YAVEQ: Yet Another Vitamin E Question

November 13, 2006

Hello,

I've been lurking here for a few months now, and appreciate all the

advice that gets shared (in particular poking the capsules with a corn

holder was handy). I have a dyspraxic 7 year old son that has been on

Nordic's Omega 3-6-9 for two months now. I started in October with 1

capsule a day, saw some improvements in his speech (no miracles, but

enough to make me think it was more than wishful thinking) and went to

2/day in November and have seen a little more improvement.

So I am asking myself (and now everyone here) what to add next? I've

gathered that the " standard " of sorts is:

2 Omega 3-6-9's (ProEFA)

1 ProEPA

2 400 IU Vitamin E's

and then a whole host of other things depending on individual

circumstances. I don't really want to start shoving a bunch of pills

down my son's throat, but I also want to do whatever it takes to help

(we're doing the whole ST/PT thing with school).

So in that regard, would it be better to try the ProEPA or the Vitamin

E next?

With the vitamin E, is it okay to take it out of the gel-caps as well?

At what dosage of vitamin E (alpha d-tocopherol) do I need to worry

about adding the gamma version?

How does any of that (at what levels of E) affect Vitamin K levels?

I'm still pouring over the internet for info on all this, but there

are a lot of places to look. Anyone have a site that explains exactly

what these supplements do, without me having to get a medical degree?

Thank you in advance for any advice you can give. I enjoy reading the

success stories, and agree with that is an effective

storyteller. :-) It was actually listening to the recordings of

Tanner that led me to this group. I found those recordings before my

son was diagnosed with dyspraxia, and they sounded so much like my

son, it was an epiphany and brought a tear to my eye. Okay, so I'm a

big sap. :-)

Anyway, thanks again.

Thad

(in Portland, OR)

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