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Asperger’s Syndrome
The term ‘Asperger Syndrome’ is a neurobiological disorder characterized by developmental disabilities. This disorder is also widely recognized by the name of autism spectrum disorder or ASD.It is characterized by range of developmental disabilities. People with this kind of disorder have problems lack desire to interact with peers , may have socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour, and generally have repetitive routine. It is also sometimes found that the person affected by ADS has some speech and language peculiarities.
AS was discovered in 1944 by Hans Asperger, a Viennese pediatrician .He first described it as a personality disorder referring it as a psychopathy in the childhood. Later in 1980’s autistic psychopathy was recognized as a single disorder known as Asperger’s syndrome, named after Hans Asperger. But till this date researchers fail to clear the doubt between Asperger’s syndrome and high functioning autism. Because people with AS share the many symptoms of the high functioning autism. As a result identifying Asperger’s syndrome as a single domain remains in question .therefore pathologists are still struggling to find the exact cause of this syndrome.
Of all the autism spectrum disorders like pervasive developmental disorder(PDD), phenotype(BAP), etc, Asperger’s syndrome has similar symptoms of autism. AS is marked by poor social interactions, odd speech patterns and peculiar way of carrying oneself with the same routine and have resistance to change. It is also noted that people having this syndrome lack motor co-ordination. They are usually clumsy, shabbily dressed and fail to understand other’s body language and facial expressions. They are also unable to emote their feelings and therefore fail to make much friends. And since the usual onset of Asperger’s syndrome is during childhood, therefore the habits once formed last forever.
The signs and symptoms present in a person with AS can broadly be classified as under
Social interaction
those with AS experience failure in establishing life long relationships .this results due to their poor social interaction. They lack showing empathy towards others. They are not keen to share their experiences with others. They do not involve themselves into situations and are happy if left at their own. They fail to recognize the societal norms and accepted behaviour.Therefore they are unable to fit in the society. They exhibit strange behavior towards others like giving weird facial expressions ,non-smiling face and use of pedantic language. They indulge in one sided conversations and therefore are not good listeners.
Restricted concern and conduct
Another common symptom in AS patients is their inflexibility regarding their interests and behavior. They follow their own set routine and seldom allow any change. They follow their routine religiously. Any change in their routine can make them violent as reported in some cases. They like to keep their things arranged and any slight change makes them throw tantrums or send them into wailings .they form special interest in any subject and usually excel in it. But they may fail in other subjects if not of their interest. Patients of AS have strong rote memorization but lack in abstract comprehension. An additional symptom in some cases is of repeated motor mannerisms. These mannerisms include hand or finger flapping, rocking, spinning, jumping etc.
Oral communication
Those with Asperger syndrome might not have any delay in language formation but they do encounter problems while using correct words in the correct context. They are quite familiar with wide and new words but lack the sensibility to use them. They interpret the words according to their will. They are unable to note the elusive differences in accent ,tone and pitch. The most peculiar feature about their oral communication is their use of ornamental language. Their sentences are often laden with pedantic words as if quoting from a book. They are unable to sustain other people’s interest in their conversation due to lack of correct intonation and their tendency to jump one topic to another like drop of a hat.
Other symptoms
People with AS often relate their problems with their sensory experiences i.e. experiences related to the senses of touch,smell,hear and seeing. Another symptoms identified in some cases are attention difficulties and sleep problems.
Causes of Asperger’s syndrome –
Many researchers believe heredity to be the main cause of this disorder while some suggest mental disorders like depression and bipolar disorder to be associated with AS. Some research in AS cases have led researchers to associate birth defects with the syndrome. Some are also looking at environmental factors as a possible cause to Asperger’s Syndrome.
Although pathologists are still trying to distinguish AS from ASD ,yet some findings determine a different mechanism of AS from ASD.Neuroanatomical studies suggest that the AS’s mechanism involves some abnormal migration of embryonic cell during the conception of a fetus ,resulting in the alteration of control thought and behavior in the later stage.
Hello Dr, thank you for your informative site. I have battled the Asperger’s syndrome since a child, now 81!. However I still battle with making friends, social awareness, in business etc. I still work on farms using Radionics systems and have a small homeopathic lab for making remedies for farm animals and crops. Are there any remedies you could recommend to look at with a local homeopath in my area. Several attempts have resulted in being treated with no improvement or mis diagnosis. Dr Hugh Laurens , Merweville W Cape S Africa.
Hello Dr Sharma g just like to ask if you ever come to ENGLAND ?. It’s difficult to get a visa for India as I would very much like to visit your clinic.its about my only son who has Asperger’s syndrome..OCD aso.if you ever come to ENGLAND please send me email then I can see you.. thanks
i have a young male client who is 20 with high functionig asbergers. He is a strong introvert and failing to want to launch. He is an avid gamer his only interest. Want to help him feel more confident. His biggest concern is his acne which has been treated with accutane in the past.
