DANA/ALL, to chelate or not to chelate wasRe: ALA only question

October 2, 2003

--- In , " danaatty " <danaatty@y...>

wrote:

> My youngest was age 2-1/2 when I started chelating her.

Hi Dana and All,

Did you decide to chelate your youngest because she demonstrated

autistic tendencies or because she showed mineral transport problems

in a DDI hair analysis? I ask because we have a wonderfully lively

22 month old boy who has age level receptive language (getting

objects we ask him to get, following one step commands, etc.) but

has little expressive speech (says dada, mama appropriately, points

to what he wants, signs more, all done, please, and gives us the

PECS picture for french fries.) He waves hi and goodbye, and gives

us hugs and kisses spontaneously. As for autistic tendencies, we

have seen sporadic toe walking (which seems to be increasing) and he

seems to imitate, sporadically, his big (10 years old)brother's hand

flapping (which actually has decreased over time). He was NOT

vaccinated and has NOT had any antibiotic treatment. For those of

you who are curious, I had four established amalgams and only one

dental visit (cleaning only)during my pregnancy with him and no

rhogham shots or any other shots during or before labor. We did do

a DDI hair analysis and it did NOT meet the counting rules but he

was low in several minerals like selenium and lithium. We have

supplemented Vitaman C consistently, and have tried CLO without

seeing any benefits. We did not give him gluten until 15 months and

he was already delayed in expressive speech by that time in regards

to other 15 month olds. I am in a quandry as to what to do next

with him since he does not show any other overt signs of autism

except the above but I also don't want to do the " wait and see "

routine we did with our older boy who is autistic. So, has anyone

gone ahead and chelated without the overt signs of autism to get

expressive language or am I being paranoid with our fourth son??

Thanks in advance to all who share their experience and take care,

Becky in Chesapeake, VA

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