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Autism, Anxiety, and A Real Miracle

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Fireworks over Lake

 

Over the past four months or so, I've shared with you all on Facebook a number of times that my son has been dealing with pretty severe anxiety.   And you all have been very helpful offering recommendations.  Thank you!  If you haven't “liked” Whole New Mom on Facebook, please do join us.  It's a very supportive community over there.

You see, my son suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism.  And Asperger's almost always comingles (goes together) with anxiety.

Over the past 5 months, his anxiety has increased to the point of being well—really bad.  Mainly it's been anxiety about his life threatening food allergies.

It's been hard some days to handle it.

To wonder if we can keep going.

To wonder if he'll get better.

Over the years, we're tried a lot of things to heal my son.  You can read more about it in Natural Autism Healing and the Best Therapy of All.

We've tried a lot of things to help his anxiety, and are working closely with our practitioner to manage his stress.

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We've tried  / are trying the following:

Natural Anxiety Remedies

  • GABA
  • 5 HTP (partnered with B6)
  • L-Taurine (this really seems to help)
  • Essential Oils
  • Salvia and Amber (a Chinese Herb blend recommended for anxiety and insomnia)
  • hugs and encouragement (though I must admit that it can be hard to do this when mom is really stressed out from all of the incessant questions about the things he is anxious about :-))

We've been working with a practitioner for about 1 1/2 years now.

You might recall that I mentioned this practitioner in my posts on adrenal fatigue (Are You Just Tired — Or is it Something More?) and heavy metals (Could You Have Metal Poisoning and Not Know It? ~ Part One).
Update 10/15/16: Since this post we have moved on to other practitioners with whom we have seen much more progress.
At that time, tests on my son's hair have showed a HUGE amount of copper.

And copper causes anxiety (amongst other things.)
So we worked on getting the copper out and getting him calm.
Anyway–just because you think there might be an end to the tunnel doesn't mean it's easy to see it.
Well, this year, on the Fourth of July, we had a very interesting twist in our son's anxiety story.
See the fireworks in the photo above?  Well, he used to be petrified of them.
As in–he's never sat through them.
We've tried.  Many times.  He even gets super anxious just talking about them.
Most of you are new to my blog, but last year I shared in my post on True Freedom on the Fourth ~ An Autism Story how my son overcame a number of his anxieties on the Fourth of July.  He had victory over:
  • feathers
  • clowns
  • well, fireworks–not really.
Well, this year we got a real surprise.
If you look closely at the top photo, you can make out the head shape on the right side.
That's my son's friend.
Now—look closely at this next photo.
Fireworks over Lake
One head on either side of the photo, right?
The head on the left belongs to my son.  The one on the right is his friend's.
He made it through the whole fireworks show.
Yes, with sound reducing ear muffs on, but he. made. it.
And he even says that he had “a great time.”
I'm still not sure why.
At first I thought it was because his friend was there, but his friend was there last year too.
Were we more calm about the fireworks thing this year?   I don't think so.
Not sure why – but he did it.
His other anxieties?  Not the feathers and clown so much, but the other stuff?
They're still here.
And this Momma is tempted to despair when they get bad.
But here's to small miracles.
Here's to small victories.
And here's to good memories.
I'm purposing to send these photos off to be developed this week so I can get them in a photo album and remember the day we had a Small Miracle on the Fourth of July.
Do you have a “Small (or Big) Miracle” to share?

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  1. Jacque' says

    April 11, 2018 at 10:05 pm

    I read your Blog on CBD Oil. My nephew is 3 and he is on the autistic spectrum. How old would you start using CBD Oil to a child? Do the companies you recommended of information about the use of CBD Oil on young children?

    Thanks,
    Jacque’ Higgins

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    • Adrienne says

      April 12, 2018 at 11:05 am

      Hello Jacque. There are many young children using CBD oil for varying conditions / issues. The companies (and myself) would say to start slow and then build up and watch. One company told me that sometimes it stops working so you can then back off and start over. Others say it can build up in the system so then you might want to back down after awhile. Basically everyone is different but I am personally convinced (after reading a lot of research) that it’s a great thing for almost everyone even in a small amount. Happy to help w/ any other questions.

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