OCD correction - cont answering

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I almost didn't catch this post. It said in my e-mail that it came from

me. I don't know how that happened. Nevertheless, I have now seen this

and will answer.

M wrote:

> ** Merrie, the diet to which I refer is in post #25311 where on 2 of 4

days he ate 5 and 6 sandwiches respectively. You gave him wheat-free bread

(tapioca bread with yeast) but stated he would usually eat bread or pasta.

Yeast is usually a major offender in digestive issues.

>

Yes. I remember. It's very true that he normally would have had bread or

pasta so that if yeast was a problem, then that would be there in the

breads for sure. He really has gone heavily after bread and pasta in

the past and until the beginning of November, had been having them.

Since then I've kept him off of breads and pasta. I've even limited the

wheat-free breads which I don't think have yeast in them. I hadn't

thought about the yeast, but on the diet he's been on since early

November, he wouldn't have been getting any yeast. Until a few years

ago, he was having soy, but I realized it was clearly a problem, so I

took that out, however the yeast and the wheat was still going on.

> You said you've taken a number of things out of his diet. This is great

but what counts when trying to put together what is happening is the diet he's

been on for most of his life. I have no sense of this so it limits my ability

to see the whole picture.

>

I was so desperate to correct whatever I could imagine could be going on

that when he had so much trouble in early November (just prior to my

finding your group), I had finally made the decision to take out the

wheat, which in this case also took out the yeast. Prior to that he had

eaten out on occasion and would go for the pastas and the breads. Soy

has been out of his diet for a good 2 maybe 3 years. Milk and its by

products have never been in his life nor has red meat. White sugar did

get into his diet from time to time when he was visiting someone or we

were eating out. Now none of that is there. Oranges and peaches, two

things that make him break out inside his ears, has been out of his life

since he was about 4 years old. Other fruit seems not to be a problem.

If tomatoes are really acidic, they bother his behavior and he seems to

really like those. Other tomatoes he doesn't like and has never really

wanted, so they were not heavily in his diet. He did not find the

really acidic tomatoes until last summer and after a few of those, I cut

them out.

I hope now that I have given you a better sense of his long term diet.

Cooking everything from scratch has altered things since the beginning

of November, but under the condition he was in, I had to do something.

Up until that time, I never saw any foods making him any better, but I

did see a few that made him worse and once I found those, I got rid of

them.

> It is good to know he has not had vaccinations but what this points to is

either emnvironmental exposure or a genetic issue. You may be able to shed some

light on which this may be. This would take delving into the history quite

heavily.

>

You would not have to look long to see genetic issues. He is almost a

complete copy of his natural father, including a hyatil hernia that

makes it difficult for both of them to eat nuts--something he likes, but

I have not allowed him to have for about 4 or 5 years. His natural

father complains of a stomach that doesn't digest well especially under

stress. Behaviors are very similiar. It's almost uncanny. He's never

spent much time at all with his natural father, however he has so many

of the same issues--raving unreasonably, head banging, very difficult to

control and doesn't seem to understand the word 'no', and doing things

that people would say don't make good sense so that he appears not to

think through things and/or use good judgment. Weird ideas of

cleanliness go through the minds of both of them and his father is

obsessive, having a hard time dropping something that goes through his

mind. His father is underweight, but my son is neither under or over

weight. As far as I can see, there haven't been environmental issues

going on for either of them. My son's paternal grandmother says that

she had great problems with my son's father when he was growing up

though he wasn't as troubled as my son is.

> Regardless of origin, I have no doubt that improvement can happen to the

point that he is not constantly at risk and can actually enjoy life.

>

This is very good to know. He would like to have a life like that. He

keeps asking for help.

> IV nutrient therapy is certain nutrients given intravenously. I could find

someone to do this if you tell me where you live. This treatment is designed

to bypass a most likely disabled digestive system. It would also be helpful to

find someone who does IV ozone therapy.

>

This is entirely new to me.

I live in southeast Virginia, very close to Norfolk, Virginia Beach,

Newport News, and on the other side, not too far from burg.

Washington D.C. is about 4 hours north from me. Chapel Hill, North

Carolina is about 4 hours south of me.

> Regards,

>

>

I'll wait to hear back from you. Thanks for your help, .

Merrie