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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.
My little 5 year old niece has this disorder. Can homeopathy help? Thank you.
My 10 year daughter has symptoms of AS though not diagnosed. She has photogenic memory of fete point stories from books she has read. She developed walking reading and writing skills very early and is a quick learning in piano classical singing and other instruments of music.she has a tendency to clench her fist and push against her jaws and gums almost all the time at home and school. As she is scared of me me she hides in toilet for hours and keeps clenching her fists. She avouds eye contact iccassionallt and has problem at school by not picking up social clues and has no close friend till date.
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Hello I have a son with atopic dermatitis. Hi is f4 years old and we have found some signs of AS and wold like to find the best homeopatic aproach. Thanx Vlad
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My son is Aspergers and is studying in class XI Science stream. Of late he has become very very aggressive and violent. We put him on drugs like arpizole and ritalin which only worsened the symptoms ad we had to dicontinue the same.
I wonder that if Homeopathy offers some hope.
Kindly respond.
my son 20 yrs aspergers is talking same thing often. talking same words 100times per minute.
Showing violent facial expression to neighbours. if i say any thing get out od the house.
pls help
I am recently graduated as a homeopathic practitioner here in California. My brother in law, age 55 yrs old, is an attorney, and exhibits signs of high functioning aspergers. he has poor social skills, becomes very fixated on strange topics, and is socially inappropriate many times. He laughs inappropriately at others misfortunes and thinks things are funny when they are in fact– the very opposite., Very socially inept, showing almost no empathy to anyone, regardless of their situation. . My sister is concerned as his actions , and apparent lack of interest in his family, and his children are putting much stress on their homelife. My sister says she has ignored the many signs of aspergers for years, but now is asking if homeopthy can help him. He has never been treated for it before …. Please suggest to me how I would begin to treat him.
Hello Dr. Sharma,
I have a 7 year old boy seems like have nearly most of the symptoms of Aspergers and it scares me because my second daughter who is 4 years and 8 months old has been diagnosed with autism at the age of three. I have consulted Dr. Oswal of Pune for her four months ago and now she is in his care. He is so expensive that we are not able to talk to him about our son, therefore want to know if you can help him.
We are in Vancouver, Canada and can’t come to india, kindly let me know what we need to do in order to have his treatment started.
Hi Dr Sharma
I have a son with AS can you send me some information how to treat it at home please
Any information would be greatly appreciated
Regards
Bob
Dear Dr. Sharma, I have been told my son has aspergers syndrome and is not autistic. He continues to have weak motor skills(cannot bottom his shirt or write steadily) and continues to be fixated with TV shows as he does not have company and is wary of meeting new people. Also he continues to swing and play with pair of socks all the time that he is at home. He has been your patient for more than year now and improvement is there but very slow. I have enrolled for another year of your autism treatment. Please let me know for how long I should continue with homeopathy to get some dramatic results. Thanking you in anticipation. Purvita, Mobile: 9820481197
Dear Dr Sharma ,
My son is 43years old and I seem to have just realized that he has ASD. I would appreciate if you could tell me the homeopathic remedy for the same.
With best wishes
Lamba
Dear Dr. Sharma,
Can you suggest some herbs and or homeopathic remedies for aspergers? Thank you, Zhena
Hi Dr Sharma,
I am a mother and have a child diagnosed wih AS, I also think that her father has some of the symptoms but has not been diagnosed. My house is very dysfunctional because of husband and his peculiarities. Can homeopathy help?
Regards,
Connie Ronca
My son is a young adult now ( 22 yrs.). He was diagnosed as a aspie when he was age 9, he feels like he is cursed at times. He has trouble making eye contact during conversations an has found wearing sunglasses somewhat helps. Is he to old to try homeopathic help..w
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Dr. Sharma – My 17-year-old son has recently suffered major anxiety issues resulting in him having a homebound tutor to finish out the school year. He has been seeing a physician who has been treating him with supplements (starting with innositol, now he’s taking a multivitamin, vitamin B6, vitamin D3, magnesium, valerian, lemon balm, flaxseed oil, and 5-HTP), and a psychologist who said that she detected some Asperger traits in him. He then went to a psychiatrist (mainly to confirm or disprove this dx), who concurred that he perceived that he had very mild, extremely high-functioning Asperger’s. Can you recommend a homeopathic treatment for him? He definitely does NOT want to take Zoloft or Xanax. Thank you.
Dear Dr
I have suffered Asperger Syndrome from the time I have known myself till now at the age 58.
Could you help me on this?
Thanks
Dave
Dr. Sharma, I am also Indian, just like you are. I want to tell you that I myself have Asperger Syndrome, and suffered badly throughout my life because of it. That is why I can never be happy with who I am, and I tend to sound like such a pessimist most of the time. But what you have written here is very inspiring, and I like how it is structured.
Dear Dr. Sharma,
My 16 year old son has many of the traits of Asperger’s Disorder; I have been
searching for helpful interventions since he was 3 years old. At age 13 to 15
years of age he was seen by Dr. Luc De Schepper (an M.D. & classical homeopath) practicing here in the United States, and was treated with gradually increasing drops of watery doses of 30C Calc Carb and after about 1 1/2 years was then switched over to doses of LM1 Calc Carb with some lasting benefits regarding previous problems with insomnia and anxiety. Then Dr. De Schepper retired from
private practice. His parting advice for my son was, “to continue with Calc Carb
until age 16, and then switch him to Sulphur to finish.” Unfortunately, in looking at family miasms, I have seen that the Tubercular Miasm runs strongly down both paternal & maternal sides of our family and I can confirm many examples/variations of it affecting the past 4 generations of family members (more examples in males than females). Although I have taken my son’s case to 2
different classical homeopaths in the U.S. in the past year, they have both recommended other remedies than recommended by Dr. De Schepper which have not provided benefit for my son. I believe that long term classical homeopathic treatment could improve more of my son’s challenges, if we could find a homeopath who is more experienced and can treat my son in the method
that has proven most beneficial for him (watery doses with small increases using
LMs…)–and who is willing to study the tubercular roots regarding my son’s case.
I have read and learned alot about classical homeopathy in the past 3 years,
but am not experienced enough to continue it for my son without guidance from
an astute classical homeopath. I am currently studying an on-line education
course about classical homeopathy that is offered by the homeopath & teacher David Little,
and his advice regarding my son’s case was that “long-term treatment would be
the key to improvements”… Is my son’s case one you would consider taking?
Thank You For Your Time & Consideration,
Sincerely ,
Sandra Dinwiddie
Dear Dr Sharma,
You are a wonderful doctor, who always believe in giving knowledge to others. God bless you and give you more strength to serve the needy people.
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God bless you.
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