Post ProEFA regression//, et.al

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>Really we just got back to the developmental spot we were with

> him prior to starting omegas...but it seemed so much worse after watching

> him make progress...to lose that progress so quickly.

When you say ph regressed when you stopped ProEFA, do you mean that he

was at a worse point than he was before he ever started taking it in the

first place?

Thanks,

>The regression started within the first week - subtle at first, but by the

>second week it was absolutely heartbreaking. ph stopped babbling - was

>back to grunting (though still signing well) and was falling down all over

>the place after his coordination had gotten much better. It was the first

>time my husband said " there's really something WRONG with him " . My

>Halloween was a nightmare, because at 25 months, he wanted to run with the

>other kids, but would fall down 2-3 times between each house - and wouldn't

>let me carry him because he thinks he's a big boy. It was so sad. He fell

>down stairs the next day when one of the kids left the gate open. We

>started pro-EFA at that point, and within the following week we started to

>see improvements again. (Thank God). Up until that point I thought it was

>all coincidence - and thought this regression was an aweful

>deterioration/progression of whatever neurologic condition my son had. The

>only thing that kept me from losing it was knowing that described this

>experience in Tanner - so I was hoping it was a reversible effect of omega

withdrawl. Really we just got back to the developmental spot we were with

him prior to starting omegas...but it seemed so much worse after watching

him make progress...to lose that progress so quickly. Now I'm a big fan of

>the omegas - as everyone hear knows only too well.

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