Dementia

Clinic

Dementia is a an Umbrella which contains Progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, if it negatively affects everyday functional abilities.
Along with intellectual inabilities, the most common symptoms are
- Emotional problems
- Difficulties with language
- Decreased motivation.
Consciousness is not affected

Causative subtypes

Alzheimer's disease (60–70% of cases)
Vascular dementia (Stroke) (20% of cases)
Huntington's disease
HIV
Prion diseases (CJD, NVCJD)
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Parkinson's disease dementia

Related diseses

Behçet's disease
MS
Sarcoidosis
Sjögren's syndrome
SLE
Celiac disease
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity. A 2019 review found no association between celiac disease and dementia overall but a potential association with vascular dementia. A 2018 review found a link between celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity and cognitive impairment and that celiac disease may be associated with Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia.

Reversible dementia include:
- Hypothyroidism
- Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency
- Lyme disease
- Neurosyphilis

Sign / Symptoms

Behavioral symptoms	Psychological symptoms	Cognitive symptoms
Agitation Restlessness Inappropriate behavior Sexual disinhibition Aggression (Verbal or physical)	Depression Psychotic Hallucinations / Delusions Apathy Anxiety	Memory loss Visuospatial problems affecting Perception Orientation Language Attention Problem solving

Remedies in brief

Anac: Manic, Depressed, Unsociable , Abusive
Alum: The most depressed/ Depersonalization/ Identity confusion /DE realization, Submissive /Naïve
Nux-m: The most confused (Spatial), Sleepy + No thirst + Chilly + Thoughts vanish suddenly. Using of wrong words. Comatose state
Bar-c, Bar-m: The most Stupid / Childish + High blood pressure + Atherosclerosis + Feel suffering
Plb: The most paranoid + Heaviness / Paralysis due to degenerative brain diseases
Con: Impaired understanding of content + Apathy
Hell: Emotional and Neurological Apathy
Kali-br: The most restless esp Hand restlessness
Op: Deep indifference and conflicting alternative situations
Crot-h: Mistakes in Calculating/ Speaking / Writing
Cann-i: He cannot finish his sentences. Misconception of time and space
Aur: Severe acute Depression/ Hopelessness

Key points	Alum	Ambr	Anac	Bar-c Bar-m	Con	Hell	Hyos	Kali-br	Nux-m	Op	Plb
Top remedies	+++		+++						+
Alone desire / Company aversion	+++								+++
Apathy / Paralysis / Slowness	+				+++	+++					++
Company desire				+++							+++
Constipation					+++						+++
Disgusting		+++			+++						+++
Disorientation	+++			+++					+++
Guilty sensation					+++			+++
Identity Confusion	+++							+++			+++
Knowing anyone	+++		+++				+++	+++		+++	+++
Nausea							+++	+++		+++
Strange seems	+++			+++					+++
Timid	+			+++
Depersonalization / DE realization	+++
Suffereing				+++
Arteriosclerosis/ High blood pressure				+++	+
Aphasia								+++
Male impotence								+++

Important rubrics

Mind - ACCOUNTING, makes mistakes, in senile dementia, incipient stage
MIND - MISTAKES; making

Calculating mistakes

MIND - MISTAKES; making - calculating, in: Con, Crot-h, Plb

Speaking mistakes

MIND - MISTAKES; making - speaking, in
- MIND - MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - spelling, in: Crot-h, Lach, Nux-m
- MIND - MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - misplacing words: Alum, Con, Crot-h, Hyos, Kali-br, Lach, Nux-m
- MIND - MISTAKES; making - speaking, in - words - wrong words; using
- Mind - MEMORY, general, active - forgetful - words while speaking, of, word hunting: Kali-br
- Mind - MEMORY, general, active - loss, of - aphasia, in : Cann-i , Hyper, Kali-br

Writing mistakes

MIND - MISTAKES; making - writing, in
MIND - MISTAKES; making - writing, in - old people; in: Crot-h

