Lib has been on his medications now for 2 weeks. Yesterday, the teacher told me that he picked out his NUMBERS by verbal command only! He cut out numbers using regular scissors and matched them perfectly. He is now pointing on a regular basis.
He is 7 years old and it looks like he is in the process of catching up.
Not only that, we are seeing more connectedness, more eye contact, more awareness. I am so glad we made the choice to medicate. I would say if you can stop absence seizures naturally, by all means do it, because medications are not a magic bullet either. Drugs are the last things I really wanted to put my son on. However, he is on such a small dose and, if it can make such a big difference, then to be honest, it has brought me great relief. The seizures just got scarier looking.
He was having seizures for so long as we tried various things in different combinations: Taurine, melatonin, DMG, milk thistle, GABA, B6/magnesium, etc. The seizures just kept coming more regularly and faster, too. Seems so many things that were supposed to work had the opposite effect in my son.
Since starting the medication, I have synchronously run into people who tell me their story about their child or their sister or their friend who had absence seizures as a child, took medication, and eventually grew out of them, so I can see that I am receiving lots of reassurance about my decision.
And, my son is happy. He no longer naps every day when he comes home from school. He is using so many pictures to communicate it's hard to keep up. He's trying to get words out.
For Liberty, at least, this seems to be perhaps one major piece of the puzzle found.
3 comments:
I am so happy for you! I'm a big fan of "whatever works!"
Good for you! Keep following your inner guidance. You are a great mom.
I am so glad to hear your good news.
One more story, my aunt has absence seizures and she has taken the lowest dose medicine for over fifty years. It still works and she has had no side effects.
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