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Hi Sameer, just got a quick question. We're due to give him the third dose on Tuesday afternoon, but unfortunately he is in daycare and won't be picked up until right before dinner time, and then there is no easy opportunity to give him the dose before bed with a 40 minute space on either side of the dose. Is it ok to wait until the following morning - so about another 16 hours? Or will that compromise things?
littlefinn last decade
Hi Sameer.
Well, the three doses are done. We gave the first on Friday, second on Sunday and the third yesterday (Wednesday). Unfortunately I think I should have trusted my instincts and not given the third dose as I think he is suffering from an aggravation now.
He has only slept through the night once since I last posted and that was the night before the third dose. Last night, after the third dose he was quite disturbed and woke up several times, and was pulling on his left ear quite frantically so we gave him pain relief. Then he woke very early this morning quite upset. We haven't seen this behaviour in two weeks, and seeing as it came so close after that third dose, do you think I am correct in assuming it is an aggravation?
After the other two doses, I can't say we noticed an immediate improvement, but when he finally slept through the night again on Monday I did feel as though we were getting somewhere. And until last night/this morning we had seen no evidence of his old behaviour (ear pulling, early wakeups, unhappy after sleep, and hard to resettle to sleep at night)
We have seen a little bit of discharge from his eyes and nose. However, I think that he might have been slightly aggravated by the first two doses as well, but only very mildly. There was a little bit of coughing, and a few disturbed afternoon naps.
All other nights he has woken 1-2 times, but resettled very easily.
His mood is still very good. No complaints there at all. He is eating really well too. Overall, his eating has shown an amazing improvement over the past few weeks (since having the 12c). He is much more adventurous and willing to eat, and is eating a much wider variety of foods including all the fruit and vegetables we were struggling with earlier.
His bowel movements are also still normal and healthy, and a bit more frequent than before.
I can't think of anything else that might be relevant.
What do you think? Does it sound like an aggravation? Do you think it will pass in a couple of days? What should we do next?
Thanks in advance.
Well, the three doses are done. We gave the first on Friday, second on Sunday and the third yesterday (Wednesday). Unfortunately I think I should have trusted my instincts and not given the third dose as I think he is suffering from an aggravation now.
He has only slept through the night once since I last posted and that was the night before the third dose. Last night, after the third dose he was quite disturbed and woke up several times, and was pulling on his left ear quite frantically so we gave him pain relief. Then he woke very early this morning quite upset. We haven't seen this behaviour in two weeks, and seeing as it came so close after that third dose, do you think I am correct in assuming it is an aggravation?
After the other two doses, I can't say we noticed an immediate improvement, but when he finally slept through the night again on Monday I did feel as though we were getting somewhere. And until last night/this morning we had seen no evidence of his old behaviour (ear pulling, early wakeups, unhappy after sleep, and hard to resettle to sleep at night)
We have seen a little bit of discharge from his eyes and nose. However, I think that he might have been slightly aggravated by the first two doses as well, but only very mildly. There was a little bit of coughing, and a few disturbed afternoon naps.
All other nights he has woken 1-2 times, but resettled very easily.
His mood is still very good. No complaints there at all. He is eating really well too. Overall, his eating has shown an amazing improvement over the past few weeks (since having the 12c). He is much more adventurous and willing to eat, and is eating a much wider variety of foods including all the fruit and vegetables we were struggling with earlier.
His bowel movements are also still normal and healthy, and a bit more frequent than before.
I can't think of anything else that might be relevant.
What do you think? Does it sound like an aggravation? Do you think it will pass in a couple of days? What should we do next?
Thanks in advance.
littlefinn last decade
Hi Sameer. I hope you're well.
It's been 6 nights since I last updated you.
Unfortunately we haven't seen any further improvement. He got past the aggravation the following night and went back to doing what he was doing before, which was waking 1-2 times a night for a drink of water, but resettling easily. He is still in good spirits during the day, MOSTLY wakes happy in the morning and after his nap (but has the occasional crying wake up). He is still eating well and bowel movements are normal. We have noticed discharges from his eyes are continuing every now and then (usually overnight). Occasional runny nose, but after one wipe it doesn't come back. Coughs a bit still, mostly in the morning or after a lot of activity, very loose sounding.
