PRACTITIONER VOICE
“ So far so good ! This week there have been no major acts of rage . Fred has been more in control of his emotions and seems to be able to control his anger before it gets out of control and takes over him . He is responding very well to the 1,2,3 Magic and this week when I have put him in the ‘ time out ’ room he is being less physically violent in there and has stopped trying to smash everything to pieces .”
Below is a summary of each day since the first dose .
Monday . “ Gave the dose at 3.30pm . In the evening he sat and read a book ( never done this , only touches a book to rip it to shreds ) and played nicely with his brothers . We had a normal family dinner of talking and eating . Usually it consists of Fred screaming and eating nothing ! He followed instructions ( e . g ., ‘ Can you pick that up for me ?’ or ‘ Can you put your toy in your bedroom ?’). On the negative he was still showing aggression towards me when I asked him to stop doing things . He kept telling me I wasn ’ t the boss and occasionally told me to shut up .”
Tuesday . “ Was a strange morning . Like I said to you previously he was being really nice , especially towards me . If my mum tried to talk to him he would tell her to shut up and start to get that angry look on his face , but then would control himself . It was as if he was trying to act like he normally would but then thought “ Why am I doing this ?” and stopped . The rest of the day he was really good . I was able to control him out in public that afternoon at football training . He did challenge me that evening but only spent time in the ‘ time out ’ room once . Today was a great day .”
Wednesday . “ He woke up a little irritated and grumpy . Started the day as he usually would , crying and whinging about nothing in particular . He spent the day with my mum as I went to work . She said he was good , but he usually is for her one on one . That evening he went into the ‘ time out room three times , but instead of smashing it to bits he was more interested about negotiating his way out .”
Thursday . “ He woke up crying again about nothing in particular . Today is his preschool day . This afternoon he started hitting his brothers and myself again ( he hasn ’ t done this all week ). He only hit once ( normally it would be repeatedly ), and I was able to get him to stop and apologise by using the 123 method .”
“ Overall , I feel like I have more control over his behaviour and I feel he has more control over himself . He is responding very well to the 123 method and absolutely hates going into the time out room . He seems to understand the consequences of his actions , where before he didn ’ t think of the consequences or didn ’ t care . He is actually talking more now and screaming less and there have been no more 2-hour uncontrollable tantrums . I still see glimpses of the bad Fred , but I believe Fred has more control over him now . Another thing that makes me believe he has more control over his impulses is that previously in the time out room he smashed some bottles on the ground , but on Wednesday when I put him in there ( I forgot to lock one of the cupboards ) instead of smashing
Figure 4 . Fred ’ s first Copper level was 31.4 ; after 8 months of treatment it had reduced to 13.2 : still too high but coming down effectively . the bottles again he took them out of the cupboard and placed them on the ground . Tuesday was the best day I have had with him for months and towards Wednesday evening and by Thursday the old Fred started to surface more and his compulsive behaviour started to return , but it was controllable with the 123 method . I am very interested to see how he will respond to another dose .”
I encourage some of my young patients ’ parents to use the 1,2,3 Time Out method described by Thomas W Phelan in his book 1,2,3 Magic : Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 . I often recommend it to parents of children whose behaviour dominates the house . This was especially useful for Fred in learning impulse control .
After eight months on the above treatment Fred ’ s copper level had moved from 31.4mg % to 13.2mg %, still very high , but coming down gently without aggravation . The ‘ real ’ Fred was emerging . By that I mean that angelic child was not under the influence of a malevolent force , which was , in this case , copper toxicity .
Fred ’ s first Copper level was 31.4 ; after 8 months of treatment it had reduced to 13.2 : still too high but coming down effectively .
Fred ’ s case is extreme because of the very high level of copper toxicity accompanying the violence and suddenness of his symptoms . It took us 3 years of treatment before he could function reasonably and normally .
Jon Gamble , a naturopath and homeopath , has been in full time practice since 1987 . He is an educator and author of numerous books . This article is extracted from Mastering Chronic Disease : Toxicity , Deficiency and Infection , Karuna Publishing , 2021 : www . karunapublishing . com . au
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