Luker, needing advice and opinions

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I have over the past month and a half introduced Biomed, to my son,

age 4.5, with some excellent results. His therapist sees

him as apraxic, his pre-k has him in an autism class due to the

smaller sized but tested him and said he is not autistic they just

dont know now, and with the introduction of the biomeds they now are

even more confused and his school Pychologist just say he may be

mildly retarded. He has delayed speech, and very short memory, he

can sometimes identify images and photos but that is like I

mentioned sometimes. he knows his name, will tell you if he is

happy or sad, tell you his age, and has begun to spell out his

name. He will count on his finger, and knows all the elmo and most

children songs. Ok that is the intro to Charlie, but the main point

is Charlies dad also had similar issues, except he did not speak

until he was around age 4 at all. My husband is 6'8 my son is only

4 but almost 4 feet already doctors say he will surpass his dad in

height for sure, he has to be at least 90+lbs already. I am looking

at dosage issues, how much of what should I be giving him. I want

to talk to parent out there and find out exactly what Bio-meds they

are giving their kids and the amounts. My son is potty trained he

can ride a bike, roller skate, according to the school his strength

is his independence in wanting to do for himself. I want to give

him the best chance I can. They say speech will come, yes I believe

that but I also know that the med do have a positive effect and I

want to do more and make sure I am doing it right. Your advice has

served me well so I am looking for any and all opinions.

[Guest guest]

Since you are already introducing diet stuff for the supplementation

part of this I would consider kellydorfman.com. Dr. Megson, a DAN in

your area, can help you with the metals testing if you want to rule

something in or out. You and I have talked offline as well. Something

in your story brings up lead concerns for me but I can't say that

with any degree of credibillty other than my gut so you obviously

need testing if that is a concern of yours.

Is the difference in your son and husband that your husband never

spoke and then did at 4 versus your son's delayed sppecch PLUS memory

stuff? I think that is significant if your husband did not have the

memory stuff and if his speech delay was different. It may speak to

some genetic thing or a childhood environmental thing in your husband

and a more pronounced environmental thing for your child. Just

thoughts, no facts. I hope you get some good answers. I am thrilled

to hear of your sweet boy's progress:)

>

> Hello,

> I have over the past month and a half introduced Biomed, to my son,

> age 4.5, with some excellent results. His therapist sees

> him as apraxic, his pre-k has him in an autism class due to the

> smaller sized but tested him and said he is not autistic they just

> dont know now, and with the introduction of the biomeds they now

are

> even more confused and his school Pychologist just say he may be

> mildly retarded. He has delayed speech, and very short memory, he

> can sometimes identify images and photos but that is like I

> mentioned sometimes. he knows his name, will tell you if he is

> happy or sad, tell you his age, and has begun to spell out his

> name. He will count on his finger, and knows all the elmo and most

> children songs. Ok that is the intro to Charlie, but the main

point

> is Charlies dad also had similar issues, except he did not speak

> until he was around age 4 at all. My husband is 6'8 my son is only

> 4 but almost 4 feet already doctors say he will surpass his dad in

> height for sure, he has to be at least 90+lbs already. I am

looking

> at dosage issues, how much of what should I be giving him. I want

> to talk to parent out there and find out exactly what Bio-meds they

> are giving their kids and the amounts. My son is potty trained he

> can ride a bike, roller skate, according to the school his strength

> is his independence in wanting to do for himself. I want to give

> him the best chance I can. They say speech will come, yes I

believe

> that but I also know that the med do have a positive effect and I

> want to do more and make sure I am doing it right. Your advice has

> served me well so I am looking for any and all opinions.

>

[Guest guest]

At this young age, I would take all cognitive assessments with a

grain of salt. All skills are linked, so if you are communication

impaired or have processing deficits, you can appear to have a low IQ

but in fact be average or better. My son is quite large, but not

nearly as big as yours -- 90 lbs! -- but the dosing is imprecise

anyway. You are looking for the appropriate therapeutic dose for

your child, which is based on need as much as age or size. There are

people here using up to 9 adult fish oil capsules (2:1 ratio of

EFA:EPA usually) safely and effectively. That dose was too high for

us (we got hyperactivity and related naughtiness). Slowly increase

the dose until you are no longer seeing positive signs OR any

negative effects last for longer than a week or two. With other

supplements, safety may require lower doses unless you have bloodwork

done. You don't want to overdo it on fat soluble vitamins like

vitamin E unless your body really needs it.

As I think Liz mentioned, if you can find a good DAN doctor near you,

that is the best way to get good biomed advice based on lab tests.

And as you have probably noticed during your lurking, a number of us

have been introduced to the NACD thanks to Janice. I take one of my

sons there now, and I will be taking my 17 month old in February, as

he appears to be very communication delayed with some other minor

delays as well.

Also, for all people posting questions: to get lots of great advice,

post questions on specific topics. I have found that you get more

responses that way. A lot of people feel overwhelmed by a less

specific " need advice " post. Just my two cents...

Good luck! It sounds like your son is making progress already.

Happy New Year!

in NJ

>

> Hello,

> I have over the past month and a half introduced Biomed, to my son,

> age 4.5, with some excellent results. His therapist sees

> him as apraxic, his pre-k has him in an autism class due to the

> smaller sized but tested him and said he is not autistic they just

> dont know now, and with the introduction of the biomeds they now

are

> even more confused and his school Pychologist just say he may be

> mildly retarded. He has delayed speech, and very short memory, he

> can sometimes identify images and photos but that is like I

> mentioned sometimes. he knows his name, will tell you if he is

> happy or sad, tell you his age, and has begun to spell out his

> name. He will count on his finger, and knows all the elmo and most

> children songs. Ok that is the intro to Charlie, but the main

point

> is Charlies dad also had similar issues, except he did not speak

> until he was around age 4 at all. My husband is 6'8 my son is only

> 4 but almost 4 feet already doctors say he will surpass his dad in

> height for sure, he has to be at least 90+lbs already. I am

looking

> at dosage issues, how much of what should I be giving him. I want

> to talk to parent out there and find out exactly what Bio-meds they

> are giving their kids and the amounts. My son is potty trained he

> can ride a bike, roller skate, according to the school his strength

> is his independence in wanting to do for himself. I want to give

> him the best chance I can. They say speech will come, yes I

believe

> that but I also know that the med do have a positive effect and I

> want to do more and make sure I am doing it right. Your advice has

> served me well so I am looking for any and all opinions.

>