Tourette's

[Rochelle]

I have a 12 yr old coming in next week who has Tourette'sSyndrome + add. He
has been on Ritalin for many years but has now been off this for a few
months. He is intelligent but won't concentrate on anything like his school
work for very long. Has to be kept on task. Obviously I will be looking for
a constitutional but would be interested in a group of remedies maybe that
I should be looking at? Maybe the epileptic ones? Has anyone had much
success with this genetic problem?

Regards, Rochelle
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[Joy Lucas]

Hi Rochelle, genetic or not this condition will still have its
individulisation within this boy. Profoundly this is something that is
happening against their will (always a good starting point). Some have the
ability to suppress their tics all day (whilst in the company of others)
which then make them <<

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Pls make sure their food and drink does not include ASPARTAME!!!

Then take a full case

Don't let the diagnosis of tourette's syndrome make you biased!

Soroush

[Rochelle]

Thanks for your thoughts Joy. Naturally I will looking for a constitutional
remedy which will be individualised. I thought it would be interesting to
know if others have tackled this condition.
All the best
Rochelle
www.rochellemarsden.co.uk

[Rochelle]

I am also very anti aspartame. I reckon it is one of the main causes of
depression!!!

Rochelle
www.rochellemarsden.co.uk

[tracy poizner]

I would imagine that a case of Tourette's will be
brimming over with good symptoms to repertorise! If
you haven't read Oliver Sacks on Tourette's, there's a
wonderful chapter in "An Anthropologist on Mars" about
a surgeon with this affliction who is totally free of
spastic movements only when he is operating!
Off the top of my head, rubrics which might apply from
what I know of the syndrome in general are:
MIND/grimaces
MIND/cursing
MIND/speech/repeats
MIND/speech/hasty
MIND/speech/nonsensical
MIND/speech/foolish
MIND/Gestures/ (many sub-rubrics,including *tics*)
FACE/Expression
FACE/involuntarily/mouth opens

Please let us know when you have seen the client.
Regards,
Tracy

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[Rochelle]

Will do!!

Rochelle
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[Peter Quenter]

Hi Tracy -

At 13:45 02/15/2002, you wrote:

Ah yes - I remember you telling the story some time ago ......
a true recount -

.........

May I add a few considerations -

A young boy, age 6 or so at first time visit, with diagnosed so-called
'Tourettes'
has been without medication now for at least 5 years -
Although I personally would not consider his homoeopathic case a 'show-case',
as over the years he still had phases of symptoms of tics and mental symptoms,
nevertheless he and his mother have been able to live a life without
drugging that
might make the kid zombie around not-being-himself -

It not being a 'show-case', however, makes it a good learning case!
When, at the beginning of homoeopathic treatment, you look at the actual
symptoms
that the person displays, you'll likely end up with the
'symptoms common to the disease-name' - in the medical/clinical sense!

Sometimes that is indeed what needs to be addressed first in a case that is
of strong
pathology -
Noting, however, and being aware that a remedy based on those
'common-to-the-clinical-disease'-symptoms
may only benefit palliatively - and if so, likely only for some time -
As much as this remedy is sometimes appropriate to begin with, the
'disease' as in the sense of the Organon, meaning the 'dynamic' disease,
paragraph #3
'...what is it that is to be treated in the case', may require a very
different remedy when
perceived from the *whole* case -

In a pathology of such nature and depth one might also be aware to possibly
expect
emergence of more frequent acute diseases (acute disease in the true sense
of the meaning -
acute infections mostly - so we are not talking about an acute flare-up of
a chronic underlying
condition)
In those acutes, if at all possible, one would want to make sure to assess
properly the situation!
if it is not of threatening severity, best might be the 'wait-and-see'
approach -
otherwise one would likely need to find the remedy that covers the acute -
then re-assess any continuation of the chronic treatment after the acute
has resolved -

More likely than not such a case will be of long duration and follow ups -

The most important thing to keep in mind, at least in my personal view, is
to make sure to not give in to the often arising temptation for giving
another remedy
and then another, and then one for the acute, and then change the chronic,
and yet another
remedy to try and speed things up, and then suddenly you see again another
'seemingly-better'
remedy .......... and before you know it you're lost in a case of
'don't-know-what's-going-on-anymore' ....
it happens often enough, and simply because we only want to provide ever-better
treatment - and end up loosing -

Initial time spent finding a proper *first* remedy is time saved trying to
rescue the case
later on -

......... hey....... that sounds like a short 'aphorism' - I'll keep
it .............

best
peter quenter

[Rochelle]

This is the part that needs to be written in red on my clinic desk!!!! I get
caught up in not wanting the patient to suffer!!

Regards, Rochelle
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[Peter Quenter]

Hi Rochelle -

At 11:43 02/16/2002, you wrote:
Should I ever get to England, I'll make sure to look you up and come by
your office - I have some
large red markers for bold-type words

- permanent markers ! -

(you should see the walls of *my* office ............. ! )

peter quenter