Insect remedy? New picture emerging?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:46 pm
Was wondering if this would ring any bells for anyone. This is the case I asked about previously... 6 yo boy with autism and polyuria and ptyalism. Heavy toxicity. Ulcerative colitis. His colitis has been much improved this past month (on Calc-C) which is simillima but not simillimum. We've been zigzagging along.
The ptyalism and increased urination are still there off and on however. But I am thinking a new picture is emerging. Whenever he goes out in the garden, he has a very strong urge to urinate. For awhile, he would only urinate outside in the yard (so wouldn't go to the bathroom but would instead go out in the yard). But now he will use the bathroom but if he goes outside, he can't resist the urge. Also, when he goes to the park, he sits in the sand to play and will have involuntary urination (or perhaps voluntary). But in any event, it is *only* when he is sitting in the sand at the park. Otherwise, he does not have accidents. For awhile he was urinating many, many times per day - the urologist found nothing wrong. There is definitely increased saliva - sometimes foamy, sometimes viscid.
The spitting comes and goes but he will spit in the house. He will spit in on the wall, spit into the plants, spit on the floor, on the sofa, etc. The mom finally put a plant pot into the living room for him to spit into and he figured it out quickly and will only spit into the plant pot now. However, yesterday, he tried to urinate into the plant pot. There is dirt in it, but no plant. (Note: Lachesis aggravated but did not improve.)
The mom feels when he goes to the yard, he *has* to urinate. It is perhaps a compulsion. He had strong OCD symptoms last year, but those have mostly gone. Anyway, the mom says when he is out in the yard, he looks like a bug. She said his face takes on an "insect" look and he does this gesture with his hands that look like a bee or an insect - a rubbing motion. That is the best she could describe it. She said the insect look to his face is unmistakeable.
Does this sound like any insect or animal remedy? Last year he did really well on Lac Leo. Huge improvements. (He will do well on a remedy and then it will stop working abruptly.)
I was looking at Platinum Muriaticum Natronatum as he has a love of fine things - fine bedsheets, fine hotels, nice houses - and he's six! Which I thought was SRP. His mom has been doing well on Natrum Muriaticum for the past 6 months. His father has been doing quite well on Ignatia for the past few months. The mom could possibly be Platina. Very dictatorial. Plat Mur Nat has the increased urine and saliva.
The strange thing is he had the flu recently and dry dosing of Gelsemium 30c has brought amazing improvement socially and verbally. I am holding off on dosing until I can determine a good chronic going forward. Last year we spent the whole year putting out acutes from the colitis. I suspect the Gelsemium is addressing the chronic inflammation of the colitis? Even though he isn't experiencing severe acute pain. He also has had "brain cry" off and on for the past few years.
It would be great to continue with the improvements the Gelsemium has brought. Anyone ever have a chronic Gelsemium case? Any thoughts for an insect remedy?
Suggestions? Thanks!
Truly,
Erica
The ptyalism and increased urination are still there off and on however. But I am thinking a new picture is emerging. Whenever he goes out in the garden, he has a very strong urge to urinate. For awhile, he would only urinate outside in the yard (so wouldn't go to the bathroom but would instead go out in the yard). But now he will use the bathroom but if he goes outside, he can't resist the urge. Also, when he goes to the park, he sits in the sand to play and will have involuntary urination (or perhaps voluntary). But in any event, it is *only* when he is sitting in the sand at the park. Otherwise, he does not have accidents. For awhile he was urinating many, many times per day - the urologist found nothing wrong. There is definitely increased saliva - sometimes foamy, sometimes viscid.
The spitting comes and goes but he will spit in the house. He will spit in on the wall, spit into the plants, spit on the floor, on the sofa, etc. The mom finally put a plant pot into the living room for him to spit into and he figured it out quickly and will only spit into the plant pot now. However, yesterday, he tried to urinate into the plant pot. There is dirt in it, but no plant. (Note: Lachesis aggravated but did not improve.)
The mom feels when he goes to the yard, he *has* to urinate. It is perhaps a compulsion. He had strong OCD symptoms last year, but those have mostly gone. Anyway, the mom says when he is out in the yard, he looks like a bug. She said his face takes on an "insect" look and he does this gesture with his hands that look like a bee or an insect - a rubbing motion. That is the best she could describe it. She said the insect look to his face is unmistakeable.
Does this sound like any insect or animal remedy? Last year he did really well on Lac Leo. Huge improvements. (He will do well on a remedy and then it will stop working abruptly.)
I was looking at Platinum Muriaticum Natronatum as he has a love of fine things - fine bedsheets, fine hotels, nice houses - and he's six! Which I thought was SRP. His mom has been doing well on Natrum Muriaticum for the past 6 months. His father has been doing quite well on Ignatia for the past few months. The mom could possibly be Platina. Very dictatorial. Plat Mur Nat has the increased urine and saliva.
The strange thing is he had the flu recently and dry dosing of Gelsemium 30c has brought amazing improvement socially and verbally. I am holding off on dosing until I can determine a good chronic going forward. Last year we spent the whole year putting out acutes from the colitis. I suspect the Gelsemium is addressing the chronic inflammation of the colitis? Even though he isn't experiencing severe acute pain. He also has had "brain cry" off and on for the past few years.
It would be great to continue with the improvements the Gelsemium has brought. Anyone ever have a chronic Gelsemium case? Any thoughts for an insect remedy?
Suggestions? Thanks!
Truly,
Erica
