Wednesday, August 09, 2006

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A Magic Potion
Sarah came to me distraught for a consultation about her son, Ronny, a second grader. Ronny was on probation at his school, and the school psychologist had told Sarah that if she wanted her son to remain at the school, Sarah must immediately start him on Ritalin.Sarah looked exhausted. “I know about Ritalin and its side effects,” she told me. “The school is simply incapable of dealing with my son, and they want to drug him no matter what the price.”“And how do you deal with his behavior?” I asked her. The entire time we’d been talking, Ronny ran from one side of the room to the other, stopping occasionally to let out a yell or to hit his mother.“It’s very hard,” she replied, “but I don’t believe in medicating, so I’m looking for other solutions.”I called Ronny over. He stopped running for a moment and asked me, “What do you want?”I asked him, “Do you know why your mother brought you here?” He answered that it was because he’s out of control and hits other children, because he’s unable to control his behavior. Despite the fact that he giggled as he answered, and plucked threads out of the pillows on the couch, it was clear to me that he’d answered honestly.“Would you like me to help you control your behavior?” I asked him.“How?” he asked defiantly, pulling the button out of the pillow.Ignoring this, I asked him, “Would you like your teacher and the other kids to like you?”“Yeeesss,” he answered, kicking his mother and not looking at me.“Come here,” I bade him quietly. “Let me show you something.” I took out a pretty wooden box that contained bottles of Bach flower essences. http://feelbach.com/history.htm “What’s in there?!” Ronny shouted.“They’re magic potions,” I whispered. “Would you like to see inside?” I opened the box to show him.“Wow,” he said in awe, examining the 38 bottles, and the two of us began a fascinating conversation about potions and magic.At the end of the session, Ronny clutched a colored paper bag that contained the bottle I’d given him, which contained his “magic potion”. The potion’s “job” was to cause the teacher and principal and children to like Ronny and to stop getting angry at him. I asked Ronny to call me if he had any questions, and if he wanted, to come back and tell me how it was going with the potion.Ronny fell in love with his essence. His mother sewed a pretty bag for the bottle, which Ronny proudly wore around his neck as he told the other children about his magic potion. His big sister, a fifth grader, met him at recess and helped him to take the drops of essence under his tongue.Ronny saw me once a week for three months. He told me that the children would ask him where the potion comes from, but he didn’t want to reveal its source. He would show me the gold stars that he’d earned from his teacher, and told me that once, the teacher had even told the children that they should try to sit as nicely as he does. “What a funny teacher,” he laughed.
It sounds like a miracle: Ronny’s behavior at school rapidly improved. While he still went wild at home, walking on the furniture and driving his family members crazy, gradually, there too, there was less and less need to punish him. It’s important to point out here that Sarah also took an essence, as well as guidance on how to respond to her son’s provocations.The disorder from which Ronny suffers is called ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Understandably, parents often rush to start their children who suffer from ADHD on Ritalin in order to get some peace. However, while Ritalin helps to improve concentration and reduces hyperactive behavior in the immediate term, it does not solve the problem that causes ADHD, and can even exacerbate it. In addition, Ritalin creates a dependence similar to that created by sleeping pills.Moreover, in many cases, in order to maintain its effectiveness, Ritalin’s dosage must be increased. Finally, since Ritalin has many side effects, many experts recommend first seeking other alternative treatments for ADD / ADHD. A high percentage of ADD / ADHD children whom I have treated with Bach flower essences respond excellently, and have not had to resort to Ritalin.