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I have an 8 year old daughter that was diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder, possible bi-polar and OCD. She has been taking prescription medication for her condition but it no longer appears to work and I would like to try something more natural. From the research I've done, it appears Belladonna would be the correct thing for her to try but I don't know what dosage I should start her out on? Can someone please help? We don't have any homeopathy drs. in our area but I have used it before for myself and was extremely happy with the results, hence the try with her.
 
  cchamberland on 2014-03-03
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
In case you are interested, I can try to find a suitable remedy for you if you answer below questions.

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• Please reply to ALL that is being asked and give DETAILS.
• Short answers such as Yes/No/Normal are not helpful.
• I can’t prescribe if these directions are not adhered to.
• Please leave the questions in place and give your answers under each of them.


QUESTIONS:
1. Your age & sex

2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type (thin, medium, chubby, fat etc)

• Weight

• Height

• Body type (Thin, Fat, Medium)

3. Your profession

4. Describe your personality in at least 20 words (e.g. stubborn, lazy, don’t want to work, always in a hurry etc.)

5. What is your main health problem & its symptoms

6. When did this main problem begin

7. Can you relate any event which caused this problem

8. What makes the main problem better (e.g. massage, pressure, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)

9. What makes it worse (e.g. massage, pressure, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)

10. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (e.g. weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.)

11. What other health problems do you have

12. What makes these other health problems better or worse (explain each problem)

13. What animals or insects are you afraid of

14. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness etc)

15. What occupies your mind mostly

16. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy

17. Do you want to stay alone or with people

18. How is your sleep

19. Do you have any recurring dreams

20. Is your complaint affected by weather, if so, which weather affect & how

21. Do you normally feel hot or cold

22. What type of clothes you wear (e.g. tight, loose, around neck etc)

23. What foods you crave & love (not what you eat due to health or other reasons, rather what you love)

24. What foods you hate a lot

25. What taste you love a lot (e.g. sweet, salty, sour, bitter)

26. What taste you hate

27. Do you like warm or cold food

28. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, mud….)

29. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)

30. Do you have dry lips or mouth or both

31. Do you have any coating on tongue first thing in the morning, if yes, details

• Is coating thick

• Color of coating

• Where exactly

32. Any taste in your mouth first thing in the morning (e.g. bitter, sour)

33. How is your skin (dry, oily, rough, acne, pustules, boils, psoriasis etc)

34. Please upload here or email me a picture of your hand nails (without nail polish or any treatment done). Click my username for email.

35. Details about your sweat (where mostly, how much, smell, does it stain, color)

36. Any problems with eyes/vision

37. Any problems with ears, nose, throat (e.g. nose always blocked, runny, discharge color)

38. How is your stool (details of how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.)

39. How is your urine (details of color, smell, any blood etc.)

40. How is your sex desire (e.g. no desire, low, moderate, high, very high)

41. Are you satisfied with your sex life, if no, why not

42. Males genitals (any problems with erection, any pain, any itching etc.)

43. Females menses details (reply to all these points)

• Regularity (early, late, irregular, duration of cycle)

• Flow (low, moderate, high)

• Clots (none, some, a lot, huge clots, bright color, dark color)

• Any discharge (color, consistency, smell)

44. What illnesses are running in your family

• Mother’s side

• Father’s side

• Siblings (brother/sister)

45. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)

46. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details

47. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological)

48. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dosage, approx. time frame)
 
fitness last decade
I would not advise you to start treating her yourself. Homoeopathic prescribing for chronic complaints, and especially for mental health issues, is extremely complex. I work with a lot of mental health cases, and they can be very difficult to unravel. You must be careful not to suppress such cases any further to avoid complicating the disease itself.

Fitness, would you mind if I posted the Child one that I have been using? It may be a bit more specific to a child's case.

MENTAL STATE OF CHILD


1] What is the effect of main complaint and associated complaints on him/her?

2] What are the thoughts/feeling/reactions associated with it? Describe in detail.

3] Any unusual sensation in their body. (Describe the sensation they experience during all stressful situations like nightmares, fears, before exam, with the incident, which had a deep impact on him/her.)

4] What are his/her fears (existing and/or imaginary)? What are the feelings/thoughts and the reaction associated with it?

