ADHS
[Dr.
Subrata K. Banerjea]
Passion, fit of: Plat-met.
[Dr Vijayakar]
Unlike in Phosphorus, Platinum children do not like to be caressed, cuddled
or hugged. They are capricious.
You ask a Platinum child, ‘whom you don’t like’, she will say ‘I don’t
like my brother’. Why, ‘why because I
hate him.’ How about your sister? ‘She is ok’. ‘Whom do you like most?
‘My pet’ and so the conversation goes. You give her crayons to paint and
you find she is not interested. The mother confesses that this child is asking
her recently why her genital area
differs from that of her brother, which she noticed while bathing in the
bath tub. Following rubrics support this theme.
MIND – CARESSED; being – aversion to
MIND – AVERSION – family; to members of
MIND – ANIMALS – love for animals
MIND – ART – inability for
MIND – CAPRICIOUSNESS
As the child grows older and develops strong likes and aversions, there will
be discernible changes in behavior. They start bullying parents till they get
what they want. But this need not
always be the case. Generally they will be harsh with mother but soft
with father. Where the parents are both very strict and disciplinarian, these
children resort to seducing behavior.
MIND – HARD for inferiors and kind for
superiors
MIND – COQUETTISH – too much – children; in
MIND – begging, entreating
MIND – REVERENCE for those around him
MIND – AFFECTIONATE # sadness
They remain aloof in the class room and like solitude and won’t join in
play with other children. Early development of sexual instincts may be a
pointer in mentally retarded children.
Children grossly suffering from wounded honor because of being sexually
abused or bullied by class mates may refuse to go to school on some pretext or
the other or resort to intense
praying and develop anorexia.
When these children enter adulthood, they begin humiliating their
parents by passing blasphemous comments on those venerated by their parents.
They want to sport the latest and
costly branded items to win the admiration of those around. This
flamboyant nature may confuse us to give Lycopodium in the first instance.
Children in psoric phase may refuse to
participate in debating contests at school. A study of the repertory
will prove Platinum is represented in all these themes.
Mind:
Children who display excessive fascination for beauty, make-up,
modelling, fashion; show inclinations at an early age to become a model, film
or television star, etc.
Children who love to be praised and flattered for every small thing
(Lyc. Pall-met. Verat).
Arrogant, proud and selfish children.
Children who love to attract attention by dressing in the most expensive
and elegant clothes.
Early and excessive indulgence in masturbation and sexual intercourse.
Sensitive children, who weep from the slightest admonition.
Tendency to profound vexation from trivial matters (Ign. Staph).
Physical:
Sexual organs sensitive; child tends to shriek from the touch of diapers
or undergarments.
Dry cough in hysterical children.
Involuntary movements of the commissures of lips and eyelids.
Sensitive and easily fatigued children.
Suited to thin, round-faced children with fleshy and prominent lips,
having a proud posture.
Young girls frequently do not accept their own gender; hence they adapt
many masculine habits (Nat-m),
while male children usually look effeminate (Lyc. Sil).
Other important symptoms
Mind:
Ailments from: Anger, death of parents, egotism, grief, reproach or
scorn and sexual abuse
Artificial emotions to impress others, frequently leading to gestures of
affectation (Stram), like embracing and kissing everyone.
Desire to learn to play the piano; loves to hear piano music.
Early leadership qualities in small children (Lyc. Sulph).
Exaggerate a lot about their laurels and boast about their own selves
and also squander a lot through ostentation
Very rude and impolite children, who even insult their own parents.
Bulimia or anorexia nervosa following suppressed anger or a feeling of
being neglected feeling.
Capricious children, who tend to be discontented with everything.
Consolation makes them worse.
Deceitful children, who get their desires fulfilled by flattery (Verat).
Disposition to mock and criticize other children who are physically and
mentally weak.
Fear of ghosts.
Feels unappreciated, forsaken and rejected very easily (Puls. Staph).
Haughty, obstinate children; cannot accept “no” for an answer; hence it
is difficult to train and discipline them.
Inability for art.
Inconsolable weeping from admonition, anger and reproaches.
Increased ambition.
Laughing immoderately, even over serious matters.
Obsessive-compulsive desire to wash his hands all the time.
Sensitive to pain; shrieks and weeps with pain.
Shameless with indecent dressing.
Threatening and striking his friends in violent anger, with a pale face.
Very prim and proper.
Very selfish and ungrateful children; hardhearted.
Head:
Headache from anger, in children dominated by a strict parent or a
teacher.
Headache occurs (temples/hemicranial region) with blurring of vision and
lachrymation; < overexertion of eyes and when in a crowded or a stuffy room;
> keeping the eyes shut and walking in the open air.
Examination findings:
- Hydrocephalus.
