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Please Help. My 9 year old keeps zoning out/ADHD symptoms

Hi, I really need a recommendation for my 9 year old son. He has all the symptoms for ADHD, but lately we have noticed that he zones out or daydreams at any moment. Even if you are speaking with him or if he's walking to the sink to clean his plate.

Other symptoms:
- lack of concentration
- can't sit still in class
- not completing his assignments due to not understanding
- impulsive
- plays alone sometimes
- hard time understanding school work instructions or directions
- memory, not retaining some skills he has learned.

I know we need to clean his diet up more but I need to something to help him with his condition.

Thanks in advance
 
  Tissi427 on 2014-10-17
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
I will post a questionnaire that will bring to light the kind of information that homoeopathy requires for prescribing purposes. Please click on my profile name for information about me.

Describe each physical complaint/associated set of symptoms in detail. Please include the following when doing this:

1. Appearance
2. Sensation or pain
3. Situations/events/triggers for making it worse
4. Situations/events/triggers for making it better
5. Event that seemed to start the complaint
6. Other sensory features – smell, sound, taste, tactile etc

Make sure each complaint is done separately. Do not group them together. This is for physical complaints/diseases.


MENTAL STATE OF THE CHILD (IMPORTANT)

1. When the physical complaint is active, what is his/her emotional state like? What does he/she do? What does she/he want you to do?

2. Does he/she describe any unusual sensation or pain in the body, especially when they are complaining of something?

3. What fears does he/she have? How does she/he react?

4. Was there any incident in the past that had a great impact? What happened at the time? Is there any ongoing reaction to this event? How does he/she talk about it?

5. Is there any story (book, fairytale, cartoon, movie etc) that seems to really resonate with her/him? What does he/she say about it?

6. What kind of fantasies does she/he describe to you? How does this translate down into play, games, toys? Does he/she tend to draw particular things over and over? If so what are they? If you point to these images, what does she/he say about them?

7. Does he/she describe any dreams or nightmares to you, and what are they? How does she/he react on waking from them?

8. How is he/she when interacting with other children? What about sports or games? How about obeying rules or social conventions?

9. How is she/he when interacting with older people? Is there any difference between family or friends and strangers in terms of reactions and behavior?

10. What kind of activities does he/she enjoy doing? Which of these do she/he spend the most time at?

11. What qualities seem to make your child different from other children?

12. How does your child cope with school, school work, study, deadlines, speaking in front of others, following directions etc?

13. What kind of questions does he/she tend to ask you or other adults?

14. What makes her/him laugh? What makes him/her cry?

15. What makes him/her angry or irritable?

16. What does your child do when alone?

17. Is there a particular person or type of person that he/she reacts to, and what kind of reaction?


GENERAL STATE OF YOUR CHILD

1. What position does he/she sleep in?
2. Is there any position he/she seems unable to sleep in?
3. Any unusual behaviour during sleep?
4. Any problems with sleep?
5. What foods are craved (cravings are strong desires) What foods are hated?
6. What drinks are craved? What drinks are hated?
7. How does he/she react when hungry, or hunger is prolonged?
8. How does the weather affect?
9. How does the temperature affect?
10. Are there any other environmental influences negative or positive (season, noise, music, moon, light, dark, day, night, time, smells etc.)
11. Problems with stool or bowel habit?
Problems with urine or bladder habit?
12. Where does he/she sweat most? Does it stain or smell unusual?

PREGNANCY AND BIRTH

1. What kind of health problems occurred while you were pregnant with your child?

2. Were there any other stresses or traumas that occurred?

3. Did the birth itself have any problems?

4. Do you remember if any symptoms occurred suddenly during pregnancy that then vanished after your child was born? Especially important are any emotional or mental changes during this time.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Describe each physical complaint/associated set of symptoms in detail. Please include the following when doing this:

1. Appearance - appearance is normal, he’s considered normal for height and weight.
2. Sensation or pain – No pain reported
3. Situations/events/triggers for making it worse - allergies or colds make him worse
4. Situations/events/triggers for making it better - cutting back on snacks
5. Event that seemed to start the complaint - Turning 1 and starting to walk; he started having tantrums when he could not get his way.
6. Other sensory features – smell, sound, taste, tactile etc - all seems normal.

Make sure each complaint is done separately. Do not group them together. This is for physical complaints/diseases.


MENTAL STATE OF THE CHILD (IMPORTANT)

1. When the physical complaint is active, what is his/her emotional state like? What does he/she do? What does she/he want you to do? When he’s zoning out he is usually at a calm state. When he has issues with concentration, he is frustrated because he does not understand or want to do the work. He will cry and complain. He wants to just play and not take responsibility for his assignments.

2. Does he/she describe any unusual sensation or pain in the body, especially when they are complaining of something? No unusual sensations or pain reported

3. What fears does he/she have? How does she/he react? He fears dark rooms or being upstairs alone.

4. Was there any incident in the past that had a great impact? What happened at the time? Is there any ongoing reaction to this event? How does he/she talk about it? Disciplining him when he started with the tantrums may have had an impact. The spankings, instead or redirection, could have contributed or made it worse. Last few years, it mainly been talking to him or fussing when he does wrong. He does not talk about it.

