Re: Is there a rep for...?
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:51 am
Rosemary,
I have a case in which the boy (age 6) loved to dress in mom's undergarments. He also would follow mom everywhere and whenever she would shower or use the bathroom, he would run in to look at her "parts." He liked to pretend to be a girl. It was really becoming obsessive. He's quite a charming little boy - very sweet usually. Diagnosed autism but is more likely aspergers. Has a younger brother.
Farokh Master's Children's MM lists under Hyoscyamus:
Gender identity disorders in children: Desire to pretend to be the other sex, preference for cross-dressing in boys, girls insist on wearing only stereotypically masculine clothing.
Also,
Envious and jealous children
Violent outbursts of temper (although this child had the suppression of anger discussed in Massimo Mangialavori's Solanaceae text)
Ailments from being alone or emotional excitement
Behavioral problems and conduct disorders in children (kicking, obstinancy, quarrelsome), temper tantrums. This state is especially seen in cases where the child is very jealous of a newborn sibling in the family and desires to hurt or injure the infant in order to get back the lost attention from his parents.
Affectionate
While we don't label in homeopathy, I talk with a lot of parents with kids on the spectrum - these behaviors are very common - difficulty with transitions and the resulting tantrums is extremely common. My son had this and it was like a delay in adjustment to the new activity. While he was (is) incredibly bright, it was a processing issue. He would also wave a few minutes after people left. The tantrums were outrageous. Part of it is also the extra sensitivity (the label is sensory integration dysfunction or disorder).
In my son's case we traced the behaviors to a phenol intolerance (could not process phenols from most fruits and vegetables). The behaviors were eliminated using an enzyme called NoFenol. Other physical symptoms were red ears and red cheeks. However, the need for the enzyme was eliminated after he took the Thimerosal remedy (which is a story for another day and not something I recommend).
So while we like to look at behaviors according to mind symptoms, sometimes they are indeed physically induced (not mentally induced) symptoms. At that time, we were doing occupational therapy and did the whole preparing for leaving, 5 minute warning, 1 minute warning, time to go, go routine. It helped some but honestly not much. Thought this might help you in understanding the behaviors in some way.
The boy from my case did quite well on the Hyos (had many other indicators for it) and all of the obsession with the undergarments and mom's parts stopped (it's been over 9 months now). He eventually went on to Calc-C which he is doing very well on.
Hope it might help!
Truly,
Erica
I have a case in which the boy (age 6) loved to dress in mom's undergarments. He also would follow mom everywhere and whenever she would shower or use the bathroom, he would run in to look at her "parts." He liked to pretend to be a girl. It was really becoming obsessive. He's quite a charming little boy - very sweet usually. Diagnosed autism but is more likely aspergers. Has a younger brother.
Farokh Master's Children's MM lists under Hyoscyamus:
Gender identity disorders in children: Desire to pretend to be the other sex, preference for cross-dressing in boys, girls insist on wearing only stereotypically masculine clothing.
Also,
Envious and jealous children
Violent outbursts of temper (although this child had the suppression of anger discussed in Massimo Mangialavori's Solanaceae text)
Ailments from being alone or emotional excitement
Behavioral problems and conduct disorders in children (kicking, obstinancy, quarrelsome), temper tantrums. This state is especially seen in cases where the child is very jealous of a newborn sibling in the family and desires to hurt or injure the infant in order to get back the lost attention from his parents.
Affectionate
While we don't label in homeopathy, I talk with a lot of parents with kids on the spectrum - these behaviors are very common - difficulty with transitions and the resulting tantrums is extremely common. My son had this and it was like a delay in adjustment to the new activity. While he was (is) incredibly bright, it was a processing issue. He would also wave a few minutes after people left. The tantrums were outrageous. Part of it is also the extra sensitivity (the label is sensory integration dysfunction or disorder).
In my son's case we traced the behaviors to a phenol intolerance (could not process phenols from most fruits and vegetables). The behaviors were eliminated using an enzyme called NoFenol. Other physical symptoms were red ears and red cheeks. However, the need for the enzyme was eliminated after he took the Thimerosal remedy (which is a story for another day and not something I recommend).
So while we like to look at behaviors according to mind symptoms, sometimes they are indeed physically induced (not mentally induced) symptoms. At that time, we were doing occupational therapy and did the whole preparing for leaving, 5 minute warning, 1 minute warning, time to go, go routine. It helped some but honestly not much. Thought this might help you in understanding the behaviors in some way.
The boy from my case did quite well on the Hyos (had many other indicators for it) and all of the obsession with the undergarments and mom's parts stopped (it's been over 9 months now). He eventually went on to Calc-C which he is doing very well on.
Hope it might help!
Truly,
Erica
