seeking remedy for my son,s symptoms _{Page 2 of 9}

I gave him the Pulsatilla doses 30c, shortly after the very last communication I believe it may have been in May 30th.

I believe he may be somewhat better mentally, but this time I saw more anger shortly after he took the remedy. He had a few anger demonstrations, once he even came up to my face in anger, I was watching him behave this way but I was secretly glad that he is expressing it because he is the type to keep it inside, go away and cry, or he does not want to hurt the other person (somehing like I would do) so I was glad to see his angry fits come out.

This has not happened lately but he has not had reason to because school is finished and he has not been pressured to do anything. He may have a low tolerance to handling stressful situations and it would be great if he learns to do that with time. I try to tell him to take deep breaths when things get piled up and take one little thing at the time, do work on time. etc. Even then he does not want to hear too many instructions at a time.

He does not do well in damp heat. A few days here we had that weather and it really bothers him, he even has difficulty breathing. His nose continues to be plugged most of the time, dry heat unclogges his nose.

He prefers it when there are people in the house rather than being alone, but he will spend time reading his book by himself.

thank you

Dear Dr.Sameer,

I acually replied but have not received an answer so I am sending it again.
You asked me if he is doing better mentally.

He is doing better in that he does not cry for no reason, but he is still very easy to cry, though right now he has his reasons, like when something happens.

He is very touchy with his feelings and gets very easily overwhelmed. The slightest instruction will overwhelm him, he plugs his ears sometimes and wants me to go away or he leaves. this causes an environment of lack of communication because he is so touchy but at least he argues back instead of going away and crying.

Dampness bothers him a lot and lately he has been telling me that he has trouble breathing when he runs, something like asthma.

He asked me if there is an organic puffer to help him breathe better. The itching in his bum is still there and the heat bothers him.

Overall he is a wonderful child, very capable and very helpful.
thank you,
with appreciation

Hello Dr.,

About 2-3 weeks ago, maybe more I gave my son Pulsatilla 200c. as prescribed.

I believe the first night he slept to almost 12 hours, with what followed the next 24hrs as a head cold. He has been fine as far as that goes.

He is doing well, he has been growing (getting taller) but also being really mature for his age,: he has started working out since school has finished, he participates in the home acivities all the time, and he seems quite content.

His moods are totally fine except he still seems really sensitive inside especially when he is being reprimanded or being given criticism. It seems that he is braver when he is thinking about a situation in the safety of his home, but when he actually has to face the person he clams up.

This I am discussing because he is an official in local soccer games with little children, and the other day an adult coach told a few of the other boys, my son included that they need to be a bit more professional on the field,(not to talk amongst themselves) and he owned his half of the behaviour, but was all teared up when coach was reprimanding them, where the other boys were more irreverent toward the coach.
It is good that my son is conscientious, but he was extra sensitive in this issue. I am not sure if he is not able to handle criticism, or he does not want to displease others. I am still trying to understand it all.

Physically he is doing well, we have been having a very humid summer and when the weather is hot and humid he says that he feels as if there is not enough air going inside his lungs. He says that the air feels really heavy.
He still loves red meat and sauces as well as hot pepper on the food.

I guess this is my latest update.
Sincerely,

Dear DR. Sameer,

I am writing because my son is going through a typical for him cough-cold situation. the weather has been damp and cool and that is the worst for him. He is coughing-the cough is short and frequent, this is the second day of it. No fever, the first day he had a runny nose but today that symptom is less.

Emotionally he is still soft but he is a teenager now so a bit more verbal than ordinary, but nothing to worry about.

I would like to increase his immunity as far as these coughs go with winter coming.
Do you agree with giving cod liver oil to kids during the winter?

Thank you.

Hello Dr.,

the change of weather to cold always brings these coughs -dry weather is better for him
It started out wheezy. -the cough is worse with cold, he prefers to drink hot drinks, yesterday he said he wanted to eat ice-cream but 'this would make my cough worse'
-right now it has stopped, he has fallen asleep, but at first he was coughing quite a bit all through the day, and it is a very short cough, not expectoring. It is as if he is trying to clear mucus out but it is not loose enough yet. Usually it takes about 3-4 days before the cough loosens up considerably for him to cough it all out.
-triggers, dampness, cold or if he moves too much like running, so it is worse with motion.

It frustrates him too that when the weather changes he has to get sick.

The symptom of
crying involuntarily has been the most marked one that has changed. In fact it has dissappeared.

the warts have gone as well.
Homesickness has been replaced with courage when he is away from home, eventhough he may still prefer to be at home: He will say 'I know I will miss my home, but I will go anyway because I know I will have fun.'



The other symptoms are mostly still all there.

Jealousy: this characteristic is very peculiar.
One the one hand he is very generous of himself to others in the form of: energy, he gives a lot to the class, to the family, to friends, he gives affection, support, and a lot of service, ie, he cooks meals and serves the family, he likes to have his friends over and wants to cook for them, when his older siblings come to visit he wants to make breakfast for them.
Inspite all this, he will feel jealousy of his sister if I forget to reprimand her about something she has done, he will say, for example: When I leave the glass on the desk you tell me to pick it up but she just left it there and you didn't tell her anything. To which I may reply: but did you notice that she cleaned the whole table yesterday and she did not even ask you for any help?

I feel that when he brings up such examples he is being petty and what he talked about was not worth the energy he gave it, so he was expressing some weird jealous feeling or insecurity inside of him.