The last two nights have been more disturbed than the previous four. The night before last, he woke around midnight and didn't settle back into a deep sleep until 1.30am, and last night it was around 3am. He was hard to settle both nights and woke up again upset very soon after going back to sleep. We noticed him pulling on his ears a little bit, but suspected that he might be getting more teeth (although there are no other signs of teeth). We gave him pain relief both nights. Last night was stormy here, so the barometric pressure may have affected his middle ear, but that doesn't explain the previous night.
What do you think?
It's been 6 nights since I last updated you.
Unfortunately we haven't seen any further improvement. He got past the aggravation the following night and went back to doing what he was doing before, which was waking 1-2 times a night for a drink of water, but resettling easily. He is still in good spirits during the day, MOSTLY wakes happy in the morning and after his nap (but has the occasional crying wake up). He is still eating well and bowel movements are normal. We have noticed discharges from his eyes are continuing every now and then (usually overnight). Occasional runny nose, but after one wipe it doesn't come back. Coughs a bit still, mostly in the morning or after a lot of activity, very loose sounding.
The last two nights have been more disturbed than the previous four. The night before last, he woke around midnight and didn't settle back into a deep sleep until 1.30am, and last night it was around 3am. He was hard to settle both nights and woke up again upset very soon after going back to sleep. We noticed him pulling on his ears a little bit, but suspected that he might be getting more teeth (although there are no other signs of teeth). We gave him pain relief both nights. Last night was stormy here, so the barometric pressure may have affected his middle ear, but that doesn't explain the previous night.
What do you think?
littlefinn last decade
Okay, then let us repeat the same dose every 48 hours for 2 more doses and see where it takes him.
This time, BEFORE EACH dose you have to HIT the LM1 Helios bottle on the palm of your hand 8 times
This time, BEFORE EACH dose you have to HIT the LM1 Helios bottle on the palm of your hand 8 times
sameervermani last decade
Ok, thanks Sameer. I gave him the first dose this evening. So one more in two days.
What do you think went wrong? Do you think it worked and then wore off, or is taking longer to work than you expected?
How does an LM differ from other potencies in the way you dose? Obviously you wouldn't be readministering the same dose if it were a C or an M, so I'm just wondering how it works exactly...? Hope you don't mind answering my questions.
:-)
What do you think went wrong? Do you think it worked and then wore off, or is taking longer to work than you expected?
How does an LM differ from other potencies in the way you dose? Obviously you wouldn't be readministering the same dose if it were a C or an M, so I'm just wondering how it works exactly...? Hope you don't mind answering my questions.
:-)
littlefinn last decade
Hi Sameer. I gave him the first dose yesterday evening, as I said. Last night he woke twice, and resettled pretty easily. Today he was fine, a little bit more clingy than usual, but only a little bit. It is now late Thursday night here. A short time ago he woke screaming in pain. We have not been able to comfort him. We think it's his ears. He is literally howling. I've not seen him like this since he was a very young baby. He has a moderate temperature. He keeps grabbing the back of his head just behind his ears. We have given him some pain relief which should also bring down his fever, and hope that it works. We have had thunder storms here again today, so that might have aggravated him, but do you think it's the pulsatilla? Like I said, we've never seen him like this. Even when we got him up and brought him out of his room to distract him, he was ok for a few minutes and then it hit him again, like a big wave of agonising pain and he just started screaming again. Inconsolable.
Any thoughts or advice would be gratefully welcomed.
Any thoughts or advice would be gratefully welcomed.
littlefinn last decade
Please hold off on the next dose.
Let us just wait and watch for a few days. It might be that the remedy will bring some discharge.
Let us just wait and watch for a few days. It might be that the remedy will bring some discharge.
sameervermani last decade
Ok. So, do you think it's an aggravation or the remedy working in his system? It was pretty SCARY. I remember with the 200c it got worse before it got better, but I didn't expect that to happen with the LM, especially seeing as we got 4 doses into him before now with no bad effects. If you have time I would love you to answer the questions I asked about how LMs work, so I can understand this better.
