Re: stomach problems lactose Rhonda

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Rhonda,

This was an old post, but I'm about to do a similar experiment with my

Claire with the cream and all. I was wondering, though what Shan's

symptoms were (besides the lack of energy and continued seizures)?

Thanks,

Barbara

Rhonda Ackerman wrote:

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> I'm guessing that there is a test but we figured out Shan's intolerance on

> our own. When we stopped giving her cream and instead gave her plain

> yoghurt her seizures remained about the same (1 tonic clonic every 3

> nights

> in her sleep) but her energy started to come back. When we went to

> lactose

> free cream she suddenly began having weeks without having a visible

> seizure

> in her sleep (was having tonic clonics) and her energy improved even more.

> After many months using the lactose free yoghurt cream and still

> experiencing stomach discomfort from time to time we quit giving her the

> cream (allowed cheese and butter only) and her stomach discomforts have

> resolved. She is definitely lactose intolerant and I suspect that she has

> intolerances to other things that are in the dairy. Recently I stopped

> giving her cheese (allowing butter only) and I noticed an improvement in

> being impulsive in the evenings. She usually ate a large amount of

> cheddar

> cheese during the day.

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> There are tests for allergies, but the only way to really find out what

> foods a child is allergic to is to do the " fail safe " test. This test

> consists of putting a child on certain foods that people are not usually

> allergic to and then after a week or two adding back 1 food at a

> time. If a

> child has a reaction to the food over 24-36 hours n (or after a week) then

> you know that they are allergic to that food. I recently bought a book on

> ADHD, " Fed Up With ADHD " , and it shares how the " Fail Safe " diet is

> done. I

> do believe the Australians are the ones who are on the cutting edge of

> this,

> but I would expect that the U.S. is implementing it.

>

> Rhonda

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> Ronda,

> Is there a test for lactose intolerance or allergys. Whe did have him

> tested

> for milk and he was not allergic but that was 4 years ago.

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