What has worked for your kids?

[Guest guest]

The post below came through this morning in regards to something

else but it got me thinking.  Maybe it would be easier for me to list some of

the issues we are dealing with, with Tristan and then those who want to share

can tell me what you did for similar symptoms?  Right NOW the list below is

what we see (this is a great improvement as he was nonverbal for many years. 

We were told he’d never speak.  There were also many other symptoms that

have subsided greatly through the years).  He is 11 ½ yrs old now.

Speech is still not completely clear

Very hard time explaining things

I think he knows in his head what he wants to say but can’t

find the words (sometimes he will answer a question three days later when it

isn’t relevant anymore)

Poor reading skills

Horrible reading comprehension

Very poor social skills (totally doesn’t get what is

appropriate and what isn’t)

Touches everyone

Makes loud disruptive noises

Tears his socks apart every day (sometimes even eats the

strings)

High anxiety

Very emotional

Gets angry very easily

Touches everyone’s hair (it is like the strings from his

socks)

Chews on his clothing

Smells everything

Looks at everything sideways through peripheral vision

Asks the same questions over and over again even when he knows the

answer

OCD

Many sensory issues

Gets stuck on one subject

Fine motor impairments

Gross motor impairments

Seems to live in a fog

Doesn’t get jokes

VERY literally

Concrete thinker

Unexplained stomach aches (could be related to his ’s

disease)

Headaches

Hands shake all the time but sometimes harder than others

Clumsy

He isn’t sick very often

Does have dark circles under his eyes all the time

Lately he has been complaining that when he walks forward it

feels like he is walking backwards?  Don’t know what this means and that

is all he will say.

This is a very generalized list and there are more issues but I

figured this is a start.

Thanks!

Buffy Krajewski

Arbonne International

Executive District Manager

Independent Consultant #16447105

www.nevergiveup.myarbonne.com

: If there is anything we all agree on, it is that just

as all of our kids have individual personalities and levels of function, they

have different needs. When deciding on any treatment, look at the reasons

people chose it for their child, and what specifically they got out of

it. What specifically are you looking for? Does your child have fevers?

Is he sick a lot or not at all? Is his digestion " off " in some

way? Does he speak? Does he have tantrums, stims or other behaviors

that make life in your family hard?