Europium nitricum

9.5 Europium nitricum case
Width 8, Depth 8, Cure 9, Duration 6

A man of 46 years of age has concentration problems. It started after a cerebral infarction 10 years ago. With the cerebral accident, he had the feeling of needles behind his right ear. He was speaking with a double tongue. He was prescribed Ascal for the rest of his life, but he will not take it.
His concentration is lacking. He can study but only slowly. He has a fear of examinations. He is not panicky, but anxious and nervous before them. He gets blackouts during examinations, especially oral ones. He had nervous breakdowns because of examinations. The cerebral infarction occurred when he had almost finished his studies at university. It was when he had just bought a house.
He works at the university with computers at the veterinary clinic. He studied veterinary medicine, but only after he had been eliminated by lottery 5 times due to a limited amount of students accepted on the course. He likes to work with horses. He doesn't like to treat dogs because their owners always know better. He’s doing a course in osteopathy, but fears the coming examination.
He is working fast, although others tell him he’s never in a hurry. He is doing two and a half jobs on his own. He has the tendency to say “I will do that in a short time”, but it always takes more time than he thought. He wants to have a creative job, not be a civil servant. He can jump into his work. He’s very stubborn “first see, then believe”. He’s ironical even to himself, condescending.
He changed primary school 3 times, because of his father having to move for his work. But it was also because he was maltreated by others at school. He was teased about being too obese and the injustice of it made him angry.
He’s quite confident, knowing what he wants.
His hobbies are: computers, old cars, horses, games. He always wants to win.

Wears glasses.
Bloated stomach from fats.

Word use: deep.
Color preference: 17C (green blue).
Perspiration: sometimes copious from exertion and heat.
Time: > evening.
Desire: spicy food, French cheese, oysters, meat, fish.
Aversion: fish in the past.
Food: < fat.
Sleep: sleepless when he had his nervous breakdown.

Analysis
The cerebral infarction indicates Gold series, the head of systems.
He’s also stubborn, having his own ideas, which indicates Lanthanides. He's quite confident so he's in the middle or right side of the periodic table, Stage 8 to 14. Quite confident contains the word quite, which is typical of Stage 9. This fits with his fear of examinations, which reminds one of Cobaltum, also in Stage 9. Typical of Stage 9 is the fact that things went wrong when he was almost there, when he had finished his studies practically.
Arteries also have a connection with Nitrogen and Sulphur.
For Nitricum we find many confirmations: confident, knowing what he wants, hurry, desire fat, desire cheese, desire oysters, desire fish, worse fat, always wants to win.

Confirmations
Lanthanides: doesn't want to be a leader, creative, clever, deep.
Stage 9: almost.
Europium: knowing better.

Follow up
After Europium nitricum MK his self-confidence improved a lot and he felt much better. His nervous breakdown is about two thirds gone. His concentration is still the same. He has more desire to do things. The grinding of his teeth was very marked for a week and then it disappeared. His wife says he has his lust for life again and he’s more decisive.
Three months later his nervous breakdown is completely gone. His tension is gone. He can think normally and has a lot of plans. His concentration has improved, he can now look at his problems in a more reflective way.