Probiotics

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I started Acidophilous with my son yesterday. He had a " noisy day "

(humming, making low pitch sounds). Today he seems not so noisy after

he had a large BM. I could hear lots of gas coming out. Stool looked

like short light colored 1/2 " wide rods... pretty much like it looked

like a couple of weeks ago when I gave him baked almond flour (in

cookies). Yesterday morning and the day before yesterday he had the

Golden waffles from pecanbread.com.

Now I don't know if the " loose stool " is due to probiotics or the

almond flour.

Good news!!!!! We had an abdominal X-ray, and his intestine, although

still containing a lot of stool looked A LOT BETTER!!! It was not to

the point of distension as when we started SCD!!!! I am very

encouraged!!!

Coral

(SCD-4 weeks, son J. ASD, 9 y/o)

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Sue,

I don't know if I gave him too much. What I did is to dilute 1/2

scoop in 1 cup of water. Then from that cup, I used about 1/4 to mix

with 3/4 cup of water for the first 2 days (I also had one cup the

first day, but it is so expensive that I better save it for him!).

Today I gave him a little bit of apple juice with the water and

acidophilous. He didn't want to drink it at first, because it is

bitter, but he finished it up!!!

His stomach seems a lot flatter... No poop today yet.

Now what is the recommended amount? I read that Kathy gave her

daughter 3 scoops a day, and she finally got formed stools! I think

BTVC says to not use more than 9 Billion a day??? The Custom

Probiotics I have is 100 Billion/mg. 1 scoop is .8 mg, so it is 80

billion. 1/4 of that, is 20 Billion, which is what our doctor

recommended (of UltraFlora...)

Coral

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" Today I gave him a little bit of apple juice with the water and

acidophilous. He didn't want to drink it at first, because it is

bitter, but he finished it up!!! "

Coral,

I just wanted to make sure that you are juicing the apples

yourself if you are using apple juice.

For details on using probioics, check out:

http://www.pecanbread.com/probiotics.html

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 15 months

[Guest guest]

Knudson's " real apple juice " - I put probably about 1 oz. out of the

6-8 that he drank.

Coral

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

>

> We have been doing Probiotics since Monday... A long long week...

My son is having a lot of behavior problems (biting, scratching) as

well

> as screaming and shaking his head.

>

> Would someone please tell me how long do I need to try Probiotics

> until I decide this is just not going to work for us???

>

> Coral

Die off can last a week to 2. But if you have gone this long,

something is " too much " for him, in my opinion. You realyl don't

want to have to live thru this kind of behavior - something is

bothering your son.

You could try activated charcoal. The capsules are not particularly

small, I think mine are the 'size 0' kind, but you can open them and

put the charcoal in water, or food. It looks awful (its black), but

I don't think it tastes much. Give it a couple hours away from

medcines or other supps because it absorbs everything.

You could also try stopping or cutting WAAAAY back on the

probiotics. I guess at this stage I would try stopping

altogether, see if you can get his behavior calmed/back to normal.

Then if you want to try again, you could try mixing that small

amount of probiotic powder into some (an ounce?) of water, then

give him just a tsp or so of the water. This would be a way to

start at even a lower dose.

Someone else may have a better idea what may be going on.

-- Sue, mom to Adam and