Re: Constipation and diet

[Guest guest]

There could be other foods bothering her causing her to be constipated.

Haylee can't have soy. My son is gfcf too because we began to notice

autistic like characteristics. But he does not do well with rice. He can

have some but too much gives him the scoots, maybe it's the opposite for

. Another thing I have recently learned is that yeast overgrowth can

cause constipation. Are you doing anything to treat yeast?

Dawn

>From: " Dougherty " <jbelle456@...>

>Reply-Autism_in_Girls

><Autism_in_Girls >

>Subject: Re: Constipation and diet

>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 10:24:47 -0400

>

>It's funny....my daughter became more constipated when we started the wheat

>and gluten free diet. She's been casein free for about 3 years. Is it

>because of all the rice based foods? will eat plenty of fruits and

>vegetables and drinks alot of water. Believe it or not, things got flowing

>a bit better once she started the Risperdol.

>

> RE: Mineral Oil - Cheryl

>

>

> >>>Keep grasping Penny. Can you give some infor on the mineral oil???

>how much etc, do you find her appetite has improved???? and she is willing

>to try some other things, my daughter just refuses to try veges, so i have

>put her on a tonic. Would love to hear what you are doing, Cheryl.<<<

>

> Oh Gosh Cheryl...

>

> Did I ever reply to this??? I get so many e-mails every day now, trying

>to sort thur them...eegads (you should see my house...tee hee) - anyway,

>here is a posting about the mineral oil that I posted on another site. -

>Jacqui has ALWAYS had a wonderful appetite...there are just very few types

>of food she'll eat. - it's not a matter of hunger. We're still working on

>that part of it...anyway, here's the post about the mineral oil.--->

>

> >>>>OK Listmates - Here is the scoop on the Mineral Oil - from the

>beginning if you can stand it. We finally decided one day to make an appt

>for Jacqui to see a devl pedi here. We've been here 8 months, and she's

>never been to the doctor. The doctor we chose is in Developmental &

>Behavioral Pediatrics. We were in the office about 5 minutes, and explained

>that Jacqui was Autistic. She started asking questions about what she ate

>and if she had " accidents " ...She new what the symptoms were before we even

>had a chance to tell her. She was very matter of fact about it and said

> " She has Encopresis...this is what you do " ...and went on to explain how

>encopresis develops and then felt Jacqui's belly explaining that you could

>feel the fecal matter, it would feel like ground of hamburg. This is all

>the junk that never comes out...so... She prescribed 1/2 tablespoon of

>Mineral Oil every day for a week, and then increase the dosage every week

>until we started seeing orange leakage on Jacqui's undies (which has

>happened) and then keep the dosage there, don't back-off. We used some

>parental intuition though and backed-off a bit because the leakage was

>getting pretty heavy. We're waiting for a call back on how to continue.

>Anyhow, since we started this, her BM's have become normal size (before we

>called them Elephant Poopies), her accidents have decreased and we have

>seen some improvements, like I've stated. This also coincided with trying

>to go Gluten Free, which we have been pretty good about...Not 100%, but

>close...She's pretty much dairy free also. My conclusion is that her

>intestinal tract is clearing out some pretty old, nasty, toxic " crap " and

>it's flushing out her system...It's not scientific from my standpoint, it

>just makes sense... That's all folks... Penny BTW, there is something

>actually called " Autistic Encopresis " and from what I understand it's

>pretty common. Oh Yeah, also...we asked her to sign papers for Great Plains

>Labs (for peptide testing) and for Therapeutic Riding...She didn't even

>blink an eye, just said sure. She said " We want to do as much as we can for

>her so that she can reach her full potential " . - and got tons of referrals,

>too... Neurologist, OT, PT, Speech, Genetecist.<<<<

>

>

>

>Penny-------------------------------------------------------- " Just remember

>this: Plenty of Horsepower, No Traction " - R. S. on

> " If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he

>hears a different drummer.Let him step to the music he hears, however

>measured or far away. " --Henry Thoreau

>

>

[Guest guest]

It's funny....my daughter became more constipated when we started the wheat and gluten free diet. She's been casein free for about 3 years. Is it because of all the rice based foods? will eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and drinks alot of water. Believe it or not, things got flowing a bit better once she started the Risperdol.

RE: Mineral Oil - Cheryl

>>>Keep grasping Penny. Can you give some infor on the mineral oil??? how much etc, do you find her appetite has improved???? and she is willing to try some other things, my daughter just refuses to try veges, so i have put her on a tonic. Would love to hear what you are doing, Cheryl.<<< Oh Gosh Cheryl... Did I ever reply to this??? I get so many e-mails every day now, trying to sort thur them...eegads (you should see my house...tee hee) - anyway, here is a posting about the mineral oil that I posted on another site. - Jacqui has ALWAYS had a wonderful appetite...there are just very few types of food she'll eat. - it's not a matter of hunger. We're still working on that part of it...anyway, here's the post about the mineral oil.---> >>>>OK Listmates - Here is the scoop on the Mineral Oil - from the beginning if you can stand it. We finally decided one day to make an appt for Jacqui to see a devl pedi here. We've been here 8 months, and she's never been to the doctor. The doctor we chose is in Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. We were in the office about 5 minutes, and explained that Jacqui was Autistic. She started asking questions about what she ate and if she had "accidents"...She new what the symptoms were before we even had a chance to tell her. She was very matter of fact about it and said "She has Encopresis...this is what you do"...and went on to explain how encopresis develops and then felt Jacqui's belly explaining that you could feel the fecal matter, it would feel like ground of hamburg. This is all the junk that never comes out...so... She prescribed 1/2 tablespoon of Mineral Oil every day for a week, and then increase the dosage every week until we started seeing orange leakage on Jacqui's undies (which has happened) and then keep the dosage there, don't back-off. We used some parental intuition though and backed-off a bit because the leakage was getting pretty heavy. We're waiting for a call back on how to continue. Anyhow, since we started this, her BM's have become normal size (before we called them Elephant Poopies), her accidents have decreased and we have seen some improvements, like I've stated. This also coincided with trying to go Gluten Free, which we have been pretty good about...Not 100%, but close...She's pretty much dairy free also. My conclusion is that her intestinal tract is clearing out some pretty old, nasty, toxic "crap" and it's flushing out her system...It's not scientific from my standpoint, it just makes sense... That's all folks... Penny BTW, there is something actually called "Autistic Encopresis" and from what I understand it's pretty common. Oh Yeah, also...we asked her to sign papers for Great Plains Labs (for peptide testing) and for Therapeutic Riding...She didn't even blink an eye, just said sure. She said "We want to do as much as we can for her so that she can reach her full potential". - and got tons of referrals, too... Neurologist, OT, PT, Speech, Genetecist.<<<<

Penny--------------------------------------------------------"Just remember this: Plenty of Horsepower, No Traction" - R. S. on"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away."--Henry Thoreau