Re: new to the group - I swear there's a question in there...

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After chelation the yeast never came back? Is she fully recovered

now - was chelation the reason? Just wondering. Thanks. Di

> >

> > This is my first post, so please bear with me if

it's kind of

> > (really) long. I joined about a month ago, and have

been feeling

> > overwhelmed but also amazed at the knowledge some

of you have

> aquired.

> >

> > I have a 17-year-old girl who was diagnosed with

Aspergers about

> six

> > months ago. I always knew my daughter

was " different " , but I was

> > fooled because she had normal language, never had a

problem

> > academically in school, etc. But she always had

emotional issues

> and

> > always had problems in her relationships, ever

since kindergarten

> at

> > least. Of course, I thought she would outgrow these

things...silly

> > me. Since joining this group, I now realize I had

other subtle

> > signs, I just didn't know it then.

> >

> > About two years ago I learned how depressed she was

and that she

> > was " scratching " herself with the little plastic

knives from

> school,

> > so I did what I thought I was supposed to, got her

in counseling,

> put

> > her on anti-depressants. Needless to say that was

all a

> nightmare.

> > The psychiatrist jerking her from anti-depressant

to anti-

> depressant

> > only lead us to the suicide crisis center, full

fledged cutting,

> her

> > curling into a ball every night saying she didn't

want to live

> > anymore and all of these " professionals " telling me

to put her in

> the

> > mental hospital b/c she " has the worst depression I

have ever

> seen " .

> > I didn't care for that option.

> >

> > About this time, I heard about a doctor in my city

who thought

> > outside the box a little bit, so I took her to him,

it was last

> > spring. He ran all of his tests and discovered

hypothyroid and

> > adrenal issues, multiple allergies and candida.

Mind you, we're

> > dealing with a very unstable, suicidal teenager at

this time, she

> > wanted nothing to do with any dietary changes, so

we addressed

> > everything but the candida. He put her on a few

supplements (he

> uses

> > Metagenics products), a really low dose of Cytomel

to kick start

> the

> > thyroid and I started her on Omega 3 (Coromega, I

love this stuff,

> it

> > works great for her). He uses sublingual drops to

address

> > allergies. At this point she wasn't suicidal

anymore, but I still

> > felt that we hadn't hit the nail on the head. She

was still sick a

> > lot this winter and had at least three sinus

infections, leading to

> > antibiotics. She does still see a therapist b/c she

still has

> bouts

> > of depression, and I'm pretty sure has cut herself

a time or two in

> > the last year. This is not acceptable.

> >

> > So I pushed harder with the doctor, we tried some

dietary

> > interventions (didn't notice any improvement

healthwise maybe a

> > little more clarity of thinking, but still had a

lot of stomache

> > aches). We addressed the Candida, tried the yeast

free diet, (that

> > lead to a cold, then a sinus infection, I now know

it was probably

> > die-off) he uses Diflucan for two weeks then

Nystatin for three

> > months (I now know Nystatin to be wimpy b/c he Rx'd

500,000) At

> this

> > point she informed me she will NEVER alter her diet

again, so don't

> > even try, Mom. We tried his allergy drops for a

year, not sure if

> it

> > kicked any allergies, food or otherwise. He since

brought to his

> > practice UBI...I haven't seen a lot about that on

here, just one

> > quick blurb, but we decided to try it because he

felt maybe that

> > would get her allergy issues under control. She has

had four

> > treatments. What I like is that it removes viruses,

bacteria and

> > candida from the blood then goes in and attacks

ones that are still

> > in there. With all the talk about viruses on here

(and she had

> > shingles about three years ago), that sounded like

a good thing.

> It

> > might be my imagination but it seems like since she

started these

> > treatments that she is able to think for herself a

little better,

> has

> > less fogginess or something. But it also seems like

she is a

> little

> > more emotionally unstable as well, more irritable.

I know she gets

> > die-off after the treatments, (it would have scared

me, but thanks

> to

> > you folks, it didn't surprise me when it happened,

it was kind of

> > comical watching her acting like a five-year-old)

but they swear

> that

> > it only lasts about 24-48 hours. Any thoughts on

how UBI could be

> > causing her to be getting more

edgey/irritable/depressed?

> >

> > Anyway, to wrap this up and to ask my final

question (thank you if

> > you have stuck with me this far). This doctor has

been attending

> > autism conferences. He is moving in this direction,

but he is in

> his

> > infancy stages. He has brought in UBI, has just

finished training

> > for IV chelation (I may want to try chelation,

probably not IV

> > though), and I guess he's going to be bringing in

HBOT as well. He

> is

> > working with Great Plains Lab, and he has told me

that he is

> willing

> > to work with me to get her better. I have to

schedule an appt to

> > discuss the test we need to run, and I have no idea

which ones to

> ask

> > for. The only ones I know are something on Virus

(is that viral

> > titers?) and I want to find out about heavy metals.

(I'm reading

> > Amalgam Illness right now.) I am running out of

time. My daughter

> > will be 18 in less than a year, and is about to

tell me to fly a

> > kite. She is so tired of me sticking pills in her

face, and as far

> > as she's concerned she hardly feels better than

before.

> >

> > Thank you for listening,

> >

> > Just another parent who wants their child to reach

their full

> > potentional,

> >

> >

> >

>

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