Monday, March 3, 2008

For those who do not believe

A couple of years ago after 'dealing' with our sons autism and getting absolutely nowhere but broke and frustrated we were offered a blessing. At the time we didn't know and understand why the things that were happening was actually setting us up for the best thing possible for our son and our life as a family. Boo had been to Dr. after Dr. with the 'It's autism there is nothing you can do but medicate him and hope for the best' attitude. We were told to take him to a doctor at our local Mental health hospital and evaluated. After many hours and a thousand dollars we were told that the only thing we could do was medication trials that would consist of 6 weeks on and six weeks off until we found the 'magic' one. Well that was my biggest mistake. After a few short weeks of this He was absolutely miserable and the fits were more and more. There was just no reasoning with him at all. Our doctor assured us that when the medication was in his system and we gave it some time it will most likely work to help him. Anxiety has always been his biggest enemy. Well we ended up in the Emergency room with suicidal thoughts and a toxic liver. They sent in social workers and such and to make a long story short told us that it was his medication talking and they felt that if we continued the medication and just kept a close eye on him he would be fine. My husband and I both agreed that we were done medicating him and would just deal with the behaviors and anxiety rather than to ever hear those words come out of his mouth again. As you can imagine our doctors were not happy with us and actually threatened protective services. At that point we were very scared and didn't know what to do with him. I felt I could not take him to the doctor in fear that they would threaten us more and according to all the research I had done, I knew this doctor was the last one available to us in the provider handbook that had ANY experience at all with autism. Immediately following (within days) a friend of my fathers told him of a doctor that she sees that is a homeopathic doctor and encouraged us to go. Our insurance does not cover (witch doctors) homoeopaths and we simply didn't have anymore money to waste. With a little encouragement we did go to the first appointment. I had never had any experience what so ever with any doctor but an MD and it was not an easy decision, but at the time we felt all other doors were closed for us. The first appointment was absolutely amazing. She was so knowledgeable and understanding and I was so not. I was a brat. I didn't fill out the questionnaire with my concerns because I thought if she was THAT good she would know without me telling her what was wrong with my son. She finished her testing and looked at my husband and I and just blew us away with the information. She had pegged everything right on the head. She told us exactly what she thought he was or was not doing and why. I remember just crying thinking how badly I had waited for so long to have someone see what was truly happening with him, let alone why it was happening. She set him up on a treatment plan and although we were still very hesitant we followed her instructions to a T. Within the first night we noticed a difference in him and with in months he was progressing so fast we did not know what was going to come next with him. Well unfortunately the last couple of months we have been unable to take him due to the financial strain and The school has noticed a big difference with him. I talked with them again today as he was trying to be the class clown again,attention span is getting smaller and his anxiety is really taking it's toll. UGGG! The boy went from not talking to being the class clown. Well I called and made him an appointment and he is going back in Today. The school sees it. They can tell the difference even with homeopathic medicine. My son is medication free and takes whole food supplements to support his body and it is not just something I want to see that is not really there. She is amazing and she is helping him and he is beating autism. We have truly been blessed and God closed some doors for us only to open the best one yet. Homeopaths are real, they are interested in helping you and they are preventing medication being dumped into a child that does not need it. I never would have dreamed that he is doing things that he does now. It has been the best investment we have ever made. While being treated homeopathically he has no need for physical therapy any more and had made more progress in 2 years that in 10 previously. My family has truly been blessed.

1 comment:

Destini said...

You forgot to mention the fact that you got the smile back in his eyes...You got a child that can udnerstand and even crack jokes! I am so proud of you for taking a stand for Josh. I totally second the homeopath! You know all of my experiences too. I believe in their "quackery" too. You go Girl!