Guest guest Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 Hi Diane Hang in there, you are seeing something even if its small, lots of smalls make a big! I ended up feeling pretty hopless after my sister visited with her 2.5 year old, my Sam is 5.4. Spending a few days with this NT little boy really brought it home to me how far behind Sam is. BUT......he is happy and I'm gonna get him healthy HTH Mandi > We finished our third round of DSMA/ALA Saturday night. Started Thursday > morning. My son will be three next week, so I was hoping I would see good > progress quickly. I do see things that I think is because of chelation. > His balance is a little better. Sometimes his pupils are the normal size > instead of huge. But this weekend we stayed with friends who have a three > year old and a 9 month old. Spencer played very little with them. Mostly > he just wanted to sit and stim. I kept trying to redirect him, but he > would > just find something else to stim with, even his shirt. This was mostly on > Sunday, which was the first day off. I was hoping he would be more willing > to do things with the kids. I feel overwhelmed with his stimming. > > Diane > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 are you doing low dose every 3 hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 Hello, I am very new to all of this, so forgive if I ask a silly question. What is the connection with normal size pupils? My son, has very large pupils, around 70% of the time. Thanks Tammy [ ] feel discouraged We finished our third round of DSMA/ALA Saturday night. Started Thursday morning. My son will be three next week, so I was hoping I would see good progress quickly. I do see things that I think is because of chelation. His balance is a little better. Sometimes his pupils are the normal size instead of huge. But this weekend we stayed with friends who have a three year old and a 9 month old. Spencer played very little with them. Mostly he just wanted to sit and stim. I kept trying to redirect him, but he would just find something else to stim with, even his shirt. This was mostly on Sunday, which was the first day off. I was hoping he would be more willing to do things with the kids. I feel overwhelmed with his stimming. Diane ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 > are you doing low dose every 3 hours? > I'm doing 1/4 mg per pound every 3 hrs and every 4 thru night. Today he does seem a little less stimmy. Thank goodness. Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 ----- > Hello, I am very new to all of this, so forgive if I ask a silly question. What is the connection with normal size pupils? My son, has very large pupils, around 70% of the time. > > Thanks I've read that dilated pupils could mean mercury toxicity. My son's pupils were always dilated until now. They are probably dilated about 70% of the time now that we're chelating. Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2002 Report Share Posted June 4, 2002 Hi, Diane! One thing that has really helped my kids has been identifying which food and substance allergies they have. I have been taking them to an MD who does the endodermal allergy testing, which is much more comprehensive than traditional testing. Also, once the foods and substances are identified, the doctor then gives sublingual drops that are antigens which desensitize them to the foods and substances. With this method, you can virtually test for anything. If you are interested, go to http://www.starttechhealth.com , and find the list of practitioners for someone near you that does it. Chelation alone, I have found, is not the only answer. Also, we supplement (each child is different, and I insist on testing for deficiencies first before testing). However, with my daughter (who is Autistic), I have found that she does well on lots of ascorbic acid (pure Vit.C, Thorne brand) and magnesium taurate because of her constipation problems despite not having tested for these particular deficiencies. Also, my kids take Melatonin for sleep issues (I don't know if your child has this problem), which has made their health improve overall. I think we still have a ways to go, so I am going to check out parasites with my daughter as well as allergies. Hope this is helpful. [ ] feel discouraged We finished our third round of DSMA/ALA Saturday night. Started Thursday morning. My son will be three next week, so I was hoping I would see good progress quickly. I do see things that I think is because of chelation. His balance is a little better. Sometimes his pupils are the normal size instead of huge. But this weekend we stayed with friends who have a three year old and a 9 month old. Spencer played very little with them. Mostly he just wanted to sit and stim. I kept trying to redirect him, but he would just find something else to stim with, even his shirt. This was mostly on Sunday, which was the first day off. I was hoping he would be more willing to do things with the kids. I feel overwhelmed with his stimming. Diane ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2002 Report Share Posted June 5, 2002 Hi diane, Know the feeling very well. My son was non verbal until 3.8 mos old after talking normally til 24 mos. His self stimming drove me nuts. I found that Vitamin A therapy and DMG helped with the dilated pupils which is a dificiancy in the body. Some of the self stimming is associated with visual problems. I stil give my son high doses of Vitamin A (5,000 to 10,000 IU) a day to help with his