Thank you,
Interested in remedies
Hello, i am ashlesh having Aspergers syndrome . what are the remedies ?
My son diogonosed as AS. His main problem is he talks hindi filmi dialog all the times. How it can be stopped.
Hi Dr Sharma,
I’ve never been formally diagnosed with ASD, but know that I have some of the symptoms. The main one is needing help with social skills and relationships. I am 40 but I feel any chance at overcoming this, no matter how small, is worth it. Any suggestions? Thank you so much.
My mother is 75. And has suffered from this condition.
However only recently we her children have come to this
Conclusion. My late father was confused and very frustrated with
Her and it was a disastrous marriage.
She does take homeopathy for acutes. Calcarea flourica
Has helped her. But her asperger symptoms are very pronounced.
Any help ?
One of the misconceptions you dote on is that aspies or asd’ers have a disorder, or are broken NT’s. WE are not the ones broken.
Women on the spectrum are always. Viewed as NOT having it. Women are overlooked, those of us age 40 and up had to wait a life time to be diagnosed, and had to fight for that diagnosis.
We are also 98% single(never married) or divorced.
Those that are married are usually in a abusive relationship with narcissistic ppl.
We have few if any friends because NT’s are careless individuals who view us as weird, strange, off putting.
Suicide rates are astronimical. Most do not live past their 50’s.
Support is non existant, as everything is geared to juveniles, no thoughts are given to adults, even the juveniles who come of age are cast out. They too will fall into the catergory of suicides after having all that support than suddenly none.
Their is no CURE and supplements or homeopathy is a joke to us.
Your knowledge of the spectrum is based solely on what little you read from an article. You must realize, those that write the articles are not on the spectrum, they only note what they can see have have no clue what it actually is to be on the spectrum. The ‘ coping’ tactics they are teaching juveniles are all wrong based on THEIR beliefs of what is best.
They try to teach them to ‘Fit in’ by not being themselves. It is no different than teaching a gay person to ‘fit in’ to societal norms.
Soon, that type of living crashes inward, in bad ways.
If you plan on trying to CURE ppl on the spectrum, you better be well prepared for the consequences.
Or take this post down and stop trying to selling this off as a cure or a help.
What this poster said above is very true. The ‘symptoms’ you have listed are very clinical and generalised.
I am a female with adult diagnoses. I am a great lover of homeopathy. I’ve used it for years and it has KEPT ME ALIVE.
If a homeopath ever said they’d ‘cure’ Asperger’s to me I would be devastated.
This is who I am. I am not disordered. I think differently to neuro-typical humans. I behave differently. I have many talents. I have a huge heart and an incredible capacity to forgive. I don’t hold grudges. I can see problems from an objective viewpoint with no emotional attachment and find the best solution for all. I am highly sensitive to other people’s emotions and have a deep sense of compassion. I have an incredible imagination and can make up a storyline anytime, anyplace. I think different and I behave different but that does not mean I am disordered- it means I am different.
I also have many struggless. I have huge sensory issues. I am highly sensitive- to light, temperature, noise, pitch, food and drinks. When I look people in the eye I feel a burning sensation in my chest. I can communicate well but often my current obsession is the only topic for conversation. I am that mother (and yes, I have a loving (not abusive but just very accepting) husband and two children) who gives TMI in the schoolyard when someone says ‘How are you?’.
WAYS HOMEOPATHY HAS HELPED
My point is: Homeopathy can help and support the struggles of being Asperger’s.
1. I find it really calms down the sensory issues (without removing the sensitivity, unlike allopathic drugs which just numb me and make me feel like a zombie).
2. It helps calm down the anger I feel when I need alone time but can’t have it (this is how I got diagnosed- very hard to hide away when you have two young children constantly wanting to socialise with you). Remember: AS people get over socialised and even a very positive social experience can push them over the edge- they will need respite. When I meet someone in a cafe, I must leave the rest of the day free and go home, close the blinds, wear my headphones and get some respite. It will take me 24 hours to come down from the buzz of a positive social experience and all the sensory delights (which could very easily turn into sensory-mares) of a cafe.
3. It helps me to focus when I am struggling to think of just one thing at a time (when I am out of hyperfocus). It especially helps when I am studying something I don’t want to study but have to.
4. It has helped my sense of self-hatred that I developed because I spent my whole life being treated as weird and wrong. I learned to love and accept myself with homeopathy.
5. It has helped with anxiety.
6. It helped my sexual maturation.
As I said, homeopathy has made my life liveable but if homeopathy continues to use the word ‘cure’ for who I am, I would find it very hard to continue using it.
Cure the struggles, not the person.
