ADHD with FAS/FAE- 9 yrs. old

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Atma namaste Marilette,

 

I have a case which concerns a boy of 9, diagnosed

with ADHD and

FAS/FAE, a dysfunction apparently caused by alcohol

during the

pregnancy. I have the ADHD treatment protocol, but

have not been able

to find one for FAS/FAE. Is there one specifically for

that or could I

use some other protocol?

 

As it is a dysfunction that is caused during the fetal

stage,

apparently I need to go back to that time to be able

to treat the

damage done. Or do I go back to the time just before

it happened, so

to speak? (I do know the boy's birth date, but not at

what stage the

damage happened.)

 

Thanks for your wonderful work and you help in this

matter.

 

Love,

Maria

 

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Dear Maria,

 

Atma namaste.

 

Thank you for your email.

 

Medical Background:

 

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a birth defect

syndrome caused by the mother's intake of alcohol

during pregnancy. The spectrum of alcohol-related

diagnoses includes Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Fetal

Alcohol Effects (FAE), PFAS (Partial Fetal Alcohol

Syndrome), ARND (Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental

Disorder) or ARBD (Alcohol Related Birth Defects). All

of these birth defects are entirely preventable and

can happen to anyone, regardless of age, race or

socioeconomic status.

 

In order to receive a diagnosis of FAS from a

physician, three criteria must be present:

 

1) Characteristic facial features include - a

flattened midface, thin upper lip, indistinct/absent

philtrum and short eye slits

 

1) Growth retardation - lower birth weight,

disproportional weight not due to nutrition, height

and/or weight below the 5th percentile.

 

2) Central Nervous System neurodevelopmental

abnormalities such as - impaired fine motor skills,

learning disabilities, behaviour disorders or a mental

handicap (the latter of which is found in

approximately 50% of those with FAS)

 

In order to receive a diagnosis of PFAS, only two of

the three above criteria must be present and must

include some facial features and brain differences. To

receive a diagnosis of ARND, only one of the above

three criteria must be present and must be a brain

difference. These fetal alcohol effects are often

thought to be less damaging than the " full-blown "

syndrome, however, they are often more debilitating to

the person's quality of life.

 

 

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects are

PERMANENT and cannot be outgrown.

 

FAS/FAE babies and young children may have other

specific distinguishable features:

· short stature

· small and thin

· physical problems, including hearing defects, organ

imperfections or bone problems

· difficulty with eating

· difficulty developing a regular sleeping schedule

· difficulty learning how to walk

· difficulty learning toilet training

· impulsivity (ie. running out into the street, going

off with a stranger)

· hyperactivity

 

 

FAS/FAE children have learning disabilities, which can

include difficulties in:

· learning language and language use, especially

receptive language

· generalizing information

· mastering new or recently learned skills

· memory (ie. remembering something from a year ago

but not from yesterday)

· predicting outcomes or cause and effect

· distinguishing fact from fantasy

· distinguishing friends from strangers (ie. may think

someone they met five minutes ago is a friend)

· lack of learning from experience because they do not

understand cause and effect, behaviour and experience

 

 

FAS/FAE adults continue to have the same learning

difficulties they had as youth, and also often have

difficulty with:

· the legal and court system, due to lack of

understanding of cause and effect

· controlling alcohol consumption

· maintaining custody of their children

· mental health issues

 

How FAS/FAE occurs:

 

Alcohol's effects are more harmful to a fetus than

those of all other drugs, including cocaine. When a

woman drinks alcohol, it reaches the placenta in a few

moments and passes through the growing fetus. The

mother's body can break down one drink in

approximately three hours, but alcohol stays in the

fetus for much longer.

 

One drink = ½ ounce of absolute alcohol, which is

contained

in one 12 oz. beer, one 4 oz. glass of wine, or one

mixed drink as

poured in a bar. Most people drink at home where

alcohol is not measured, so " 1 drink " may actually be

2 drinks or more.

 

Alcohol is a teratogenic drug, which means it can

cause birth defects when taken after conception.

Different types of drinking affect the fetus in

different ways. Binge drinking (consuming a large

amount of alcohol in a short period of time) is more

harmful than drinking the same amount over the course

of a week because the mother's blood alcohol content

is much higher. The mother's health, amount of alcohol

consumed, time during the pregnancy during which the

alcohol was consumed, and her metabolism all affect

the fetus in various ways. In addition, the regions of

the developing brain and body that are affected by

alcohol vary, depending on when the alcohol was taken

into the mother's system. Women who drink during

pregnancy may give birth to a child with FAS/FAE, and

may also have problems with their pregnancy, such as a

miscarriage, a stillborn or premature baby.

