Differentiation of remedies in panic attack

Aconite

• Violent
• From shock
• Tossing and turning about in agony
• Fright mixed with anger
• Intense thirst

Argentum nitricum:

• Makes him move restlessly, must walk, and paces the floor

Arsenicum:

• Moderatly restless
• Apprehension
• Too weak to move
• Anguish is in the mind, not in the body
• Does not want to show weakness
• Doesn`t want support (Esteem)

Belladonna:

• Involves cardio-vascular-system, causing throbbing, congestion, redness (absence of redness of face rules out Bell)
• Fever paroxysmal with delusion of mind

Calcera´s:

• Anguish with coldness of extremities, palms

Kali´s:

• Fear with timidity and startling

Chamomilla:

• Anger with fright
• Withdrawal and uncivil behavior

Stramonium:

• Clinging, likes mother, but doesn’t ask for consolation
• Erratic movements
• One symptom is chasing the other symptom;
• State: If you suddenly see a tiger in front of you: First there is shock, you will be bewildered, panicky, running, trying to escape.
• No anger

Pulsatilla:

• Wants consolation, weeping, asking for consolation
• Praying and beseeching (Stram)

Lycopodium 

• Anger not so much on himself, more on others – inferiors (smaller ones), or on things
• Anger on superiors is let out on inferiors
• Anger on himself, but would not hurt himself (will not beat on a hard surface in anger, but on a soft pillow)
• Will keep the anger in mind (in the evening mother did something against his wish, he does not forget during the night à Anger and irritability in the morning)
• Example: PV had a friend, when he was angry, he spent his anger on his nails, pressing and picking; he did not want to show the anger on others out of fear to be beaten, but it had to come out somewhere where it did not hurt.

 

 

Mercurius 

• Anger on others, retaliation, rebel.

 

Nux-vomica 

• Anger because of disturbance and interruption, will not tolerate any nonsense

Antimonium crudum 

• Anger at any little attention which is given

Differentiation Rubric: Dictatorial, domineering, dogmatic, despotic:

allox, Androc, apis, arn, ars, bamb-a, Camph, caust, cham, chel, chin, con, cupr, Dulc, ferr, gall-ac, lach, lil-t, Lyc, med, Merc, nux-v, ozone, pall, phos, plat, sulph, thymol, thyr, verat

Androctonus:	Is a very vindictive dictator, he will not let it be until the opponent is finished (but not openly) very passionate; loves to be praised; likes to have followers, but they have to be under his thumb completely; nobody can utter a word against him; a lot of fantasies and fancies about how to get revenge, he plans a long time until he hits back. A lot of cursing. inside, swearing; once he has decided, nobody can stop him – not even he; speech is stinging – slanderous (Verat), can bring down a person openly in public; not concerned about what other people say about him;
Nitricum-acidum:	Will not forgive someone; thinks about revenge, but they will not finish the other person off.
Veratrum:	Will slander, insult, bring somebody down in public, but never vindictive; is concerned about his social position; what will people say about me;
Camphora:	Strong person, who loves consolation (strong Puls); changeability of thermals, every minute he wants the fan on or off, the window open or closed (one of the golden rubrics of Kent); Example: A lady with heart attack in the hospital, was very much perspiring, fan was on – she got Carbo-v – but then blood pressure dropped down – when he went in to see her again, she did not want fan – the husband told, that all the time it goes on like this. She got Camph. and the blood pressure went up. Camph. is a very mild dictator, but doesn’t listen to anyone esp. inside her own house.
Dulcamara:	Affected by change of temperature;
Mercurius:	Like a human barometer, agg. by extremes of temperature; rebellious, revolting, hitting back immediately (no vindictiveness)
Platina:	Does not express the dictator, I want this whether you like it or not, feels supreme; graceful assertion of her superiority and importance; doesn’t want to argue, just does what she wants.
Nux-vomica:	Dictator where achievement and success is concerned, not interested in destroying someone, bringing down someone;
Lycopodium:	Dictator on the inferiors, soft with superiors (Lach);