- Migraine.
Eyes:
Examination findings:
- Eyes rolling upward.
- Pupils are insensible to light.
- Staring look.
- Sunken eyes.
- Twitching of the lids.
Nose:
Acute sense of smell.
Nasal obstruction, on alternate sides, in a warm or closed room.
Examination findings:
- Epistaxis of dark clotted blood.
Face:
Redness of face with rage (Bell. Hyos. Nux-v. Stram).
Examination findings:
- Cracked lips or tendency to peel them off.
- Sunken face with blue rings under the eyes with coldness (r.)
Mouth:
Difficult dentition.
Profuse salivation.
Stammering speech.
Examination findings:
- Bluish discoloration of the tongue.
- Looseness of carious teeth.
Throat:
Constant disposition to swallow.
Examination findings:
- Elongated uvula.
- Painful goiter.
- Swollen right tonsil (Phyt).
Stomach:
Hiccoughs.
Loud eructations when hungry (Nux-v).
Thirsty at night after dinner.
Aversion: Meat;
Desires: Bread/cold drinks/sweets;
Abdomen:
Pain in the abdomen from fright and hunger (Calc. Sep. Staph).
Cramping, cutting pains in the abdomen (umbilical region), with
constipation.
Obstructed flatulence.
Examination findings:
- Inguinal hernia.
- Pendulous abdomen.
Rectum:
Voluptuous itching around the anus (Sulph).
Constipation while travelling, with ineffectual urging and straining, even
for soft stools; stools have to be removed mechanically
Sheep dung like stools that are dry, hard, knotty and crumbling in black
balls.
Examination findings:
- Fissures in the rectum.
- Stools: Pinworms; and segments of tapeworm.
Urinary organs:
Examination findings:
- Red-colored urine that leaves red sediment on the diaper.
Male organs:
Tendency to masturbate in young children (during sleep).
Female organs:
Premature and violent sexual desire in young girls, driving to
masturbation (Orig).
White or transparent, painless, leucorrhea (during the daytime), with
voluptuous itching of the vulva.
Larynx and Trachea:
Hoarseness due to nodules on the vocal cords.
Laryngismus stridulus.
Respiratory organs:
Spasmodic asthma; < in open air or wind.
Cough:
Cough during chicken pox (Ant-c).
Cough feels like it comes from the stomach (Bry. Kali-bi. Sep).
Short and dry coughing bouts with fever.
Heart: Rheumatic endocarditis.
Examination findings:
- Pulse: Weak.
Limbs:
Contraction of the tendons of fingers, causing them to remain clenched
(paralysis of the extensors of the fingers, e.g., extensor digitorum profundus,
extensor pollicis longus and brevis).
Inclination to uncover the lower limbs at night (Med. Sulph).
Weakness of lower limbs.
Examination findings:
- Restless lower limbs, especially the legs, while sitting (Med. Zinc).
- Convulsions of upper limbs.
- Trembling of hands on holding them out.
Sleep:
Sleeps on the back with hands over the head and the lower limbs spread
apart and uncovered.
Falls asleep easily when reading (Gels) or after eating.
Perspiration during sleep.
Skin:
Voluptuous itching in the night not > scratching.
Examination findings:
- Cold, pale skin.
Convulsions:
Ailments from anger, fright, masturbation and worms.
Convulsions with tetanic rigidity.
Generals:
Extreme sensitivity to pain, which appears and disappears gradually.
Ailments from masturbation and suppressed perspiration.
Rapidly changing physical symptoms,
OR physical symptoms alternating
with mental symptoms.
Right-sided symptoms.
Trembling with chilliness, from fright, or with pains.
[V.T. Yekkirala]
Unlike in Phosphorus, Platinum children do not like to be caressed,
cuddled or hugged. They are capricious.
You ask a Platinum child, ‘whom you don’t like’, she will say ‘I don’t
like my brother’. Why, ‘why because I
hate him.’ How about your sister? ‘She is ok’. ‘Whom do you like most? ‘My pet’
and so the conversation goes. You give her crayons to paint and you find
she is not interested.
MIND – CARESSED; being – aversion to
MIND – AVERSION – family; to members of
MIND – ANIMALS – love for animals
MIND – ART – inability for
MIND – CAPRICIOUSNESS
As the child grows older and develops strong likes and aversions, there
will be discernable changes in behavior. They start bullying parents till they
get what they want.
Generally they will be harsh with mother but soft with father. Where the
parents are both very strict and disciplinarian, these children resort to
seducing behavior.
MIND – HARD for inferiors and kind for superiors
MIND – COQUETTISH – too much – children; in
MIND – begging, entreating
MIND – REVERENCE for those around him
MIND – AFFECTIONATE # sadness