new to the group - high cholesterol could it be EFA's?

May 2, 2006

I have been " lurking " for months and have learned so much from this group.

I have a daughter, Molly, 4 yrs. who has apraxia, hypotonia, sensory issues,

mild developmental delay. She also suffered from myoclonic seizures when

she was 7 mo. old, treated with Depakote for 3 1/2 years successfully (no

breakthroughs). Was released from Depakote and her neurologist last August.

Her speech was so delayed and, of course, our Early Intervention was

reluctant to do anything until age 3. We began giving her PRO EFA's in

November of 2005 and her speech really took off. She is now using

spontaneous speech and putting sentences together. Her speech therapist

thinks it is pretty remarkable but doesn't believe it is all due to the fish

oils. I will agree up to a point as her progress was so slow and difficult

up until that time. We added the PRO Epa in March and again, have seen

another surge in speech development, pretend play, cognitive development as

well as better control with her large motor skills. She used to have a very

ataxic gait (I always blamed the Depakote).

Currently Molly is taking 2 ProEFAs and 1 PRO Epa Twice daily as well as 600

mg of CarnAware. I think her dosage is working very well with her and

although we've seen some aggresive behaviors since adding the EPA I feel

it's been worth it since her speech has increased so much.

So here's my question(s): A recent lipid panel was taken at my request.

Her cholesterol is 253 and her LDL (which is the lousy) is 199. Yikes! We

do have some family history (husband is high - but dropped 20% when I

started him on fish oil) her diet is extremely good. Does anyone know if

the omega 3's could be a factor? If anything I thought it would lower her

cholesterol which was under 200 last summer. At this point I am wondering

what to do. We are seeing a new developmental pediatrician later this month

and I think I'll request that some serious metabolic work be done. Has

anyone experienced this?

Thanks for any and all help.

Mom to Molly 4 years old (and 6 days away from her 5th birthday)

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