General rubrics

Mind - CONFUSION, mental - old age, in: Bar-c, Con, Kali-br

Mind - ABSENT-minded, preoccupied - old age, in: Am-c, Con, Lyc
Mind - MEMORY, general, active - forgetful - names – own: Kali-br
Mind - CONFUSION, mental - identity, as to his : ALUM, Kali-br
Mind - CONFUSION, mental - old age, in Bar-c ,Con, Kali-br
MIND - DEMENTIA - senilis
MIND - DEMENTIA - senilis - talking, with foolish: bar-c, con, op, plb
MIND - DEMENTIA - senilis - talking, with foolish - night: puls

Etiology

MIND - DEMENTIA - cares about business; from: lil-t
MIND - DEMENTIA - senilis - premature: Ambr, bufo_, Lyc, med
MIND - DEMENTIA - sexual excesses; from: lil-t.
MIND - DEMENTIA - syphilitics, of: aur-i, Kali-c, Kali-i, merc, nit-ac, sulph
Mind - MEMORY, general, active - forgetful - sexual excesses, after: Calad, Kali-br, Nat-p, Ph-ac ,Sec Staph

Accompanied by

MIND - DEMENTIA - epileptics, of: acon, Bell, cimic, Cupr-act, cupr, Ferr-i, laur, Oena, Sil, stram, verat-v.
MIND - DEMENTIA - masturbation, with: Agn, calc-p, canth, caust, nux-v, op, Ph-ac, phos, pic-ac, staph
MIND - DEMENTIA - paretic: Acon, Aesc, agar, ars, bell, cann-i, cimic, cupr,hyos, ign, merc, Phos, Plb, stram, verat-v, verat, zinc
MIND - DEMENTIA - sadness, with: tarent
MIND - DEMENTIA - weakness; with: pic-ac

First class remedies

Anac

Top Dementia remedy
Marked forgetfulness: Names, Those around her, What she has seen
Manic – Depressed or profound Depression
Progressive memory losing
Brain fatigue: Mental and physical lack of power.
They are unsociable, Great irritability / Anxiety/ Angry /Abusive
Jealous and suspicious.

Alum

Polycrest of dementia (Alum ₳ Nux-m) esp in depressed ones (Never laughs)
Marked forgetfulness: Memory is weak or completely lost.
The person’s consciousness of reality and judgment is disturbed. Absentminded, Mistakes in writing and speaking
Body self-awareness problems such as Depersonalization, Identity confusion DE realization
Weakness / Laziness (Sep, Ph-ac, Op), Paralysis / Slowness (Alum ₳ Hell), Heaviness (Alum ₳ Plb)
- Because his nerves and muscles are not able to speed things up.
- They aware of this slowness and they may gradually get fed up with themselves.
- He knows that he cannot do two things at the same time, and when he is asked to do so, he panics and haste leads to confusion and mistakes.
- He is in hurry but does his job slowly, as if the neuromuscular system is defying his brain
Submissive and Naïve
GI autonomic difficulties: Dysphagia & Constipation
Time passes slowly for him, that means he is in a hurry.
His Face / Affect / Speech is blunted
Alternating moods/ Impulsive behavior

Mind - IMPULSE, morbid: alum. anac. Arg-n. ars. caust. hep. iod. lach. lyc. merc

Nux-m

Second polycrest of Dementia (Very similar to Alum)
Confusion (Similar to Cann-i) / Impaired memory. Difficulty in reading/ Writing.
Thought vanishing, when he is Writing / Reading / Talking. It causes Using wrong words.
Objects seem changes or grow larger.
Absent-minded: Drowsiness and indifferent behavior
Confusion esp in spatial situations. He gets lost even in well-known streets. (Glon ₳ Nux-m)

Comatose state:
- He has many degrees of laziness of mind and soul.
- Drowsiness + Indifference
- Narcolepsy (Nux-m ₳ Op)

Hysteria

Cann-i

Excellent for sudden loss of memory
- Absentminded: Sudden loss of speech, begins a sentence but cannot finish it.
- Sudden loss of thoughts.
- Inability to recall ideas even after exerting the mind to do so
Anxiety, anguish, better in open air
Misconception of time and space. Time passes too long, seconds seem ages, a few miles an immense distance.

