allergies

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My son has allergies which have certainly not gone away as his OCD was treated.

In fact, I just took him to an allergist this week to get additional allergy

relief medication.

Judy

Re: zoloft

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> > I am starting to think that there is some

> > interesting connection between the red dye/cold medication " button " in

> kids'

> > brains and neurobiological disorders. I am meeting and hearing about

more

> and

> > more kids who have both problems. In my next life I'll be a neurologist

> and

> > figure this out! (In my next life I better do better in chemistry).

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> :-) the chemistry washed me out too. I think of Ms. (HS organic

chem

> teacher often) as I read things intended to help me understand my kid's

> neurochemistry! AAAUUGGHHH, she was right, as things turned out I *did*

> need to know what she was trying to teach me!!!

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> > In the meantime I read books like Clinical Psychopharmacology

for

> > Therapists - I'm not giving up!!

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> Since it's dawned on me that a whole lot isn't yet understood about our

> kids, I've become more open to the idea that diet, food dyes, allergens

and

> so on *could* play a part in worsening their NBDS even if it hasn't yet

been

> proved scientifically. A big " dose " of milk makes my particular child tic

> big-time, I don't really understand why and to my knowlege food allergies

> haven't been proved by anyone to worsen tics--but even Kel thinks it's

worth

> it to skip the ice cream, so we do. But I wonder what *else* out there

> might be setting her off.

>

> Kathy R. in Indiana

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