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mental/emotional
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/ADD
Homeopathy

remedy differential

• Aconite: often have strange and irrational fears, e.g., cotton balls, fear of a light plastic ball but not of a football; babies must nurse in a particular place; fears and sweating at night; tendency to fevers, croup, thirst.
Anacardium: feels put down, isolated, separated from the world; pathological inferiority; feels need to prove him/herself; experience test-taking anxiety, go blank; antagonism within him/herself; of two wills, two minds; devils speaking in one ear; angels in the other; Jekyl and Hyde; can be cruel and malicious, often after a history of being abused or belittled; swearing; acts as if lacks conscience
Argentum nitricum: is thin, excited, and anxious child, always in a hurry, moving, touching; premiere remedy for obsessive-compulsive behavior in children; afraid of crowds and dislikes going to any public places, including school, prefers being outdoors; hyperactive but with a quality of innocence; usually not malicious, though may have short bursts of anger; hypoglycemic: better from eating, craves sweets, which adversely affect her/his behavior; may be susceptible to conjunctivitis and tonsillitis
• Aranea ixabola: excessive teasing, especially teasing and manipulating by acting cute; mischievous leader - gets others to disobey; fascinated with spiders
• Arnica: child in shock, or never well since shock or trauma, can be due to difficult birth; often confused with Sulphur
• Aurum met.: little adults; want affection, don't know how to express emotional needs; can be cold to family, have a hard time making friends; perfectionist, can be bitter and negative; try hard, don't want to fail; tend to sinus problems, nasal congestion, moaning in sleep; feel better from music
Baryta carbonica: can be sweet, timid and fearful or be the class clown, goofy and acting out; apparent arrested or delayed mental, physical or social development; shy, self-conscious, with self-limitation, feels defective; fear of looking bad, being laughed at, criticized; feels incompetent, incapable; feels s/he is being laughed at, mocked or criticized; timid due to fears, especially fear of making a mistake; feels s/he is being watched; dares not look up; acts childish and immature; difficulty with schoolwork; backward or behind; often teachers pet; tend to tics and glandular swellings
• Baryta iodatum: irritable, hurried, restless, and nervous; difficulty concentrating; canine appetite
• Belladonna: forgetful, slow, poor learning ability; sensitive to noise and light; night terrors, fear of ghosts; looks wild when angry; large heads, with bright red cheeks; look well, even when sick; tend to otitis media; complain of hot and throbbing discomfort; often crave cold drinks, lemons and oranges
• Bismuthum subnitricum: these children cling desperately to their mothers and are terrified when alone; tend to be thirsty for cold water, but can have acute stomach pain in which even water is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach
• Bufo: difficulty relating well to others; narrow focus; don't understand danger; associated with seizures or autism; slow, coarse appearance; can hug or bite you; masturbation or premature interest in sex; rely on basic instincts and instant gratification; upset when not understood; music or bright objects can be intolerable; often present with eczema, nail biting, and may have protruded tongue or a gaunt face with stupid expression
• Calcarea bromatum: restlessness in flaccid, chubby children
Calcarea carb: feels unsafe; afraid of robbers, dogs, heights. airplanes - any situation with potential risk to physical safety; cautious, protective; fear that other will perceive her/his confusion and think s/he's insane; feeling as if everything is horrible; stubborn and methodical; obstinate and strong-willed; can be slow, hesitating; chunky build; sweat on head as infant
Calcarea phosphorica: feels frustrated, dissatisfied; acts fussy, peevish; can be a devilish young child, who is restless, shy, and fearful, but who loves to take chances and play tricks, a daredevil; feels as if s/he is away from home and must get home; athletic; loves travel, change, new experiences; complain of growing pains, especially in the bones; desire smoked meats; tends to have abdominal gas, colic, slightly swollen abdomen; often have tonsillar hypertrophy.
