Sharing info re vitamins

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Wanted to share this because so many of us, me included, do research

and do try vitamins and other with our kids too. (OK, I read a lot

but as for actually implementing...not yet really except the inositol

powder) And we have to remember to be careful with these too.

A mom in another group gave me permission to share this. Her

daughter has a vitamin B12 deficiency (confirmed thru testing). So

the prescription was for a topical B12 cream that came in syringes.

The directions read to " rub in 1.25 ml to the upper buttocks two

times a week. " She said that seemed like a lot when rubbed on but

her daughter is thin, etc., so she just thought maybe it seemed like

a lot on her daughter, less body surface.

Here's a quote from her note:

" Within a couple days, our normally happy child who had not had a

" real " temper tantrum in months was melting down over things she could

normally handle, had an average of 10 full blown temper tantrums a

day, openly defiant to all of her teachers and anyone in authority (or

anyone else for that matter), refusing to do work in school, lying,

getting mean with her beloved pony, not listening to anyone, etc. We

couldn't figure out what was happening. Her teachers were at their

wit's end and so were we. "

And some more of her post:

" ...but when we called the compounding pharmacy to get some

prescriptions filled, we found out what happened. The correct dose

was supposed to be .25 ml, not 1.25 ml. She was getting five times

the normal dose. We were told by the pharmacist that that the awful

behaviors were a direct result of the too large dose of B12 she was

getting. She is starting to get back to normal. We can go back to

the correct .25 ml dose in another few days...

I just wanted to say that there are medical reasons for why kids have

those kinds of out of control behaviors and it's important to figure

out why and fix that (if possible). Her teachers were blaming her for

her bad behavior and telling us she needed to get a grip, but the

compounding pharmacist told us she would not have had the ability to

control her behavior. Very few kids deliberately try to do things

that they know they will get in trouble for. "

OKAY - wanted to share this mom's experience with you all!!