Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Symptoms of ADD, etc.

· Scrunching up his face into a curious grimace
· Talking to himself repetitively
· Extraordinarily picky eater
· A highly sensitive boy withdraws from conflicts – feels uncomfortable around strangers
· Sensitive to touch, hypersensitive – his hair was touched, let out a scream – bothered by loud noises
· Low pain threshold
· The tiniest bite would result in large, open sores
· Sleep problems – awakes at around 12 o’clock and also 4 a.m. very nervous and fearful – the sound of the wind or any noise made it impossible to sleep
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· Hives after MMR immunization
· So much in his own world, could not carry on conversation – didn’t notice whether other person was actually listening
· Talent for singing, excellent memory for tunes and lyrics
· Has no idea that the other person is bored
· Frequently speaks about hurting or killing people
· Naïve, gullible and literal
· Very shy – habit of lowering head or hiding behind mother in new situations
· A number of socially unacceptable behaviors including chewing and touching others, biting nails and pacing – OCD
· Clumsy
· If someone is hurt, is unconcerned and only interested in own needs
· Voice is very loud – shriek at top of lungs
· Pushy, opinionated
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· Known for being physically or mentally delayed development – shy and dependent, awkwardness and immature
· Keeps to themselves – avoid drawing attention to themselves

Sulphur
· Strongly opinionated, lively debate, care little about the interests and feelings of others
· Sensitive to criticism, insults or scorn
· Talent for mechanical and technological areas – loves to take things apart to understand them
· Itchy rashes, hives, rectal itching
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· Fear of conversation
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· Expert at pushing parents’ buttons and making them angry – purposely slams doors, change the alarm on the mother’s clock
· Curses numerous times a day but immediately after profusely apologizes after each time
· Refuses to watch any TV show that is violent
· Has social inappropriateness like pinching other people or staying away from them – no friends – needs mother to do anything – very attached – even bangs the bathroom door when mother seeks a moment of privacy
· Inordinate fear of tornadoes – fear of rain – afraid of animals, especially dogs – extremely sensitive to loud noises – phobia of reflection of shiny objects – swears and spits frequently – lick other people’s feet and arms – dread of taking a bath – barks – needed because of repeated torment or harassment – biggest fear is people picking on me
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· Aggravated when eats dairy products
· Narrow-minded, stubborn, rigid and reluctant to do unfamiliar things – response is to scream “no”, although later he may complete the task
· Elevated copper/zinc ratio
· Hates spiders, pain, afraid of needle pricks
· Yells a lot, bossy, snotty and no patience – bad attitude
· Fight a lot, moody, rarely smiles – narrow-minded and lazy
· Trouble making decisions
· Stiff mannerisms
· Slow paced, negative attitude
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· Habit of staring off into space hypnotically
· Slow pace and strong sensitivity to pain
· Withdrawn behavior – inability to comprehend, inattention and inner anguish, highly sensitive to various stimuli
· Reading level took gigantic leap
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· Over 65% of children with ASD are first labeled ADHD
· ASD children are an easy target for bullying and teasing
· Use overly formal language
· Tongue protrudes slightly when speaking
· Invades her neighbor’s space, unaware of boundaries or unspoken rules
· Speaks really loud even when she’s in front of you
· Start a conversation but neglect to give any context or reference for what she is saying
· Truthful to a fault
· Explains everything in order to be understood
· Needs to understand surroundings in order to feel safer
· Speaks about suicide
· Enormous compassion for animals – if sees cruelty to animals, can even faint
· Language development was considerably delayed – didn’t speak in complete sentences until six years old
· Routinely had trouble falling asleep
· Experienced recurring headaches - the headache pain was described as a tight band stretching from ear to ear across forehead
· Great moral sensibility
(Nuphar luteum - Used to treat pressing band-like pain across forehead)
· Feels nervous but not knowing why – feels she did something wrong
· Feels overwhelmed by schoolwork, especially written reports
· Interacts with adults as if they were equals
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· Overly serious – does not smile or return greetings, occasionally would frown or look away disinterestedly – never liked cuddling, content with being alone to do what he wanted – very determined, assertive in will, regardless of consequences, can’t control himself, constant battle of wills – minor transitions would result in emotional outbursts
