GABA,Diet and lab testing for Hyperactivity

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Congratulations for getting to the top of the CLASS list!

I called this week and we have moved up to # 15,987!

Per your question about hyperactivity, have you tried GABA?

It is available OTC, and you can give 1-4 capsules a day as needed.

It has worked well for my son, but we only use it for bad days

because it is a neurochemical and the brain can get used to it over

time.

The most dramatic results we have seen with eliminating hyperactive

behavior are related to diet. We had an extensive food allergy

panel and discovered our son is allergic to over 50 foods. We have

eliminated those foods, and also discovered he has reaction to

phenolic foods (dark fruits and vegetables and food dyes).

Eliminating phenols has also had dramatic results.

We also did a genetic profile and discovered he is missing a gene

that makes glutathione. Transdermal glutathione has helped him calm

down as well.

I know the biomedical approach may make some people sigh that it is

just too much work, but we have down the path for years with

neurologists/psychiatrists/doctors and psychiatric meds. The drug

effects never lasted, and I was fearful about side effects. My son

gained 20 lbs on Abilify and developed borderline diabetes, and it

still did not control behavior. I encourage everyone to atleast do

the genetic testing, lab testing, and try an elimination/rotation

diet before you continue down this path. Hey, I work 60 hrs a week

so I know how precious time is. I make time to cook his special

foods every Saturday night and freeze meals for the coming week. It

is not easy, but my son is so much better for it.

Hope this helps

>

> After over 8 years on the waiting list, my son will finally be

getting CLASS

> services. I was wondering if anyone else on this list is also on

the CLASS

> program in Austin? I would really like to know all the services

you guys

> have been able to utilize. Are there any funding for medical

interventions?

> Such as Thoughtful House or the Care clinics? What services has

benefited

> your child the most? My son is 11 with Very severe autism. He is

none

> verbal, extremely hyper...I mean not being able to stand or sit in

one place

> for more then seconds at a time. Extreme ocd behaviors that take

over ours

> and his life. No attention span. can't even take him out to public

places

> because he is so all over the place. We have had such a tough

year...Very

> long story, but I am back and want to do everything and anything

in my power

> to make him more manageable. I know that there are many people on

this list

> that are apposed to drugs. But without Risperadol and trazadone my

son was

> so manic and crazy that I actually feared for his life. Some of

his self

> injurous behaviors have gone, but he is still extremely all over

the place

> and his ocd is getting out of hand. We can't even get a babysitter

who will

> help and stay with us,after one or two days of working with him.

he has no

> agression or rage. he's just extremely hyper. Has anyone had any

luck with

> something that can help calm him down and be able to focus more? I

know this

> was a long email with lots of questions...so thank you for

reading...and any

> advice would so much be appreciated!

> thanks,

> M. Villalobos

>