I babysit for a woman whose 6yr old son has autism. Any help with this case would be greatly appreciated. The child was progressing normally until he received his immunizations at age 18 months. His mother made several phone calls and discovered that there were many complaints filed on these particular batches of immunizations (the authorities would not go into more detail - just that these particular batches had above normal numbers of complaints filed). Anyways, the child is very good-natured but does not talk and does not interact with other people. He is pleasant and not at all aggressive - he's just basically "there". He does not self-mutilate. At birth he weighed 11lbs and his collar bone broke because of his size. The child has no fear and will get into things that are potentially very dangerous (but he is not a daredevil or anything like that). As for food, he doesn't crave anything in particular, although he prefers crunchy foods and does not like mushy food (he'll eat apples but not bananas, for example). His mother has mentioned that he'll drop things - such as a ceramic figurine - just to see what will happen. I'm not sure if this is enough to go on but I can post some more on Monday. Thank you all so much.

Just a little addition to Snoopy's answer - one should probably also stop the remedy if there is a sign of amelioration and do not repeat while the amelioration lasts, right?

With vest wishes,

HelnaZ

Sorry, double post

HelnaZ

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Dear Helenaz,

If I saw an improvement, I might cut back to once a day. I don't think a 12C in a single dose is strong enough to cure a case without repetition, being a low potency. But yes, adjusting the dose is important, and what I would do if I saw improvement is put the remedy in water--such as a half-filled small Evian bottle, and I would succuss (shake) 10 times before each dose to raise the potency, otherwise you might unintentionally cause a proving or aggravation or antidote the remedy; but all this additional info might be too overwhelming for this child's mother.

So, I would just say, let us know if there is an improvement, and perhaps cut back to once a day.

The more improvement, the less often the remedy needs to be taken.

Snoopy

Dear Snoopy,

Thank you very much for the explanation!

And of course, best of luck to roselinville
and the mother of the child, it's such a shame -
vaccinations with aftereffects like that.

With very best wishes,

Helena Z.

What is Autism. Could any body explain it in detail for me

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Best regards<br />sozo

Dear roselinville,

This child's case would be better treated under the care of a professional classical homoeopath. His parents need to be fully informed of their options and responsibilities to ensure a successful outcome. If they do choose to undergo the homoeopathic route they should understand the treatment will be protracted, possibly over some years for a true cure to occur.

The Internet is a very poor prescribing vehicle for this type of condition and I assure you that one rubric is totally insufficient to base a prescription on. Rubrics in a repetory are meant as guides only to finding the simillimum. In this child's case, well, NO CASE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TAKEN. It is totally premature to be discussing remedies and posology schedules.

I would urge you, with all of your good intentions, to help his parents seek out a local practitioner who has credentials and expertise in this area. The parents should ask enough questions until they feel confident in the person in whom they would be entrusting their child's care. As you would be aware the ill-effects of vaccinations has received a lot of coverage over the years, if you don't know what questions to ask perhaps someone on this BB could suggest appropriate links on the subject.

Dear Rose,

It's not a whole lot to go on, but luckily, in the Repertory, under "Diseases, Austistic, children, vaccinations, after", there are only 2 remedies: Nat-mur. and Carcinosin. From what you have said, we have a child who is a loner, doesn't interact, and likes crunchy things, all of which lean more towards Nat-m. than Carc.

You could suggest that the mother order a 12C of Nat-mur.--a conservative dose, cuz I don't want to make him any worse--and give it twice a day, and let us know what happens. If he gets worse, stop the remedy. It may take a mininum of 2 weeks to notice improvement, but it could come sooner.

Snoopy

Dear helenaz,

As a general comment on repetition of dosage, I'd add to your above post: Hahnemann's instructions in the 6TH EDITION Organon were that when a STRIKING amelioration takes place there is no need for repetition of the remedy as long as that amelioration lasts. If the striking amelioration lasted, for example, 2 weeks and then slowed, you may consider repeating the remedy every 2 weeks under supervision. As the case progressed these intervals between repetitions would lengthen further.

When the overall improvement in a case is SLOW it is possible to repeat the remedy to speed up the cure. The repetition schedule is relative to the patient's sensitivity scale. This may vary from once a week, once every 3 days, or even every day.
As Snoopy said it is extremely unlikely that one 12C dose will cure a case of autism, but on the other hand, unnecessary over-medicating through over-repetition will actually slow down the progress of the case by producing accessory symptoms

Thank you everyone for your input. Nat mur sounds like it might be the one. I am printing your responses and will get together with the mom to start the treatment. I will post in a week or two to let you know how things are going. By the way, Snoopy, I have been wanting to thank you for all the very helpful advice you have given me ever since I first started posting on this bulletin board. Everyone's input has been helpful but yours has been especially helpful. Again, thank you.