Patient's question:
Is it normal for a child over one year old to be in an overly excited state? My child is 22 months old. Since being in the womb, he has been very active. After birth, his hands and feet are always moving. As he has grown older, his destructive behavior and activity levels have increased. Even during sleep, he tosses and turns restlessly. After learning to walk, he has experienced several episodes of overexcitement, where he screams, laughs, runs around frantically, spins in place, falls down, gets up, spins again, dashes forward, and then lies down, all without control and without allowing anyone to touch him. The excitement lasts for about 10 minutes. Based on his usual behavior, when he is interested in something, he can focus on playing for half an hour or more, and he can also settle down when watching cartoons. It doesn't seem like ADHD.Doctor's answer:
Hello! Based on your description, the child's condition does not seem to be a seizure recurrence, but there should be a possibility of ADHD. If there are still symptoms such as reluctance to speak or irritability, then you should be alert to the possibility of autism—also known as "autism"—and consult a local child psychologist. You can first try using the method of wearing cinnabar to calm the mind. The method is as follows: Buy one to two grams of cinnabar, first wrap it in a slightly thinner piece of paper, then wrap the paper with a small piece of red cloth (for appearance, use red), and finally string it with a small red rope for the child to wear. The length should be appropriate to reach the line connecting the two nipples.Precautions: It must be worn close to the skin to be effective. Do not let the child put it in their mouth to bite (cinnabar is toxic). Remove it during bathing, and the wearing time should not exceed one week. After one week, remove and store it properly, and wear it again for one week when needed. The interval between wearing should be at least one week.
Principle: The medicinal properties of cinnabar are allowed to penetrate the child's skin to take effect.