5] Any incident which had a deep impact on him/her? Describe in detail. What are the thoughts/feelings/sensations associated with it? At that moment of time what were his/her feelings/thoughts, sensations and reactions associated with it?

6] What are the stories/fairytales that he/she likes to read / listen? What character attracts him/her the most and why? Describe about HIS/HER understanding of the stories. What are the feelings/thoughts associated with it?

7] What are his/her imaginations/fantasies? Describe in detail.

8] What are the dreams that he/she gets? What are the feeling/thoughts and reaction associated with it?

9] What are the nightmares that he/she gets? What are the feeling/thoughts and reaction associated with it?

10] What are his/her interests and hobbies?

11] Describe about the specific toys, games/specific TV serials, cartoon characters, movies he/she likes. What are the thoughts, feelings associated with it? What kind of questions does he/she asks related to that?

12] How is he/she at sports and other activities?

13] Describe about the drawing he/she likes to do/sing. What are the thoughts/feelings associated with it?

14] Any other activities does he/she like to do? What are they? What are the thoughts/feelings associated with it?

15] Describe all the qualities of your child, which makes him/her different from other children, which is unique to him/her.
16] What does he/she wants to become when he is grown up and why? What are his/her ambitions?
17] Whom does he/she idealizes and why? What about him that he/she admires the most?

18] How is his/her relationship/behavior with parents, teachers, friends, relatives? What are the qualities he/she admires in them? How is his behavior in school?

19] What kind of questions does he/she asks to his/her parents, relatives, teachers?

20] What are his/her views about the world?

21] What makes the child cry or laugh?

22] What makes your child very angry and irritable?

23] What does the child do when he/she is alone?

24] Is there any particular reaction does he / she throw about a particular person?

25] Have you observed any change in his/her behavior on starting a particular T.V./radio program? If so, what is it? How does he/she react?

SLEEP PATTERN

1] Describe the posture in sleep. (On the back, side, abdomen etc.) Any particular position in which he sleeps? In which position he can’t sleep?

2] During sleep does he /she:
a) Snore?
b) grind teeth?
c) Dribble saliva?
d) Sweat?
e) Keep eyes or mouth open?
f) Walk? Talk?
g) Moan? Weep?
h) Become restless? Wake up with a jerk?

3] Describe if anything else is unusual about his / her sleep: (sleepy, sleeplessness, etc. if so, when?) ________________________________________

APPETITE AND THIRST

1] How is his appetite?
2] When is he hungry?
3] What happens if he has to remain hungry for long?
4] How fast do does he eat?
5] How does your child feel before / during / after meals?
5] How much thirst does he has?
6] Any particular time when he is especially thirsty?
7] Does he feel any change in the taste and feeling in his mouth?

STOOL
1] Does he have any problem regarding stools?
2] When and how many times a day does he pass stools?
3] When is it urgent?
4] Does he /she have any problem about bowel movements?
5] Does he/she have to strain for stool? Even if soft?
6] Does he/she have belching or passing of gas? Describe its character.
7] How does he/she feels after passing gas up or down?

________________________________________

Urine and urination
1] Any problem about urine?
2] Any strong smell? Like what?
3] Does he / she has any trouble before, during and after passing urine?
4] Any difficulty about the flow? Slow to start, interrupted, feeble dribbling etc.?
5] Any involuntary urination? When?
________________________________________

SWEAT/PERSPIRATION-FEVER-CHILL
1] How much does he/she sweat?
2] Where and on what part does he/she sweats the most?
3] Does he/she perspire on the palms or soles?
4] Is the sweat warm, cold, clammy, sticky, musty, greasy, stiffens the linen etc.?
5] What is the smell like? E.g. foul, pungent, sour, and urinous.
6] What color does it stain the clothing?
7] Is the stain easy to wash off or difficult?
8] Any symptoms after sweating?

9] How does he react to hot/cold weather and monsoon?
10] When does he get fever or chill?
11] What brings it on?
12] Does he /she experiences any sense of heat or cold in any part of his/her body at any particular time?
________________________________________


CHEST-HEART – COLD – COUGH
1] Does he/she catch cold often? If so, how often?
2] Describe the symptoms, nature of discharge etc.
3] Is there any trouble in his/her CHEST or HEART?
4] Is there any trouble with his/her voice or speech?
5] Is there any difficulty in breathing?
6] Does he /she has cough?
7] Is it more at any particular time?
 
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