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autistic son biting fingers and hands

My son is 12 yrs old, non-verbal autistic, he has had stramonium, belladonna in the past and has recently taken hyocycamus 1M, Lately in the past 6 months whenever he gets angry, frustrated, he bites his fingers and hands and wrist. He's a very big kid and he bites so hard it bleeds, cuts the skin , all his fingers look swollen and the skin is so rough, he bit my finger once during a rage and it was numb for 6 weeks and I thought he almost cut it in half, thats how hard he bites, it worried me so that he's doing this to himself all the time. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Sherry
 
  sherryb on 2007-01-11
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
I have three kids who bite on things. They are 5-10 yrs and have new teeth erupt. There is discomfort they don't talk about now that they are not babies. They become irritable though. Our general practioner prescribed for my 10 year old staph. weekly for 3 weeks.
It helped with my husband too. Tooth pain makes him pathetic.
By the way my son who's 10 is on the autistic spectrum.
Hang in there. Your son needs you even if he doesn't say it.
Sincerely,
Kirsten
 
kirsten13 last decade
Do you feel the remedies you list have been a help?
 
ZepOz last decade
Is your son scared of water?

Rajiv
 
rajivprasad last decade
the remedies I have used have all seem to help one ;way or another, they just don;t seem to stay. The stramonium we used since he was 6 yrs old. That helped greatly with his fear of the dark and going near water, he still will only let you put about 1-2 inches in the tub. The belladonna helped with headaches, ear aches, and when he gets that wild look in his eyes when his pupils are huge. The hyocycamus we've just used in the past 4-5 months because he was pulling his pants down and peeing on the bus, that stopped that behavior, he still pees in his closet at home or wets the bed when he wants to get up and not go to bed at night.etc. I have never found a remedy that has been constant as far as his temper and biting, hitting, he throws things when he mad. He also can be very sweet and loving, kisses you alot, smiles and is happy for the most part (when things are all fine in his world) whenever theres a change in his schedule or chaos he can't handle it.
My son won't go anywhere near the ocean, large pool, lake,etc. He loves playing in water, he could do it all day and will sit in the tub with small amt of water, he will let me wash his hair a couple times a week over the sink with a cup. He won;t go in the shower although he has in the past. The remedies I've used in the past work like this: when his fears all go away his behavior is bad, when his behavior is good his fears come back. Every so often he has these severe meltdowns where me and my husband have to hold him down so he won't hurt himself and he seems to be in pain, they usually last anywhere from 5-20 mins, (i don''t know if its seizure related the doctors have never found any,) he cries afterwards and wants you to hold him and hug him, I know it scares him, but he gets so violent,its like he has no control over it. Thank you for any help. Sherry
 
sherryb last decade
sherryb,

please answer the following questions which would help to understand the etiology of the disease.

- any cases of syphilis or ulcers in your family? the nature of the child shows he has inherited the syphilitic miasm from his parents.

- any gonorrhoea in the family?

- any hardcore alchoholics in the family?

- do you think your pregnancy was pleasant and uneventfull?

- do you know of any head injury suffered by the child during his early childhood.

- do you think he might have suffered from any mental shock in the early years.

- could this be arising as ill effects of immunisations. have you noticed this behaviour only after certain immunisations.

- generally, what kind of ailments does he suffer from.

- what is his general nature in addition to his fears, dreams, cravings, propensities etc.

- is he chilly or a warm person.
 
rishimba last decade
Would you say that, in general, he still has most of the symptoms he had prior to starting medication? But perhaps in a milder form now he is older?
 
