Introduction--Treatments for Autism

Well I am new to blogging and this is my first post so bear with me. I have a 5 year old son with autism. He is currently nonverbal though he does babble quite a bit. He was diagnosed when he was 3, and ever since that time, I have been determined to do whatever I can to help him. The only thing I knew to do at the time was get him started with therapy, so I started him with ABA therapy, which has been a great help. But I still felt like there was more I should be doing for him. I started visiting internet forums to talk with other moms of children with autism. Then, I slowly started learning that many have had success with certain diets and biomedical treatments. The first thing I did was to start my son on the GFCF (wheat and dairy free diet). I noticed a huge change with this. My son developed a fever, which he rarely does, soon after I took out all wheat and dairy. He went from being an incredibly hyperactive child who wouldn't slow down, let alone have eye contact with anyone, to being calmer and engaging with others. I feel like this is really when my journey to help him began. I knew at that moment that there were ways I could help my son and improve his quality of life, as well as our entire family's lives.

So, I began talking to other parents and really researching effective treatments for children with autism. Soon after this, I took my son to a DAN (Defeat Autism Now) doctor. He ran quite a few tests, including tests for yeast and bacteria, metals, toxins, etc. We discovered that my son's system was overloaded with yeast. I knew that I had to do something about this. So we tried Diflucan for awhile, which seemed to help, but was not really a long term solution. We then tried MB12 shots, which did seem to help my son with his hyperactivity, but after about 10 months of this, we finally stopped. We also were giving my son quite a few different supplements, such as a multivitamin, fish oil, biotin, probiotics, and more that I can't seem to remember right now! I do believe that all of these things did help to some extent and we saw some improvements in our son, but I still felt that his progress was very slow.

Anyway, I really wasn't sure what to do next. I felt like I had tried so many different things and I was beginning to feel like I was running out of options. I prayed to find something that could help my son. Then one day on one of my forums I came across a post about homeopathy. Someone had recommended the book "The Impossible Cure" by Amy Lansky.

http://www.impossiblecure.com/autism.html

So I ordered this book and it really opened my eyes to homeopathy and its effectiveness in treating autism as well as many other chronic conditions. Since homeopathy seemed very safe, I figured it would be worth a shot. So I found a homeopath and she got us started on the path. We started my son on a remedy that matched his symptoms very well. As soon as I gave my son the first dose, he threw up that night. Then for about the next week, he just had no energy and he developed a fever. He also had what seemed to be a very bad cold. I believe his body had a healing response to this remedy. I did see some positives though. My son was copying and imitating us more and he was also imitating one of his videos, which he had never done before! So I knew something good was happening.

Obviously though I didn't want him to get sick like this every time I gave him the remedy, so I decreased the amount I gave him each time. I have been giving it to him about every 3 days or so for about a month now and have seen some subtle but noticeable improvements each time. He has become more focused and is starting to use sounds and babbling more to ask for what he wants. The improvements are small ones, but I can see that he is definitely progressing, more so than with all the other treatments I have tried for him.

If you want to learn more about homeopathy, there are a ton of good websites. Here is one to start with. http://www.homeopathy-soh.org/about-homeopathy/what-is-homeopathy/

It can be confusing at first, but after studying it for awhile, you get the hang of it!

So, for now, homeopathy is the main thing I am focusing on. The only other thing I am doing is trying to keep him on a healthy diet and keep him away from sugar (which of course feeds yeast)!

Well, this about sums up our story up to this point. I will continue with updates! Thank you all for reading this!!