Re: Memory lapse after diet infraction????

[Guest guest]

Yes we have this here too. It can be scary sometimes you are wondering if you

are talking to the same person.

It goes to show that these kids really don't mean what they do. I think their

actions really scare them.

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

I had another " Ah ha! " moment during the same conversation (when I

discovered he didn't remember anything). We only came to our diagnosis this

year, and I haven't had much time to read about it beyond just the basic

diagnostic sketches. But this week I've gotten to read some, and during

that conversation I realized (after 7 years, duh, I can be a little

resistant) that he really truly does not clue in to some social stuff. Yes,

that's a critical diagnostic issue in Asperger's, but I just really didn't

realize how true it is with him.

Learning every day . . .

Alice, Mama to , 7, ASD, SCD 3 months

It goes to show that these kids really don't mean what they do. I think

their actions really scare them.

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

, that is something we deal with here also. That is one reason it bothered

me so much last week when he had eaten things he shouldn't of. He gets to

looking us square in the eye and hasn't a clue what has transpired sometimes

only an hour previous. He can also change very quickly after a huge blow up and

just start talking nice and asking to help. We have avoided it though when he

sticks to the diet. It seems we pay a high price when he eats something else,

that is one reason he doesn't think it's as bad as it is when he eats an

illegal. Do you give him a epsom salt bath and have him swallow charcoal

tablets? It might help things pass through quicker. Pearl

Churchman wrote:I think in other circumstance

my son would have been diagnosed with multiple

personalities!! This morning he is so sweet and repentant and cooperative .

.. . but it feels like walking on very thin ice . . .at any moment I could

crash through into icy waters!

, Mama to , 7 (Aspie), , 4, , 3

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We call it Dr

Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde - two totally different kids.

[Guest guest]

I have to confess the infraction included pretty much everything illegal:

gluten, casein, starch, sugar, chocolate, you name it. Again my fault. I

can't bring myself to confess why I let it happen. But it's no wonder he's

been a basket case . . . it's probably all those issues!! (Opioids, insulin,

allergies . . . ) No doubt this sort of thing is responsible for a lot of

the crime in the world! (Headlines: Man eats steak dinner, potatoes,

dessert, then kills wife in rage; man can't remember a thing)

Alice, Mama to , 7, ASD, SCD 3 months

If the lapse in diet affected his blood sugar, he may have been like what

they call a " dry drunk " someone so affected by insulin levels that they

react as belligerently as if they were an alchoholic, to high sugar levels.

If his infraction included milk or wheat, and he has that opoid issue with

them, then again, it is as if he had a hit of drugs.

[Guest guest]

Actually I'm almost glad we did it, because it's ABSOLUTE PROOF that the

diet works. Not that I doubted it, but it was like flipping a switch: One

moment, reasonably normal boy. A few hours later, raging, psychotic maniac.

A few days later, after returning to the diet, reasonably normal boy

returning again.

Alice, Mama to , 7, ASD, SCD 3 months

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The last thing we parents (mostly Moms!) need to do is beat ourselves up

over the occassional lapse! It's hard enough to monitor ones own diet, let

alone a child!

[Guest guest]

Actually I'm almost glad we did it, because it's ABSOLUTE PROOF that the

diet works. Not that I doubted it, but it was like flipping a switch: One

moment, reasonably normal boy. A few hours later, raging, psychotic maniac.

A few days later, after returning to the diet, reasonably normal boy

returning again.

Alice, Mama to , 7, ASD, SCD 3 months

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The last thing we parents (mostly Moms!) need to do is beat ourselves up

over the occassional lapse! It's hard enough to monitor ones own diet, let

alone a child!

[Guest guest]

It's like gaslighting, isn't it ? You start thinking, am I CRAZY to put all

this effort into this thing that may be mumbo jumbo coincidence? For our

son, when he gets off GFCF, he stops feeling pain again, and starts doing

things like jumping off the couch on to the floor so I feel like you do-hey,

at least it isn't a waste of time!

We are gradually trying SCD at this point.

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From: Churchman

Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 7:56 PM

To: pecanbread

Subject: RE: Re: Memory lapse after diet infraction????

Actually I'm almost glad we did it, because it's ABSOLUTE PROOF that the

diet works. Not that I doubted it, but it was like flipping a switch: One

moment, reasonably normal boy. A few hours later, raging, psychotic maniac.

A few days later, after returning to the diet, reasonably normal boy

returning again.

Alice, Mama to , 7, ASD, SCD 3 months

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The last thing we parents (mostly Moms!) need to do is beat ourselves up

over the occassional lapse! It's hard enough to monitor ones own diet, let

alone a child!

[Guest guest]

It's like gaslighting, isn't it ? You start thinking, am I CRAZY to put all

this effort into this thing that may be mumbo jumbo coincidence? For our

son, when he gets off GFCF, he stops feeling pain again, and starts doing

things like jumping off the couch on to the floor so I feel like you do-hey,

at least it isn't a waste of time!

We are gradually trying SCD at this point.

_____

From: Churchman

Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 7:56 PM

To: pecanbread

Subject: RE: Re: Memory lapse after diet infraction????

Actually I'm almost glad we did it, because it's ABSOLUTE PROOF that the

diet works. Not that I doubted it, but it was like flipping a switch: One

moment, reasonably normal boy. A few hours later, raging, psychotic maniac.

A few days later, after returning to the diet, reasonably normal boy

returning again.

Alice, Mama to , 7, ASD, SCD 3 months

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The last thing we parents (mostly Moms!) need to do is beat ourselves up

over the occassional lapse! It's hard enough to monitor ones own diet, let

alone a child!