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It's not enough. An aggravation is much more marked. This doesn't actually sound like the remedy is doing anything.

Let me look over the case again.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Okay, thank you! Please let me know if you need any more information from me. It definitely seemed to cause an aggravation the first night, but beyond that it is hard to tell (which I guess means that it is not causing an aggravation).
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Sarah3NN last decade
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Sarah3NN last decade
Ok there are a few possibilites here. I first did a new repetorial analysis using all the symptoms, then I worked my way through all remedies that scored highly looking for something that matches the basic problem.

Interestingly, I used the craving for sourkraut this time, and there are 9 remedies known to have this craving.

The remedy that seems most indicated is Chamomilla. As a differential I would consider Sulphur. Could you get both remedies in 200c?
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Oh, perhaps I should mention that he definitely craves pickles more often than sauerkraut, in case that matters. Some other random things: his tongue is generally white in the middle and pink on the perimeter. And his toenails have always grown very strangely; kinda wavy (they seem to be straightening out some though over time).

I previously tried both Cham and Sulph, in 30x. I tried each of them for 3 nights in a row (dry dose as I didn't know about the split dose yet). (Cham I tried first, then Sulph about a month later). But perhaps the 200c would work much better?

I'm happy to try again, but please let me know whether or not to proceed considering that they were both tried previously.
[message edited by Sarah3NN on Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:06:20 GMT]
[message edited by Sarah3NN on Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:15:04 GMT]
 
Sarah3NN last decade
30x is a weak potency, but still I might have expected to see a difference. What happened with those two remedies?

Chamomilla comes up very strongly for the symptoms. Sulphur mainly shows up for the physicals not the general nature. I have little confidence in it based on its failure previously.

But it is hard to get around Chamomilla based on the overall state. I would still get 200c. It may be a potency issue. I actually see 30c work poorly in many children as well, since their vital energy is so high.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
The cham is the first one I tried. I didn't notice any difference in his sleep, but it may have actually helped with his behavior a bit. Before he took it, almost every day he would have a complete meltdown where he would just cry and cry for about 20-30 minutes, and would refuse all consolation and distractions. After the cham, though, he stopped having such severe bouts of this, and he seemed to instead get upset but never quite as bad and certainly not for 20 minutes. But I wasn't really keeping track of those symptoms at the time and so I'm not 100% sure. It was more just something I noticed later, as in 'hey, he's not totally losing it every day anymore.'

The sulfur seemed to do absolutely nothing.

Okay, so based on what you've said and the past experience, I'll go ahead and order the Cham 200c. I'll let you know when we get it and give the first dose (probably about 5 days by the time we get it).

I assume I should follow the same split dose instructions? Is there any value in giving any cham 30x (in split dose) in the mean time, or /should I just wait until I get the 200c?
 
Sarah3NN last decade
Dear, after reading ur child problems i would like to suggest Homoeopathic medicine - Jalapa 30 in globule form , put 4 globules in little water n administer it to baby orally through spoon twice daily for 5 days than see the results. Jalapa is a v. Gud hom. Remedy for child who screams, tosses n remain restless at nite. Take care!
 
Dr.bhakti last decade
Ok great. That is good to know. It is likely that 30x is simply too low a potency to be effective for him. 200c is much more powerful.

If you can, I would order 1M as well, so you don't have to wait so long to use that should we decide to.

If Cham is right, then even the 30x will help, so there is no harm in that. Just make sure you don't overdose him.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Should I give him the 30x once per day, or less?

I already ordered the 200c. If it looks like the 30x is working at all, I'll order the 1M quickly.

One other note: I noticed today that the eczema on his legs is better than it has been in ages. I can hardly even tell it is there, and that is rather unusual. I know for sure that a few days ago, it was still there like normal. It does tend to come-and-go, though, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it back. Just thought I'd mention it.
 
Sarah3NN last decade
I would say once per day is fine, but we can adjust that depending on how he responds.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Okay, I'll give him one dose today and keep you posted. Thank you so much! You are giving us hope that someday we will have normal sleep once again.
 
