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Sensory Processing Tactile Defensiveness

I am looking for ideas to help with my 6-year-old daughter's sensory issues around clothing. She has always had some sensory issues with socks and shoes but in the last year it has ballooned to include all clothing, especially underwear. She is shy and timid in new situations but friendly and a leader once comfortable. Wants to follow rules and gets frustrated and irritable when others do not. We have bouts of extreme insomnia (wakefulness from 1AM-4:30AM), moodiness, and just started some sensory issues around feeling overheated. Also some urinary sensitive issues that go from mild to serious; feels wet even after wiping and feels need to go frequently. We are pursuing the possibility of a PANDAS/PANS diagnosis but in the meantime I would like some ideas to help with these issues. Thanks in advance.
 
  barb327 on 2015-04-10
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Please describe all her sufferings and actual sensations as she feels it.

What makes her sufferings worse and what makes them better?

List about 10 adjectives to describe her nature, behavior, peculiarities, likes and dislikes etc.
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Amelia feels like clothes are generally uncomfortable and often says waistbands, seams, anything remotely tight hurts. The screams "this doesn't feel good!", gets angry, takes clothing off, and throws it. She is agitated and frustrated. She gets overwhelmed and doesn't know what to do when she can't get dressed. I believe the clothing feels uncomfortable and annoying most of the time and sometimes feels painful. Socks, shoes, undies, pants, shirts, etc.

What helps is wearing her favorite things. She may wear the same two pair of pants for two months then suddenly those don't feel good and she switches to something different. Her fav clothes/shoes are generally those that are loose and soft. What helps is if I offer to hold her as soon as she puts something on. I believe the sensory input of me holding her helps her to ignore the uncomfortable sensations the clothes are causing. After a few minutes she gets used to the feelings and is okay. She goes on with her day. I also suspect, but not positive yet, that antibiotics and anti-inflammatory meds like ibuprofen make things better. Also started Epsom salt baths which I think calm her. She likes very light, almost tickly touch on her arms, legs, back and stomach. This relaxes her while we read stories at night.

What makes things worse. Whenever she has a cold, virus, stuffy nose, illness. Having to wear anything new, tight or constricting, scratchy. ALSO even if we buy the same style of something that she is comfortable in, if the color is different she has a hard time. New items could be the most comfortable thing in the world but if new it causes anxiety for her, she over focuses on the sensations and cries.

Amelia is happy, inquiring, friendly, smart, obedient, shy, nervous, clingy, anxious at times, mood swings of sudden irritability.

Severity of symptoms come and go and vary seemingly overnight. Other issues are insomnia in middle of the night hours, feeling suddenly too hot, urinating frequently but only sometimes. Wiping self after urinating a lot with tons of toilet tissue. Her diet is low in sugar but high in carbs which I suspect might make things worse.
 
barb327 8 years ago
Additional comment: she also suffers from acid reflux periodically. When bad, she vomits phlegm in am or middle of night. Has taken acid meds.
 
barb327 8 years ago
Please give her a single dose of LACHESIS MUTUS 200C on one day morning only.

Give her the dose first thing in the morning in empty stomach and then let her sleep again for another one hour at least.

One dose would be 3 drops of remedy in some 10 ml of water sipped up slowly in clean mouth and empty stomach. No food or drinks should be given to her one hour before or after taking the dose.

Within the next 10 days, things should start changing with her.

Let me know after 15 days. You don't need to give her any other remedy or medicines or salts to cure this. Lachesis should cure her fully. Repetition of the dose only after a month if symptoms return.
[message edited by rishimba on Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:52:00 BST]
 
rishimba 8 years ago
Hi Barb I m mother of 11 year old son who is facing the same kind of issues just like your daughter.I m also looking for some kind of medicine to help my child overcome this issue.Can you please tell me whether homeopathy helped you and what all are you doing in this direction to cure your daughter.

Reply awaited anxiously .Please do reply.
 
ruchi1677 8 years ago

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