Author:
Maarten van der Meer
Book:
Evolution of analysis
Type:
Case
Chapter:
3-663.14.17
Anhalonium lewinii
Remedy code: 3-663.14.17
A 13-year-old boy, he sits upright, almost mechanically responding, answering remarkably quickly as if rehearsed, and he seems to have all the answers ready as if he has shut off his emotions. In between, he stares, ready to respond, alert but inward-focused. It is noteworthy that he responds just as quickly and accurately to a question about yesterday as he does to one about years ago, while his mother takes some time to recall past events.
He initiates the conversation himself: "I'm here for those pills." Then his mother took over: from the age of 5, he received the regular diagnosis of ADHD, and now PDD-NOS has been added. We suspect that he is highly sensitive. The questions he asks his parents: do I still have to take those pills? We also don't want to give too many medications, and he himself wants to stop and has not taken anything for two weeks now. Concentration is far from adequate. He is easily distracted and has a busy mind. His sleep is poor, even with melatonin. With Strattera, there was more calmness in his mind. Now he finds it even harder to fall asleep, sleeps with earplugs, and is very calm in his sleep. One dream: it was in space, I had discovered a new sun and built a house, it was a nice dream.
School: he receives specific care, and extra guidance in the first two years, and his grades are good. The regular school was not possible: it was too busy for him, he picked up too many stimuli and had to go to special education. He has been very active since pregnancy. Swaddling made him very irritable, he saw the smallest objects. In group two, he suddenly had very poor vision and needed glasses with a strength of + 5. Tonsillectomy, because he was always very congested, then suddenly got a high fever, often with febrile convulsions. Ritalin was tried from group 2, which made him apathetic, and hallucinatory, he dared not to swim. Dexamphetamine caused tantrums, he started banging his head. Strattera did little, but without it, he was very restless, non-stop, and unmanageable, he kept grabbing everything. Socially and emotionally, he is lagging in development. He can make remarks, 'What is life about', and 'Why do I have to live'. He doesn't feel like doing anything. Growth: in the past few months, he has shot up. Pregnancy: that was hell for the mother, it was a heavy child, and she had no energy, for the first 3 months she kept throwing up everything, she lived on water and bread, and since then she has not recovered. She breastfed, and he drank a lot.
He cried a lot in the first two years. He never complains, but lately has had more headaches in his forehead, 'as if his brain is coming out'. Eyes: recently he had new strength, he wears contact lenses and has a cylindrical deviation. Hobbies: sometimes he fishes, but often the ditch is cleaned, then he waits a long time. Sometimes with father. Also computer games. He has two guinea pigs. His mother says he's not very active. What he wants to be later: a dog trainer, and a bomb detector. If it's too busy, in class, then I try to rise above it and join in. He sweats a lot at night, he is always very warm, and they even have to change his bed. He only likes strawberry lemonade, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and sweets. Occasionally something else, but in the past few months, he only eats hamburgers and only from one specific brand, he is a very picky eater. It causes some intestinal problems, with bowel movements every 3-4 days.
Analysis
For this analysis, an outstanding symptom was considered, and this rubric was reviewed to find a medicine that fits with what was described and seen at consultation. It was a rubric of 130 possibilities, this was before Q-search was introduced. The search term 'memory' within class 6 and Phase 1 yields a few scores for differentiation, much easier. Rubric memory active (Complete Dynamics): Anhalonium (he doesn't need a second to think about any question, remembers everything, even from the past, and doesn't understand why such a memory is remarkable). Reviewing the rubric rang a bell at Anhalonium. See the reactions to medications (Lanthanides characteristic, so this fits class 6), and the remarkable dreams (Anhalonium), Phase 1 aspects (restlessness, concentration).
Lanthanide aspects: he doesn't want medication, his strong reactions to regular medication, philosopher with a helicopter view capacity.
Phase 1: quick responses, sudden complaints, the mother's exhaustion, wich fits stage 1 or Phase 1.
Stage 17: the restlessness, behavior is uncontrollable, 'excluded' from the system, the school doesn't want him, the course of pregnancy.
Prescription: Anhalonium lewinii C200.
Follow-up
After four weeks: it went well. I'm calmer in my mind, I can think more easily and quickly. In the beginning, it was very noticeable, then a bit less. His mother adds that the teacher at school doesn't notice any difference in being restless or restraining himself (it's the same degree of restlessness as when he was
still using Strattera). His parents notice that he is much happier, he laughs more, and he's less angry (now it comes out that he used to get 'gigantic angry' fitting for stage 17). The first days were already fantastic at home, but the difference was quickly noticeable. He is now very restless in his sleep: tossing, sitting up, going to drink something, etc. His mother noticed this because he had asked, 'Will you come to sleep with me again sometime, sleeping in the children's room, there is now more emphasis on 'being a child' and affection. What is also very positive is that he eats much more, he can even wake up hungry at night. When I'm nervous, I tremble all over, that was when I went back to school after two weeks of vacation.'
The rigidity in his posture and response is gone, he is much more relaxed, the rigidity has been there since the period when he wasn't feeling well at school. He also doesn't sit continuously upright and tight during the consultation, not responding quickly or skittishly anymore, the first few minutes yes, but then he relaxes, becomes absent-minded, and plays with his hands. No more dreams, he used to always dream about adventure. The restless sleep is in the first 5 hours, he usually falls asleep with his mother, then they move him to his own bed (this fits with the unity of Phase 1). No more headaches. Sweating is still the same. What comes out more clearly is stage 17: outbursts, and crossing boundaries. And having no foundation, naive, spontaneous, fitting for Phase 1. After three months, things are still going well. But concentration is still not enough, this is now causing tension because he might not be able to go to the school of their choice. There is still progress with eating, the behavior remains calm, we have completely stopped the medication, and he is growing like a weed. Behavior at home is considerably less than last month, it's now teenage behavior. Stephenson mentions that Lophophora, or Peotl, other names of Anhalonium, is used to allay hunger and thirst and general fatigue. Reaction and side effects of regular medicines often show the sensitivity, the remedy picture of the person, in this case ‘apathy en halucinatoy, tantrums’, symptoms of the boy and mother (he is second child, so there is correspondenc with the mother), all confirming the remedy picture.