We eventually got him back to sleep last night at midnight, but he woke again at 2.30am, probably when the paracetamol wore off. I gave him some more and he was ok. He seems happier this morning and no more fever.
We eventually got him back to sleep last night at midnight, but he woke again at 2.30am, probably when the paracetamol wore off. I gave him some more and he was ok. He seems happier this morning and no more fever.
littlefinn last decade
littlefinn last decade
Hi Sameer. Just wanted to update you on the situation.
The day after that awful night he was a little quieter than usual, but not unhappy. That night (Friday) he slept all night without waking once. He was in a good mood all day Saturday. Then Saturday night (last night) he woke twice during the night, crying very hard. He wasn't hard to resettle, but he was very upset again when he woke this morning, and today he is being very difficult. He's demanding, crying easily, wanting to be held, not happy with anything, basically driving us mad! He's pulling his ears a bit today, and is making a lot of little grunting noises like he's uncomfortable about something. He hasn't been in a mood like this for a few weeks now. He had a lot of discharges from his eyes overnight, and he also had a coughing fit in the middle of the night too (although it didn't wake him up) - we haven't heard him cough like that for a while.
What do you think?
The day after that awful night he was a little quieter than usual, but not unhappy. That night (Friday) he slept all night without waking once. He was in a good mood all day Saturday. Then Saturday night (last night) he woke twice during the night, crying very hard. He wasn't hard to resettle, but he was very upset again when he woke this morning, and today he is being very difficult. He's demanding, crying easily, wanting to be held, not happy with anything, basically driving us mad! He's pulling his ears a bit today, and is making a lot of little grunting noises like he's uncomfortable about something. He hasn't been in a mood like this for a few weeks now. He had a lot of discharges from his eyes overnight, and he also had a coughing fit in the middle of the night too (although it didn't wake him up) - we haven't heard him cough like that for a while.
What do you think?
littlefinn last decade
Let us try to form a list of symptoms based on the pattern for the next few days.
Wait and watch carefully.
Wait and watch carefully.
sameervermani last decade
Ok, will do. I don't really think there's anything different going on to what we've experienced already to varying degrees at different times.
Also, don't forget that we have LM2 if we need it as well.
Also, don't forget that we have LM2 if we need it as well.
littlefinn last decade
Just a quick update from us.
I can pretty confidently say that we are right back where we were about 4 months ago. He has an inflamed foreskin, which I think is really bothering him. He is pulling his ears a lot, altho it's hard to know whether he's waking from that or from his foreskin hurting when he passes urine. He's waking about every 4 hours at night time, quite distressed, and is sometimes easy to resettle, sometimes not. His mood during the day is changeable, but when it is bad, he is very clingy, throws little tantrums and cries at the drop of a hat. His appetite is still ok, but not as good as it was a week ago. His bowel movements have returned to their previous state as well - a bit irregular and unpredictable. He also has a lot of flatulence and he has a bit of a loose cough when he wakes in the morning. Occasional runny nose.
I haven't noticed any further discharge from his eyes, but his left eye looked a bit red and irritated all day yesterday.
I can pretty confidently say that we are right back where we were about 4 months ago. He has an inflamed foreskin, which I think is really bothering him. He is pulling his ears a lot, altho it's hard to know whether he's waking from that or from his foreskin hurting when he passes urine. He's waking about every 4 hours at night time, quite distressed, and is sometimes easy to resettle, sometimes not. His mood during the day is changeable, but when it is bad, he is very clingy, throws little tantrums and cries at the drop of a hat. His appetite is still ok, but not as good as it was a week ago. His bowel movements have returned to their previous state as well - a bit irregular and unpredictable. He also has a lot of flatulence and he has a bit of a loose cough when he wakes in the morning. Occasional runny nose.
I haven't noticed any further discharge from his eyes, but his left eye looked a bit red and irritated all day yesterday.
littlefinn last decade
I think he might need a smaller dose.
Do this:
Give 6 sucussions to the LM1 bottle, put 2 drops from there in 120 ml water in dilution glass 1 and stir with spoon.
Take 1 teaspoon from dilution 1, and put in dilution glass 2 which also has 120 ml water. Stir and give him 1 teaspoon from dilution glass 2.
So, we are using 2 steps of dilution.