 

Drinking during breastfeeding is also harmful for the

baby.

 

Behavioural/Learning Difficulties:

 

Children with FAS usually reach their intellectual

peak around Grade 4 and begin to notice the

differences between themselves and peers.

 

Teenagers with FAS often have low self-esteem because

of the learning and social differences between

themselves and their peers. They may do unsafe things

in order to be accepted, such as take a dangerous dare

or engage in sexual activity to get love and

attention. They have a very poor understanding of

consequences and may feel depressed or even suicidal.

 

Adults with FAS are at high risk for mental health

problems. They are often socially isolated, have

difficulty with interpersonal relationships and may

have difficulty functioning in many environments.

Adults with FAS have spotty memories and often have

difficulty distinguishing fact from fantasy. They need

supported housing and employment programs because

independent living is rarely an option.

 

This disability is PERMANENT -

people with FAS/FAE do not 'get better.'

 

Other Disorders Commonly Diagnosed with FAS:

People with FAS/E often have dual diagnoses or

co-morbidity, but they are not necessary for an FAS/E

diagnosis.

 

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit

Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

ADHD is different with FAS/E- while it looks like an

attention deficit or distractibility, in actuality it

is a deficit in information encoding and perception.

 

Conduct Disorder

Depression

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

Attachment Disorder

Statistics:

 

 

Based on accepted international rates

(non-reportable):

 

728 babies were born with FAS

(1.9:1,000 - National Org. FAS/Centre for Disease

Control)

 

3,640 babies were born with PFAS/ARND

(1:100 - Journal of Teratology 1997, No. 56(5):

317-326)

 

 

It is suspected that a large number of persons

imprisoned in Canada have FAS/FAE. Again, there is no

way to measure this, because FAS/FAE is not a

reportable disability, and because the birth mother's

history is usually unavailable. In addition, there is

currently no mechanism in the adult corrections system

to do assessments, nor any means to provide prisons

with the existing information on diagnosis which may

already be in adults' health files. Often, people with

FAS/E may do well in a prison setting because of the

highly structured environment.

 

History of Alcohol-Related Birth Defects:

 

Did you know…knowledge of alcohol-related birth

defects dates back more than 2,000 years? Quotes such

as the following have been documented from many

countries and from many influential persons, some of

whom attributed ARBD to the father, some to the

mother, and others to both parents.

 

500 BC - The Talmud, Judaism's holiest book

 

The Talmud believed damage caused to the fetus was due

to " paternal " drinking as is evidenced by this

folktale:

" Rabbi Nachman claims that his daughters are beautiful

because he is an abstainer but Rabbi Bibi's daughter

needs cosmetics because her father is " a drinker. "

 

322 BC - Plato, Greek Philosopher

 

Plato also believed that alcohol-related birth damage

was due to the father and more specifically spoke to

the dangers of drinking to excess:

" …for those who take marriage seriously; for at such a

time above all it behooves both bride and bridegroom

to be sober, seeing that the change in their life is a

great one, and in order to ensure, so far as possible,

in every case that the child that is begotten may be

sprung from the loins of sober parents: for what shall

be, with God's help, the night or day of its begetting

is quite uncertain. "

 

1500 AD - Sir Francis Bacon, Influential Politician

 

Sir Francis Bacon not only believed the mother to be

responsible for effects of alcohol, but also for the

effects of tobacco:

" If the mother…drink wine or strong drink

immoderately…it is endangereth the child to become

lunatic, or of imperfect memory; and I make the same

judgment of tobacco often taken by the mother. "

 

1834 - Alcoholic Licensure Act Committee, Britain

 

A committee was appointed to investigate " drunkenness "

before the Act was put into place, and the report

concluded that infants born to alcoholic mothers

sometimes had a " starved, shriveled and imperfect

look. "

 

1853 - Dr. William Carpenter, University of London

 

Dr. Carpenter wrote an extensive essay on " habitual

Intemperence " and its effects on offspring:

 

" …of all the single causes of Insanity, habitual

Intemperance is the most potent…it has a special

tendency to produce Idiocy, Insanity, or Mental

Debility, in the offspring. "

 

Researchers were uncertain as to whether it was the

mother's or the father's alcohol consumption which was

responsible, but they clearly knew alcohol was a

determining factor:

 

" …we should expect to find that the offspring of

habitual drunkards would share with those of lunatics

in the predisposition to insanity, and that they

would, moreover, be especially prone to intemperate

habits. "

 

1899 - Dr. William Sullivan, Prison Physician

 

Dr. Sullivan produced the first scientific report on

the effects of consuming alcohol while pregnant. His

report noted that women forced to give up alcohol

because of incarceration gave birth to normal children

and stated that:

 

" Maternal inebriety is a condition particularly

unfavourable to the vitality and to the normal

development of offspring. This influence of alcohol

is…in part due to the direct toxic action on the

embryo. "

 

 

Did you know…the term " Fetal Alcohol Syndrome " was not

used until 1973? It was the first syndrome to be named

after the cause and not after the doctors who

'discovered' it.

