Yeast issues continue... a bit worried here!

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Hi All,

I have been posting many updates on my 4yo with ASD. Tonight I have another

question and well, I am looking for some advice. Thanks in advance!

Today is our 7th day on Kirkman's Yeast Aid, increased my son dose to the

recommended level on Sat morning. His thrush has flared up again and so did the

spitting. What I have done to help with this is I begun giving him Zyme Prime

and AFP chewables with meals at the same time I have increased the dose.

I am concerned because his behaviors have been very stimmy/stacking and he has

been pretty moody also. Terrible crying tantrums/throwing self on floor, hitting

own head when upset (for example, if his towers fall, or he can't find the kind

of coins he wants to hold...or can't express what he wants exactly). When he is

relaxed and better (which would happen all of a sudden, usually, and once we

cater to his stim needs) he is wonderful. His non-verbal communication is a lot

more accurate, he is able to point a lot more precisely and I certainly

understand a lot more of him than before. He has very social moments and fun

time and then the tantrums off and on.

We have speculated here with you guys that we may be touching both viral and

yeast issues with the Yeast Aid since it is a mixture of more things. My son

only takes two capsules per day, one before school with his other supplements

(SNT, Culturelle, and the two enzymes, and zinc), and one after school in the

late afternoon/evening either with his CLO and Flax oil or with his evening

stuff (zinc and melatonin, the enzymes and the culturelle).

Here are the ingredients again, reduced relative to the amount that my son

takes, again broken up into two doses:

Vit C 250 mg

Biotin 450mcg

Selenium 35 mcg

OLE 100mg

Pau d'arco extract 100 mg

Goldenseal extract 50 mg

caprylic acid 50mg

cranberry extract 12.5 mg

oregano 50 mg

Dana already responded kindly to comment on this list of ingredients, pointing

out that OLE works on viruses as well, which might actually cause yeast

overgrowth. I could probably say that this may be happening because of my son's

thrush increasing in the oral form (not apparent in BMs) and perhaps behaviors

(I mean the stimming/stacking/tantruming/screaming/moodiness described above)...

or as some others suggested could be viral die-off? I am just wondering because

the behaviors and thrush got worse as I increased his dosage to the recommended

amount for his weight.

I am taking Yeast Aid with my son, same dosage he does (I don't want to use up

his stuff just wanted to try so that I could understand the symptoms/adverse

reactions/benefits from it better), and I am still having ear pain, actually

some stomack pain that woke me last night, and pain in my feet (the sole).

Anyhow, what I would like to know, and would need you advice is on whether I

should decrease the Yeast Aid back to 1/2 the recommended dose or should I

discontinue it and find another product at the HFS that would work only the

yeast issues?

I have the feeling that I need to stop using Yeast Aid and just deal with one

thing at a time - the yeast. It seems that Yeast Aid has stirred up more things

than I wanted to work on momentarily.... Primarily, I would like to start

chelating with ALA next weekend, or asap, but I wasn't comfortable starting

that until I got my son's yeast issues under control. Now it seems that I have

just opened up a can of worms, and I really would not want to delay starting

ALA. But my right sense tells me not to begin anything stressful for his body

(that would also probably increase yeast issues) until he feels better.

I really have the feeling that he is not feeling well. He also has a little

cough still and a runy nose...

I think Dana's right when she is saying that she does not like products that

are " mixtures " exactly for the above reasons described...

What do you think of the above issues? And also, is there any one supplement

or any hint (deficiency of some kind) when behaviors as described occur, that

any one of you knows of?

I appreciate any advice you could give me on the above... I have gotten a bit

worried seeing my son in such moods and with tempers like that. I know you know

the feeling...

Please help!

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