· Throw himself on floor and scream for long periods of time
· Aggressive behavior towards siblings
· Attack and not stop
· Copious salivation – drooling in sleep
· On awakening, was grumpy and irritable
· Suffers from chronic sinus and lung congestion
· On the tongue, well defined groove marks and on sides
(introverted children who do not make social contact easily)
· Sometimes views others as enemies, can be hesitant, disconnected, adverse to criticism, dislikes contradiction, respond with anger or aggression
· Also hallmarks are salivation and indented tongue – excessive thick, green nasal discharge – prone to become easily overheated at night and kick off their covers – snoring – twirl hair compulsively – nose bleeds
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· Could not stand being looked at
· Grind teeth at night
· Wake up in morning very hungry
· Very cross
· Inconsolable tantrums
· Hate being looked at or touched – will stiffen with anger
· Grind teeth at extreme hunger
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· OCD
· Very, very sensitive
· Fascinated, almost obsessed with blood and gore – always talking about monsters
· Accident-prone
· Sometimes diagnosed with bipolar disorder
· Picked at arms until they bled
· Focused on fights and violence
· Sometimes photographic memory
· Dyslexic
· Handwriting disorganized – letters written backwards
· Phobia of germs – frequent hand washer – compulsive teeth brusher – cannot tolerate anyone touching his food – uses words germs and blood constantly
· Afraid of dark caves
· Afraid of dogs
· Afraid of losing sight of parent when on outings
· Wake up in middle of night looking for mother
· Afraid of being hit by another child
· Has imaginary friends
· Suffers from asthma, chronic ear infections and recurrent bronchitis
· Many headaches
· Bedwetting
· Slow to develop
· Rarely cried as an infant
· Unusually passive from infancy
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· feel harassed and persecuted
· Fear of dogs
· Dreams about knives
· Always stimulated mentally, their minds overflow with creative ideas, daydreams and plans
· Highly sensitive to the environment
· Usually needing a plant remedy
· Reading improved
· Handwriting became legible
· Stopped picking at arm
· Originally diagnosed as a profile of a serial killer
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daydreams a lot – trouble focusing and staying on task
· Tends to be giddy
· Obsessive tendencies
· Whenever makes a mistake, apologizes for being a failure – highly self critical – assumed mistakes were source of deep disappointment to parents – if received one low grade, would be very upset at not being perfect
· Anxious child – fearful of trying anything new
· Afraid of burglars, water, bees, wasps, spiders
· Exceptionally creative, talented artist who loves to draw – creates three pictures a day
· Sensitive to artificial flavors and colorings
· Sensitive child – hug too much
· Chronic ear infections – nail biting to the point of bleedings – occasionally wets bed
· Numerous moles and strong history of cancer
· When makes mistakes, gets angry
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· Expectations are very high
· Pushes oneself beyond capacity in order to fulfill them – oversensitive to any situation where seen as less than perfect – assumes he’s a failure – upset at anything that might disappoint parents or teacher
· Typically creative, bright and intense – excel at arts including music, drama, dance and art
· Loves to travel – classic feature is moles, birthmarks, café-au-lit spots or latte colored skin
· Transient red rash under armpits, few bumps under nose, skin eruptions after taking remedy are an indicator that it is the correct one
· Holes in eardrums following surgery healed
· Sense of worthlessness and self-deprecation
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· Very passive infant
· Rarely uttered a word
· Has Tourette’s – sticks out tongue, cocks his head and makes faces
· No interest in connecting with classmates
· Clumsy, fell easily and hated sports
· Fascination with guns
· Raises arms to strike parents
· Kicks in door of classroom
· Habit of fidgeting restlessly – the whole time
· Dreams of things blowing up or catching fire
· Likes cats a lot
· Remarkably bright, articulate, imaginative
· Habit of putting his face in the face of others and making odd grimaces, gestures and noises.
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· Intense, fearful, violent children
· Fears of animals, dark and water
· Improved speech, eye contact and blushed for the first time in his life
· Tells childish jokes – immature – more happy
· Choppy speech, babyish quality
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· Urges to throw things, steal food and make a mess
· Requires animal remedy because he’s a pursuer, sneak up on you, skulk, hide and pounce
· Describes animals with big claws, sharp teeth, etc.