 

in rare cases, some FAS/FAE babies smell like alcohol

when they are born and other babies are drunk? They

are born addicted to alcohol and often suffer

withdrawal symptoms during the first few days. These

symptoms are similar to delerium tremors, which occur

in adults who are withdrawing from alcohol.

 

Source: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effect: A Manual for

Community Caring (Identification, Understanding &

Intervention), fetalalcholsyndrome.com

 

 

Pranic Healing:

 

1. Invoke and scan before, during and after

treatment.

 

Using the divide the chakra into 6 parts technique,

scan the crown, ajna, forehead, back head, throat,

heart, solar plexus, basic and sex chakras.

 

Scan the entire body, different sections of the brain,

the spine, eyes and ears.

 

2. Play the Meditation on Twin Hearts CD softly.

Healing requires a lot of EV pranic energy.

 

3. General sweeping with EV twice.

 

4. Cut negative energy cords from the affected

chakras using EV.

 

Form the intention to disintegrate and remove negative

thoughtforms then negative elementals in all levels.

 

5. Localized thorough sweeping using EV on the

chakras with emphasis on the affecetd sections of the

chakras until the energy is smooth and balanced.

 

6. Energize with EV the crown, ajna, forehead, back

head, throat, back heart heart, solar plexus chakras.

 

 

While energizing the ajna, will the chakra to become

brighter and bigger simultaneously gently and firmly

instruct the chakra to normalize and harmonize the

other major chakras and organs.

 

While energizing the back heart chakra, visualize the heart chakra becoming

bigger and brighter.

 

7. Energize the basic and sex chakras with LWR.

 

8. Localized thorough sweeping with EV on the

diffrent sections of the brain with emphasis on the

affected parts , the spine, sides of the spine, eyes,

ears and other affected body psrts.

 

Energize with EV.

The eyes are energized through the ajna chakra and the

back head minor chakra.

 

9. Teach the patient Superbrain Yoga and supervise.

him as he does 21 cycles properly. This step may be

done daily.

 

10. Rescan treated chakras and body parts.

 

11. Inhibit any overactivated chakra with LB.

 

12. Create chakral shields on the crown ajna, and

solar plexus chakras.

Create an auric shield.

 

 

13. Stabilize and release projected pranic energy.

 

14. Repeat treatment 3 timers per week for as long as

necessary.

 

15. Encourage the adults in the patient's family to

practice the Meditation on Twin Hearts regularly or at

least play the MTH cd softly and continuously inthe

home to increase the peaceful, harmonious, loving

energy in the patient's environment . This will

facilitate proper assimilation of healing energy.

 

16. When the patient is able to focus long enough,

encourage the patient to practice the MTH once a week.

Rigorous physical exercises have to be done for 30

minutes before and 30 minutes or more after each

meditation.

 

The physical and mental permanent particles are energy

particles hold the pattern or program of the physical

and mental bodies. These particles are located in

the heart and the crown chakras respectively. The

past life memories are stored in the person's soul.

Practicing the Meditation on Twin Hearts facilitates

healing the particles(templates or patterns) as well

as activate the healing of the soul through

illumination. These and more detailed information are

available in the book, Achieving Oneness with the

Higher Soul by Master Choa Kok Sui.

 

Remember, nothing happens by chance. All healing is

self healing, healers merely assist in the process.

 

 

Love,

 

Marilette

 

Source materials for all MCKS Pranic Healing protocols are taken from the

following books by Master Choa Kok Sui:

 

* Miracles Through Pranic Healing

* Advanced Pranic Healing

* Pranic Psychotherapy

* Pranic Crystal Healing.

 

 

NOTICE:

1. Pranic Healing is not intended to replace orthodox medicine, but rather to

complement it. If symptoms persist or if the ailment is severe, please consult

immediately a medical doctor and a Certified Pranic Healer.

 

2. Pranic Healers who are are not medical doctors should not prescribe nor

interfere with prescribed medications and/or medical treatments. ~ Master Choa

Kok Sui

 

 

" Miracles do not happen in contradiction to nature, but only to that which is

known to us in nature. " ~ St. Augustine

 

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