Cannabis indica: feels isolated, disconnected; feelings of anguish, terror, ecstasy; spacy, confused, inattentive; time and space feel disoriented; fear of going insane; everything feels like a dream, even familiar things seem strange or unreal; acts as if in a dream or off in space; can't pay attention for long; good at science projects but can theorize until lose touch with reality; absent-minded; can be obsessive-compulsive; as if on drugs, stoned look in eyes; parents may have used marijuana excessively; three common variations: (1) laughing, giggling, clowning around; (2) ethereal, airy; (3) brassy, loquacious, like to dress up in olden day clothes
Capsicum: intensely homesick, discontented, brooding, irritable, absent-minded, disobedient, and angry; appear extremely obstinate; contrary, even against something they want if suggested by someone else; fear being censured and easily offended; restless, clumsy, and run into everything; difficulty sleeping at night, but yawn during the day; can wake in a fright, screaming, or full of fear; worse form any draft, even warm air; often seen in child at daycare with frequent otitis and bright red ears; can have pale face and puffiness under eyes, but rashes and red ears
Carcinosinum: fearful, timid, unhappy, worried, and obstinate, yet sensitive to reprimand and music; appear dull of mind, disinterested, and averse to conversation; can be very sympathetic to others; can be very tidy or very messy; love to travel and will over-extend themselves; frequently suffer from insomnia; strongly crave or dislike salt, milk, eggs, fat meat, and/or fruit; onset of symptoms often after severe reaction to a vaccination; frequently a family history of cancer; may have brownish cafe-au-lait complexion, many pigmented moles, and bizarre tics or blinking eyes
Chamomilla: bad temper, very irritable and impatient; complaining, frustrated, restless, and thirsty; contrary - do not know what they want; demands one thing than want something else; fidgety child quiets down once he has attracted attention; wants to be carried everywhere or will whine and scream but will settle down if carried and jiggled or rocked; aversion to be touched with a hypersensitivity to pain; feels pain is unbearable; everything is intolerable; can become so hyperactive that he will get exhausted and begin to cry; dullness of the senses with a diminished power of comprehension, as if they were hard of hearing; all symptoms worse at night
Cina: cross, contrary, disobedient with very difficult behavior; child does not want to be touched or even looked at and turns away when approached; nothing satisfies them for long; restless, fidgety and fretful, especially during sleep; grind their teeth at night and wet the bed; often agitated by parasites, such as pinworms; sleep is very restless, accompanied by jerking, frequent swallowing and coughing; often sleep on their abdomen or the hands and knees during sleep (Medorrhinum); irritated nose causing a constant desire to rub, pick, or bore into it until it bleeds; ears can be itchy; often show twitching of face muscles and eyelids, even inclined to seizures; appetite can be ravenous, strong thirst, and much craving of sweets; children often have large bellies
• Colocynthis: easily offended, especially by feeling unappreciated, insults, or humiliation; moody and overly sensitive; want to be alone; tend to abdominal cramp and sciatic pain, may bend forward for relief
• Cornus circinatus: don't want to think, read or work; inability to concentrate on thoughts; don't understand what they are reading; tend to aphthous stomatitis, flatulence, and weakness upon waking
• Crotalus horridus: intense, animated, hurried, restless, and talkative; many fears, especially that someone might be following them or that they hear footsteps behind them; fear of being alone, spirits, ghosts, snakes; can strike out in fits of rage; resent and blame other children for supposedly getting them into trouble; report dreams of hairy spiders; tend to hives and epistaxis
• Cuprum metallicum: anxiety at night; fears of kidnappers or house catching fire; known for sticking their tongues out
• Ferrum metallicum: strong-willed and persistent; fight for their beliefs; sluggish mind with difficulty collecting thoughts; tend to anemia and headaches; often obese, with aversion to eggs; can crave or detest tomatoes
• Gallic acidum: will hurt loved ones; wild at home but can be controlled elsewhere; fear being alone, day or night; want attention and need to win; can be sweet or manipulate others to fight; repeats same things over and over; touches things; tend to excessive mucous in nose and throat; often complain of photophobia; uncommon remedy with limited duration of action
Helleborus: feel stupid, that they cannot deal with things, and that their mind is sluggish; appear dull and unresponsive; often a history of encephalitis or a head injury; difficulty memorizing anything or articulating thoughts; tendency to despair and a strong aversion to making any effort, yet easily angered; observed to bite their spoon when eating without being aware of it; history of fever and/or head injury; often need to follow quickly with Hyoscyamus; easily confused with Sulphur and Med.
Hyoscyamus: difficult children with poor impulse control, even though engage in premeditated actions; talk excessively with episodes of mania and rage that might include hitting and screaming, also inclined to depression after manic phase; can be manipulative, lying, and violent; seem unable to think; unresponsive to questions or cannot bear anyone talking to them; intense and violent excitability with fear, delirium, and the delusion of being poisoned; feelings of abandonment, jealousy, suspicion; fears of dark, dogs, water; delirious; delusions of animals, of being pursued by enemies, as if s/he might be injured by surroundings; sees ghosts, specters; very animated, seeming silly and foolish; smiling and laughing at everything, often inappropriately; talks nonsense; acts out ridiculous gestures like a dancing clown or monkeys, trying to be center of attention, often with sexual overtones; giddy; love to run around naked, can be a totally shameless exhibitionist with bizarre behaviors for shock value, including cursing; tries to embarrass parents; jealous of their siblings, often may injure them; cannot tolerate being covered up.
