Re: US clinics for chelation, supplements, etc

[Guest guest]

Hey Tricia: I wanted to tell you that I heard great things about

Pfeiffer Clinic and actually had filled out all of the paperwork to

take our son there. I can't really say for sure what stopped

me from going. I believe in what they do. Of course my pediatricial

told me that she thought they were a scam (of course they are not),

but she also thinks that EFA's are nothing.

I will say that instead of going to Pfeiffer Clinic, I took

to a DAN type of a doctor, Dr. Hicks, which treats all sorts of

disorders, including apraxia, ADD/ADHD with a great compassionate

staff. Their website is www.pathwaysmed.com and you should look into

this. There are other doctors out there that do what Dr. Hicks does

and provides the same information, testing, etc. It's just that Dr.

Hicks is 5 mintues from my house.

I am glad that we followed this path instead, although I don't know

what we would have learned at Pfeiffer, I am sure that they are

equally great. I took for his initial visit which you pay

for, and then you bill insurance later. The doctor then requests

that you do certain tests (he gives you the test kits) and you do

the tests, send them to the 2 labs that analyze the stuff and the

results to straight to Dr. Hicks. They call you when the receive all

the test info and go over the results with you. Again, this costs

$$$$ as each test costs $$$$$.

The results will tell you what your child is deficient in or has too

much of and they offer a supplement list to get your child what he

needs. My only gripe is that I have not followed through with all of

the supplements and they have not called to see what is going

on...not enough follow through on both parties.

It was very interesting and one of my new years resolutions is to get

that supplement list out and get back on track.

By the way, this place does offer chelation, GF/CF planning, etc. I

personally know of 2 parents who had their kids go there and were

thrilled with the results. I also read up on a chelation

board, and his name is often mentioned as many parents see Dr. Hicks

and like him. He is getting quite a reputation.

Finally, he has offices in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia and

Florida, but I have no idea what his schedule is....but look at his

website for another option.

Kim

[Guest guest]

I took my son to a Pfeiffer outreach in Bethesda land and I would

classify it as a big waste of time. Very stressful experience, long wait for

results. Very impersonal. Conclusion made no sense. Take a pass. You're

better

off with a DAN doctor you can see on a regular basis who knows or who will get

to know your child.

Lida- mother to Max age 6 pdd/apraxia

[Guest guest]

where is doctor hicks located? and is the Pfeiffer Clinic any better than

bringing my son to a developmental ped?

what will they do for him at the clinic

thanks for your help

[Guest guest]

Hi

can I say that your question suggests that you are pretty new to the

issues surrounding your childs (?) diagnosis/issues. Is that right?

You are asking a question upon which you could get a whole spectrum

of answers - all or none of which may be appropriate for your child.

There are many different options for assisting our kids and their

varying problems and most of them have their basis in what we each

personally believe to be the " cause " or origin ( and for that matter

the effects and manifestations) of our childrens issues .

Until you have some basic working knowledge of what these places do,

why it may be pertinent to your child and then whether you personally

believe the sense behind the " treatments " will depend which you then

choose for your child .

For example - My son has autism and verbal apraxia. His autism was

agressively regressive and was triggered by his MMR. I began to

research this and found that this aggressive form of autism which

often appears with bowel problems is linked ( by some including me)

with gut damage which can then be helped with gluten /casein diet. I

then questioned why Charlie succumbed when older brother didn't and

found that huge anti-biotics in utero and increased mercury from anti-

D jabs along with chicken pox just before jab probably primed him. So

now we are removing mercury via chelation and helping mend the gut

through pro-biotics . In the meantime his immune system and

vit/mineral uptake is shot so we are carefully supplementing there

too.

That ramble was an example of the kind of interventions that these

Doctors/DAN doctors/Pffifer institute etc etc support and manage.

But these are not answers for all ( although personally I think they

can potentially help most). But I dislike then being approached as if

you can just go get some tests done and " cure " your kid .And I HATE

seeing parents considering treatments that they don't have some

genuine working understanding of. It took me over a year of reading

and learning before I felt comfortable about approaching a Doctor to

oversee chelation for me. Understand me, i failed biology and

chemistry at school , I am not suggesting that these things are off

limits to the average mum. I am just saying that you should help your

kid by doing what you know how to do. And at the moment it sounds as

though an Developmental Paed is what you know. So do that and get the

best info you can. But in the meantime understand that there are many

people here and on other board who have rafts of info that could make

a huge difference - you just need to read as much as you can before

you take any leap. Use the Search function and perhaps people will

post info sites . AutismMercury is good, as is Enzymesandautism (

hope those are right they are just in my listings so I don't type

them anymore - others should correct me please.) There is usually the

best info on ASDwebsite as they tend to be further ahead with this

stuff ( except for this group of course !!)

I took my son in to have the jabs that damaged him without reading up

and investigating for myself. I am perhaps understandably very

determined that I will never expose my son to a treatment or therapy

that I don't understand what it is, why it is thought to help, how it

is thought to help and what , if any risks may attach. So read and

read some more. Sort out what fits your child and then what you feel

may help - whatever that may be for you.

You are going to tell me now that actually you have been chelating

for three years and I just misunderstood your question LOL !.....

Regards

Deborah

> where is doctor hicks located? and is the Pfeiffer Clinic any

better than bringing my son to a developmental ped?

> what will they do for him at the clinic

> thanks for your help