Dr Goldberg vs Dr West

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> Dr. Goldberg/NIDS - <http://www.neuroimmunedr.com/>

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> If you look at his web site you may be able to start to figure out

> if your kid may do well with him. To be fair to the doctors: they

> are doing their best to fit their own specialities to many

> autisms; while there is only the beginning of understanding what

> to call the differences.

Absolutely . Each doctor has their own approach and

understanding of autism. They all have their own ideas of what

autism is and isn't and treat accordingly. One set of doctors thinks

it's all metals and will treat as such, another set thinks it's all

gut and will treat as such, etc. But I think they all look at

individual needs, too. They just do it within their own parameters.

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> To be equally fair to us: we have to try it and see how it works

> out, if we can afford it in terms of time and $$$: one damn thing

> after another.

Absolutely true, again, . We can't go broke trying to find the

answer but there's no sure way of doing that. The only thing we can

do is research as much as we can to see what fits our child the best

for that moment in time and go from there. I didn't (and still

don't) have money to throw around at different doctors. I chose to

try some of the things that DAN would do as our gauge of response to

DAN. If he had gains with any of them, we would have stuck with DAN

but he didn't so we moved on. It still cost us a lot of money but

not near the amount it could have cost us had we gone to a DAN

initially. You have to simply start with lots of research and hope

for the best. It was pretty clear for us that DAN wasn't the right

road. I read Dr. Shaw's book from cover to cover several times

(along with many others) and tried many of the things in there that I

could do without a doc and it simply didn't work for us. There was no

great moment of clarity for us that said " this is it " . We hoped and

prayed it would but it didn't and at least we had a pretty good idea

(nothing is ever certain) that it wasn't going to work out for us and

at the time, we didn't know about Dr. G. We just kept researching

and researching. I actually learned about Yasko before I learned

about Dr. G but I simply couldn't afford it. I liked her theories

and methods but there was no " AH HA! " moment still. When I did

finally learn about Dr. G, it was like a light bulb went off in my

head because it just seemed to fit my son so well. That was our " AH

HA! " moment.

Cheryl

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>> Hi. You can also answer me offline if you want at

>> diatplay@... We got a call from aquaintances who opted

>> for a very well known and well liked DAN istead of Dr. Goldberg

>> for the reason you just mentioned. The told me that some kids do

>> great with Goldberg IF they have the issues he is adept at

>> addressing....his treatment protocol is a one size fits all

>> approach, and not individualized to each child. It is so hard to

>> know which way to go...what does he think about the external

>> therapies like OT FT and ST? Does he approve of the SCD sans

>> casein as a dietary intervention? Diane

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>> Re: Dr Goldberg vs Dr West

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>> Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Comments within:

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>> > I am taking in my paperwork tomorrow. The fee is now $200. We

>> > will ahve to make our appointment in January...

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