Epileptic Mind
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1996 Mar / Apr Vol V No 2.
Neelam.
Repertory.

NOTE - Grading is as follows - CALC = 1st grade, Calc = 2nd grade and calc - 3rd grade.

ABSENT MINDED, epileptic attack before - lach.
ANGER, epileptic attack before - cupr, indg in epilepsy, during morning, child - Bryo.
ANXIETY, in epilepsy during intervals of spasms - cupr, lyco threatened with a fit - alum.
CHAGRIN, excites epilepsy - Calc.
COMA with epileptic seizure - Bufo, Hydr-ac.
COMPANY aversion to, in epilepsy - Atrop-s.
CONFUSION attack before - lach, plb, sil.in epilepsy - amyl, Ars.attack after - plb, sil.
DELIRIUM epilepsy during - opafter - arg-m, plb
DELUSION in epilepsy - Art-r.
DEPRESSED in epilepsy, day before attack, at night - art-v.
DULLNESS epilepsy before - caustin epilepsy - Calc.
EMOTION - in epilepsy, paroxysms, excited especially by contradiction - Ast-r.
EXCITABLE - in epilepsy, day before attack - art-v.
EXCITEMENT - in epilepsy, before attack - Indig.Causes epilepsy - cupr.Causes attacks at any hour, day or night, after fright - Ign.
FEAR - epilepsy of - alum, arg-n, merc in morning - alum causes epilepsy - Agar, art-v, bufo, Calc, Caust, cupr Ign, Indig, Stram. causes epilepsy in children - ign. during menses - Arg-n. in child, if nursing mother has fright - Bufo. frightened during interval - cup-m.
FOOLISH BEHAVIOURS - epilepsy before - caust.
FORGETFUL - epilepsy before - caust. happened before, of what - absin.
FURY - epilepsy, before attack - Ind.
GRIEF - causes epilepsy - artem, ign, Hyos.
IDIOCY - in epilepsy - tabac. before attack - Caust.
IMBECILITY - in epilepsy - art-v. appears to be lapsing into - Calc. epilepsy before - Caust.
INDIFFERENT in epilepsy - Crot-h, kali-br, op.
IRRITABILITY - epilepsy before ARt-v, Lach.
JEALOUSY - causes epilepsy - hyos, Lach.
LASCIVIOUS - followed by epilepsy - Lach.
LIFE - weary of, in epilepsy - Ind.
LOVE - disappointed causes epilepsy - hyos.
MANIA - epileptic : dig. after fit : curar. before attack : Lach, nux-v. sudden fusions attack: oenan.
MELANCHOLY - with epilepsy - sul.
MENTAL - EXHAUSTION, in epilepsy - Art-v.
MOANING - in epilepsy, after fall on head - cup-m.
MOROSE - in epilepsy - Art-v, Atrop-s.
PEEVISH - in intervals of epilepsy - Calc.
PROSTRATION - epilepsy in - art-v.
RAGE - epilepsy after - Arg-m. with - bell, cupr, hyos, nux-v, op, plb.
SADNESS - epilepsy, before attack of - zinc, zinc-val. day and night before attack of - art-v.in epilepsy - Atrop-s. Indig, sul, tarant.
SIGHING - before epilepsy - Plumb.
STUPID - in intervals of epilepsy - Calc-c.
TACITURN - in epilepsy; stupid state - Ign.
UNCONSCIOUS - in epilepsy - art-v, Ast-r, CALC-C, Caust, Crotal, Cup-m, curar, Glon, Oenan, Stann, sumb. epilepsy after - ars, Bufo,
kali-bi, op, plb.
VEXATION - causes epilepsy - art-v, CALC-C.

REFERENCES:

1. Kent Repertory.
2. Knerr Repertory.
3. Synthetic Repertory, Vol.I.
4. Sequelae.

EPILEPSY - A HYSTERICAL PERSPECTIVE.

Epilepsy affects between 0.2 to 5 percent of population, which is, by no means, uncommon. Considering that no diagnostic test is absolute and most cases of adolescent epilepsy are idiopathic in nature, clinical acumen comes handy while differentiating hysterical pseudo-seizures or frank malingering. Hysterical seizures are characterized by non-physiologic events such as progression of twitching form one hand to other without spreading to subjacent ipsilateral face or leg and twitching of all four extremities without loss of consciousness, head crossing the midline during seizure and especially in adolescent girls with frank sexual overtones like pelvic thrusting. Tongue biting, dislocation of temporo-mandibular joint or other such injuries denote true fit and so usually does incontinence. History of events initiating a seizure might help; the hysterical patient always has a convulsion while emotionally excited and always in front of people. EEG changes are always manifest inter and post ictally in generalized tonic clonic seizure. Extensor planter response and absent corneal reflex also points towards a true fit. Patient with complex partial seizures make a difficult group to diagnose. Such a patient presents with behavioral manifestation including personality change, forgetfulness and various automatisms. Surface EEG is normal. Sphenoidal or in some cases only depth electrodes show the abnormal discharge.

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