UGH My Hair Is So *ITCHY* Mommy!!

My poor little trichster is trying so hard not to pull his hair. It is even starting to grow back some in his favorite pull spot and I am so proud of him. But he complains so often that his hair is itchy. I wish I knew how to help him with it.

I remembered a few other things about him and emailed Tanya about them last night. She got back with me pretty quickly and prescribed a second remedy as well. I called the local health food store this morning and added it to my special order. They said I should get it Monday or Tuesday. In the mean time I am thrilled to share a picture of some regrowth in his current pull spot!
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The Appointment With the Homeopath

Today I had the phone consultation with the homeopath. Though I felt a bit like a pain because we had some scheduling issues and she was really working hard to help us, even taking a little less money up front, I was a bit irritated with myself that I couldn't just take the first appointment time she offered. Either way, we found a time which worked for both of us, and I did the consult while at work at the clinic today. I decided, for those of you curious, to use Tanya Kell (http://www.tanyakell.com) (sorry I can't make a hyperlink when doing this by email). Immediately while on the phone with her I started with the typical junk the therapists tell me, but she quickly reminded me I was talking to a homeopath, and what the therapists say and diagnose are not her main interest! After about a 25 minute talk about everything related to my little trichster, everything from my pregnancy with him to his life now 8.5 years later, she asked a few questions for clarification or just because she needed more information from me on it, and then said she would call me back. A few minutes later she called me back with a few specific questions about my little trichster, and then called me back again to give me the remedy she determined, and instructions on how to give it. I do not have (nor do I keep at the clinic) the specific remedy that she prescribed him..but for those of you who have never seen homeopathics I have taken some pics of the ones I *do* have.

These vials are almost 2/3 full! And are the *original* ones bought when I *first* discovered homeopathy. The little white ball is one *dose* of a remedy. Many times one dose is all it takes. I called one of my clients whose mother-in-law owns a local health food store called Creative Healing and asked them to special order the remedy for my little trichster. I should have the remedy Monday, and I am very excited to try it! Though Tanya said that he may not stop the trich symptoms right away, his temperment should improve pretty quickly and I should definitely see noticeable improvement within a few weeks. She also said I could call back with any questions or concerns. Though I cannot say on the remedy yet, I can say thus far I really like Tanya and feel very positive about the decision to use her.

I told the therapist yesterday that I was going to use a homeopath, and I was surprised that he neither asked for clarification on what that was, nor thought I was wacko for trying it. Many people aren't very open to the idea that homeopathics can work (including some of my own family who have witnessed it first hand!). I'll update again once I get the remedy.
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Two steps forward!!

I realized today that despite being back at school my little trichster didn't pull today! His latest patch of missing hair is starting to grow back, and his mommy is feeling hopeful. He proudly said "I am trying to let *all* of my hair grow back!". However...he has been biting his nails worse. He has even taken to biting the tips of his fingers as well. He had a therapy appointment today, which again seemed like a waste of time. I am hopeful though with his new found determination not to pull, and the consult with the homeopath tomorrow, maybe we are starting to get somewhere!
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Answered Prayers

So yesterday was Sunday, and like almost every other Sunday (sometimes I go alone when the kids are with their father) I woke the kids up early, fed them and got them ready for Church. It was a gloomy, drizzly morning yesterday, but warm enough for me to wear a skirt yay! My daughter always wears a dress (she loves having an excuse to dress pretty!), even in the coldest of cold, she just wears thick cotton tights to go with it. So we make the approximately half an hour drive to Queen, not the closest parish, but the one I fell in love with. We get there and I take my daughter to her religious ed class, then take the boys into the worship area for Mass. While there, as is my habit, I prayed very hard for direction and strength and wisdom. I have learned to pray for *specific* things so I went down my short list..and included in it the ability to somehow see the homeopath for my little trichster. I had gone through my finances and realized that there was no way that I could pay the full fee right now, when my budget is pulled so tight. I figured it would have to wait awhile until I could scrape and save to be able to do it.

And then last night I got an email from the homeopath. She said she enjoyed the links to my blogs, and would love to work with my son. We are working out an an arrangement that works for both of us. God is so good! Yet another answered prayer.
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Homeopathy

Anyone who knows me knows that I have been a firm believer in homeopathy and natural and alternative medicine since 2005. In 2005 several major things (health wise) happened in our house. First, they told me I may have to have 1/3 of my colon removed. I was so sick with ulcerative colitis (diagnosed in 1998) that I was in constant pain, and losing weight and blood. Then, "miraculously" my symptoms disappeared, no thanks to the expensive and awful drugs they were trying to give me (which failed to help for over six months). Nope. I owe the thanks to a little vial of $3 homeopathic remedy. Originally bought for my daughter when she had listeria poisoning due to some contaminated sto bought mozerrella (which, by the way, it resolved her illness as well) at the urgings of my homeopathy student friend, and one of the few people I ever trusted enough to babysit my kids when they were wee. I happened to pop one of the little pellets when my stomach cramps started one night, and I have been symptom free since! Around the same time my little trichster (not yet a trichster at the time) was suffering from what the doctors called "cyclic vomiting syndrome". He had already been hospitalized once for severe dehydration (which came on fast, less than 8 hours after the vomiting started). Again, at the urgings of my friend, when he once again showed symptoms, I sent my husband after the remedy she suggested. We popped one under his tongue, and you could see the color come into his face, his eyes lost their dark circles and sunken look and within 15 minutes he was running around healthy. He has never had a problem with the cyclic vomiting syndrome again (and never been given another pellet, not a single one. I still have the original vial! $3 for a life long cure, vs thousands of $$ in hospital expense and pain and misery? Ha!). I was sold. I have used homeopathic remedies since to treat everything from the flu, to chronic illness, to morning sickness in my pregnant clients. I use it to help breech babies turn, to help teething babies, and to reverse dental caries (really, I mean *reverse*. Who said once you have a hole in your tooth it will always be there?!?). I have used it for post partum bleeding. I have used it to help broken bones heal with astounding speed. And now, after all of this, here I am with my son, suffering from this psychological condition, and I know it can be treated with homeopathy. I *know* it in my inner most being, but I feel like I am outside of my realm of knowledge with it. So, having been unable to contact my friend who originally helped me with remedies, I have reached out, and found a homeopath 2 hours away. Though I will most likely not make the trek to her (yet) with my little trichster (it isn't out of the question if over the phone seems unsuccessful to stop the trich and other issues..) She will thankfully do phone consults! Yay! And so, within a few weeks, maybe we will finally find something to help my little trichster.
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Back to school, back to pulling

Sigh. It is so discouraging. My little trichster is back to pulling now that he is back in school.

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Pulling Once Again

Though his pulling seemed to have ceased, or at least lessened, during the holiday break while he was with his father, my little trichster appears to be pulling once again, and quite a bit. The therapist doesn't really seem to be helping any, and I am becoming frustrated. I am considering finding a local homeopathic doctor who might be able to help us out. I have a firm belief in homeopathics, as they have worked for other issues in my family. We shall see.