Re: Can't take the humming!!!! [Stimming]

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Amy,

My son does verbal stims and other motor stims. Because when they

occur they are so overt, I have difficulty ignoring them. I am

easily distracted by them, especially the sounds, so I can relate to

your concern. What I know so far is:

When he first started the enzymes, the stimming decreased

dramatically.

Gradually, it built back up, I believe because I now give some

phenols and because I think once the opioid drugged effect was gone,

the phenol problem was unmasked and he is just super sensitive to

phenols. If I give phenols, the stimming definitely increases. We

had sauteed yellow and orange bell peppers a few nights ago and he

was out of control that evening (but no " drugged " effect - just

stimming).

I think adding calcium/magnesium has helped, although not as much as

I initially noticed. It seems everything I've tried helps for the

first few days, then drops off - can anyone explain this?

Like you are seeing, the stimming is the worst part of all this - in

our case, it is the only negative thing remaining. I still observe a

high-pitched voice at times, sometimes slow speech, and sometimes eye

contact could be a bit better, but his teachers think it has improved

significantly and have NO concerns. Interestingly, he does NOT stim

at school since the enzymes, only at home. Before enzymes, he

stimmed at school, too.

> Folks,

>

> I started my Sammy (4) on Houston enzymes three weeks ago. Since

then he has

> been humming constantly. I can't take it anymore!!! Is it the

enzymes? If

> so, is there something I can do other than stop the enzymes?

>

> Please help.

>

> You know what? I just realized that the humming was one of the

worst things

> right now. Well, howdy doody. Has been much worse around here. I

guess

> humming isn't as bad as temper tantrums but I am hoping for the

loss of both!

>

> Thanks,

> Amy

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