• Kali bromatum: restless child, always have to be doing something, especially with his hands - throwing a ball, shooting marbles, flying an airplane, even cracking his knuckles.
Lachesis: loquacious, agitated and hyperactive; restless and moody with strong emotions; very jealous of siblings, or even same sex parent; tend to be vengeful, sarcastic and nasty, especially hurtful (and intuitively accurate) with insults; can have a self-destructive personality, with a marked lack of confidence and a tendency to severe depression, withdrawal, and hopelessness; hate any kind of physical or behavioral restriction, like tight clothing or being "grounded; cant bear authority and run away from home; tend to self-criticism and irritability; often reproach themselves severely; may also show aggression which surfaces easily and makes them difficult to live and work with; known for suspicion with a marked preoccupation about others; frequently feel that others are often criticizing them and putting them on the defensive; all symptoms worse upon waking, when they are typically unrefreshed and even more agitated, often complain of a suffocative feeling.
Lycopodium: insecure, may act like bullies, being cocky and boastful, often with overcompensation; marked lack of confidence and many fears, often really cowards; can be dictatorial and bossy at home where they feel safe; delusion that s/he is a great person; fear of looking bad, needs to cover up; afraid of failure; afraid to try anything new or to try again if fail once; fear that s/he will be injured; sees phantoms, images; displays both fear and bravado; usually intelligent and may look older than his years, but often suffers from dyslexia, confuses words or letters; performance anxiety; prefers younger friends; want to please authority figures; tends to abdominal gas; more tired, more restless, or more irritable between 4 and 8 p.m.; child doesn't want to sit down at the dinner table, but prefers to run around
Lyssinum: bite, growl, snarl, scratch, act rabid; torment followed by rage, unprovoked rage; angry but repent quickly, has remorse; feels tormented, abandoned, as if has suffered some wrong; feel as if has been injured or abused; often history of abuse, children of violent parents; strike out at presumed tormentor; self-destructive, impulse to cut self; defensive, as if being attacked or insulted; possible history of dog bite; animal-like behavior; aggravated by sound of running water; fears of water or reflected water, dogs, small rooms; crave chocolate and salt; enuresis
• Mancinella: fear of evil, devils, being possessed; may develop fears or obsession with evil after seeing a scary movie; delusion that soul has been surgically removed; child says someone is taking things away; often associated with asthma or bronchitis
Medorrhinum: irritable, agitated, and in a hurry; racing mind; lust for experience, especially sensual; feels a need to hide her/himself, because s/he has a defect or is somehow flawed; anticipation anxiety; delusion that someone is behind him/her or that someone is touching their head; fear that something dreadful has happened; sense that everything is strange or unreal; fear of going insane; terrible memory, forgetful, mentally dull; unstable emotionally; has fits; can be reckless and impulsive; obsessive-compulsive, rigid; cruel or loving to animals; wants to stay up late at night, feels better at night, yet can fear dark and monsters;. may have a history of diaper rash as a baby, and later skin rashes and asthma; nail biting; hot feet; sleep with knees to chest
• Natrum muriaticum: little adults; extreme watchfulness; known for sitting in mothers lap during interview; often tidy, don't want to lose control; sweet, except in family; silent grief or may have shrieking tantrums; may be confidante to one parent and nasty to other; ADD with concomitant anorexia; shyness with urination, especially in public place; crave salt, aggravated by sun, and dislike slimy foods and fat
• Natrum sulphuricum: specific for depression after a head injury; often seen with grief after parents divorce; strong sense of duty to family; can be suicidal; suffer existential anxiety and may have a nihilistic attitude toward life; sadness relieved by music; often experiment with drugs; born older; tend to asthma and warts
• Nux moschata: child passes out with slightest injury or no obvious provocation; giddy, spacy, mental confusion; can be perfect child - cooperates with parents, shares, does chores, goes to bed on time; tend to sleepiness, constipation and dryness of eyes, mouth and tongue
Opium: difficulty concentrating; spacy; painlessness of obviously painful complaint; out of touch; complaints from fright or after head injury; constipation; sleep apnea; mother often given drugs during pregnancy or labor
Phosphorus: fear of being unloved, isolated, having lost all friends; psychic; sees ghosts, spirits, specters; sense of being on a distant island; concern that has an incurable disease; gregarious, bubbly, good-natured; sensitive, sympathetic, kind; sweet, compassionate; can be spacy
