- EFAs, etc...

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Hi - I've just got a minute, but I wanted to fill you in a bit about

ProEFA. Some people on this board use Coromega (like you), some use

Efalex, but many of us have found that the best mix of Omega 3 and

Omega 6 is in the ProEFA. It is available from the shop-in-service

on the apraxia kids website. I've seen some great results in my two

boys with it - and, if we take them off, I see regressions, so I know

it's the EFAs.

That said - you've got your son on alot of supplements. The cod

liver oil and the coromega are both (I'm assuming) to support the

EFAs, but my guess is he's getting ALOT if you give him both. Since

they thin the blood, and many of us have seen adverse effects when a

child is given too much, I'd stop doubling up. Since many of us

tried the CLO route and didn't find any benefit, AND since it's the

cheapest of what you mentioned, I'd stop that. If you aren't seeing

substantial benefits with the coromega, try the ProEFA. I have a 4

year old son who weighs about 45 lbs and he gets one cap a day. Some

people here have success with 2 a day - my advice is to give one a

day for a while and see if you get benefits. Then, very

systematically, try increasing to 2. See if his system can handle

it.

What about the other supplements? The DMG, etc.?? Do you see

benefits? I know how much we all want to help our children, and if

you had told me 3 years ago that I'd be giving my kids a supplement I

heard about on the internet, I'd have gone slap-happy, BUT you are

giving alot of supplements (it seems) and I'm wondering how many of

them are helping. I'm also wondering IF they are helping, if you can

TELL which one is helping because there are so many. Sometimes it

takes a while (months) to see if something has benefits. If I put a

kid on DMG, Coromega, Carnosine, L-Lysine, B-6, etc. all at once or

in a short period of time, I'd never know what was beneficial and

what wasn't - and I'd spend ALOT of money!

I know that some people have had benefits with DMG (anyone here??),

that the B vitamins have been shown to help autistic kids, that some

amino acids have helped our kids (mine are on carnosine) BUT I think

we all agree that we need to be careful about mixing and matching too

many. EFAs can act as blood-thinners. Some of the amino acids can

be dangerous in too great quantities (and no one really knows how

much that is). Research research research - and you've come to a

good spot here to talk to people and you're obviously eager for

knowledge because you keep asking!!!

So, I hope I've helped a bit - and I hope that others will jump in

here and give you their two cents. Welcome - have a great day.

Marina