Re: Recovered!

[Guest guest]

Nell, congratulations to n, you, and your family! Truly

remarkable! I too am dreaming of the day when I take my son to a

doctor's office and leave with no dx, and maybe a few quirks and

cute idiosyncracies here and there. I especially want to see the

face of the neurologist who told us at 18 mo that there was nothing

wrong with him, that he would be fine, and then at the next visit 8

months later, that he would always be autistic! I didn't believe him

either times!

Thanks for verifying our reasins to be hopeful.

Beti

> > lanellici <lanellici@...> wrote:

> > It's a happy, happy day at my house. I took n in for a

> > reassessment, because he's been doing so well -- and the shrink

> > agreed, saying he no longer has any diagnosis. That no one would

ever

> > know he had ever had autism.

> >

> > Here's the short version of his story (sorry for the repetition

> > old-timers)...By the time n was 3 he was sick all the time

and

> > mostly miserable. Hit himself in the head a lot, cried a LOT,

> > aggressive towards his baby sister, couldn't handle any self-

care jobs

> > like dressing himself, often didn't respond when his name was

called

> > or when spoken to, many many sensory difficulties. His language

was

> > advanced, but he would throw tantrums if someone's grammar was

> > incorrect. He couldn't handle change at all, and once screamed

for

> > days because I rearranged the furniture in his sister's room. At

> > preschool he didn't speak to anyone for months, and I don't

think he

> > ever initiated conversation in the 2 years he was there, but sat

by

> > himself sometimes watching the others play. At home he had serial

> > meltdowns, terrible rages, and threatened to kill everyone in the

> > family. He was suicidal during kindergarten.

> >

> > Eventually he was diagnosed with Asperger's by a developmental

ped,

> > and with PDD by a psychiatrist.

> >

> > When he was 4.5 I started him on the Feingold diet and Houston

> > enzymes. They were incredibly important -- although he was still

a

> > mess most of the time, we saw plenty of glimmers of the child he

was

> > meant to be, moments of empathy, mornings when he would get

dressed

> > and ready for school by himself, some sense of humor.

> >

> > When he was 5 I started chelating him, Andy's protocol, DMSA/ALA

or

> > ALA only. He responded on the first round, going up to a kid on

the

> > playground, introducing himself (!!) and going off to play. He'd

never

> > done anything *remotely like that before. He began spontaneously

> > waving hello and goodbye for the first time. After 5 months of

> > chelation, I did the ViraStop trial, which also gave tremendous

> > improvement, socially and intellectually. His reading took off,

he

> > seemed much more comfortable in his skin.

> >

> > I will say from the beginning of starting this biomed path it

has been

> > one giant rollercoaster. I'd see some great new improvement, and

think

> > whew, guess this autism thing is over! and then the next day

he'd be

> > worse off than before. Sometimes he'd be in bad shape for weeks

at a

> > time. But slowly, slowly, over many bottles of enzymes and a

zillion

> > supps and now 67 rounds, the good days are finally how he is

every day.

> >

> > Even though the dx is removed, we're not done yet. He still has

> > intolerances to artificials, he still, STILL! gets yeast from

not that

> > much sugar. I expect to do 100 rounds, and probably some more

courses

> > of antivirals.

> >

> > But it was a thrill to watch him walk into the shrink's office,

> > comfortable with himself, chatty, smiling, wanting to show her a

game

> > he'd just gotten. And also -- the shrink now believes in biomed!

She

> > kept shaking her head and smiling, and saying, " It's just

> > unbelievable! " So I gave her Andy's books and " Evidence of

Harm " , and

> > she just may show up here.

> >

> > My deepest thanks to Mandi and Dana and Andy and Moria, and

everyone

> > else here. n and I really owe his recovery to your work,

your

> > guidance and wisdom. And occasional kicks in the pants! Thank

you so much.

> >

> > Nell

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