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In a message dated 7/18/2004 11:52:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,

tamgoddess@... writes:

Does anyone have a suggestion for something that would help impulse control

in my 13yo boy? If I can't get him under control, I may need to get him back

on one of his prescriptions in order for him to be able to attend school. I

know, I know. But we're talking about physical violence when he's provoked,

and they simply won't tolerate it. The staff have been very patient and is

working with him on his behavior. He has improved tremendously, but he just

loses control without the Tenex or Clonidine. He's fine when there is no

stress like at home, but even a little social stress and he lashes out when

he doesn't know what else to do. (Hence the head-hitting, hand-breaking

incident.)

Liz

Liz,

I believe my son's similar problems disappeared when he got up to enough

zinc. For him, I think it was a copper problem. He is 140 lbs, and takes 150mg

zinc per day.

a H.

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This sounds like my 13yo on soy - but, I think that you removed soy.

Could there be infractions at school. In our case just the tiniest bit

of Clonidine seemed to solve the problem on school days. But my son was

rather new to the diet and didn't fully grasp the importance of infractions.

Lynette

PHashmall@... wrote:

> In a message dated 7/18/2004 11:52:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> tamgoddess@... writes:

> Does anyone have a suggestion for something that would help impulse

> control

> in my 13yo boy? If I can't get him under control, I may need to get

> him back

> on one of his prescriptions in order for him to be able to attend

> school. I

> know, I know. But we're talking about physical violence when he's

> provoked,

> and they simply won't tolerate it. The staff have been very patient and is

> working with him on his behavior. He has improved tremendously, but he

> just

> loses control without the Tenex or Clonidine. He's fine when there is no

> stress like at home, but even a little social stress and he lashes out

> when

> he doesn't know what else to do. (Hence the head-hitting, hand-breaking

> incident.)

>

> Liz

> Liz,

> I believe my son's similar problems disappeared when he got up to enough

> zinc. For him, I think it was a copper problem. He is 140 lbs, and

> takes 150mg

> zinc per day.

> a H.

>

>

>

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You are correct in remembering that he doesn't eat any soy, or any kind of

beans, for that matter. We aren't sure if it's all legumes, so I'm thinking

about taking out peanuts, too. I have been giving him 1/2 a tiny Clonidine pill

every day before school this week, with mixed results. I will talk to them at

the end of the week and get some feedback.

I'm more inclined to think it's a reaction to something he normally has in his

diet. Every time I take out something suspicious, he improves. That's been the

pattern. I just don't want to be one of those families that has to take out so

much they decide to do SCD. Ugh, another new diet, with even more cooking.

He isn't allowed to eat anything at school that I didn't give him. He's 99%

compliant. But there have been times when he simply couldn't resist something

like cake. At this point, however, it's difficult to see a reaction unless it's

a BIG infraction. There could be more infractions that I don't know about.

Liz

-------------- Original message --------------

> This sounds like my 13yo on soy - but, I think that you removed soy.

> Could there be infractions at school. In our case just the tiniest bit

> of Clonidine seemed to solve the problem on school days. But my son was

> rather new to the diet and didn't fully grasp the importance of infractions.

>

> Lynette

>

> > tamgoddess@... writes:

> > Does anyone have a suggestion for something that would help impulse

> > control

> > in my 13yo boy? If I can't get him under control, I may need to get

> > him back

> > on one of his prescriptions in order for him to be able to attend

> > school. I

> > know, I know. But we're talking about physical violence when he's

> > provoked,

> > and they simply won't tolerate it. The staff have been very patient and is

> > working with him on his behavior. He has improved tremendously, but he

> > just

> > loses control without the Tenex or Clonidine. He's fine when there is no

> > stress like at home, but even a little social stress and he lashes out

> > when

> > he doesn't know what else to do. (Hence the head-hitting, hand-breaking

> > incident.)

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I will look at how much zinc I'm giving him. He does get a supp, but I don't

remember how much.

Liz

-------------- Original message --------------

> In a message dated 7/18/2004 11:52:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> tamgoddess@... writes:

> Does anyone have a suggestion for something that would help impulse control

> in my 13yo boy? If I can't get him under control, I may need to get him back

> on one of his prescriptions in order for him to be able to attend school. I

> know, I know. But we're talking about physical violence when he's provoked,

> and they simply won't tolerate it. The staff have been very patient and is

> working with him on his behavior. He has improved tremendously, but he just

> loses control without the Tenex or Clonidine. He's fine when there is no

> stress like at home, but even a little social stress and he lashes out when

> he doesn't know what else to do. (Hence the head-hitting, hand-breaking

> incident.)

>

> Liz

> Liz,

> I believe my son's similar problems disappeared when he got up to enough

> zinc. For him, I think it was a copper problem. He is 140 lbs, and takes 150mg

> zinc per day.

> a H.

>

>

>