Re: Asperger's and enzymes

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In a message dated 1/10/04 11:54:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ynot2@... writes:

> Mannatech product called PLUS. It is supposed to help keep the hormone

> system healthly. What I found with him is that when he started to take it

> he

> became much happier.

>

All these things are great to do yet I don't think will address depression

that probably has an outside source. Many AS kids are depressed as they become

older. I don't have time to reply now in detail. I do want to say that in my

opinion part of the depression would be your child knowing he has been

different, unable to fit in, etc. AS is so hard on the kids. There is a book I

have yet

to read but hear it is truly wonderful called Freaks, Geeks and Asperger's

Syndrome. It was written by a 13 year old boy with AS.

I also understand that the more the child learns about the diagnosis, the

more it helps them. The worst thing to do (I have heard) is to tell the child

there is nothing unusual about them. Then they feel really bad about themselves.

However, if they know they think differently about things and you can

emphasize that different is not bad, they do better.

There are some great books on AS.

Robin

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The book is excellent, written by Luke . You can read some bits of it

at

www.jkp.com

HTH

Mandi in UK

> I don't have time to reply now in detail. I do want to say that in my

> opinion part of the depression would be your child knowing he has been

> different, unable to fit in, etc. AS is so hard on the kids. There is a book

> I have yet

> to read but hear it is truly wonderful called Freaks, Geeks and Asperger's

> Syndrome. It was written by a 13 year old boy with AS.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi! Don't know if this will help at all or not but we started our son on a

Mannatech product called PLUS. It is supposed to help keep the hormone

system healthly. What I found with him is that when he started to take it he

became much happier.

> Hello everyone,

>

> I have a question regarding my 9 year-old son who was diagnosed with

> AS this past September. It seems that all tests looking for zinc,

> vitamin A deficiency, celiac, bacterial problems in the gut, protein

> deficiencies, optiates in the urine--all came back fine. I have had

> him on AFP for 3 weeks. He has had relatively little trouble with it-

> -some feelings of being full after just starting his meal--and just

> lately when I increased the dose to one capsule per meal--he started

> tugging on his ears. My question is, should I continue with the

> enzymes or are they not necessary? I was hoping to get to 1 capsule

> of AFP per meal for another week and was looking forward to the Zyme

> Prime " Happy Child " effect. Our son seems very depressed at times,

> and very angry about his social/school situation. He is in a

> croweded trailor with an unempathetic teacher and we are still

> working our way through the IEP process (it took a long time to jump

> child study hurdles and learn about the syndrome, and our rights).

> He currently receives no support/intervention at school.

>

> Our DAN doctor recommends seeing a psycologist to discuss possible

> anti-depression medicines. I was hoping to avoid this, but

> accomodations are not coming quickly enough for him and he really

> struggles emotionally with school, feelings of self-worth. We have

> contacted C.A.R.D. and I am just now looking at RDI. I think I am

> rambling here, but I guess I am asking if the AFP and Zyme Prime

> could help with depression, and should they be used even if there has

> been no positive testing for digestion problems?

>

> I also wonder about yeast--which I think is such an allusive enemey!

> My son had over 15 courses of antibiotic for bronchitis, ear

> infections between the years of 2-4. I did use acidopholus/bifidus

> power and pills. He also ate yogurt at that time, but does not now.

> He has no hyperactivity, no stimming and very few outbursts. His

> behavioral problems are chiefly echoing his own words, humming,

> withdrawing into himself, being disorganized, trouble focussing, and

> of course feeling hopeless, isolated, and bored, and alternately

> angry.

>

> Thanks so much. God Bless all of you.

>

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In a message dated 1/10/04 10:18:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,

mci@... writes:

> Has anyone tried individual psycho-therapy? Is this more effective

> than social skills classes?

,

Perhaps both would be helpful at this time. Also, I find the biomed

treatments to be a big part of what we need to do for my AS son.

Robin

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>>Our son seems very depressed at times,

> and very angry about his social/school situation. He is in a

> croweded trailor with an unempathetic teacher and we are still

> working our way through the IEP process (it took a long time to jump

> child study hurdles and learn about the syndrome, and our rights).

> He currently receives no support/intervention at school.

He might benefit from No-Fenol enzyme

Also, definitely consider that his school situation requires changing.

Dana