Re: HIGH Dose Vitamin E & Other Questions!

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Hi :

1500iu is said by to be the upper limit for Vitamin E. Here

is the link to the link section. Many archived messages from

in the Vitamin E folder.

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Folder = Vitamin E

Capsules are more stable than the liquid. Some people have had

trouble with the liquid becoming rancid.

Is this what is in your bottle?

Each teaspoon provides:

DHA: 625 mg

EPA: 410 mg

Other Omega-3s: 225 mg

Vitamin A: 650–1500 IU

Vitamin D: 1–20 IU

Vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol): 30 IU

Most on this list use the formula 2 ProEFA + 1 ProEPA. Your son if

this is the correct information is taking more DHA than EPA. The

ProEPA has more EPA vs. DHA. The ProEFA/omega 3,6,9 is much lower

than the above. Has he been on the above for very long? My son

needed the higher doses of omegas for speech. At 3 years old I added

a second dose (3caps.) and that brought him to 6 capsules(4 ProEFA +

2 ProEPA) and within 6 months he was age appropriate for expressive

speech. This was huge because at 3 he had about 50+

approximations/words. He started talking in 2-3 word sentences after

6 months of upping his dose. Some have given 3 capsules at

breakfast, lunch and dinner. As trial and error I would give the

formula a shot and see if you get some good speech out of it. You

should probably talk with your doctor about the difference in Omega 6

though. If you supplement with ProEFA, there is only GLA: 66 mg per

2 capsules. Does your son need the Vitamin A and D??

http://goodfats.pamrotella.com/

This link has lots of good info about foods that have Omegas in them.

It might also be helpful to get it in his diet through some of the

suggestions.

Yeah that he is a Vitamin E responder!! My son is on a low dose and

it helps with articulation. He didn't have fine/gross motor delays

so for him it is working great for articulation and helped him from

being so tired in the afternoon! He no longer needs a nap

Hope the info is helpful,

Tina

>

> Hi!

>

> I'd like to start by saying that this message board has been a

source

> of great information for me!! My son is almost 3-years old and

> appears to be somewhere on the autism spectrum. He is clearly

> apraxic and appears to have dyspraxia as well…poor gross and fine

> motor skills.

>

> My main reason in posting this is to get some feedback about HIGH

> doses of Vitamin E. Although my son isn't what I would

> consider `verbal' yet, I have seen incredible results from giving

him

> Vitamin E! I started by adding 400 IU (a natural brand that

includes

> the Gamma) and he started using sign lanuage. I bumped it up to

800

> IU and he began to do gross motor imitation. This was his single

> biggest problem in his preschool ABA therapy program – gross motor

> imitation. He literally went from doing none at all, to me picking

> him up from school one day and being told that he had done

everything

> asked of him! He is now doing MANY signs, saying a few words, and

> attempting to say a lot of what we ask of him.

>

> This past week I did a little test…on Wednesday I gave him only 400

> IU Vitamin E before school and based on his ABA data sheet for the

> day he didn't have a very remarkable day. For the first time

Friday

> I gave him 1200 IU of Vitamin E (3 – 400 IU capsules) and he had an

> INCREDIBLE day!

>

> So this leads me to my main question – what is the max amount of

> Vitamin E I can safely give him per day? I'd really love to hear

> from some of you who have given higher doses. I've done a lot of

> reading up on past posts and I keep finding that 1200 IU seems to

be

> the upper limit, but I'm also coming across some information about

66

> IU per pound of body weight being acceptable to treat children with

> apraxia or dyspraxia. My son is about 27 pounds, so based on that

> equation 1800 IU would be his limit.

>

> I also want to say that based on testing through our DAN doctor, my

> son was extremely deficient in Vitamin E. He actually scored lower

> in Vitamin E than the lowest safe/average range. So I'm going into

> this knowing that he is very deficient in Vitamin E, as well as

> having a problems digesting fats, and a host of other biomed ASD

> issues. My gut is telling me that I will continue to see

> improvements if I keep adding 400 IU capsules of Vitamin E, but of

> course I'm concerned with pushing it past the 1200 IU's for safety

> reasons. I have also added some Vitamin K2 into his supplement mix

> as well as some phosphatidyl choline.

>

> I also have a couple quick questions about the EFA's. I notice

that

> most of you give you children the capsules. Is there any

particular

> reason you use capsules instead of the liquid? I am currently

giving

> my son 1 teaspoon of Nordic Naturals Artic Cod Liver Oil plus a

240mg

> capsule of GLA (Omega-6 which he was very deficient based on

> testing). I keep looking at the Omega 3-6-9 and other products and

I

> don't think he would be getting more DHA, EPA or GLA that way? If

> there is something I'm missing, please someone explain it to me!

>

> Well thanks so much for taking the time to read this! Again, if

any

> of you who have experience using the higher doses of Vitamin E

could

> give me a little advice or insight I would greatly appreciate it.

I

> just wonder if I push the Vitamin E closer to 2000 IU if the speech

> would start to come?!

>

> My email is ashkpark@... if anyone would rather respond off of

> the board.

>

> Thanks so much!

>

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