Guest guest Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 my son is 8 and 80 lbs. one of his DAN docs recommended carnosine for him because it is good for speech (my son is apraxic) and it breaks down into GABA. it uses natural pathways. our doc recommended 600 mg to 1200 daily but this is based on my sons labs. i plan on starting slowly as i always do with things. my son will soon be taking the neurotrans test so we can fine tune the GABA et al. vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 > If anyone is using Carnosine, could you please share what dosage you are > using and your child's weight? Our Dr. recommended it, but I failed to > inquire about how much to give. I used it for about four months. I started my son with 250mg per day, and increased up to 500mg. I did have to give it with zinc, it did tend to increase copper levels. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Would those of you who have used carnosine please post your experiences with it? I've used it before in both my kids and saw good gains, but stopped after 9 months (and they didn't lose any skills). Now my son is older and he is having problems with attention and auditory processing in school. I'm wondering if carnosine might help these issues. I've read Dr. Chez's studies, but I'd like to hear what you have seen too. thanks very much, p.s. I'm sorry if this is off-topic. I know that carnosine is useful for apraxia, so I thought some of you may have seen an effect on other issues. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 I don't think anything regarding to apraxia is " off-topic " on this site. Many of us would like to know, so thanks for asking. It is on my list of next steps once we see things slow down from our high doses of omega 3. (Hoping not too soon). [ ] carnosine Would those of you who have used carnosine please post your experiences with it? I've used it before in both my kids and saw good gains, but stopped after 9 months (and they didn't lose any skills). Now my son is older and he is having problems with attention and auditory processing in school. I'm wondering if carnosine might help these issues. I've read Dr. Chez's studies, but I'd like to hear what you have seen too. thanks very much, p.s. I'm sorry if this is off-topic. I know that carnosine is useful for apraxia, so I thought some of you may have seen an effect on other issues. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 , Of the things we have tried so far, I have to say that Carn-Aware has not been one of our " favorites " . No bad side effects or anything, we just didn't notice any " wow " results, and it's pretty darn expensive. However, we only went up to 2 per day, and I've heard of other people using 4 per day. I may try it again at the higher dose someday. Just a note: Carn-Aware is a blend of L-carnosine, zinc and vitamin E. Vitamin E is supposed to be good for neurological issues (and it's in Pro-EFA and Omega 3-6-9) and zinc is another common supplement our kids need. So I'm not sure if it's maybe the formulation that helps? Or just the carnosine? You can get just plain carnosine for way cheaper, and I was thinking about trying that, if there's a next time. Other things that have helped us: Pro-EFA (wow!), Pro-EPA, GFCF diet, lipoceutical glutathione (wow!), epsom salt baths. Next up: ViraStop enzymes and Olive leaf extract to battle virus issues. My 2 cents, Kerri > > Would those of you who have used carnosine please post your > experiences with it? I've used it before in both my kids and saw good > gains, but stopped after 9 months (and they didn't lose any skills). > Now my son is older and he is having problems with attention and > auditory processing in school. I'm wondering if carnosine might help > these issues. I've read Dr. Chez's studies, but I'd like to hear what > you have seen too. > > thanks very much, > > > p.s. I'm sorry if this is off-topic. I know that carnosine is useful > for apraxia, so I thought some of you may have seen an effect on other > issues. thanks. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Maybe it has something to do with how much of these amino acids the kids are getting in the rest of their diets? Peace, Kathy E. On Mar 31, 2006, at 7:39 PM, kiddietalk wrote: > As I've always posted here we had to supplement the carnosine/carn- > aware for my son Tanner on an on and off basis. I don't know why. > We used to mix the carn-aware with the pure carnosine powder to kee > the costs on, so I agree with Kerri on that point. (2 cents we wish > right?!) > > One funny point about this is that I have a child that at that point > was eating fish oil off a spoon every day -but if he saw the white > powder of the carnosine/carn-aware he wouldn't eat his food. What's > funny about that? It had no smell or flavor and if I mixed it in > well enough he had no idea it was there! > > We have not used carnosine or carn-aware for at least a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Where did you get the lipoceutical glutathione? > > > > As I've always posted here we had to supplement the carnosine/carn- > > aware for my son Tanner on an on and off basis. I don't know why. > > We used to mix the carn-aware with the pure carnosine powder to kee > > the costs on, so I agree with Kerri on that point. (2 cents we wish > > right?!) > > > > One funny point about this is that I have a child that at that point > > was eating fish oil off a spoon every day -but if he saw the white > > powder of the carnosine/carn-aware he wouldn't eat his food. What's > > funny about that? It had no smell or flavor and if I mixed it in > > well enough he had no idea it was there! > > > > We have not used carnosine or carn-aware for at least a year. > > > > What I've seen on each supplement (an old archived message up on > > Speechville now) > > http://www.speech-express.com/alternative-therapy/efa-faqs.html > > > > My experience with Carnosine and Carn-aware > > http://www.speech-express.com/alternative-therapy/carnosine.html > > > > Tanner's story > > http://www.cherab.org/information/familiesrelate/letter.html > > > > ===== > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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