Re: Tummy aches when starting fish oils

March 1, 2008

Hi :

I replied before to your question about agressive behavior. Are you

giving the Coromega with food? Are you giving the entire packet at

once? Are you seeing any benefit in speech or other areas since you

started the Coromega? I don't use Coromega, but I have read before that

some kids in the past have had trouble with 1 ProEFA capsule and it was

suggested to give a small amount of the capsule at once and work up to

the full dose. You might try giving half of the packet with a meal and

see if that helps. Or you could stick it out for another week and see

if the behavior goes away on it's own. If you choose to stick it out

for another week and it doesn't go away, you may want to try a

different fish oil. From doing a quick read through on the Coromega

site, it only contains Omega 3. You could switch to Nordic Naturals

ProEFA, it contains Omega 3, small amount of Omega 6 and Omega 9.

Sorry to say that each child is different and it may take some trial

and error to find what works best for your child.

When I upped my son's Vitamin E to 800iu d-alpha, we got crazy behavior

and I gave it two weeks to go away before I reduced it back to 400iu.

This isn't the norm for many children taking vitamin E, but my son just

couldn't tolerate that dose.

HTH,

Tina

>

> Did any of your kids who are verbal report tummy aches when starting

> the fish oils? My son is nonverbal and we started Coromega about a

week

> ago and have seen an increase in his aggressions at school and at

home

> and I was wondering if it is possible the start of the fish oils is

> causing him to feel sick. I don't want to stop the Coromega, but if

it

> is causing tummy troubles, is there a way to counteract?

>

> Thanks...

>

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