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· Night terrors – extended tantrums – can shriek for two and a half hours straight in the middle of the night – mad, very angry with universe
· Always grimacing
· He won’t do anything until he’s ready to do it, very stubborn
· When had a friend, would slug any other child who wanted to sit next to him
· Overly enthusiastic - would run into his classmates at 80 miles an hour
· Has huge potential – wanted to be good and tried hard
· Wash hands 30-50 times a day
· Asks endless amount of questions
· Dislikes crowds
· Resistant to new ideas
· No patience or tolerance for fools
· Quite sure they knew more than anyone else
· Checked locks obsessively
· Reluctant to try anything dangerous – even refusing to watch scary parts of movies
· Stayed away from jungle gyms
· Allergic to corn products
· Would react by racing up and down the hallways
· Overstimulated by noise, light, rough clothing and crowds
· At four and a half years old, suffered from shingles
· Delayed speech
· Lack of appreciation of personal boundaries
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· Handwashing – fixed nature on thoughts and behavior
· Excessive touching and pinching, yelling too much, easily triggers irritability and impatience
· Uses words “unexpected” and “all of a sudden” when explaining situations that frightened him
· Underlying fear was someone was hiding somewhere and would punch him, not to kill him but hurt him
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· Fear of sudden blows and injuries
· Walking on feet, kicking feet, banging on computer board
· Attention span 15 seconds – easily distracted by noise – impulsive and impatient
· Fidget, flap hands, chew pencils
· Lining up toys
· Removing shoelaces, twisting string or tying knots
· Chattered incessantly and tormented adults with nonstop questions – thirst for learning
· Doesn’t want anybody to tell her or show her how to do anything
· When pushed too hard, responds with neck jerking or grunting, ticks
· Very childish pace
· Junk food addict
· Kind and compassionate – Especially kind to those who are disabled
· Developmental delay and emotional maturity – looks much younger than age – prefers to play with children younger than herself
· Developmentally delayed
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· Immaturity, dependence, timidity, tendency towards holding selves back for fear of embarrassment – used for more socially timid children
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· adds sociability, kindness and compassion – strong desire for company, love and acceptance – sweet and kind – receptive to and giving love and affection
· Childishness is a prominent feature
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· Cranky, complaining and constantly dissatisfied – has a demon look – sometimes behaviors of drunk
· Roll his eyes, run around wildly – literally bounce off walls
· Not phased by parents’ reproaches
· Cannot be helped with strict diet
· Incessantly asks “why”
· Dyslexic
· Loves to torment cats
· Loves to pretend he was an animal
· Would eat from a dish on floor
· Swiveling head from side to side, sucking thumb, rolling on floor
· Habit of touching and smelling everything he picked up
· Contradicts parents – negative criticism – assuring he has plenty of friends
· Loves all kind of animals
· Always twisting himself in the phone cord or rolling in the car or across floor or bed
· Thumbsucking and drooling
· Spinning, banging, crashing into whatever is in his way
· Spinning toys
· Would say to himself, “I hate you and will put you in jail”
· Possible source was severe reaction to MMR
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· One of the main characteristics is animal-like tendencies, desire for extra love and attention, as seen in orphans – feels as if missed out on fun and nurturing of infancy
· To make mistakes in speaking or writing – may feel or act as though they were drunk
· After remedy, had spontaneous affection
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· Sensory overload
· Say too much to him, he covers his ears, can’t take it, breaks down and starts crying
· Sometimes screams at top of lungs for no reason – hitting balloon point and explodes – nothing to do to stop him, make him feel better
· Recurrent ear infections
· Often disappears to do his own thing alone
· Rant and rave and be set off with smallest thing, even if touched by somebody
· Blows up daily – short fuse
· If told to do something calmly, would overreact and say he’s not going to do it – break into tantrum – cannot be consoled or reasoned with for 30 minutes – mutter and slam doors
· Can never lose games
· Very sensitive
· Would cry for an hour about how adorable a teddy bear was
· Low pain threshold – having blood taken is traumatic – yell and squeal – panic reaction
· Hates going to dentist
· When teased, wants to beat up the kids
· Everything talks about being pierced or poked
· Inquire about hobbies, fears and dreams
· Love to cook
· Enjoys speaking foreign languages
· Hates sight of blood
· Likes to cut people who bother him
· Likes to kill people who bother him
· Recurrent headaches
· Plant remedies are needed for sensitivity
· Sensitive to anything sharp – even gravel
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· Features are extreme fear of needles and sharp, pointed objects – migraine headaches that feel like sharp, red hot poker piercing left eye
· Usually sweet boy
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· Always had to have something in mouth – chew zippers, tags
· Teeth always ground down, no enamel remains
· Extremely noise sensitive – even noise of fan bothers him
· Not good answering why questions – better concrete thinking than abstractions
· Could not play pretend games
· Loved being touched and cuddled
· Too trusting
· Too trusting of animals
· Lack of street smarts
· As a fetus, would not move
· Constipation
· Fun-loving, easygoing and quite a talker
· Loves to speak about what he saw on television
· Jumper, dancer and climber
· Enjoys spinning in chairs and climbing on chairs
· Wandering mind
· Go into a rage – tenses body – clenches teeth and yells angrily
· Could not verbalize when he needed
· Would usually avoid situations, especially around people
· Common of ASD children, loves books and reads the same ones over and over again
· Finicky about foods and texture
· High sensitivity to having hair brushed, combed or pulled
