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Hey , or any one else for that matter...

Trying to follow closely and not get overwhelmed, but I am - I want to get

this supplement thing right.

Some one else asked and I will await the answer, can we give these

supplements at one time - as that may help me greatly. I know if I do that

for my older child that may have a benefit.

After reading one of your posts, , I realized that I MUST start my

daughter on these as she is ADHD also - and can use a little help. She too

is 13 and weighs in at about 70ish pounds. Would it be your suggestion to

give her the ProEFA/EPA at the same time and if so - how much. I also want

to use the vitamin E and wonder if the one u r using would be better than

straight vitamin E per say?

You all have such great insight - and I apologize as I am getting very over

whelmed - but so want to do ALL i can to help out my kiddos....

and the amazing ZooCrew

[ ] Re: ProEFA and ProEPA and vitamin E

dosagesfor a 13 year old boy?

> Carol I have two boys that were " late talkers " for different reasons

> too who are closer to your child's age. Like your son, my 10 YO son

> Tanner has apraxia with the same multifaceted aspects as your son

> and 's. Tanner was diagnosed severe-profound apraxia by many

> professionals at 3 -but has over come much with EFAs. Tanner's

> story is in both The LCP Solution (third story down under apraxia

> you can read here online http://www.drstordy.com/stories.html ) and

> in book I co authored -

> The Late Talker http://www.speech-express.com/late.talker.html )

>

> What is your child's speech like today? People can understand

> Tanner -but he sounds babyish for his age. He's a great student now

> in 4th grade -but if he has to answer questions verbally it's still

> tough for him to take complex words and put them into complex

> sentences. It's hard for anyone but those who know him to

> appreciate just how bright he is. He doesn't 'sound' as smart as he

> is if that makes any sense to you. For sensory we have thought

> Tanner has mainly overcome his issues -but we have seen great surges

> since starting the E. For the mild motor planning and weakness

> issues Tanner has in his body -most of that isn't apparent to anyone

> for the most part. I've found taking him to the parks in Orlando

> (Disney and Universal and all) with the rides and walking to be

> awesome " therapy " for him!

>

> What is your son's main issue today in speech, sensory, motor

> planning etc.?

>

> As far as EFA, EPA and E can tell you what I'm doing since you

> already know what is being done for preschool 2 year olds through

> and others in this group. (and if you don't know let us

> know since there are tons of messages on this)

>

> My son Dakota who is now 12 and has been diagnosed as ADHD and

> gifted is on 5 ProEFA and 5 ProEPA a day taken all at once in the

> AM. When needed during the school year he takes one more ProEFA and

> one more ProEPA through the school nurse at lunch time. Dakota is

> medication free which is really awesome because all the neuroMDs had

> wanted to put him on Adderall and if we didn't have to use meds I

> didn't want to (addreall side effects

> http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/amphet_ad.htm ) and as long as we

> keep him on a higher dosage -he does OK.

>

> Tanner is on a bit lower dosage than most today here -he's doing

> great on 4 ProEFA and 2 ProEPA a day and 2 of High Gamma Tocopherol

> Softgels from Vitamin World. More on that from a recent archive.

> Let us know if you need more info on the EFAs:

>

> '100% natural High Gamma Tocopherol " from Vitamin World in our

> mall -and yes that contains the d alph vitamin E too. The one I had

> (the only gamma vitamin world carried) is 200 IU of vitamin E alpha

> and 200 mg of the gamma. I give Tanner 2 a day right now. "

>

> In other words -the name isn't " vitamin E " it's called instead " High

> Gamma Tocopherol " but the one I'm using from Vitamin World (from our

> local mall) is a blend -so it has the alpha & other types of E in

> it. Here's a

> link to the one I'm using -but I'm sure you can search for something

> like it at your local health food store too:

>

> " High Gamma Tocopherol Softgels - Vitamin World

>

> Recent scientific studies recognize the unique features of gamma-

> tocopherol as an important Vitamin E component.* High Gamma

> Tocopherol is a concentrated blend of both gamma- and alpha-

> tocopherols (plustocotrienols), which support prostate health and

> have exceptional antioxidant and heart support properties.* "

> (scroll down -there are other Es on the page)

> http://www.vitaminworld.com/pages/Categories.asp?xs= & CID=69

>

>

> Dakota's page at CHERAB

> http://www.cherab.org/information/familiesrelate/workandfamily.html

>

> Tanner's page at CHERAB

> http://www.cherab.org/information/familiesrelate/letter.html

>

> and from a recent archive about how Tanner presents today

> " My son Tanner blends in with the norm and has

> tons of friends, is never teased today and in his entire school

> history was only teased once or twice which is probably still in the

> range of normal -and has none of the issues warned about above -is a

> great student that teachers love to have in class. In fact he

> excels in math and spelling like most speech impaired children would

> because of the amazing memory thing. (Well there is one warning left

> out that I'd keep in- apraxia is not just a childhood condition-

> Tanner is still 2 deviations below on expressive speech and he is

> 10. Kids like Tanner who are very bright may test well and read

> well and write well -but can't answer questions verbally well -in

> fact Tanner may sound immature to his peers.

>

> ..The way I still see apraxia present today in my son Tanner is that

> he talks in a way that is motor comfortable for him and that makes

> him sound immature for his age, and not bright -like he is.

> Tanner's receptive and cognitive ability in both clinical testing

> and in the classroom in written tests, in some areas such as

> creative writing and math are way above average. He reads better

> than he talks. He is able to blend...and some may not know there is

> an impairment there -but the discrimination presents in ways that I

> posted such as his one teacher's comment (in front of Tanner) last

> year in 3rd grade

>

> " No matter how much time I give Tanner to answer a question when he

> raises his hand, it's not clear he understands the work. The only

> reason we know he understands it is because he tests so well " As a

> parent I should not be faced with such hurtful ignorance from an

> educational professional. Thank goodness that Tanner continued to

> raise his hand to answer questions...that his belief in himself is

> still high...but that's probably because I talked to Tanner, his

> teachers -spent around a thousand dollars on private testing from

> various professionals. If Tanner was deaf I wouldn't have had to do

> this. So to be more direct -some may say Tanner himself is " cured "

> of apraxia...I see the impairment present in a more sophisticated

> way -and I see that Tanner has learned how to overcome it most of

> the time. Get your child in a mainstream science and social studies

> class if they are apraxic and have them answer questions using the

> sophisticated words...and you let me know if he blends then.

> Problem changes -but tired or stressed or put into a situation with

> complex and sophisticated thoughts that need to be

> communicated...and that's where you'll see apraxia pop up again. As

> Earl once said about his stuttering... " Once a stutterer,

> always a stutterer " Yet most people don't know he and many others

> are stutterers.

> Read this list and be amazed who is on it

> http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=128

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