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"My Son Needs Consciousness"
Pierre Fontaine , U.S.A
Case presented at the NASH conference.
Boy 8 yr
INITIAL VISIT:
ADHD.
History of ear infections.
"My son needs consciousness. He is not here."
"He has difficulties staying on tasks or following directions.
Super fast in math. Difficulties with cooperation. Loves to read.
He hangs out in the bathroom in school. He curses at the baby
sitter."
"He is not very good at making friends in school
because he has his own agenda. Kids don't want to spend time with
him. He is a loner. He is usually hot."
Obs: The child is
totally avoiding, does not pay any attention to mother when she
asks him a question or makes a comment, he has a cracked, red
lower lip.
When I tried to get his attention I was met by his
absolute inability to focus any kind of attention on me. I
repeated his name several times. It was as if he were not there.
Nothing registered. In my experience the best way to get
children's attention is to ask them about their dreams.
DREAM:
"I'm on a boat, the whole family gets off the boat and
I go home but my parents are not home. I pound on the door but it
is not locked. I watch TV. When it's almost time to go to bed a
T-rex crashes through the ceiling. A helicopter chases me trying
to kill me with water. The T-rex swats the helicopter and saves
me. We then go to sleep.
FOOD:
Likes meat and
sour.
PREGNANCY:
"I was upset and frenzied for a couple of days. The last four
months were very grueling. I had to go on a diet because I
was diagnosed with diabetes. I lost 10 lbs during the pregnancy.
Constantly on the go. So upset I had to limit what I had to eat. I
felt tired all the time. Physically draining to be pregnant.
Limitation in food was a great challenge. I felt like I was on an
island all alone by myself. I can see the city over there and the
ferry is not going to come for a long time. It is a desolate
place. The ferry has its own agenda. I am at the ferry's mercy."
ANALYSIS:
I felt the mother's beautifully unique and
eloquently explained state during pregnancy was the case. She felt
like on an island at the mercy of the ferry. It is very difficult
to escape from an island which is why the most famous jails are
built on islands. Secondly she felt at the mercy of the ferry much
like at the mercy of the guards in a camp. The ferry was
withholding the food. She had no say, she felt her freedom
terribly restricted. The dream of the child reflects the idea of
being alone and not being able to escape. The helicopter is right
above. One can never escape the searchlight of a helicopter. It is
a situation similar (but updated by children's exposure) to the
mother during pregnancy. After repertorization it was clear that
none of the remedies were accurate enough. Using Jan's thematics I
knew:
1: I needed a remedy that was not only alone but at the
mercy others.
2: Issue of food.
Rx: Natrum Iodatum
30C (Helios)
Jan Scholten says in "Homeopathy and
minerals:" "They are completely alone in their struggle for life.
It may be a matter of getting something to eat. The most basic
right of food is taken away, as well as other rights, such as
freedom of movement , freedom of expression and the right to have
some belongings. Such a person has no say in the situation and is
dependent on the whims of his guard. A third variation is the
feeling that all possibilities of escape have been taken away.
This is a concentration camp situation."
This fitted the case
most perfectly.
FOLLOW UP: 1 month
"Behavioral improvement in school. Beginning of remedy big
improvement in attitude and behavior. Whereas he did not have any
sign of conscience before, now much better. The teacher noticed
change of behavior and attitude. Definite changes.
Obs:
Appears much calmer and matures.
ATTITUDE:
Does not stay
angry as long. More eager to please. Doing things more on his own.
Doing his homework. Not as distractible.
BEHAVIOR:
At home, happier. Not waking up as angry. More selective about things
he is carrying in his pocket. Not as dependent on his brother.
Rx: WAIT
PHONE: 2 weeks later.
"Coughing, sneezing,
sore throat. fever does not feel cold.
OJ. Cold food. Hot
food."
Rx: Phytolacca
This was not an aggravation from
the remedy. It was clearly a cold/sore throat infection that
needed a remedy.
PHONE:
"Cleared up before we arrived
at doctor's office so he did not even see him."
PHONE:
"I can see he is slipping back into his old ways."
Rx:
Repeat.
FOLLOW UP: 1 month
"He is really well. Very
helpful at home. He is like a different kid. His brother bothers
him but he does not respond like before."
Rx: Wait
FOLLOW UP: 6 months later
"He has been doing very well in
school. He is pleasant. Nowhere near the way he was when I first
brought him."
Close to two years later he continues to do
very well. I treated his brother who was diagnosed with ADD after
it became clear that his own restlessness was beginning to be a
maintaining cause in the brother's case. The brother has done
beautifully well on Baryta carb. Both continue to be superbly well
now.
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