Reply To: My son is having headaches…

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Good to know…I thought acupuncture was woo woo, but I guess not…I do believe in the “you are what you eat…” We do not eat like the typical American. I cook at home and make almost everything from scratch. We eat the healthiest form of Mexican food you can imagine. I make homemade quinoa tortillas as our bread, we eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, and say WAY away from processed food…

I’m almost positive that what’s happening is related to the physical abuse of his dad and the car accident…I’m going to get him in for a cranial sacral massage as soon as I get my financial aid money…and I’m going to keep giving him massages myself…and I’ve already taught him about meditation. we listen to meditation music every day and he closes his eyes and breathes…

I hate giving him medicine. Friday was the first day in his entire life that he took ibuprofen and only because his headache had just been going on for days with no relief. It has helped and not been back since…anyway….Thank you for the information Nina and please let me know if you hear of any natural remedies I can try. Thank you!!!!!

Thank you Strega! Thank you Pope!!!

@SimonPayton, I am not sure that getting his dad out of our lives is possible. There’s good mixed with the bad…and it’s a matter of managing the bad to allow the good to shape him as a man…that’s the goal anyway…

Update: I was surprised that my ex-husband didn’t bite my head off like I was expecting. He respectfully told me today that he didn’t want me to “ask” our son if his head hurt but to just allow him to tell me when it hurt. he was worried that I would by suggesting it make him start to say it hurt for the positive attention he might receive for it. I understand his point and simple explained I had only been asking the last couple of days because this pain had gone on for months now and i needed to know what to tell the doctors. I’m not starting a diary to document when he tells me it hurts, the circumstances, etc…

I’m relieved that he didn’t verbally attack me like he would have before…maybe he had changed…I am relieved to know I don’t have to be on the defensive. It has calmed my nerves down.