Case by Jan Scholten.
Case, man, 18, autism.He was first diagnosed with ADHD. He has always been restless, both in his mind and physical. Gradually his physical restlessness has diminished and the diagnosis was changed to ADD.
Since puberty feels he has no rest in his mind. The change to high school was too big fro him and he constantly had the feeling of failing. He thinks too much, especially when one asks too much from him as happened at school. Too much impressions make things worse and the he wants to retire. In the morning he prefers to stay in bed. He went to a school for students with difficulties in learning. Now he works 4 mornings a week in glasshouses. He got that job through the psychiatric treatment as a kind of day care.
He has few friends and has contact only once or twice a month.
He feels sad, wants to stay in bed, He does not say much. He picks at the border of his nails.
Pregnancy labourHis mother was tired in the first period of pregnancy. Later she developed hypertension and itch all over her body. The labour was difficult, his mother had contractions for a long period. She had severe pains from the contraction inducers. It felt terrible and unnatural. The expulsion was difficult due to shoulder dystocia and had to forced by outward pressure. As a newborn he didn’t breath, was intubated, put into the intensive care for 10 days and treated with antibiotics.
MindAs a child he was cheerful and never cried. He was cheerful at the kindergarten and primary school. He was very active, hyperactive, taking everything in his hands. He was very stubborn, didn’t listen to his parents and their prohibits. His mother had to repeat prohibits many times. He was very open to everyone, also strangers.
He loves music, listening to it or composing music on his computer. In the past he played piano and drums. Music makes him happy, but he does it less and less from frustration and being unable to grasp what he had to learn.
He likes sports, tennis, running and especially swimming.
He like to have order, but cannot get his room clean and orderly. He want to do things, but doesn’t succeed doing them.
FamilyHe has nice parents. He had frequent quarrels with his two younger siblings as he went on doing his own thing, not understanding that they also wanted to play with the things he was playing with.
GeneralsWeather: > sun, > summer; desire thunderstorm; aversion cold.
Sleep: falling asleep difficult; rising late.
Desire: spicy, onions, cheese, bread, sauerkraut, cabbage.
Aversion: parsnip; sweet potatoes.
Plants: likes plants and gardening.
Animals: like them, their cat at home.
AnalysisPlants: sensitive
Iron series: -> order, control, < losing control.
Pteridophyta: autism, ADHD, ADD, turmoil in head.
Silicon series: < puberty.
Hemionitis: -> swimming.
Prescription:
Hemionitis palmata C30.
Follow upAfter 6 weeks and 3 dose of
Hemionitis palmata C30 he feels better and more at ease. He rises up in the morning more easily and feels more like doing things, especially when the weather is good with sunshine. He talks more to his parents. The turmoil in his head is less.
He started buying new clothes. He asked for working 5 mornings instead of 4, out of himself. He fogs more outside. He decided to start with food supplements and stopped experimenting with smoking and marihuana.
His Quality of life went from 50 to 70.