Worried about the risk of atypical antipsychotics for your child? Homeopathic Medicine offers a safer alternative

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Oct, 2006 by Robert Ullman, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman

We have witnessed remarkable turnarounds in some cases of all the above disorders. Not in all cases, of course, but enough to show the possibility of real help by means of a natural, nontoxic form of medicine with a 200-year track record of success. We have treated over four thousand children with behavioral, learning, and developmental problems, often quite successfully. By "successfully," we mean we have seen a minimum of an estimated 70% improvement in most or all of the patient symptoms. A number of research studies and case reports are also available, detailing psychiatric conditions responding to homeopathy, including mental retardation, autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety, anorexia nervosa, bipolar disorder, and acute psychosis. These are summarized in an article titled Homeopathic Medicine and Psychiatry by Bernard Merizalde, MD, a practicing homeopathic psychiatrist in the Philadelphia area, on his website: (http://www.homeopathypa.com/homeopathy_article.html).

Of course, much more research must be done to validate the homeopathic approach to psychiatry, but even the anecdotal evidence of homeopathy's efficacy and lack of side effects demonstrates its worthiness for further study and application in children's psychiatric cases.

Here are two of the more dramatic cases from our book Rage Free Kids: Homeopathic Treatment for Defiant, Aggressive, and Violent Children, which show the potential of homeopathy in treating children's cases that would otherwise receive anticonvulsants and atypical antipsychotic medicines.

Aggression in the Making

Jesse was an easily over-excitable seven-year-old. A biter and a hitter, he had repeated kindergarten, because his teachers did not feel he was ready to be a first-grader. Unable to keep his hands to himself, Jesse couldn't help himself from wrestling with the other boys and touching their private parts. This child had no sense of anyone else's personal space. He was just plain wound-up. Teachers had to keep a careful eye on Jesse during recess for fear that he would injure the other children. He would either punch them or peel their fingers off the monkey bars so they would tumble to the ground. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of Jesse's behavior is that it was generally unprovoked. Jesse's mom felt a sense of urgency about getting help for her son, because she was about to have a third child and feared for the new baby's safety around Jesse.

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Jesse was very similar to his birth father, although his dad was no longer in Jesse's life, Both utterly disregarded others' feelings. The aggressiveness and violence also appeared to come by way of his dad. An alcoholic, he neglected his family and his business and was eventually incarcerated for assaulting Jesse's mother.

Also of great concern to his mother was Jesse's apparent lack of remorse or sympathy. If he hurt someone, his first response was to hide. Once, after choking another little boy, he retreated to a closet and hoped he wouldn't be found until the incident was forgotten. Jesse also enjoyed curling up in a blanket-turned-fortress and snuggling in his sleeping bag. Jesse's biggest fears were poisonous snakes and Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs. His only physical difficulty was a problem with visual tracking.