Guest guest Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 I meant to ask about GAPS. I'd be interested in what that is. . . Nina On Thu, 27 May 2010 14:28 -0600, " Annie Shank " <annie@...> wrote: On May 26, 2010, at 5:14 PM, miranda.flemming wrote: My 7 year old son has been diagnosed Asperger's and I am considered mild myself. Diagnosis was tricky as we improved so much with identifying diet sensitivities. We get drugged by many foods. I am interested in the whole area of healing the gut (probiotics, digestive enzymes). I have heard claims that some people are " cured " and no longer on the spectrum (eg after doing GAPS protocol). I have seen improvements in ourselves with diet changes, but is Asperger's just the way someone is? Our brains are supposed to develop differently? Is it more genetic? Or can it be fundamentally a gut issue? Or toxins in the environment (which links to genetic)? Or does no-one really know? It's my feeling that autism is most likely genetic in the majority of cases. I base that on 28 years worth of research on my own, and on our experience with our own son. Of course, there are comorbid conditions that can make things even more.....interesting. In Louie's case (our son), he's lactose intolerant and has prosopagnosia (face blindness, and also a sensitivity to the phenols in apples and their products (they disturb his sleep patterns). So, long long ago, we took milk products and apple products out of his diet....the first made him more pleasant to be around (the smell was gone!), the other let him sleep soundly through the night for the first time in his life (we took away apples when he was 16 and found out about the problem). His rage seems to be able to be controlled by medication, and his dr. suspects it's because of the structure of his brain in the section that handles emotion (he still has troubles with strong emotion, but he copes). Louie has been obviously autistic since infancy. He carries the dual dx of HFA/AS. He's also 30 and delightful. Annie, who loves ya annie@... *************************************************** " Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. " C.S. -- Nina Forest autismlearning@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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