Mood disorders

Classification

According to DSM-5, published on May 18, 2013, there are following types of mood disorders:

• Depressive disorders
• Bipolar disorders
• Substance-induced mood disorders
• Mood disorders due to another medical condition

General Sign / Symptoms

• Anhedonia
• Low self esteem
• Self blame
• Hopelessness
• Suicidal thinking
• Poor concentration
• Fatigue

Diagnostic Mental features	Remedies
Guilty feelling	Kali-br
Over sensitiveness	Aur, Ign
Hypersomnia	Aur
Self mutilation	Ars
Sexual mania	Bell, Hyos
I am the means of divine punishment	Kali-br
Abusive, Cursing	Anac
Immoral	Kali-br
Delusions of conspiracy	Kali-br
Clairvoyant	Anac
Changeable Mood / Act	Ign
Hypochondriasis	Anac
Amnesic aphasia	Kali-br
Fear of Being injured	Ars
Wants to touch	Bell
Desire to be killed	Bell
Silent grief + Great tenderness	Ign

Diagnostic physical features
	Kali-br
Palpitation, Arrhythmia	Aur
Hair falling	Nat-m, Caust
Loss of Libido / Impotency	Kali-br
Hand restlessness	Kali-br
Dyspepsia	Anac, Aur
Rush of blood to head	Ars
Insomnia	Ign
Increased Appetite	Aur
Anorexia + Weight loss	Ign
Headache and other pains	Ign, Nat-m
Night terrors	Kali-br
Acne	Kali-br
Hypertension	Aur
Brain-fag	Anac
Slowness	Alum
Constipation	Alum

Banerji protocols
First line	Aur C200, one dose every 3 days Coff C200, Two doses daily
Second line	Lach C200, one dose every 3 days Ign C200, Two doses daily
Third line	*Hyos C6, Two doses daily Con C3, One dose daily

Remedies

		Key words
Anac	Fixed ideas Hallucinations; thinks he is possessed of two persons or wills. Malicious / Suspicious: Anxiety when walking, as if pursued. Hypochondriasis Brain-fag. Impaired memory. Absent mindedness. Easily offended Lack of confidence in himself or others Clairvoyant, hears voices far away or of the dead.	Depression Abusive Dementia Schizophrenia
	Dyspepsia: Empty feeling in stomach. Eructation, nausea, vomiting. Eating amel him Choking when eating or drinking. Swallows food and drinks hastily.
Aur	Feeling of worthlessness + Self-Reproaching Disgust of life and thoughts of suicide. Talks of committing suicide + Great fear of death. Intolerance of least contradiction. Anthropophobia Mental derangements. Cannot do things fast enough. Constant rapid questioning without waiting for reply. Over sensitiveness (Staph) to noise, excitement, confusion.	Depression + Hypertension Suicide Self-Reproaching Serious / Fastidious Over sensitiveness / Irritable Contradiction agg
	Depression + Hypertension + As if heart stopped beating for 2 or 3 seconds, immediately followed by a tumultuous rebound Appetite / Thirst increased + Qualmishness Epigastrium / stomach Sinking / Swelling / Hot eructation / Burning Depression + Palpitation + Rapid / Feeble / Irregular Pulse

Ars

• Tendency to self mutilation
• Rush of blood to the head in melancholic states
• Feeling of Worthlessness / Despair
• Memory is weakness
• Anger / Irritability
• Fear of Death/ Being alone / Being injured

Bell

• Intellectual disability
• Amorous mania + Sexual excitement + Crazy Happiness
• Senseless talk + Staring / Protruding eyes
• Rage without any cause. Irritable curses horrible
• Wants to touch everything and everyone
• Depression /Indifference + Wants to drawn himself, or that somebody else should kill him

Hyos

• Patient acts Silly and Idiotic
• Lascivious / Lewd / Nymphomania: Throws the bed-clothes off and makes lewd and ridiculous gestures.
• Bad effects of extreme jealousy, fright, disappointed love, etc.
• Depression + Debility / Prostration

Ign

• Sensitiveness of feeling, delicate conscientiousness.
• Fearful/ Timid / Irresolute / Anxious
• Intolerance of Noise / Contradiction
• Taciturn + Continuous sad thoughts + Serious depression + Moaning
• Anger followed by silent grief
• Introverted / Silent grief + Great tenderness
• Changeable Mood / Act: Jesting and laughing, changing to sadness weeping

Kali-br

• Profound, melancholic delusions
• Immoral
• Religious depression: Imagines he is singled out as an object of divine wrath.
• Delusions of conspiracies against him.
• Must do something-move about; gets fidgety esp hand restlessness
• Fear of being poisoned.
• Amnesic aphasia: can pronounce any word told, but cannot speak otherwise.
• Night terrors. Horrid illusions. Active delirium.
• General failure of mental power, loss of memory + Depression
• Anesthesia of the mucous membranes esp eyes, throat, and skin
• Acne
• Loss of Libido / Impotency

Nat-m

• Psychic causes of disease; ill effects of grief, fright, anger, etc.
• Depressed, particularly in chronic diseases. Consolation aggravates.
• Irritable; gets into a passion about trifles. Awkward, hasty.
• Wants to be alone to cry. Apprehension for the future.
• Hypochondriacal, tired of life. Joyless, indifferent, taciturn. Hurriedness.
• Passionate vehemence ; gets angry at trifles. Difficulty of thinking ; absence of mind, weak memory.

Alum

• Slowness, Paralyzed depression in elderly people

Small remedies

Calc-ars

• Obese / Chilly / Edematous / Depressed around menopause
• Cancer of uterus
• Palpitation easily

Symptoms of Mood Disorders

• Sense of well being evident as elation or ecstasy
• Confidence and self-esteem are high
• Grandiose ideas without any substance.
• Thoughtless and risky behavior
• Thoughts come rapidly
• Speech is fast
• Physical activity is increased
• Appetite is initially increased but may be decreased later.
• Sleep hours are reduced, but this does not cause fatigue.
• Promiscuity may occur.