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Yeah, liquid is much more here. I have looked at Helios because of it being mentioned frequently on the forum. They have a great selection and I assume great quality but yes, many size options which is terribly confusing to me. =)

I actually ordered these from Hahnemann laboratories in California- and they are poppy size. I was impressed with their selection because I couldn't find LM sizes anywhere else in the US. After a while, I'll catch on with various sizes and differences between pellets, granules, drams, etc.

I appreciate your help!

Thanks.

With my own remedy, I just ordered off this site as well because I needed the 200C and it was easy to find.

Do the pills dissolve easily like the pellets?

I just looked and I could have gotten the liquid dilution for a couple dollars more from Hahnemann Pharmacy- maybe I'll do that next time. Perhaps the LM potencies are more expensive.

When I was "checking out" it did mention something about only homeopaths being able to purchase the LM potencies or maybe needing a prescription but I figured if that was still the case, they would have asked me. There was no issue. They have a great, informative website.

Hi Dann,

It's always refreshing to hear someone with similar beliefs. I get bombarded all the time about medicating my 7-year-old son. As strongly as many feel about medicating for everything, that's as strongly as I feel about trying to heal naturally or with other alternative healthy options. However I refrain from preaching like they do to me. I should fire back with healthy options for them...might be funny.

I will do everything I can to keep him healthy. My naturopath actually mentioned the opiate receptors being triggered by gluten as well. I found that really interesting. I'm pretty much gluten free myself so I have been trying gluten-free with my son. It's a little more difficult because he is very picky and has texture issues but he's about 50% at the moment. I can tell when he's had too much gluten because his eyes look almost glossed over. Nothing showed up on allergy testing but that doesn't surprise me. Hopefully we can get closer to 75% gluten-free soon.
Slowly but surely.

I hope you get your health back soon. I read your post and sending good energy to you. There are some great people on here willing to help out of the goodness of their hearts.

Thank you for reaching out. :-)

Hi Evocationer,

Just giving you an early three day update.

First day my son took the dose around 6pm and was very drowsy with heavy eyes for a few hours but then perked up a little before bed. He seemed a little restless during sleep.

2nd evening, he took the remedy an hour before bed because we got home late. He seemed a little drowsy but then hyper, dancing and singing and very restless before bed. He was so tired in the morning because he said he didn't sleep well. I kept him home from school.

3rd evening (last night), I gave it to him at 6pm again, (we have to work around his after-school activities) and he seemed a tad quiet for a couple hours and then extremely hyper, silly, laughing, singing and purposely being annoying. We were all laughing because of his silliness but couldn't seem to calm him down before bed. He fell asleep on time and easily but he was very restless all night and didn't sleep well. He looked and seemed very tired this morning and very irritable as well. Everything I said, he whined about.

I will continue the remedy for the 7 days but wondering if the sleep continues to be problematic, if I should stop until the weekend so at least he's not exhausted for school.

I have not noticed any other changes or improvements yet but it's still early.

One thing I thought I'd mention. Yesterday he said out of the blue, "I like this remedy mommy." I tried to inquire why by asking if he felt better or different. He said he didn't know but that he liked it.

Thank you.
[message edited by mishelle76 on Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:15:56 GMT]

Hi Dann,

Interesting. I do believe what you're saying. I feel that he has almost become obsessive about the computer and video games. I do feel like I may have caused him some damage by allowing this.

I also agree with your statement "at least some type of toxin is involved." My gut senses something- some type of swirling craziness of energy within him. I will look into what you have suggested.

It's hard to say. He's been a little more hyper at night and his sleep wasn't great but last night sleep was okay. I can't tell if there's any aggravation- more like a response but not as bad as when he aggravated from a past remedy. It seems stimulating more than anything so far.

Hi Evocationer,

I gave my son his 5th dose last night and he had a very restless night of sleep. Would this be considered aggravation? I would think so since he normally sleeps a little better than that. It's hard for me to be objective here because restless sleep is my norm. I was thinking about skipping the dose tonight to see if he sleeps okay.

