Could this be a good sign?

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My 3 year old son started taking 500mg/day of Valtrex on 1/27/07. I

did not notice any change so yesterday I increased the dosage to

750mg/day. Since then, his tantrums are a lot worse and more frequent,

he is stimming way more. He actually rubbed his head across the floor

and he has never ever done anything like that! I thought that it could

be yeast from increasing the Valtrex so I also increased the Diflucan

from 50mg to 100mg.It did not help. I am wondering if I should go back

to the original dose of 500mg Valtrex or is this a good sign that the

Valtrex is working. I can't reach our DAN so any help would be greatly

appreciated.

[Guest guest]

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> My 3 year old son started taking 500mg/day of Valtrex on 1/27/07. I

> did not notice any change so yesterday I increased the dosage to

> 750mg/day. Since then, his tantrums are a lot worse and more frequent,

> he is stimming way more. He actually rubbed his head across the floor

> and he has never ever done anything like that! I thought that it could

> be yeast from increasing the Valtrex so I also increased the Diflucan

> from 50mg to 100mg.It did not help. I am wondering if I should go back

> to the original dose of 500mg Valtrex or is this a good sign that the

> Valtrex is working. I can't reach our DAN so any help would be greatly

> appreciated. Also, he is going up and down with mood sometimes hyper

sometimes mellow but he is definitely irritable.

[Guest guest]

I know very little about your child from this post, and I'm not a doctor.

That said, most folks here start with 250mg three times a day for children to

start. My

son, for example, was about 30 lbs during the therapy.

I might suggest washing off the blue coating and we typically see reports of

regressive

behaviors for up to 45 days. If you see a regression but mixed in signs of

improvement,

this is typically what the healing-regression looks like.

Let us know what you decide to do.

- Stan

> >

> > My 3 year old son started taking 500mg/day of Valtrex on 1/27/07. I

> > did not notice any change so yesterday I increased the dosage to

> > 750mg/day. Since then, his tantrums are a lot worse and more frequent,

> > he is stimming way more. He actually rubbed his head across the floor

> > and he has never ever done anything like that! I thought that it could

> > be yeast from increasing the Valtrex so I also increased the Diflucan

> > from 50mg to 100mg.It did not help. I am wondering if I should go back

> > to the original dose of 500mg Valtrex or is this a good sign that the

> > Valtrex is working. I can't reach our DAN so any help would be greatly

> > appreciated. Also, he is going up and down with mood sometimes hyper

> sometimes mellow but he is definitely irritable.

>

[Guest guest]

> > >

> > > My 3 year old son started taking 500mg/day of Valtrex on 1/27/07. I

> > > did not notice any change so yesterday I increased the dosage to

> > > 750mg/day. Since then, his tantrums are a lot worse and more

frequent,

> > > he is stimming way more. He actually rubbed his head across the

floor

> > > and he has never ever done anything like that! I thought that it

could

> > > be yeast from increasing the Valtrex so I also increased the

Diflucan

> > > from 50mg to 100mg.It did not help. I am wondering if I should

go back

> > > to the original dose of 500mg Valtrex or is this a good sign

that the

> > > Valtrex is working. I can't reach our DAN so any help would be

greatly

> > > appreciated. Also, he is going up and down with mood sometimes hyper

> > sometimes mellow but he is definitely irritable.

> >

>

My child is 35-40 pounds. I always wash off the blue coating so that's

not it. I split up the pills so that it is 3 pieces (250mg) each time.

There are some regressive behaviors but I have also noticed that when

he is calm, he is a lot more affectionate and wants to play. He has

stopped pronouncing the word " nose " incorrectly but the late afternoon

is when he gets really grumpy and throws a lot of tantrums. No rash

yet but I believe that I am on the right track and I just wanted to

see what others are experiencing to make a comparison. Thanks

[Guest guest]

Hi adree23,

I came across your post below & was wondering how your child was doing?

My son seems to be going through something similar, (some regression

symptoms, but certain things do seem to be improving all the while). We

treated for yeast (part of it was yeast related), but he has spaciness

and some loss of eye contact that the yeast treatment doesn't help (it

usually does). We also wash off the blue coating, so it's not that for

us either. Any improvements for you? We are in the third week at this

point.

Thanks

> >

> My child is 35-40 pounds. I always wash off the blue coating so that's

> not it. I split up the pills so that it is 3 pieces (250mg) each time.

> There are some regressive behaviors but I have also noticed that when

> he is calm, he is a lot more affectionate and wants to play. He has

> stopped pronouncing the word " nose " incorrectly but the late afternoon

> is when he gets really grumpy and throws a lot of tantrums. No rash

> yet but I believe that I am on the right track and I just wanted to

> see what others are experiencing to make a comparison. Thanks

>

[Guest guest]

>My son is doing well and is talking now more than ever. He seems to

want to learn which is a great thing. We still have problems with

Apraxia and tantrums. The MB12 should arrive in about a week so I hope

it will fix these issues. When I see weird behavior, I will give him

another 50mg Diflucan and that seems to help. Keep me posted!

> Hi adree23,

>

> I came across your post below & was wondering how your child was doing?

> My son seems to be going through something similar, (some regression

> symptoms, but certain things do seem to be improving all the while). We

> treated for yeast (part of it was yeast related), but he has spaciness

> and some loss of eye contact that the yeast treatment doesn't help (it

> usually does). We also wash off the blue coating, so it's not that for

> us either. Any improvements for you? We are in the third week at this

> point.

> Thanks

>

> > >

> > My child is 35-40 pounds. I always wash off the blue coating so that's

> > not it. I split up the pills so that it is 3 pieces (250mg) each time.

> > There are some regressive behaviors but I have also noticed that when

> > he is calm, he is a lot more affectionate and wants to play. He has

> > stopped pronouncing the word " nose " incorrectly but the late afternoon

> > is when he gets really grumpy and throws a lot of tantrums. No rash

> > yet but I believe that I am on the right track and I just wanted to

> > see what others are experiencing to make a comparison. Thanks

> >

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