ProEFA and Behavior

[Guest guest]

I remember my son going through bad behavior when we started the ProEFA. It

was so long ago that I don’t remember details but I want to say it lasted a

few weeks (???). It was pretty rough during but when we got over the hump,

the progress was worth it. This is just our experience. I hope others

respond to this also.

Hang in there!

Tricia Morin

North Carolina

Kelli wrote:

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone experienced difficult behavior after

starting ProEfa. I started my son, , on it about 4 weeks ago

and his behavior has become horrible. He becomes physically

agressive if he does not like something you say or do. I'm don't

know if I should stop the ProEfa or continue. I have a younger son

and is very rough when playing with him. I have noticed the

he is trying to say more words, but he isn't handling any

dissappointment well and I'm not sure what to do. Has anyone gone

through anything like this?

I appreciate any advise or info you could give me.

Kelli

[Guest guest]

Hi -

I had very similar experience with my older son, though it didn't

start until he had been on it for quite a while - months, in fact. I

finally took him off it (though it no doubt helped his speech

dramatically, it wasn't worth it for the family dynamic anymore). He

did NOT regress as is reported by others - no idea why - but because

we didn't have the behaviour issue to deal with, he excelled rapidly

in his therapy.

Try backing off the ProEFA and see what happens. I knew it was the

ProEFA because we tried taking him off it and putting him on it

repeatedly and it was clear. Now we can give it to him again and,

while it does nothing for his speech anymore, it also doesn't affect

his behaviour.

Just FYI - I believe it had alot to do with lack of good sleep. Try

taking it yourself and see what you think.

Marina

> Hi everyone,

>

> I was just wondering if anyone experienced difficult behavior after

> starting ProEfa. I started my son, , on it about 4 weeks

ago

> and his behavior has become horrible. He becomes physically

> agressive if he does not like something you say or do. I'm don't

> know if I should stop the ProEfa or continue. I have a younger son

> and is very rough when playing with him. I have noticed

the

> he is trying to say more words, but he isn't handling any

> dissappointment well and I'm not sure what to do. Has anyone gone

> through anything like this?

>

> I appreciate any advise or info you could give me.

> Kelli

[Guest guest]

We too had some pretty out of hand behaviors when I tried upping

Nick to two caps a day. I HAD to go back to one for a week and then

I started upping it by drops. He is now on two fully and I'm not

seeing anything other than normal 3 year old naughty behaviors.

Although he did start having teeth brushing avoidance when I upped

him and that is still going on. I attribute it to his cutting two

of his molars though. We'll see!

So in other words, the positive results for us with the ProEFA out

weighed the behavior but I did back it down and then slowly

increased the amounts.

McCann

[Guest guest]

Did I comment on this already? My brain is fried. Anyway, I second Karyn's

comments. Collin reacted the exact same way. After that we tried Coromega

and had similar, but not quite so drastic results regarding hyperactivity.

He went to sleep ok with this one, whereas with the ProEFA he couldn't go

down for anything! I have to add, though, that he did become more vocal

with both of these, esp. ProEFA. We still had no idea what he was saying,

but would babble in 5-7 " word " sentences. The hyperactivity was just too

difficult though. (and I'm willing to do just about anything to get this

kid to talk! It was just totally unmanageable. He was extremely happy, but

totally wild. We also decreased dosage, to no avail.

At this point, we are trying what apparently used to be called Efalex. It

is by Nature's Way and is called EFA blend for children. Different ratios

of DHA, etc. I was on the hunt for this because the Late Talker book noted

that this blend was best for kids with dyspraxia and adhd. So far, so good.

Not extremely hyper, but he is distractible and has issues with impulsivity

still. (he is also on Straterra) He is also a bit more vocal. We have

only done it for three days and it is much more manageable than the others.

He is nowhere near as hyper. When on the others it was like he wasn't even

taking his straterra. Anyway, that may be an option if you had similar

results with the others. I was so determined to keep trying because there

seems to be so much information supporting the success stories out there.

Hopefully this one will help and we will see a breakthrough someday too...

In the meantime, its not making him totally bounce off the walls!

I hope you find something you think is worth trying. Good Luck!!

Cheryl Butterworth

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