What do you think? We were planning on 7 days and we still can if stopping might disrupt any benefits he may be receiving. Or should we stop and wait for a while over the next several days?

Thank you.

I didn't give my son another dose last night and he slept really well. Can you help me understand what that might mean? That the remedy was aggravating him? A side effect? Not sure if that's a good thing or bad.

Yesterday I noticed he was very quiet and seemed very withdrawn. It was hard to watch and scared me. I fear that whatever is going on (categorized as autism), could get worse. He already hardly opens up to me and has no friends it appears. I don't want him to withdraw and not come back.

Any words of encouragement would really help. I know you mentioned you work with children who have been diagnosed with ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome.

Thank you for your time.

I'm not sure if my son was having an aggravation or healing. He ended up having two really good days at school paying attention and testing. Those are huge issues normally. I think if I don't hear back, I will just give him more doses as I'm not seeing anything further...just seems spacey again. It seems to have done something but I'm not able to tell whether it's aggravation or what.
[message edited by mishelle76 on Mon, 09 Feb 2015 03:15:44 GMT]

Thank you for your response.

I've picked up a couple books to read on homeopathy- Vithoulkas- The Science of Homeopathy. I'm not trying to look up remedies for myself or my son since I'm so new and there's a tremendous amount to learn but I think it might be beneficial for me to understand the process and theory behind homeopathy. This way I won't be so worried about the little things that happens with dosing and what I might expect.

I felt clueless about aggravation but glad my son had some kind of familiar reaction. I am more than happy to wait and watch. Is there something that I should be looking out for or just report back in about one week?

Thanks again!

Okay, will do.

Evocationer,

What's your take on vitamins? Do you think they can suppress symptoms that should be brought out? The reason I ask- my son used to be sick once or twice a month, and once he developed his tics, I started to give him a multi-vitamin. They are not cheap vitamins either. Since then (last April), he has not been sick but one time with a two-day cold which was very mild. But...while his immune system seems better, his other non-physical symptoms seemed to come about while unnoticeable prior. What do you think? I wonder if I'm causing him more harm by giving him these vitamins instead of letting symptoms occur in the physical. Or this could be simple coincidence in timing. My original thought was that I was just boosting his immune system.

Good points. I'm going to think on this and perhaps consider stopping the vitamins temporarily and observe.

Thank you. :-)

Hi Evocationer,

I'm reporting back to you on my son. It's been 13 days since his last dose. He took it for 5 days. I see some improvements- subtle, but good.

His biggest issue at school- lack of attention is one I'm not quite sure of since his teachers don't report back to me very often. But he does seem to be completing more work and doing okay solely based on papers being returned back to me. I think this issue might be a slow process?

I decided to hang onto his multi-vitamins for now and he did get a small cold that lasted a few days. It was minor.

His movements- constant need to move, stretch, roll around seem better as well- probably 80% better.

Still no tics.

Large and small motor skill issues are the same.

His indifference seems slightly better as well. I'm seeing more of his personality emerge. More talking with me, instead of just to me and interest in things is increasing. He seems more responsive to other emotional cues- about 30-40% better.

Energy level is a little better as well- 40% better.

Overall, I'm very impressed with his progress with such a short amount of time passing.

It brings me joy to see him emerge more.

How do you think we should proceed?

Thank you so much for your help.
[message edited by mishelle76 on Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:07:21 GMT]

I forgot a couple of things.

His socializing or interacting with others during play is still lacking. I haven't really notice any change there. He does enjoy people/kids being around him but it's almost like he doesn't know how to play with them or doesn't care to. But he says he plays games with others at recess sometimes.

I mentioned no tics but he does do a sort of lip smacking thing (not sure if that is considered a tic). I hadn't noticed it for a couple weeks until last night. I think it could be due to food though. I mentioned before that we try and eliminate food coloring, processed foods and as much wheat as possible. We tend to be more flexible on the weekends.

Okay, and if you feel we should wait, I'm okay with that as well. I don't want to push too hard but I also don't want to do lose progress.

Take your time.