So I took Ewen to see an acupuncture specialist today. She came very highly recommended and so Ewen and I drove out to her house on the other side of town in a neighborhood of hills and trees with lots of space between each house that was built in the 70's. She was very welcoming and happy with an English accent. Her home was tidy and serene and she took us back to a room with the table and lots of space and string heart lights and string butterflies.
She asked a lot of questions about how and when all this anxiety business started then she did some needles in his belly, legs and feet.
She did some more talking and then did a couple of needles in his back. He was a great sport about everything. Then she wanted to rub his neck and head but he wasn't so excited about that and said "ow" and that she was pulling his hair.
When we left he said that the needles were cool but he hated that she pulled his hair when she was rubbing his head.
I gave him some inositol mixed with water in a water bottle in the car but he didn't want to talk the propranolol too for some reason.
Then by the time we got home he was a mess... depressed and very angry. He said he felt horrible. He said he couldn't swallow AT ALL. I noticed he has some red marks on his skin and was a bit worried that he may be having an allergic reaction to the Prozac, even though I only gave him 2 tiny drops of it today. I decided that he was probably a bit flushed from the acupuncture. I looked it up and it said that a side effect of acupuncture is a flood of emotion afterwards or even making symptoms like anxiety and depression, worse. Great.
Now, it is 4 hours later and he is STILL angry and depressed. He said he is hungry but he can't swallow ANY food or drink and he has barely eat anything all day. DH came home early from work to help me tag team this disaster. Ewen is very angry with me for taking him to something that made him worse.
I hope that in a few hours he will feel a bit better but he won't take his propranolol which should ease his anxiety symptoms. He is afraid it will make his awful depression worse and he actually has a point there.
So I don't know what to do...the helpless dumb parent. I called our pediatrician and the nurse said it was probably the acupuncture and not the 2 tiny drops of Prozac.
Maybe this will all work out. And maybe it won't.
7:30 pm
Amazing update!!!
He finally took a propranolol and asked if we could go and get him a milkshake. So we went and I got him his first McDonald's milkshake ever (we usually eat very healthily). He was able to swallow that after not being able to swallow anything all day long. Then I asked him if we should order pizza like we used to on Friday nights and he said yes! Then he actually at a whole piece of pizza and a bunch of salad too and was able to swallow it all with no problem. This is the first time he has been able to eat and easily swallow like that for weeks!! I wonder if this acupuncture is what made this change come about or if it is just a coincidence? The roller coaster of it is a bit exhausting. The real test will be if he can eat breakfast tomorrow or not.
She asked a lot of questions about how and when all this anxiety business started then she did some needles in his belly, legs and feet.
She did some more talking and then did a couple of needles in his back. He was a great sport about everything. Then she wanted to rub his neck and head but he wasn't so excited about that and said "ow" and that she was pulling his hair.
When we left he said that the needles were cool but he hated that she pulled his hair when she was rubbing his head.
I gave him some inositol mixed with water in a water bottle in the car but he didn't want to talk the propranolol too for some reason.
Then by the time we got home he was a mess... depressed and very angry. He said he felt horrible. He said he couldn't swallow AT ALL. I noticed he has some red marks on his skin and was a bit worried that he may be having an allergic reaction to the Prozac, even though I only gave him 2 tiny drops of it today. I decided that he was probably a bit flushed from the acupuncture. I looked it up and it said that a side effect of acupuncture is a flood of emotion afterwards or even making symptoms like anxiety and depression, worse. Great.
Now, it is 4 hours later and he is STILL angry and depressed. He said he is hungry but he can't swallow ANY food or drink and he has barely eat anything all day. DH came home early from work to help me tag team this disaster. Ewen is very angry with me for taking him to something that made him worse.
I hope that in a few hours he will feel a bit better but he won't take his propranolol which should ease his anxiety symptoms. He is afraid it will make his awful depression worse and he actually has a point there.
So I don't know what to do...the helpless dumb parent. I called our pediatrician and the nurse said it was probably the acupuncture and not the 2 tiny drops of Prozac.
Maybe this will all work out. And maybe it won't.
7:30 pm
Amazing update!!!
He finally took a propranolol and asked if we could go and get him a milkshake. So we went and I got him his first McDonald's milkshake ever (we usually eat very healthily). He was able to swallow that after not being able to swallow anything all day long. Then I asked him if we should order pizza like we used to on Friday nights and he said yes! Then he actually at a whole piece of pizza and a bunch of salad too and was able to swallow it all with no problem. This is the first time he has been able to eat and easily swallow like that for weeks!! I wonder if this acupuncture is what made this change come about or if it is just a coincidence? The roller coaster of it is a bit exhausting. The real test will be if he can eat breakfast tomorrow or not.
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