Bar-c

Passive patient
- Childish behavior. He is always Behind his caregiver / Under his umbrella.
- Lack of self-confidence/ Shyness / Constant need to be guided even in minor matters
- Extreme fear of exposure (Lyc): When entering a room, they enter cautiously.
Slow and lazy (Ambr, Hyos, Nux-m, Op)

Bar-c / Bar-m is more shier than Alum. (Alum ₳ Bar-c)

Disorientation (Alum, Nux-m)
Strangeness Feeling (Bar-c ₳ Nux-m)

Arteriosclerosis + High blood pressure esp Bar-m

He always feel suffering (Caust)
Fear of what is about to happen (Caust) / Possible future problems (Ars)
Full of ideas and imaginations

Plb

Paranoia: Repulsive and disgusting morals. (Ambr, Con)
Agitation + Dementia: Delusion that everyone around him might be a murderer or that he will be caught soon.
Core theme: Cold + Weak + Heavy + Paralysis
Dementia caused by degenerative brain diseases such as ALS, MS and Parkinson.
Along with progressive weakness, his mood also moves towards depression and cognitive problems.
Progressive confusion ends in mistaking about his identity. (Alum, Kali-br)
Like Barims, he does not like to be alone.
GI autonomic difficulties: Insufficient Constipation: He even takes help from his hand to defecate. (Constipation + Dementia)
Extreme weakness, Heaviness (Paralysis / Progressive atrophy / Trembling of paralyzed limbs+ Dementia)

Con

Reading / Comprehension problems

Indifference (Hell)/ Slow motion (Plb)
Several problems that lead to progressive weakness and Alzheimer's disease
Premature aging

Con is good follow well of Bar-c since both have Arteriosclerosis (Bar-c ₳ Con)

Con caused by Deep emotional problems or Sexual suppression

Constipation (Con ₳ Plb)
Dementia due to
- Loss of Reputation/ Position / Wealth (Aur, Kali-br)
- Alcoholism (Anac, Hyos, Kali-br)
- Failed Love (Nat-m)
- Intense guilt feeling (Aur, Kali-br)
Dizziness in the elderly

Grumpy and easily suffering, having problems with superiors, fighting, resenting him, not tolerating opposition (Aur)
He is afraid of being alone, at the same time he avoids society (Kali-c, Lyc)

Kali-br

Reversal of cognitive abilities (Bar-c, Bar-m)
A feeling of ill-will, Demonization (Hyos, Op have milder degrees of this condition.)
Feeling of being chased (similar to Anac, Hyos, Plb)
Insomnia has overtaken him
Extremely sensitive to pain. (Opposite to Op)
With the progress of dementia, Kali-br may not recognize his friends and relatives (Alum, Anac, Hyos, Op, Plb and barium salts).
He even forgets his own name

Aphasia (Word-hunting) + Dementia (Ph-ac)

Dementia due to
- Physical shock
- Emotional/ Love problems (Death of a friend)
- Loss of Position / Property / Reputation
- Religious crisis (Aur)
- Alcoholism (Anac, Hyos, Con)
- Excessive sex

Male impotence + dementia

Male - IMPOTENCY, male - memory, with loss of

Sudden or periodic dementia

Mind - MEMORY, general, active - weakness, of - sudden and periodical

Key point: He moves his hands regularly and is constantly doing something with his hands

Second class remedies

Sel

Osteoporosis + dementia

Premature aging (Lyc ₳ Sel, Con ₳ Sel) and premature impotence (Lyc, Kali-br)

Fear of people and inability to continue working
Weakness caused by heat is a specific characteristic of this remedy.

Aur

Alzheimer’s disease with severe acute depression. Hopelessness + Grief.
Disgust of life and thoughts of suicide.
He talks of committing suicide, but great fear of death.

Lac-c

Severe loss of memory. Difficulty / Mistakes in Reading / Writing.
Very restless, Cannot concentrate to read. Wants to leave everything as soon as it is commenced.
Highly despondent, thinks her disease is incurable and recovery is impossible.

Kali-p

Anxiety / Depression / Gloomy
Angry / Irritable / Nervousness
Brain-fag: He forgets every thing, Great loss of memory
Marked exhaustion / Fatigue. Slightest task seems heavy.

Med

Severe weakness of memory.
He loses the thread of conversation . Forgets names, words, and places.
He forgets his own name, names of his close friends / Family members.
He is hurried and anxious cannot speak without weeping, tells it over and over again.
Time passes too slowly