· Always something in mouth when feels stressed, especially first two fingernails of each hand
· Suffers cold sores
· Attention span is ten seconds
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· Overly-sensitive, highly active children – especially with high sensitivity to noise
· Gymnastic ability, love of music, rhythmic talent and excruciating sensitivity to noise
· Nose picking – whenever passes mirrors, would make strange faces
· Would trip frequently
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· Red-faced and clammy – cheeks turn bright red – increased sensitivity of scalp
· Flinches whenever nails were cut and face turned red
· Avoided water on face
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· Get angry for no reason and can punch
· Goes from being mildly frustrated to acting as though a cornered animal
· Hates being held down – if held down bites – on release will hit you
· Anything misperceives as unfair causes this, even tripping on something on floor – bites
· Parents can’t make him do anything he doesn’t want – power struggles
· Cannot be touched until he comes down on his own
· Pushed someone down a flight of stairs
· Often rude and insolent
· Many tantrums
· Swearing
· Intolerable if clothing is too tight or uncomfortable – refuses to wear socks
· Hates having nails cut
· Sensitivity to particular foods
· Reacts with muscle jerking
· Unwilling to go to sleep unless mother with him – won’t go upstairs alone for minute, even if light is on
· Petrified of dogs
· Doesn’t like being held tight – just wants to break away
· Afraid of dark
· Spits at attackers
· Hates getting water splashed on him, especially face and head – even wet washcloth is unacceptable
· Prefers rough and tumble play like trampolines or crashing into objects or jumping on another child
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· Extreme sensitivity to being restrained – reacts like wild animal
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· Rage, fear of water, animal-like behavior, fear of dogs
· Unwilling to take bath and get hair wet
· Poor speech
· Inability to back down
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· Bird remedies – people tend to be thin boned and wiry
· Feeling of being restrained, confined or trapped
· Anger when touched – biting people around him
· Contrariousness, discontentment, stubborn, rage with swearing and scratching others
· Tremendous desire for freedom
· Lack of sense of smell – chronic knee pain
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- · Walks on toes most of time
· Sensitive to noise – mood swings, social withdrawal – developmental delays
· Physical appearance looks like an old man
· Involuntary muscle spasms – restlessness and adult-looking appearance
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· Marked perseveration
· Obsessive restlessness
· Need to eat with great frequency
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· MMR
· SPD (Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder) – language and communication disorder sometimes found in children with ASD – characterized with serious deficiencies in language and thought processing, poor social skills, behavioral problems
· Very impulsive
· Likes to run very fast
· Enjoys pushing his limits
· Heightened mathematical abilities
· Difficulties learning speech language – rigidity – intense interests – lack of affection
· OCD and tick disorder – loss of ability to speak
· Head banging
· Told to do an assignment but never does it
· Very polite and very nice – never rude or disrespectful – just doesn’t do what he’s told
· Prone to develop sores on body – made bigger by scratching – enlarged tonsils – ear infections and bad colds – abnormally large, hairy mole
· Stealing candies and cookies and food
· When sad, likes when it rains
· Sincerity and motivation to get help
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· Exceptionally kind and considerate, real desire to please
· Combined with recurrent ear infections, mathematical genius and stamina
· People who are contentious about doing well but lack the strength to carry out their intentions
· Silica is slow to act
· Self-consciousness
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· Rash on back – migraines – TMJ – starting a fight and shutting down – almost paralyzed for hours afterwards – would only freeze but not talk back
· Would run away from home
· Take out aggression and negativity on family – can never please me, hard to express love – nagging and complaining – everything he does it wrong – patience is minimal – very low energy – highly sensitive person – very affected physically by anger
· Would internalize other people’s rage
· Highly sensitive to insults, humiliation and unfair treatment
· Do best to keep own anger under control – suppression of anger results in variety of physical problems – common are urinary tract infections and boils
· One parent is raging, dominant and violent – so sensitive terrified of situation
· Later allowed her to forgive parents
· Plays the victim – false beliefs and carry deep anger resentment for a long time
· Was not able to verbalize feelings towards parents
· Unable to forgive
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· Filled with desire to escape, give up, leave it all behind
· Life is too much to handle – want to run away
· Recurrent boils – feels like needles being poked into body – pain is so intense paralyzing – sudden shock – burnout and stagnancy – solo energy nearly superhuman effort needed to cope with situation
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· Senses have been dulled to extreme as coping mechanism – cannot handle high degree of sensitivity – feel numb and insensitive
· Hurt to think – feeling burned out
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· Room is messy like a tornado hit it – loves to dump out drawers
· Will direct others to clean room while she sits and looks – big temper
· At no time lashes out and hits
· Very lazy
· Denies having done things despite proof otherwise
· Comes up with most outlandish excuses
· When told to do something, says not going to do it
· Blind with rage
· When mind made up, no changing it
· Nobody can make her do anything
· Her way is the only way
· Only way to get her to cooperate was to realize that she was the boss
· Arrogant – for girls with superior attitudes and have vaginal complaints
· Unpredictable moods