Sometimes I feel that he may not be entirely happy with one of her successes because he feels that she has gotten too much attention in that moment.
As far as that goes, I praise each child equally for their own big moments, as for example when he got his brown belt in Karate I made sure to acknowledge his hard work and diligence.

I feel that he feels short changed sometimes and I do not pay enough attention to him, when I actually do. Maybe he needs more attention, I do not know.

Of course, part of it is that he lives with his mother and sister and he needs more male company, especially at this age, but we always have his friends over, so that is good for him.

Suspicion: this is the manner in which it manifests: I may be talking with his sister for example, in one room, maybe about a feminine issue, such as her period, or something else, and I am saying it in a whispering voice because it does not concern him and also because it is an issue that might concern her only.
He will come right over to the conversation and say: 'Why are you whispering? Are you talking about me?'
this does not happen very often, but seeing the concern that he has about people talking about him, I make sure to discuss matters with his sister when he is not there, just to save him the anxiety.

He also has overconcern that if something goes wrong, what are we going to do?

Example: we are going somewhere and I do not know the directios precisely. He will worry that we might get lost, and I try to explain to him that everything is not always easy in life, but we do find our way eventually and we always have the help that we need when we need it. I would like him to be more careless as a child should be at this stage, he is almost too concerned with issues, and he needs lots of security, not only for himself but for others, especially his siblings. He wants to know that his older siblings are well. He may also think bad things will happen to his family members so there is an aspect of his suspicion.

If I think of anything else I will add it.

Hello again,

I had promised to add to the list of symptoms about the cough,
it is late in the evening, the cough clearly became worse in the late evening, he just went to lay down and I am hearing the coughing is more frequent.

Maybe this will help,
thank you

Thank you sincerely,
I will do that as soon as I get the remedy.

Dear Dr,
I gave the remedy to my son two days ago.
There is a green drink that he likes to take, but it has a little spearmint. Is he able to drink it now that he has taken the remedy? Pulsatilla 1m.

How many days should pass before he can drink this drink?

thank you,

Hello Dr. Sameer,

It is two weeks since I gave my son Pulsatilla 1M. His cough is mostly gone, although I hear him trying to cough out 'something', as if there is still more.

Emotionally he seems a bit more grown up; school has started and he does make an attempt to keep up with his homework, but he gets easily discouraged if he does not understand it right away.
This applies mostly to math.

He asked me to help him yesterday, and when I started explaining, very soon,(2 minutes later,) he said to me: forget it, forget it, you don't understand that I don't get it.
He seemed frustrated easily, so I left him alone for awhile, I went to the kitchen to do something and soon he followed in a cheery mood, talking about a topic unrelated.
He felt badly about talking back to me and felt apologetic.

He is very considerate of others as usual, but I find he has a hard time receiving instruction, he becomes easily frustrated (when it comes to math anyway).

He knows that he needs to sit down and do his work and he is making a great effort.
We'll see as the year progresses and the assignments keep coming.

His nose is almost always stuffed up, and he breathes through his mouth. that causes his throat to become irritated in the colder weather.

He is much more willing to be away from home now, last year this was not the case, so I can see he is growing up.

thank you very much

Dear Sameer,

This is about 2 weeks that I am to report back on my son.

He had gone with class on a canoeing trip in the woods for a week.
I thought that he might have come home with a cold, as the weather was raining and they got wet several times while camping, but he was fine.
His nose is still stuffed, but the cough is gone almost entirely.
He told me that the first night he was freezing in the tent but after that he got used to the weather, and his 'uvula was long, I felt it in my throat when swallowing'.

Emotionally he seems more grown up, he is more expressive, he seems more talkative than usual, he is the type to be able to be quiet rather than talking all the time.

I am seeing and hearing his self more, he was telling us that being on the lake and in the woods was 'so spiritual, so quiet'.

Today he was touchy however. and here is how: the clean sleeping bag was on the couch ready to be put away. I said: stuff the sleeping bag in the case so we could put it away.'
His sister says: 'Yes, do it.'
That is when he reacted not so pleasantly. He covered his ears, stomped his feet on the floor a few times, and said: 'That is what I hate, being told the same thing by two people' how can I be hearing two women talking all the time, how would you like to be living with only guys?'

To that his sister says: 'You are flipping out for no reason'

And that is exactly how
was. He heard two instructions about the sleeping bag, and he thought it was too much.
Or maybe it was the fact that two people said the same instruction. I don't know, but certainly the reaction was not warranted. It was a simple moment, in the house, but he overreacted about it.
He seems to get overwhelmed too quickly, and on the other hand, with things that he is interested about, he will sit and do them for 2-3 hours. He can cut the lawn easily even if it takes 2 hours to do it, because he likes to see it finished.

He often feels that a man would understand him better, but I tell him that he needs to pick up his socks wether he is told by a man or a woman, and most of the time he agrees.

Maybe he feels misunderstood, I am observing him for more clues.

Thank you,
Marika

Ok , it sounds good.

Hello Sameer,

It is less than a week and I am writing to tell you of the big cold he is having.

Symptoms: Runny nose, very watery, runny eyes he has been blowing his nose all day at school today,but his energy level is ok, slower a bit, he ate soup, now sleeping.

He is staying home tomorrow because now they don/t want them there due to the flu season, apparently, everyone is or has been sick this last week.

there is no cough (yet) just a head cold.
We'll see what transpires tomorrow.
Thank you

Hello,
Today my son woke up with a cough, it is productive, (loose as opposed to stuck or tight) but constant.

He does not have too much energy to run around, he stayed home from school today.
Nose is still running.
Should I do anything at this stage?