dream is true

environment and surroundings; home; think is away from home

environment and surroundings; strange; familiar things seem strange

environment and surroundings; strange; as if in a strange land

illusions of fantasy

paranoia; that he would be murdered

proud

about self; body; health, hypochondria; that is blind

about self; body; health, hypochondria; has a cancer

about self; body; health, hypochondria; thinks is deaf

and dumb

about self; body; health, hypochondria; is deaf, dumb and has cancer

about self; body; thinks is dumb

about self; body; pretends to be in labour, or thinks she has pains

about self; body; thought herself pregnant

about self; circumstances; that he is unfortunate

about self; circumstances; imaginations of wealth

about self; eating dirt

about self; identity; is distinguished

about self; identity; is great person

about self; identity; thinks he is a hunter

about self; identity; inconsolable over fancied misfortune

about self; identity; is a prince

about self; identity; thinks himself a person of rank

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people

sees people

thieves; sees

thieves; dream of robbers is frightened on waking and thinks dream is true

Desires, wants

to be carried

to be carried; fast

company

death

to go home

desires to wander (see restlessness)

sex, lustful

As if in a dream

Dishonesty

feigning; sick

feigning; pregnancy

feigning; blindness

feigning; deafness

Eccentricity

Symptoms follow intense emotions

anger

fright

ailments from grief

scorn

Excitement

during chill

ailments from emotional excitement

during heat

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anguish

anguish; morning

anguish; before stool

anguish; during stool

abusive

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

with anxiety

with silent grief

violent

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

cheerful, happy

night

during chill

courageous

cowardice

forsaken feeling

haughty

impatience; impetuous; heedless

indifference, apathy, etc.

daytime

during chill

to exposure of body

to external things

during fever

irritability

morning

late morning

during chill

when spoken to

jesting; ridiculous or foolish

laughing

night

alternating with other states; groaning

alternating with other states; whining, moaning

constant

sardonic

spasmodic

love; affectionate

mildness

malicious

mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.

night

mood; changeable, variable mood

pessimistic; feels unfortunate

quarrelsome, argumentative

night

remorse

reproaches; others

rage, fury (see insanity, mania, delirium)

night

with headache

violent, intense feeling

reserved

rudeness

insolent

impertinence

excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear)

praying

sensitive, oversensitive

during chill

easily offended

serious

suspicious

unhappy; despair

during chill

discouraged

during heat

before period

with the pains

while perspiring

religious (of salvation etc.)

religious (of salvation etc.); during suppressed period

of social position

unhappy; grief

unhappy; inconsolable

over fancied misfortune

unhappy; wants to injure self; suicidal disposition

by drowning

throwing himself from a height; from windows

unhappy; lamenting, regretting

evening

night

moaning, groaning

moaning, groaning; during heat

moaning, groaning; while perspiring

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

morning; on waking

evening

during chill

during labour

before period

vivacious

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

evening

night

aggravated by own weeping

alternating with laughter

during the chill

during coughing

during the heat

involuntary

during period

while perspiring

whimpering

Facial expressions; smiling

High-spirited

Home-sickness (see desires home)

Hurry

Hysteria

Uncooperative; refuses to eat

Intellectual faculties

bright, intelligent, clear; abundant ideas, clearness of mind

impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful)

impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating

impaired thinking; confusion

morning

during chill

during the heat

sudden confusion, when in pain

while sitting

while standing

when stooping

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

night, on waking

from damp air

on waking

impaired thinking; imbecility

impaired thinking; mistakes; localities, places

ideas; abundant ideas, clearness of mind

ideas; deficiency of ideas

Insanity

erotic

with a stamping of feet

with heat

after haemorrhage

mania, madness

from drinking (delirium tremors)

to ridicule

from childbirth

with wantonness

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; morning

anxiety; evening

in bed

anxiety; night

before midnight

after midnight; after 3 a.m.

anxiety; open air

anxiety; in bed

anxiety; during chill

anxiety; of conscience (as if guilty of a crime)

anxiety; after dinner

anxiety; after eating

anxiety; with fear

anxiety; during fever

anxiety; about future

anxiety; mental exertion

anxiety; on rising from a seat

anxiety; about salvation

anxiety; with shuddering

anxiety; during sleep (see dreams)

anxiety; while standing

anxiety; before stool

anxiety; during stool

anxiety; after stress

fear

evening

of being alone (see company)

of extreme emotion

of extreme emotion; during stool

of death

of death; during period

of evil

of robbers

of social position

hydrophobia (fear of water)

frightened easily

during chill

starting, startled

starting, startled; easily

starting, startled; from fright

on waking

timidity

Memory

active memory

forgetful

of words while speaking

weakness of memory

for people

for what has been said

for what was about to say

Ailments after death of part of body

Occupation

Perception

does not recognise his relatives

senses; dull

Preoccupied

brooding (see anxiety, sadness)

brooding (see anxiety, sadness); evening

busy (see occupied, delirium)

Quiet, peace (or lack of); feeling of tranquillity

Restlessness, nervousness

night

anxious, etc.

wants to go from one bed to another

tossing about in bed

after eating

during pregnancy

Shameless

while lying-in (after child birth)

lewdness

lewd talk

Sighing (see respiration); while perspiring

Slowness

Sleep-walking

Talking, conversation

aversion to answering

answers not lucid; difficult

answers not lucid; refuses to answer

critical

finds fault or is silent

cursing

all night, and complains of feeling stupid

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn

never speaks the truth, does not know what is saying

of others

gossiping

muttering (see delirium)

tendency to slander

speech; hasty

speech; wandering

talkative

untruthful

Thoughts (see preoccupied); rapid, quick, etc.

Unconsciousness

as in a dream

after emotion

after exertion

during period

with suppression of period

on least movement

on rising up

Wildness