Platina: insecure, volatile, flirtatious, arrogant and contemptuous, usually girls; forsaken and unloved with a need to reconnect to people, but have the illusion that others are physically and mentally inferior; underneath there are often feelings of failure, rejection, and a lack of confidence; want to look good; very forward, even young girls will put out a sexual messages and tend to be jealous of other women; emotionally stuck, tend to live in and dwell on the past; can have strong feelings of anger, indignation and paranoia; may have overwhelming and aggressive impulses that provoke the most severe depression and confused states, alternatingly indescribably happy and can laugh at the saddest thing, then insufferably sad, hopeless and terrified by any serious thought; needs excitement or melodrama; very restless children who cannot remain in one spot and may experience marked anxiety with trembling, as well as oppressed breathing and violent palpitations
• Rhus toxicodendron: always on the move, both body and mind; hyperactive with focus; restless; silly, irritable; can be malicious; move to relieve pressure, better from motion; known for grinding teeth and sweating at night; crave bacon, milk and dairy products; often confused with Calc Phos, Calc carb and Tub
• Scorpion: violent if provoked or just for the fun of it, even parents fear being harmed by child; lack of conscience and compassion for the suffering of others; detached, likes solitude, can attack if bothered; indifferent to pain or pleasure
Stramonium: violent or fearful; severe hyperactivity, easily terrified, and inclined to violent agitation and fits of rage; speech is loud, fast, and possibly incoherent; feelings of terror, abandonment; afraid of the dark, dogs, evil, suffocation and abandonment; thirst is great, yet they dread water; fears of death; believes s/he is always alone, especially afraid to be alone at night, become overly vigilant to combat these fears and become violent if controlled; nightmares and night terrors that become increasingly worse between midnight and 2 a.m., they often wake screaming; see ghosts, specters, spirits; horror of glistening objects; delusions of animals, of danger; clinging; aggressive; bites, kicks, strikes; uses threatening language; can have seizures or personality change after a head injury, frightful episode, or trauma (especially being chased by dogs); can be useful in autism or Tourettes; child can be sweet all day and have terrors at night; introverted Stram can look like Nat mur or Staph
Sulphur: egotistical; tries to control feeling with mind; hates being scared; feels as if being scorned; delusions that s/he has been disgraced; messy and tattered but thinks looks fine; can be lost in thought, absent-minded, spacy; forgetful, loses things; has visions; full of theories and dreams, loves science fiction; can be a loner with limited social skills; prefers computers, reading, mechanical things
Tarentula hispania: frenzy, > music; acts wild and crazy; loves to sing and dance; feels as if never enough time; feels as if s/he has been insulted; sense of a stranger in the room; sees faces on closing eyes; episodes of raving delirium; mischievous and sneaky; teases and hides; cuts things; hurried, always restless.
Tuberculinum: revolts against restriction and need to feel free; always desires and seeks change, travel and new experiences; always feels dissatisfied; feels as if there is never enough time; afraid of (and often torments) dogs, cats; delusions that s/he can fly, that someone is following her/him, that he is surrounded by animals; feels everything is strange; compulsive and uncontrollable; destructive; throws tantrums; breaks things; precocious; often malicious
• Tuberculinum aviare: extreme restlessness with great weakness; diminished appetite of long duration; tendency to otitis.
Veratrum album: inconsolable after fancied misfortune; racing mind, agitated actions; driven to act on impulses; religious mania; overly religious; feels s/he is in communication with God; delusions that s/he is a great person or somehow distinguished; delusions of animals; always busy but often fruitlessly so; has impulses to kiss or touch others; hurried and restless, fidgeting, poking others; precocious.
• Zincum metallicum: fidgety and restless, especially known for restless feet and legs; overactive nervous system; twitching, jerking, and even convulsions; sensitive, irritable, and prone to rage; often make mistakes in writing and speaking; feel like they have committed a crime; can have tendency to lick everything; may look like little old people



footnotes

Imhauser, Hedwig. Homeopathy in Paediatric Practice. Haug Publishers, Heidelberg, 1988.
Weintraub, Skye. Natural Treatments for ADD and Hyperactivity. Woodland Publishing, Pleasant Grove, UT, 1997.

Reichenberg-Ullman, Judith and Ullman, Robert. Ritalin-Free Kids. Prima Publishing. Rocklin, CA, 1996.

Zand, Janet, Walton, Rachel, and Rountree, Bob. Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child. Avery Publishing Group, Garden City Park, NY, 1994.