5. Is there any story (book, fairytale, cartoon, movie etc) that seems to really resonate with her/him? What does he/she say about it? He loves the Lego movie, toys, and books. He loves to sit and play with small toys. He hates for any parts to get lost but he moves to different action figures every few years.

6. What kind of fantasies does she/he describe to you? How does this translate down into play, games, toys? Does he/she tend to draw particular things over and over? If so what are they? If you point to these images, what does she/he say about them? He does not describe fantasies to me, but he will play in his own word with his toys. He will make up fantasies and events while playing with them. I normally just listen or watch. He will play with the same group of toys or just one toy over and over. He likes to take them everywhere. If you point to his toys and ask about them, he will tell you all about the figure and what powers it has.

7. Does he/she describe any dreams or nightmares to you, and what are they? How does she/he react on waking from them? He rarely tells us about dreams. I don’t believe he has them much. He will have a nightmare every once and awhile. He will call us and let us know that he had a nightmare. The nightmares are usually about a monster or something he saw on a video or television. We normally tell him it’s okay and to go back to sleep. It usually ends there.

8. How is he/she when interacting with other children? What about sports or games? How about obeying rules or social conventions? He plays okay with others kids. He plays with his brother’s fine. He also seems to enjoy playing alone. He plays with others but he does not like to play very long. He obeys rules pretty well now. When he was younger he struggled with rules. He would throw fits if he could not have his way. He normally has one person, whom he considers his best friend. He plays sports well. He’s really good at soccer and football. He enjoys video games.

9. How is she/he when interacting with older people? Is there any difference between family or friends and strangers in terms of reactions and behavior? He is kind of shy when it comes to older people. When younger he did not really care for strangers. He seems to enjoy family, he’s friendly with strangers. He does not like being at other people’s home for too long. He enjoys the comforts of home.

10. What kind of activities does he/she enjoy doing? Which of these do she/he spend the most time at? He enjoys playing with his toys, watching videos on Youtube and his favorite television shows. He spends most of his time playing with his toys.

11. What qualities seem to make your child different from other children? He likes to get in his own world and he seems content with that. He’s more sensitive than my other kids. Feelings are easily hurt.

12. How does your child cope with school, school work, study, deadlines, speaking in front of others, following directions etc? He seems to not like school because of his attention issues. He hates doing homework. He always remembers when his school projects are due. He likes to do well on those and have them in on time. He does not care to speak in front of others. He has a hard time following directions on assignments if he can’t comprehend it. Or he will just do something on his assignment without reading the instructions. At home we have to tell him over and over again to do cleaning tasks at times.

13. What kind of questions does he/she tend to ask you or other adults? He will ask questions about animals,

14. What makes her/him laugh? What makes him/her cry? He laughs when he’s hanging out with his brothers watching funny shows and videos or just playing. He cries when he is irritated or if someone irritates him.

15. What makes him/her angry or irritable? He gets angry when he loses one of his favorite toys or he is restricted from doing things he likes to do. If we tell him to put his things away and do homework, he gets upset.

16. What does your child do when alone? When alone he’s plays with toys.

17. Is there a particular person or type of person that he/she reacts to, and what kind of reaction? He does get excited when dad comes home from work.


GENERAL STATE OF YOUR CHILD

1. What position does he/she sleep in? He sleeps on his back mostly.
2. Is there any position he/she seems unable to sleep in? No position that I can think of.
3. Any unusual behavior during sleep? No
4. Any problems with sleep? Lately he’s been falling asleep late, even after school and football practice.
5. What foods are craved (cravings are strong desires) What foods are hated? He love snack food and apples. He seems to hate vegetables.
6. What drinks are craved? What drinks are hated? He is a big water drinker. No known hated drinks.
7. How does he/she react when hungry, or hunger is prolonged? He will whine if he is hungry or get frustrated.
8. How does the weather affect? He does not seem to have issues with weather or changes.
9. How does the temperature affect? He does not like the extreme hot days.
10. Are there any other environmental influences negative or positive (season, noise, music, moon, light, dark, day, night, time, smells etc.) No problems with environmental influences. He likes certain songs.
11. Problems with stool or bowel habit? He’s always been pretty regular
Problems with urine or bladder habit? He urinates a lot and sometimes wets the bed. But lately bedwetting has not been a problem.
12. Where does he/she sweat most? Does it stain or smell unusual? He sweats the most on his head. No unusual smells.

PREGNANCY AND BIRTH

1. What kind of health problems occurred while you were pregnant with your child? No health problems during pregnancy

2. Were there any other stresses or traumas that occurred? I was stressed at times, due to transitioning from working mom to at home mom. There was some marital strain during that time as well.

3. Did the birth itself have any problems? The birth was difficult for the baby and a Caesarean Section was performed. The baby went into distress and it did not improve. Also, he did poop in the womb. He was taken to neo-natal care but doctors did not find anything serious due to delivery.

