Valtrex and Antifungals/ More UPdate info about Zack for the Newbies

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I apologize for not answering sooner, I don't get on the computer much

these days.

My son was and still is on lots of supplements. By the time we tried

the Valtrex, he was on a fairly big regime of supplements, Primal

Defense made big differences on certain things, and he is still on it,

in large doses. For our son (they are all so different!), no probiotic

works as well as Primal Defense. He was on several different amino

acids, and antioxidants. At the time before starting the Valtrex, we

were doing things totally on our own, no guidance from a doctor. At

that time, I could not find a doctor that knew more than me and I was

not familiar with DAN doctors and had not read Dr. JM's book. We had

him on the three types of Houston Enzymes, among many other things. No

B12 injections (not sure if Neubrander was even using them then).

What you parents need to keep remembering is that what helps these

kids get well, or at least better is not going to be one thing. It is

like a jigsaw puzzle, each piece is very important for getting them

well. So many of these supplements need another supplement to make

them work. And each kid is different in their needs and you have to

keep trying. And sometimes you may think that your kid can do without

a certain supplement since you did not see any improvements, but you

have to remember that you are not always going to see any significant

changes with the addition of certain supplements, but that does not

mean that it is not helping the over all picture with these kids and

their many blocked metabolic pathways on the inside.

For our son, the Klair Vit A was also like a miracle. He had suffered

chronic 'impetigo' or staph infection on his scalp from age 1 to age

5. This was very serious, at times he would have anywhere from 20 to

50 sores on his head, lymph nodes swollen up the back of his neck to

the top of his head and felt like marbles had been implanted under his

skin.

When we started the Miscelized Vit. A drops, 5 drops a day, within 2

weeks, the impegito was gone. Apparently he had been so deficient in A

that his immune system just could not cope and when that was added in,

he finally was able to get the impetigo, or staph, into remission.

Other things that we noticed with the Vit A added in was more complex

sentences, and spontaneous hugs, lots of hugs! He became much more

affectionate. We noticed at an earlier stage the addition of Acetyl

Carnitine caused more complex language.

When we finally found a doc to prescribe the Valtrex, although he was

improving tremendously in those areas, the paranoia was extreme, the

noise sensitivity was extreme, the repetitive questions was extreme,

and he had many obsessions, EXTREME temper meltdowns.

The valtrex made the paranoia go away almost overnight. Then as we

continued to give all the supplements, sometimes as I learned more, I

would add new ones, try different things, his other symptoms slowly

faded away. He would also say the opposite of what he meant before the

valtrex (this was also the very first symptom of significance at age 3

1/2). He would say he was full if he was hungry, call an apple an

orange, say he was cold if he was hot, and wear the opposite of what

he should, like a heavy coat in hot summer, or tank top and shorts in

freezing weather, strange I know. I called it his reversals. He

reversed everything! He would call a lock a key.

With the addition of the Valtrex, this also faded away. Within a year

of the Valtrex added in he was no longer paranoid, had no OCD, very

little reversals, no more repetitive questions, meltdowns were far and

few between and we were just totally blown away with amazement when he

wanted to shoot some fireworks with his brothers on the 4th of July!

He had been so noise sensitive that he would run and hide when i got

the vacume out, could not stand to be at his brother's school

functions where there was a PA system, you name it, he did not like

noises. And when he was a baby, around age 8 months or so, he would

cry frantically when I would vacume. I would have to hold him. Little

did I know then that was the beginning of his first symptoms.. Then at

age 5 yrs and 8 months, after buying Dr. JM's book and joining this

list, Dr. JM did an evaluation of Zack's blood work at the DAN

conference in Auburn, AL. With that info, we added more supplements

and the B12 injections. It has been positive all the way since. We

held him back one year in school. He did his kindergarden two years in

a row. The first year he had some short term memory problems. After

the second K year, the short term memory problems were gone. Now he is

in first grade and is the best reader in his class!! He is an A

student and has many friends, is very social.

I know this is long, and many on this list have read our son's story.

And many oldies on this list have offered much valuable information

that has contributed to his getting well. So I am telling it again and

I hope it gives the newbies on this list that might read it hope.

There is always hope. And I hope to always be able to give that hope

and encourage parents to never give up, never stop searching for what

will help your unique child.

-- In csb-autism-rx , susan brogdon wrote:

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> . Thanks for the wonderful report. Did you try lots of

probiotics and rotating antifungals without seeing much or any

improvements, prior to trying the valtrex? That's where we are now

and I'm debating the valtrex.

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> zack4399 wrote:

My son was extremely paranoid, he had extreme social

anxiety. He had been normal, at

> age 3 1/2, long story, the paranoia started. By the time he was 3

months shy of his 5th

> birthday, he was afraid to go outside. He could not stand to be

near other people other

> than immediate family. He would not let me out of his sight for

anything. We have four

> boys and this son is the youngest, now 7.

> He had tons of other asd symptoms, but never regressed so to

speak. He never lost

> language or lost eye contact. He did not rock, or hand flap, or

head bang. But he did have

> the repetitive behaviors, OCD, extreme temper meltdowns, noise

sensitivity, he would

> reverse the meaning of words when he talked, calling a boy a girl,

an apple an orange, if it

> could be reversed, that is the way it came out of his mouth. He

did not even know he was

> doing it. He would tell me he was full when he meant he was

hungry, say he was hot if he

> was cold. It was very odd.

> The valtrex was like a miracle, but we were also doing lots of

other supplements, which

> were important pieces of the puzzle. For our son, literally

overnight, the paranoia went

> away. He went from being, terrified, and I mean terrified of going

outside, to going outside

> and playing in the dirt, by himself, after only being on the

Valtrex for three days.

> As time went on other things started slowly going away. And now,

he is indistinguishable

> from his classmates. He is in first grade. We held him back so

that he would have time to

> catch up socially and he had some residual short term memory

problems. Now the short

> term memory problems are also gone.

> He is very socially outgoing now, loves school and learning. He is

an 'A' student. And to

> think that at one time, I did not think I would ever see the day

that he would ever have a

> friend. Now he has lots of friends.

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