Success Stories: Connor

“I was a little surprised at the depth and background of questions. Things I hadn't really thought about, like birth experience and food likes or dislikes came up. As I knew more about homeopathy, I came to understand how important this deep background information was to his case. I was impressed at how, for the first time in six years of saying ‘something is not right with my son’ to medical professionals, I felt listened to, and it was clear that Dr. Reichenberg thought my observations had validity. It was like a light coming on, after struggling uphill in the dark for years.”
An internet acquaintance from the Feingold Bulletin Board, whose son exhibited behaviors and symptoms similar to my son’s, had seen Dr. Ullman and been very pleased with the results. I was hoping for anything that might help my family lead something resembling a normal life.

I knew it could take a while, and that the ‘whole person’ approach to wellness, while deep, might be subtle. That has proved to be our experience. It took several near-misses for us to find the correct remedy, but when we did, the results were SO dramatic that his teacher, unaware we were seeing a homeopathic doctor said, ‘he's like a different kid’, When you get the right homeopathic medicine, you will know.

When my son began homeopathic treatment at age six, he would not sleep alone, rarely slept through the night, and had violent meltdown rages at least twice a week. The outbursts were usually over something as trivial as having to change his shirt, or not getting his favorite color cup. The contrast is remarkable.

Conner recently had his first tantrum in almost nine months, and it was minor by the ‘bad old days’ standard. He walks himself to and from school, bathes himself, dresses himself, makes his own lunch, and happily stays home alone for short periods. Conner didn't read at all until the very end of second grade. Shortly after finally finding the correct remedy, he began to read. By September, when he was tested again for school, he was reading at the fourth grade level. By the following May, one year after beginning to read, he was reading at a seventh grade level and had been invited to bring his writing to a regional young writer's conference. Conner tests above grade level in most areas now, and was in danger of losing his IEP! Things are MUCH calmer, and I'm more able to do the real fun work of parenting rather than just fighting fires all the time.

What I see, more than anything, is that homeopathy has been a tool for my son to gain control over his sensory input and his reaction to ‘overload’. With that tool, he can turn his attention to other things instead of just trying to process the flicker of the fluorescent lights and the texture of the carpet. The change has been remarkable for all of us!

I would say to any parent of an AS child: ‘Try homeopathy, and really commit to really making it work’. Most of us have a lot of experience with ‘quick-fix’ medicine (and food, and relationships, and...) Homeopathy will not work that way. When you do find the right remedy, the initial response may be dramatic, but the real, deep change will take some time. It may not work for everyone. In his case, the eventual results have pretty clearly justified the trouble and expense. If you spend the money and show the results now, some kid in twenty years will be able to get homeopathic treatment for autism covered by insurance. Think of yourself as a pioneer.”