Guest guest Posted May 19, 2002 Report Share Posted May 19, 2002 in Andy's book it says that a side effect of ALA is excess urination...I have the page dog eared so here are some more -LA casues more obsessive thinking patterns -LA casuse more emotional volatility(however nothing like " sulfer foods " cause in susceptible individuals) -difficulaty relating to other people understanding their feelings and intentions -apathy and lack of motivation mild photophobia -LA is euphoria producing so all of this is somewhat pleasant, although distracting -LA gives the urine a very distinctive " sulfery " smell I have see my son have some of these sysmptoms. Sometimes he is " paranoid " afraid of people he knows. Definately has trouble understand others feelings but then what autistic kid doesn't. But I think it's more on the ALA. ALL of these symptoms were short lived-gone within the round or shortly after. Hope this helps. Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2002 Report Share Posted May 19, 2002 I don't know if it is expected but it happened to Jon. He lost some blatter control too on cycles. He would regain it after a few days off chelation. yep, stinky stools too [ ] hyper and urinating frequently this is my son's eigth cycle of chelation. This scycle we added ala. I would like to know if excessive urination, foul bms and hyper activity are to be expected on the cylce. All responses are appreciated. I can not find these answers in the archives. ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2002 Report Share Posted May 19, 2002 thanks so much for you answer. I have been wondering why my son was sooo happy and giggly since Friday. I thought that may be it was a yeast issue. But i am now thinking it was the ala. He had some paranoia as well . Running and screaming for no apparent reason. If you do not mind how is your son/daughter doing on chelation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2002 Report Share Posted May 19, 2002 Thank you for your response. I would really like to know how your son is doing with chelation. If you would not mind , please let me know. I have seen some great things with my son and I would like to know if the ala will continue to bring better success. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 My son Ben is doing great. We just completed round number 14. He is 4.3 years old. Last year at this time his ATEC score was 147 putting him in the severe range of autism. His official diagnosis was PDD-NOS. He dropped to the high 80's after 3 months of the GF/CF diet. Since it's been a year and after 14 rounds of chelation, I just ran his ATEC and he is at 44. If only I could get him potty trained, he could drop another 10 points. My goals for him in 6 months of chelation were potty training and riding a tricycle. Well he has horrible diaherria during chelation so I'm kind of happy he's still in a diaper but YESTERDAY, he pedaled a tricycle. He couldn't steer AND pedal but he was pedaling. I plan to put it on video tape. Ben is 40# and he takes 7.5 mg DMPS and 16 mg ALA every 3 hours around the clock. 3 days on and 4 days off. We started with DMSA only and after 8 rounds added the ALA. The last 4 rounds have been with the DMPS. We also started 3 days on and 11 off for the first 2 months. We break up his supplements, etc. and give them 4x/day. I'm keeping my fingers crossed we can keep up the progress without gut bugs, etc. Hope this helps, Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 Holly, Not sure what method of potty training you are using. What finally worked for us at about 5 yrs. (for poops...he was trained for peeps way back) was to have him sit on the pot about 15 mins. after lunch and dinner for upwards of 1/2 an hour. We gave him books to looks at " read " . It worked. I can't remember how long it took, a couple of weeks or so, but his body began to " know " he was going to be sitting there at that time EVERY day and finally it coincided w/ having to go. We learned this from another parent w/ a boy on the spectrum. Best of luck, Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 This past weekend was my son's 1st round with ALA added and he didn't have any signs of hyperactivity, in fact it was quite the opposite. However, horrible smelling gas, bm's and a lot of urination. I am giving him alot of fluids though with the DMSA/ALA, so that could explain it. I was rather pleasantly surprised that he did so well and no side effects noted. We are doing 25mg each every 3 hours for 3 1/2 days then off 3 1/2 days. Cyndi -- In @y..., " Prokofiew " <aprokofiew@e...> wrote: > I don't know if it is expected but it happened to Jon. He lost some blatter control too on cycles. > He would regain it after a few days off chelation. yep, stinky stools too > [ ] hyper and urinating frequently > > > this is my son's eigth cycle of chelation. This scycle we added > ala. I would like to know if excessive urination, foul bms and hyper > activity are to be expected on the cylce. All responses are > appreciated. I can not find these answers in the archives. > > > > ======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 sure... http://photos./group/autism treatment/slideshow? & .dir=/Jon+%27\ s+Recovery & .src=gr & .view=t or go to / go to the photos, click on Jon and there you can view the pictures or choose the slide show.. choose the slide show, it really shows the difference in stages. he's on a break now to heal his gut a bit....but going back soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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