vision DMG also helps and promotes speech in PDD kids. My next boost in less self stiming came went I put my son on the GF/CF diet. In fact we had been CF since three mos (food allergies) but I never thought to go GF until I neighbor suggested it after reading it in the Newsweek magazine. What a dramatic difference, especially in meltdowns, hand eye coordination and balance. The Vitamin A deficit is thought to be associated with mercury or metal overload because Vitamin A like C and others are antioxidants that are used by the body to expell foreign thigns in the blood that shouldn't be there. It's theororized that the body is dificiant in many key Vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and proteins that are essential to the bodies chemical makeup. That's why chelation is so important to get out of the body the excess metals that are depleating the body of it's natural antioxidants and antivirals and good flora. All the overgrowths and deficiancies are related in some way to heavy metal toxicity. (Side not the Vit A dose I give exceeds recommendated amounts, as do so many other treatments, but it is necessary to monitor Vit A for overdose in the body. Our pediatrician is kind enough to order blood work every 3 months to keep an eye on it. In the 2 years we've been doing it my sons levels have always been below 1500ius what does that tell you. His body is using up every day, this is one of the reasons I started chelating two weeks ago and its going well- more language, politeness, affection, speech. Hang in there you'll find the right things that work for your son I'm sure of it.) Sorry its a bit long Thanks Krystene Rivers -- - In @y..., " Diane " <ddudzik@A...> wrote: > We finished our third round of DSMA/ALA Saturday night. Started Thursday > morning. My son will be three next week, so I was hoping I would see good > progress quickly. I do see things that I think is because of chelation. > His balance is a little better. Sometimes his pupils are the normal size > instead of huge. But this weekend we stayed with friends who have a three > year old and a 9 month old. Spencer played very little with them. Mostly > he just wanted to sit and stim. I kept trying to redirect him, but he would > just find something else to stim with, even his shirt. This was mostly on > Sunday, which was the first day off. I was hoping he would be more willing > to do things with the kids. I feel overwhelmed with his stimming. > > Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2002 Report Share Posted June 5, 2002 Hi diane, Know the feeling very well. My son was non verbal until 3.8 mos old after talking normally til 24 mos. His self stimming drove me nuts. I found that Vitamin A therapy and DMG helped with the dilated pupils which is a dificiancy in the body. Some of the self stimming is associated with visual problems. I stil give my son high doses of Vitamin A (5,000 to 10,000 IU) a day to help with his vision DMG also helps and promotes speech in PDD kids. My next boost in less self stiming came went I put my son on the GF/CF diet. In fact we had been CF since three mos (food allergies) but I never thought to go GF until I neighbor suggested it after reading it in the Newsweek magazine. What a dramatic difference, especially in meltdowns, hand eye coordination and balance. The Vitamin A deficit is thought to be associated with mercury or metal overload because Vitamin A like C and others are antioxidants that are used by the body to expell foreign thigns in the blood that shouldn't be there. It's theororized that the body is dificiant in many key Vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and proteins that are essential to the bodies chemical makeup. That's why chelation is so important to get out of the body the excess metals that are depleating the body of it's natural antioxidants and antivirals and good flora. All the overgrowths and deficiancies are related in some way to heavy metal toxicity. (Side not the Vit A dose I give exceeds recommendated amounts, as do so many other treatments, but it is necessary to monitor Vit A for overdose in the body. Our pediatrician is kind enough to order blood work every 3 months to keep an eye on it. In the 2 years we've been doing it my sons levels have always been below 1500ius what does that tell you. His body is using up every day, this is one of the reasons I started chelating two weeks ago and its going well- more language, politeness, affection, speech. Hang in there you'll find the right things that work for your son I'm sure of it.) Sorry its a bit long good luck Thanks Krystene Rivers -- - In @y..., " Diane " <ddudzik@A...> wrote: > We finished our third round of DSMA/ALA Saturday night. Started Thursday > morning. My son will be three next week, so I was hoping I would see good > progress quickly. I do see things that I think is because of chelation. > His balance is a little better. Sometimes his pupils are the normal size > instead of huge. But this weekend we stayed with friends who have a three > year old and a 9 month old. Spencer played very little with them. Mostly > he just wanted to sit and stim. I kept trying to redirect him, but he would > just find something else to stim with, even his shirt. This was mostly on > Sunday, which was the first day off. I was hoping he would be more willing > to do things with the kids. I feel overwhelmed with his stimming. > > Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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