Re: Is my child autistic?

[Guest guest]

hmmm, is that why my son is responding to just chlorella and

selenium? He just turned two.

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> I thought the blood brain barrier wasn't developed until

two years of

> age? Anyone???

> Dorothy

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[Guest guest]

I do check my child for yeast as well, normally by looking at the

top of his tongue to see if it's got any white thrush. If it's pink

then it's healthy.

Today my son's behaviour is particularly bad. Too bad that our

relatives and friends thinks that it's just behaviour problem. They

wanted me to punish him and even my wife got very mad at him.

I also pity the parents who gave their baby every injections under

the sun. I was trying to dissuade a mother from getting a chicken

pox injection (not mandatory) for his 4 months old son. When I

explained thimersol / mercury in vaccines to them. They were

shocked... not because there's mercury, but was thinking that my son

is totally unvaccinated and is playing with his baby! (Eyed my son

very suspiciously too...)

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> Hi,

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> My daughter generally went downhill as time went on, showing more

intolerance to change, more extreme

> outbursts/meltdowns, etc. She also was quite verbally advanced

and obviously bright in other areas, so people tended to

> think there wasn't a problem other than a behavioral problem (for

example, preschool teacher said 'she plays with the

> kitchen for a LONG time, but she knows her ABCs...' meaning

there's nothing wrong with her). But she wasn't playing

> with others - she was extremely interested (=overfocused) on

whatever interested her at the time, and would get ticked

> off when she finally was ready to do what the others were doing

and they had moved on to something else. Her eye

> contact was poor, had a somewhat flat affect (lacking facial

expression), and boy was she hyper. She had horrible sinus

> problems and an endless series of ear infections, culminating in

ear tubes that did help her behavior (the second set

> was avoided by going diary free). She had a blocked tear duct,

then developed strabismus. She was either borderline or

> behind with certain motor skills and didn't potty train until she

was 3 years 11 months. She eventually developed what

> we called 'crushes' on an endless series of TV characters - Goofy,

then Max, then Pochahontas, and on and on, eventually

> ending with a huge thing for the Titanic (=obsessions). After she

got a new preschool teacher who complained about her

> behavior, she was evaluated by the school system for preschool

services (something you could do with your son - don't

> most states have preschool screenings?) and they said

she 'definately wasn't ADD' because she could pay attention -

> though she absolutely pinged off the walls the day they saw her.

In other words, she had some signs and not others, and

> didn't fit neatly into any category. Luckily the neuro that

evaluated her delcared her as 'somewhere on the spectrum'

> and I took that as permission to consider her in some if not every

way autistic, and to begin interventions.

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> But looking back, I now see that she was a very picky eater,

intolerant of foods and chemicals, had poor motor skills

> with some delays, was quite pale, had thin, limp hair, dark

circles under the eyes, poor stools, cloudy urine,

> allergies, was somewhat hypoglycemic, almost certainly had gut

dysbiosis and yeast, apparently was very metals toxic -

> all biological markers we know are associated with autism. (And

was declared as 'healthy' at her pre-K physical, at

> which I was told to take a parenting class!).

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> She had huge problems getting to sleep. Her bed was toxic. Try

sleeping in your child's bed and see if you react - I

> reacted when I slept in her bed. I posted recently on

environmental interventions you can do (I'll append that at the

> end) to help get them to sleep, and do try the melatonin.

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> She started to improve with dietary interventions (begun around

age 6), SI therapy, Ritilin/Adderall, yeast treatment,

> allergy treatment, energy medicine, supplementation and detox.

She's 12 now, currently upset that she hasn't made a

> good friend at school, but has always been in the regular

classroom with some special ed. pullouts in the past. My

> strong impression is that earlier intervention makes a big

difference in making rapid progress.

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> If your wife is expecting, have her eat as pure a diet as possible

(no junk, no additives, many veggies) and supplement

> fatty acids and minerals. You can buy liquid minerals and taste

test them for optimal mineral supplementation. I'm

> sure others will have other comments.

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> Good luck and ask again if questions, K.

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> (Nov 21 2002)

> My daughter had serious sleep issues. Many things helped

somewhat - we never found a single thing that solved the

> problem for us, but many changes added up to a child who sleeps

through the night. My heart goes out to the sleepless!

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> The GFCF diet helped, avoiding phenols helped - any dietary

change may help. A low sugar, high protein, high

> vegetable diet helped. Antifungals helped.

> The fewer sinus allergy symptoms, the better she slept, so use

an antihistimine if you have to. If the bedroom is

> carpeted, then tape a plastic drop cloth to the walls to cover the

carpet and see if that helps. Ultimately remove the

> carpet and use cotton throw rugs that you can hot water wash.

Tape plastic over the window in case smut or mold is in

> the window. Get a plastic matress cover and cover the matress and

box spring (I've always washed these and let them air

> out for a few weeks before using them). I use a matress pad over

the plastic for comfort. Hot water wash the pillow

> (and in the hot weather let it air dry to avoid clumping), then

use one of those 3M or similar microfiber pillow covers.

> Change the pillow case if your child's hair smelled of perfume the

previous night. Wash hair before bed daily with a

> non-scented soap (I use 'Botanic Gold').

> Wash all bedding in hot water with NO detergent or fabric

softener. Washing disks that work are available at

> www.chinaberry.com for around $50. Use pure cotton bedding, white

without colors, and use Andy's suggestion of washing

> soda to remove the junk they add, then rewash them with hot water

only. Remove all allergens and add an air cleaner to

> the bedroom. Try some melatonin (available via Kirkman's, GNC) to

help get him to sleep. Filter bath water using a

> shower head filter - this reduced my daughter's hyperactivity in

the PM. I have my daughter listen to 'relaxation'

> music at bedtime, and now if she awakens in the night she will

turn it on herself.

> Get a good window shade and close the door - make sure that the

bedroom is completely dark at night. This is very

> important.

> One final note - the psych. who originated '1-2-3 Magic' says if

they awaken in the night, take them to the potty, let

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> them go, then put them back to bed. No talking, no lights, just

bladder relief. This also helped - my kid would awaken

> and toss and turn, join me in bed and toss and turn, for hours,

rather than get up and go. I guess she didn't realize

> why she was being kept awake.

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> Hope some of this helps. I could tell a story with every item I

listed above...