Rishimba....Help For HyperActive Boy

Hi Rishimba,

I have filled out your form below regarding a 6 year old boy with tics, hyperactivity, behavior, and attention problems. Thank you SO much in advance for your help (like always) :-)

Main Suffering:

6 Year old boy, family history of Tourettes Syndrome, has been displaying nervous tics on and off since 18 months old. He is also very hyperactive and has a very hard time sitting still. Gets bored and frustrated easily, whines often out of boredom, has to be in constant motion and acting completely silly in order to have fun, cannot sit still long enough to focus, very emotionally immature, laughs at inappropriate times and at inappropriate situations, does not like to take direction from adults, has a rebellious personality, very sneaky, as soon as the adult looks away, he is sneaking away to do or say the thing he should not, is extremely demanding and bossy to parents and younger sibling, will not do what he is told until an adult gets angry and raises their voice or threatens punishment, laughs at people when they get angry with him, displays jealousy over younger sibling, enjoys instigating fights with younger sibling, is very quick thinking and witty, very articulate with speech and communication, likes to draw, is a very picky eater, loves dinosaurs, in social situations with other kids he is always the one being reprimanded for acting inappropriate and silly, is never satisfied, constant discontent, and he craves and begs for candy.

His physical stature is: extremely small (always the smallest in his class wherever he goes), pale complexion, tiny features., brown straight hair, blue eyes.

He has been seeing a classical homeopath now for a few years. She has tried some remedies that have seemed to have a positive impact, and then some that haven't had much of an impact. we have tried the following:

Apis 1M - Definitely showed an initial response, but then response wore off

Tarentula 1M - Showed a positive response for awhile, but that seemed to wear off too.

Tele Aranea (can't remember potency) - Only thing it did was make him very tired

Homeopathic Zoloft - Since mom was on zoloft during pregnancy with him, we tried this as a method to "clear" the zoloft in case it was blocking the remedies from working. We only tried this after none of the remedies tried seemed to stick

Cantharis 1M and 200C - The 1M didn't seem to do much. The first dose of 200C seemed to have a positive impact, but the second 200C did nothing

Pretty sure I have named them all. I may be missing one or two.

Physical Sufferings:

When he was a baby and toddler, he suffered from eczema. However, he has either outgrown it, or the homeopathic treatment he has been given has cured it. He also used to suffer from puffy, red eyes, and extremely itchy skin. His skin still does get itchy (especially in the winter), but his eyes don't look as red and puffy as they used to. He is allergic to cats, and when he is around a cat, his puffy eyes return. He also has a leathery, rough feel to the palms of his hands. Moles on body.

Mental Sufferings:

As described above, he literally cannot sit still. He is always flexing his muscles in his legs, buttox, hands, fingers, and arms. He also has a eyebrow furrowing tic where he raises and lowers his eyebrows all the time. He sometimes has an eye blinking tic, and head jerking tic. These tics, and his behaviors are exacerbated when he gets ill, gets tired, is around an allergen, and loses his baby teeth.

When Did It All Start:

The tics started around 18 months, the eczema started right after birth, was very fussy even as baby, and the behaviors progressed as he started walking and talking.

Which Time Of Day Are You At Your Worst?

He is at his very best at night right before bed. His behavior is the calmest (usually he is trying to be on his best behavior to avoid bedtime), his obstinacy, behaviors, and tics are constant throughout the day.

Things That Aggrevate:

Being told to follow some kind of instruction, any kind of organized activity, team sports, social anxiety, being hungry

Things That Ameliorate:

Sleep (he is a wonderful sleeper, always has been), when he gets what he wants (although even if he gets what he wants, he gets bored with it quickly and is no longer satisfied)

When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?

He seems to do better when the weather is warm and not dry.

General Mental Set Up

See first paragraph

Do you like being consoled during tough times?

Yes

Sensative to external stimuli like smell, noise and light?

Mostly smell. He finds many smells gross, and he also finds many food textures gross.

Habits

Besides the nervous tics, he is constantly humming. It never ceases. Sometimes it is not even a tune he is humming, sometimes he is just humming to make vocal noise.

How do you feel about your friends and family?

He is very jealous of his younger brother. He and his father argue and bicker often, and he often expresses that he thinks his parents are mean when they reprimand him. He expresses love toward his mother most often.

Fears/Repeated Dreams

He does not usually have nightmares. His sleep is usually very peaceful. He is afraid of heights, dogs, new social situations, trying new foods

Food cravings/aversions

He craves anything sweet. He likes fruit, honey, chicken nuggets, popsicles, macaroni and cheese, and bread. He dislikes anything with a soft and smooth texture, vegetables, melted cheese, and just about anything that mom puts on the dinner table

Hunger and thirst

Low level of hunger. More thirsty than hungry.

Sweat

He used to get very sweaty on his head when he first fell asleep when he was younger, but that doesn't happen so much anymore. He is not a high sweater. Sweat is normal level.

Bowel Movement

On the looser side.

Posture of sleeping

He lies with his head propped up (looks very uncomfortable, but he seems to get a good night sleep), mouth open often when he sleeps, usually on one of his sides.

Medications

Just the homeopathy mentioned above. He did have one round of antibiotics when he was younger for a strep infection. (he had anal and throat strep)

Major diseases run in family

Tourettes Syndrome

Appearance

Like stated above, very very small, skinny, pale complexion, brown straight hair, blue eyes, super cute.
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