ZepOz last decade
Dear Rishimba, thank you for your reply, yes there was sexually abuse on my father's side of the family so there probably is that miasm there (he has had medorrhnium in the past) My father had ulcers and intestinal problems as did my youngest brother who is on the autism spectrum. no alcoholics in the family. My husband side has more diabetes and cancer. My pregnancy was pleasant except for a car accident I was in when I was 71/2 - 8 months along. Our van was totalled and the other driver was drinking and swearing at us. I was in shock for a couple days. They did quite a few tests and seemed to think things were fine, he was born on his due date and weighted 10 lbs. He seemed normal, the doctors gave him a Hep B shot in the hospital on his 2nd day, (I didn't know they did- by state law they don;t have to inform the parents in the hospital at birth) 10 days later he screamed for 5 hrs we took him to emergency, couldn;t find what was wrong. He had ear inf at 5 months, yeast inf after, had ear tubes put in at 10mos and tonsils removed at 2 yr old. He hit his head really hard where he was a little out of it for about 5 mins when he was 1 1/2. Also hit it again very hard and cut the back of his head and got 2 stitches when he was 5.
When he was 2 yr old his grandfather died, who he was close to and my mother-in-law let him go near the casket. (Old family tradition to let children in the room).
The last immunization he recieved was at 1 1/2 yrs old the MMR vaccine, he became very sick after that one, he started arching his head backwards, sleeping alot, couldn't handle noise or movement.etc. Lost his language, he was using about 30 words and a few phrases, started forgetting words. As he grew older once in awhile a word will come out but he can;t do it again. He's very smart, I think he knows how to read. He gets very frustrated without the language.
He does have allergies, stuffy nose, I have had him on a gluten/casein free diet since 2 yrs. He eats organic foods, no junk , drinks only water. Loves acidic fruits, oranges, berries,etc, Loves vegetables, all kinds. Craves carbohydrates. Trys to eat all the time. He's 5'5 and weighs 230. He's very warm all the time, tries to kick covers off when sleeping, doesn;t like confining clothes.
His fears are deep water, showers., darkness, at night won;t get up to go to the bathroom even with the nightlight on so he pees the bed. He also is very afraid of public places, malls, airports, won;t go to family parties with alot of people and other kids making noises. etc. He used to have night terrors but doesn;t have them anymore since the stramonium, when I have tried that recently it only made him worse. He will only play repetitively with toys, constantly throw, bouncing a ball, stacking his toys, putting toys in and out of a bucket. watches movies but only one at a time. example winnie the pooh, one DVD for 6 months. Now he's watching Madacasgar the movie and nothing else. Even though he gets so angry he can be very loving and sweet, tries to kiss alot sometimes on your mouth.
I'm sorry for such a long letter but I hope I answered everything. I appreciate any help you could give me. Thank you Sherry
 
sherryb last decade
Dear Sherry,

I too have been following this case with interest.A couple of points.It is qite obvious that mental slide back was after the MMR shot (he could use 30 words which became 0 gradually after that).Even otherise of all the vaccines, MMR is the chief culprit in autism cases.Your son did not respond nicely to Hep B too.So, both these vaccines need to be antidoted first.In terms of time line, since the MMR shot was later, you order potentised MMR 200C and 1M from Helios or some other online homeopathic remedies seller of repute and administer one dose of MMR 200C and then wait for a month to see the response.

Second point is that, your child has the fright that he is carrying from the accident you had when you were carrying him.Children are very receptive to the mother's feelings, especially the very strong ones, when in womb.That perhaps explains his extremely violent reactions when he feels threatened.To get rid of this fear you need to give him Opium 1M a couple of doses at a month's interval.But that would come after antidoting MMR, and then Hep B.

Also, expect a somewhat severe healing crisis after administering MMR in homeopathic potency.So, you should have quick access to a homeopathic shop to get hold of acute homeopathic remedies to deal with those crises.Also, you should have remedies like Aconite, Rhus Tox, Bryonoia, Pyrogenium, Belladona, Arsenic, Nux Vomica etc. in the 30th potency if you have difficulty getting homeopathic remedies quickly.

Hang in there.We (me, Rishi and other homeopaths on this forum) will try our best to bring your son back.

All the best.

Rajiv
 
rajivprasad last decade
Dear Rajiv, thank you so much for your response. I have been trying to study homeopathy for the last 4-5 yrs. It seems like the more I learn the more I need to learn.
I have a couple questions what remedy would you use to anditode the Hep B when the time comes? I also have seen and understand severe healing crisis after giving a remedy esp MMR , does that mean I could give another remedy if he needs it without anditoding the MMR remedy and if so what type of remedy ( I know that would probably depend on his symptoms or reactions to the MMR) During a healing crisis can you give smaller doses to help? I do have at least half of those remedies on hand right now and can get other ones. Thank you again for your help. My son would not even be where he is right now without homeopathy and I really appreciate your comments. Sherry
 
sherryb last decade
Dear Sherry,

We will deal with the symptoms of the healing crisis on an acute symptom totality basis.It is good that you have studied homeopathy and hence it will be easier to manage those episodes.Most healing crises are attempts by the vital force to rid the system of the offending toxins.So, we would need to be judicious as to when to intervene and when to leave the symptoms alone as the vital force takes care of them.I promise total support.

To antidote the Hep B shot, we would need the potentised Hep B which again you can get from Helios etc.

And you are welcome.

Rajiv

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rajivprasad last decade
the last layer has to be removed first.

as rajiv said, you can order for the potentised MMR shot from helios to antidote it.

however, this may take a few days.

otherwise, the obvious remedy to start with is THUJA 1M. as your son is a hot person and kicks of the covers, this is a good choice.

note the changes in the next two weeks and if its working, we will try to remove the next layer.
 
rishimba last decade
I second Rishi's suggestion as Thuja is any way indicated by his symptoms and sycotic miasm is invariably involved with these ill effects from vaccination cases.

Rajiv
 
rajivprasad last decade
Can someone please explain/identify what it is in MMR vaccines that causes autism. No information has been forthcoming so far, but I live in hope someone will be able to provide it to me.

Thank you.
 
ZepOz last decade
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/28/wmmr28.xml
 
gavinimurthy last decade

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