Report in 48 hours after this.
Sameer.
Do this:
Give 6 sucussions to the LM1 bottle, put 2 drops from there in 120 ml water in dilution glass 1 and stir with spoon.
Take 1 teaspoon from dilution 1, and put in dilution glass 2 which also has 120 ml water. Stir and give him 1 teaspoon from dilution glass 2.
So, we are using 2 steps of dilution.
Report in 48 hours after this.
Sameer.
sameervermani last decade
Ok, I can do that. Will you please tell me what it is that makes you think this is the right thing to do? I'm sure you will understand how hesitant I am about giving him more of anything at the moment, so it will reassure me and make me a lot more confident if I can understand your conclusion of what is going on.
littlefinn last decade
Please tell me Sameer. Why do you think he needs a smaller dose when he has already experienced such a powerful aggravation and things have gone backwards so severely with additional symptoms?
littlefinn last decade
Well with LMs the dosage is the key, and from his reactions, it seems to me that he is over sensitive to the remedy, and aggravates from a median dose.
Many a times, giving a much lighter dose of the same potency gets things back on track (brings people out of aggravations and starts the curative response).
Many a times, giving a much lighter dose of the same potency gets things back on track (brings people out of aggravations and starts the curative response).
sameervermani last decade
So would it be normal that an aggravation under those circumstances might not show up until the 4th dose?
There are two other things that are bothering me (because I don't understand them).
First, he did appear to have curative discharges from his eyes and possibly his nose, (even this afternoon, his right eye has been watering for a few hours), so can this still happen even if the potency isn't right for the patient?
Second, why has his foreskin gotten inflamed again? Could that be a result of an aggravation when the symptom did not exist prior to taking the dose?
There are two other things that are bothering me (because I don't understand them).
First, he did appear to have curative discharges from his eyes and possibly his nose, (even this afternoon, his right eye has been watering for a few hours), so can this still happen even if the potency isn't right for the patient?
Second, why has his foreskin gotten inflamed again? Could that be a result of an aggravation when the symptom did not exist prior to taking the dose?
littlefinn last decade
See, I do not think that he is proving the remedy. It is just that the secondary action has been a bit too strong for your and his comfort. And, the lighter dose might help tone that down a bit. The inflammation of foreskin is also a discharge, so it is a good sign. It is not a regression, it is too strong a response.
Of course, even the best homeopaths in the world will not have perfect explanations to the questions you are asking. This is because when it comes to understanding how the body heals, there are many grey areas.
Of course, even the best homeopaths in the world will not have perfect explanations to the questions you are asking. This is because when it comes to understanding how the body heals, there are many grey areas.
sameervermani last decade
So you think he is going through a secondary action now, not an aggravation? Is that because everything got better after the initial aggravation and then got worse again a day later?
That is reassuring.
And so a lighter dose might actually lessen the force of the secondary action?
I totally understand what you're saying about grey areas, and I know you can't answer all my questions. The trouble is that I like to be in control, and I find it very unsettling and get very anxious when I don't understand something, especially when I'm being giving instructions and I don't know why. Of course, this tendency is probably at odds with my desire to trust in homeopathy, but it greatly helps me when you can explain even just a little bit of what you think is going on, even if you can never be 100% sure. I hope that makes sense...?
I will administer the dose first thing in the morning.
That is reassuring.
And so a lighter dose might actually lessen the force of the secondary action?
I totally understand what you're saying about grey areas, and I know you can't answer all my questions. The trouble is that I like to be in control, and I find it very unsettling and get very anxious when I don't understand something, especially when I'm being giving instructions and I don't know why. Of course, this tendency is probably at odds with my desire to trust in homeopathy, but it greatly helps me when you can explain even just a little bit of what you think is going on, even if you can never be 100% sure. I hope that makes sense...?
I will administer the dose first thing in the morning.
littlefinn last decade
Further to my above post, I just wanted to ask if I should still give the lighter dose when it looks like he may be improving? It is Tuesday morning and last night was better. He still woke earlier in the night and we did give pain relief, but he slept well between 11.30 and 6.30 which is better than the last few nights. Should I hold off and see how the next 24 hours go?
littlefinn last decade
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