This response is so lovely. What do you take?
I have Asperger’s syndrome. But I need a homeopath for my “candida east infection”. I have found a good homeopath for it but I fear that he has figured out that I have “Asperger’s syndrome” while communicating my “candida” problem to him at his clinic as my conversation with him became a little awkward and fearful and has listed “Autism” as a disease on his website and so he believes in curing Autism.
Can you please suggest whether I should go to that homeopath for my “Candida east” infection.
My Son is 9 years old very smart but with asperger.
He spins his arms and jumps a little in the bedroom but at school he is very clever and gifted at drawing.
He is a little geeky and struggles in normal activities and can get extramly upset over the smallest things.
What hompathy products do you recomend for asperger?
Thanks
jason
Stop trying to fix your son, he is not broken.
There are no CURES for that simple fact.
Do not join or support autism speaks, they are out for your money, and will feed you a bunch of pipe dreams.
If you want real assistance, talk to people who are on the spectrum.
Researchers and doctors have no clue and do more harm than good.
Your son has sensory overload due to being overwhelmed by all the things that are flooding into him at one time.
Start there,
Than slowly progressing from there.
Try this site. AspergerExperts.com and their youtube on ‘how aspbergers work’
hello sir,
My daughter is 12 years old. as a child she used to be the ‘mama’s girl’ , shy and bullied by all. last few months, she has become the opposite! I have become her enemy, she bullies others, even her older sister and has become very aggressive and defiant. she has 1.extreme difficulty in developing age appropriate relationships. 2. excellent at academics in the past, but now deliberately under performs and is an average student. 3. refuses to understand other’s feelings, especially her mother and sister’s. shows a distinct lack of emotion. 4. has developed that adult professor like mannerism, rolls her eyes and lectures others.
All the above tell me that she is leaning towards Asperger’s syndrome. I am urgently seeking your advice on the best Homeo medication for her.
thank you doctor,
regards,
sharanya
Dear Dr. Sharma,
Our son is nearing 4 years. He has been diagnosed with ASD, He has Aspergers, signaling pr0blem.
He cannot relate words to action though he can communicate with physical gestures and crying.
His maturity seems to be a lotle less than normal children of his age, but nit sure because he is unable to communicate.
We have been going through therapy since more than a year and there have been some improvements, like better eye contact (from zero it has moved to at least 4-5), he understands some of the instructions we say.
Recently I cam across Homeopathy treatment for Autistic children and is very interested. I am also in touch with a Homeopathy doctor who does treat Autistic child in my hometown.
Let me know if Homeopathy completely cures children like that of mine.
Will be grateful to you for your suggestion and help and guidance.
Regards
Raj
There is no cure for folks on the spectrum.
They are not broken, we see, hear, feel, taste & smell in a way and intensity beyond your comprehension.
It is a sensory overload for your child.
Learn what is bothering your child first, is the lighting off, we hate yellow lighting and the tube lighting used in grocery stores.
Are her clothes hurting her skin, do the items have tags on them?
Try having them wear soft clothes, no pressed or stiff fabrics.
Perfumes, candles, chemical smells in the house.
Noises become a mesh of nothingness except loud static,
Are their too many ppl she does not know, we do best one on one or with family we know well.
We need to have alone quiet time.
Melt downs will happen, a companion or aide dog really helps .
Build a very heavy blanket. Get several heavy quilts(twin is good size) and sew them together, if possible add a layer of pliable weighted material inside top layer.
When the child or teen is overwhelmed, lay them on the floor and drape the heavy blanket over them. It provides a calming and secure environment.
Also, your child is not an idiot or stupid. Many have issues with math or another subject. Mine were math and grammer.
Your child is most likely above average intelligence or genius level.
Your child will also have ‘super powers’ seeing things others miss, ability to look at a problem and be able to solve it(computer glitch or something). Spatial powers, to see things in 3-d such as shapes.
Twe love computers, we have a need to know everything about anything that piques our interest. Be sure to set time limits on that ?.
Help your child to find those talents and exploit and grow them.
Your child sees the world as black or white, right and wrong, no inbetween.
Teach yoDO NOT force your child to look at ppl’s eyes, we do not garner anything from doing so and is down right creepy.
AutismExperts.com was developed by two young men on the spectrum. Check that one out, pretty good info.
Your child in not broken, it is the other way around. Your child is gifted
we have a 25 yr. old son. doesnt care for conversation (unless it is concerning video / yu gi oh cards) when aggravated (meltdown) he is LOUD, CUSSING, and often ends up throwing things against the wall.
we have not sought strong drugs; is there homeopathic helps for AS ?
Sir, my daughter is an aspie 7 and half years old. We are taking homeo medicines for the past 5 years. Many improvements but her clinging to routines is very frustrating to her and our family. How to get rid of it?