Sarah3NN last decade
Cham 30x split dose:
Night 1: slept awful first half of the night, waking more often than normal, talking and flailing tons. Maybe this was aggravation. Then he slept fairly well the 2nd half of the night.

I'll give you another update tomorrow.
 
Sarah3NN last decade
Night 2: slept better than previous night. Still woke often and talked lots, but didn't flail around much.
 
Sarah3NN last decade
Hmmm...30x might surprise us.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
It's interesting to see. His naps definitely haven't changed. Still waking up after 1 hour and needing lots of nursing to go back to sleep for the second hour.

Hopefully we'll get the 200c in the mail tomorrow. When I get it, I assume I should just do one dose and then wait-n-watch?
 
Sarah3NN last decade
Yes that is right. Check in with me before you give it though, I just want to see where he is up to.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Night 3: He slept for 4 hours in a row! And quietly and still enough that I didn't wake at all during that time. He has not slept that long in a row in months! Then later in the night, he was wakeful for quite a while, and couldn't get back to sleep for probably an hour or more. Then went to his usual waking every hour or two, but still more quiet and still than normal.

You have no idea how excited I am to have actually slept through a whole sleep cycle.

So, since it looks like we are seeing results with the 30x I have three questions for you:
-Should I wait to give him the 200c until it seems like we have exhausted progress on the 30x?
-Should I go ahead and order the 1M, or wait to see how he does with the 200c?
-Does the fact that we are seeing results with the 30x indicate that his vital force is low? If so, is there anything else that should be done to strengthen it, or is taking the right remedy a big help in that area?
 
Sarah3NN last decade
Yes I would wait before giving the 200c. We have started with 30x now so we have to see it to the end.

We can hold off on the 1M for the moment.

That isn't what potency means. Potency represents the way in which the patient expresses their disease, it works on particular levels and areas. The lower potencies work on broader more general symptoms, on symptoms that appear in more physical levels, on tissue changes in the body. A patient who needs a particular remedy will respond to low, medium and high potencies (at least until you reach their optimum potency level). A patient who doesn't really need that remedy, will respond only to the low potencies since it is working very broadly (not relying on peculiar individual symptoms).
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Okay, thanks for the clarification. One other thing of note: he has not been having bowel movements as usual. He usually has one every day, or at least every other day. Right now, it has been three days without one. I don't know if that is related or not, but thought I should mention it.
 
Sarah3NN last decade
Night 4: he slept like his old self, waking frequently, flailing, whining/talking. Also frequently said 'owee' (meaning something hurts).

By the way, he had a bowel movement while I was writing about his lack thereof last night.

I'll update again tomorrow.

Do you think the frequency of 1 dose per day of the 30x seems like the right amount thus far?
 
Sarah3NN last decade
No 30x is not enough. He is already relapsing. Give him one dose of 200c
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Oops, he got another dose of the 30x yesterday. And slept absolutely dreadfully last night.

The 200c actually still hasn't arrived yet. I have my fingers crossed for it to arrive in the mail today. If it doesn't, though, I assume I should not give him anything today?
 
Sarah3NN last decade
The 200c is here! I will give him a dose this afternoon and let you know how the night goes.
 
Sarah3NN last decade
200c night 1: sleep was pretty much like his usual, Maybe a little less flailing.
 
Sarah3NN last decade
Night 2: He slept for 5 hours straight! This has never happened before. Then after that, he only woke 2 more times, and those could have been my fault (I was reading with a low light for several hours in the middle of the night, as tends to happen if I ever get more than 3 hours sleep in a row). His sleep was quieter and more calm than usual as well.

His eczema it still looking very good; I can hardly tell it is there at all. I noticed it looking good like this before we started the Cham 30x, and it has stayed the same so far.

I'll let you know again tomorrow.

A few questions:
1. Should I order the 1M, or wait?
2. When the right potency is found (like maybe the 200c we're using now), would I still need to periodically give him a dose? Or at some point, would the results be expected to stay indefinitely with no further doses? I'm just trying to understand a bit more about how this works.
 
Sarah3NN last decade

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