4. Do you remember if any symptoms occurred suddenly during pregnancy that then vanished after your child was born? Especially important are any emotional or mental changes during this time. No changes.
 
Tissi427 9 years ago
You have misunderstood the first set of questions.

Appearance - this is what the symptom looks like, not what the patient looks like ie. stool is yellow and covered in mucous, or skin rash is purplish red and comes in patches, or restlessness is like he is in pain.

The first set of questions are in relation to each specific problem he has, although primarily I would be using them for physical problems. However sometimes they are useful for emotional or mental ones two like tantrums.

His problems as I understand them are:

Allergies
Restlessness
Inability to concentrate
Unable to understand instructions
Impulsiveness
Poor (or selective) memory

I won't get you to go through these again as yet, because you have made a good effort with the rest of the questions and I think I have enough information there to prescribe.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Sorry, about that, but yes, the problems listed are correct.

Thanks for your time.
 
Tissi427 9 years ago
Ok the remedy I would like to start with is Camphor.

I used the following rubric to narrow my search:

Delusion, world, she has her own little

I then refined that search by looking at the following rubrics:

Fear of the dark
Fear of being alone

Many of the other symptoms were fairly normal ones for children.


Could you obtain 200c in liquid form (oral dosing liquid).

If you instead have pillules or pellets, you will need a small bottle and a dropper to make your own liquid dose. Mix water and alcohol into this small bottle to the ratio of 5:1. Dissolve 3 pillules/pellets into this bottle. All doses will be made from this bottle.

If you already have a liquid dose just start from step 1.

1. Hit the bottle 5 times firmly against the palm of the hand

2. Place 3 drops into 100mls of clean fresh water

3. Stir very thoroughly

4. Take 2 teaspoons out into the mouth and hold for 20 seconds, then swallow.

This is one dose and the same steps should be taken for any further doses, unless I ask you to change them in some way.

If any old symptoms reappear, or any current symptoms worsen, this is a GOOD sign in most cases. DO NOT SUPPRESS them with other kinds of medication unless you are in real danger (which is a highly unlikely reaction to a remedy).

However, if you are on regular medication it is also important that you do NOT stop taking this. Once it is determined the medicine has acted beneficially, we can look at reducing such medication if safe to do so.

I will ask you to give ONE dose only to begin with and let me know what has happened by the end of 7 days.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Camphor has been ordered. I will provide results at end of 7 days.

Thanks for your time.
 
Tissi427 9 years ago
Hi, I gave my son the Camphor last Sunday. It has been 7 days. During that time, he did have more intense crying over small matters. His daydreaming has lessened in frequency and length of time.

Please advise if we should give him any more doses.

Thanks
 
Tissi427 9 years ago
Ok let's do an initial assessment.

I will provide a list of the symptoms you gave. Next to each one write Better, Worse or Same. If better or worse please write a percentage % to represent how much.

Lack of concentration
Can't sit still
Not completing/understanding assignments
Impulsive
Not understanding directions
Not retaining skills learned
Zoning out
Crying and complaining
Fear of the dark
Fear of being alone
Being in his own world
Feelings easily hurt
Speaking in front of others
Angry when losing a toy
Angry when restricted from doing things

Falling asleep late
Desire for apples
Aversion to vegetables
Whining if hungry
Sweating on head
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Lack of concentration - Better 20%
Can't sit still - Same
Not completing/understanding assignments - Better 30%
Impulsive - Better 20%
Not understanding directions - Better 50%
Not retaining skills learned - Better 20%
Zoning out - Better 50%, they were less frequent and lasted less time.
Crying and complaining - Got worse 50%
Fear of the dark - Same
Fear of being alone - Same
Being in his own world - Same
Feelings easily hurt - Same
Speaking in front of others - Same
Angry when losing a toy - Same
Angry when restricted from doing things - Same

Falling asleep late - Worse 40%
Desire for apples - less/worse 50%
Aversion to vegetables - Same
Whining if hungry - Same
Sweating on head - Better 50%
 
Tissi427 9 years ago
Ok so...

Better in concentration, understanding and completing assignments, retaining skills, zoning out, sweating on the head, craving apples (I assume).

Worse in crying and complaining, and falling asleep.

Other things remain the same.

This is good, a good result from one dose. High on the hierarchy of symptoms are the mental/cognitive symptoms. Next are the emotional ones, then the general ones (appetite, sleep etc)and finally the ones that affect specific locations.

Is the aggravation in the crying and complaining still happening? Has it returned to normal or is it better than it was?
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
The crying and complaining has gotten a better (50%). We noticed that lately he's acting a little more mature and is doing better completing his homework alone.
I forgot to mention his handwriting in my original post. It was below grade level and overnight it has changed. It is neat now. We praise him for it, to keep him motivated to keep it up.

I really appreciate your help with my son.
 
Tissi427 9 years ago
Excellent. Then the crying and complaining was the aggravation. Continue to watch and wait for the time being. Let me know how things are after another week.
 
Evocationer 9 years ago

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