SUICIDAL TENDENCY

(See also "IMPULSES")

Anacardium

By shooting and by no other means. Wants to commit suicide but too timid to carry it out. Give in IM dilution.

Rhus Tox

Wants to throw himself through the window and yet fears death. Wants to drown himself, if near the water; on entering kitchen also endeavours to get into the stove and burn to death. The patient is in constant motion and lamentation.

Calcarea Carb

Wants to commit suicide by stabbing himself.

Capsicum

Persistent thoughts to commit suicide but does not want to kill himself and resists the thoughts, (He has no desire to commit suicide. When there is a desire to commit suicide, select other remedies, it is not Capsicum).

Alumina

A low spirited patient. He doubts, if he is himself. Evil ideas come to him and he wants to make short of hisintolerable existence by cutting his throat. Suicidal tendency on seeing knife or blood.

Agnus Castus

Suicidal tendency with aversion to her husband; babe and to sexual intercourse.

Aurum Met

Sovereign remedy for insanity with suicidal ideas. He wants to shoot himself or throw himself from a height. Wants to commit suicide by drowing, as she is of no use in this world. All this is due to brooding silently and not telling anybody his worries.

Antim Crud

Jn sentimental insanity. From non-gratified craving the patient gets gloomy and peevish and wants to end his miseries by shooting or drowning himself.

Natrum Suiph

Another great remedy for suicidal mania. He is in constant need of restraint lest he might do himself bodily harm. He dreads music which will make him melancholy. This suicidal tendency is generally because of an injury on head. Impulse to self-destruc­tion yet he fears it, as he does not want to die. Aversion to company. Does not want to speak or to be spoken to.

Ustilago

Tendency to commit suicide by drowning in water.

Ignatia

Wants to end sufferings by eating phosphorus from matches after business embarrassment.

Zincum Met

Suicidal thoughts with depression and melancholy. Too timid to commit suicide. Desire to torment someone. Give in 1 M dilution.

Cannabis Sat

Hears hissing whisper to kill himself. This is an order from the Most High Command.

Argentum Nit

Strange thoughts when on a height. In crossing a bridge he thinks that he might kill himself by jumping into the water or when looking out of high window he thinks it will be awful to jump out of it. Sometimes these impulses actually pursuadc him to jump out.

Gelsemium

Wants to commit suicide by throwing himself through a window.

Helleborus Nig

Tendency to commit suicide as a result of having been accused of theft etc. by some persons. He takes the accusation to heart and ends his life.

Iodium

Wants to kill himself without any cause but he resists it.

Lac Vacc. Defl

Loss of memory, listlessness and aversion to mental work; sadness, desires death and meditates upon the easiest method of self-destruction.

Medorrhinum

Tendency to commit suicide; gets up and takes his pistol but is prevented by inner will.