This is a case of a Woman of 35 years with suicidal
depression; she has a state of not being connected with her life and wants to
die. She called me after an incident she was in her car on the highway thinking
constantly to go with the car against the wall and finish everything. She got
scare of it as she has small children. Before she developed this state she
suffered many years from very strong sudden attacks of anxiety when excited and
every evening she got scared of suffocating, especially when the dark comes.
The fear of suffocation was ameliorated by drinking of cold water. She suffers
also from strong and profuse metrorrhagia that and many times she had to go to
hospital to stop the bleeding.
She took Aurum Metallicum that her friend suggested but
without effect.
Now it is more than 3 years since she took the remedy from
me (not Aurum Metallicum) and she has not had any suicidal thoughts since this
dose. Panic attacks diminished also and her menses became normal in its
bleeding and she feels much better in all aspects.
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| Suicidal Depression |
What remedy do you suggest and WHY?
Honestly my way of teaching is interaction with people and
when they thinking correctly, I must support this in them and that is why they
growing. From time to time someone does not come to the lecture and someone
else is late but that is something I cannot influence. That is why I am doing
summary at the end and everybody can read my analysis of the case. The mission
of this game is not to be first as sometimes is one and next time the other, it
does not matter. But what does matter is that this forum is becoming classical
oriented now and we are working together although sitting on the other side of
earth. Just my opinion!
Treatment for anxiety and suicidal depression in this case!
First of all is the impression of the case. I saw a woman in
very desperate condition, struggling with suicidal thoughts and being scared of
it. I tried to ask how it developed but she could not tell. She told me that it
just came out of the blue. It was so strong that she was not able to tell anything.
The depression itself does not show any peculiarities except suddenness and in
such cases when the present complaints are vague in its symptomatically, we must
trace the history of the case to understand the whole process that proceeded
this final stage. In this woman there was a history of strong panic attacks and
everyday´s strong fear of suffocation that comes every evening in the dark. The
relevant rubrics are:
GENERALS - SUDDEN manifestation (Aconite and Belladonna are
only remedies in 3rd degree)
FEAR - SUFFOCATION, of - (Aconite is only remedy in third
degree)
So at this moment as I saw that the stage before the
suicidal depression resembles keynotes of Aconitum, I remember the chapter from
George Vithoulkas Materia medica viva where Prof Vithoulkas says that Aconite
has a suicidal depression that comes after long period of strong panic attacks.
These attacks make the organism very weak as they are very strong and long
lasting and finally the organism reach the state in which does not enough power
to produce anxieties anymore and the pathology travels deeper, taking the turn
to suicidal depression that sometimes resembles Aurum as there could be even
desire of death which is exact opposite of initial Aconite stage.
In Clarke dictionary is stated in chapter Female genitalia:
"Menses too abundant and too protracted. Uterine hemorrhage; active, much
excitability"
Another keynote for Aconite is aggravation anxieties when in
dark room and also the amelioration of anxieties by drinking of cold water. The
relevant rubrics are:
MIND - DARKNESS, aggravation (Although Aconite is only in
first degree, we can confirm it strongly from Materia medica, of course main
remedies here are Stramonium and Causticum and also Carbo animalis has this
symptom strongly)
MIND - ANXIETY - drinking cold water, amel (There are 2
remedies only - Aconite and Sulphur)
Lessons for us coming from this case:
1) If the present symptomatology is not clear, we must try
to find out symptoms from the past with emphasis to understand the process.
2) Be open and take into consideration whole case including
all its peculiarities. Don’t take separate symptoms; try to understand what is
going on with a patient.
Top homeopathic medicines for Suicidal Depression are, Staphysagria,
Psorinum, Arsenic Album, Natrum Sulph, Veratrum album, Carcinosin, Valeriana
officinalis , Aurum met, Capsicum, Hepar Sulph, Ignatia, Lachesis, Antimonium
Crudum, Mercurius, Stramonium, Pulsatilla, Antim tart, Thuja, Rhus Tox, Agnus Cast, Lycopodium, Anacardium,
Aconite, Argentum Nitricum, Sulphur, Drosera, Iris, Sepia, Kali Brom, Naja,
Zincum Phos, Alumina.
Case by: Dr Petra Zach
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