Head banging

December 30, 2004

Bring your child to an Osteopathic Doctor (DO) who does Cranial Sacral

Manipulation. See _www.drtortu.com_ (http://www.drtortu.com) to see an

example

of what credentials you are looking for. It will help immensely and should be

covered by your insurance.

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In a message dated 12/30/2004 1:43:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,

mngia@... writes:

I am wondering if I should start to worry about my almost 2 year old,

. , who is now almost 7, and taking enzymes, was a headbanger as a

child. HOWEVER, this only happened during tantrums. Now is followong

the

same pattern. The problem, we have ceramic tile and marble floors, and they

are not very forgiving..to say the least. , like , is forming a

ridge in the top of his skull at the front, from the banging. They bang their

forehead, and end up with this ridge on the top, right above the forehead.

Any comments? Does this cause neurological damage?

Thanks,

December 31, 2004

> I am wondering if I should start to worry about my almost 2 year

old, . , who is now almost 7, and taking enzymes, was a

headbanger as a child. HOWEVER, this only happened during tantrums.

Now is followong the same pattern.

Enzymes can help if the headbanging is caused by food intolerances, so

you can consider that.

Dana

January 10, 2006

>

> Could head banging be a sign of a viral issue?? Or yeast???

In my family it meant yeast in the head, certain phenols, and too much

B12 especially without folic acid.

> What does DH stand for?

Usually when I see that abbrev, it means " dear husband " .

> What does EPO stand for?

Evening primrose oil, an EFA for Omega 6.

Dana

January 11, 2006

>

> I am giving him Nystatin, just started him back on the GSE, and OoO,

and a

> little cranberry juice- would that kill the yeast in the head??

GSE and Candidase eliminates yeast in my own head.

>> He doesn't

> eat much with phenols-

All of the above three yeast items are high phenol, be sure to give

them with No-Fenol.

> you know of a good folic acid that I can get at the health food

store, or is

> it better to order it from somewhere?

I have never had a problem with any folic acid brand, so long as it

does not contain excessive additional ingredients.

Some kids do better with folinic, not folic, so you can consider that.

>>Also, for OCD, what would you

> recommend to start on to help that?

This was viral for my son. I use OLE and ViraStop. Vitamin C,

colostrum, astralagus root, and biotin are also helpful.

Dana

April 13, 2006

Our son TOm is still really banging his head. He places a mat or

paperback book between his head and really hard things and often bangs

his head on his knee. HIs knee is covered with bruises but he tends to

use the front of his forehead so no bad marks there. What causes

this? He's been on biomedical for almost 14 months. He is a little

low in iron which we're supplementing (i.e. that's new) and he started

nasal MB12 two weeks ago. But really he's been headbanging moreorless

daily for the last six months and irregularly before that. His stools

and " panda eyes " are much improved since adding probiotics and sacc

boulardi 3 months ago. He takes a good range of supps, nothing that we

haven't tested him to prove he needs. But - he gets into a rage and

bangs and butts - it upsets and hurts him and makes us feel utterly

useless. Any thoughts?

Steph, UK mum of TOm, 7, regressive ASD

April 13, 2006

Steph,

Headaches? Is he verbal or otherwise communicative, have you asked why he does

this? Have you tried CST (Cranial Sacral Therapy)? Have you tested for

allergies to food, environmental factors? What's his diet like? Has he had any

vaccines or dental work lately? If you skip the iron for a few days does he

stop? Look at all the supplements and pay attention to any fillers. Any new

chemical exposures (cleaning supplies at home or school, new mattress or

bedding?) Will he let you massage his head instead of him banging it? Does he

have auditory hypersensitvity? What's going on at the times he bangs? Is it in

a particular location? after particular food? When requested to do something

he doesn't want to do? What noises, smells, or lights are occurring at the time

he does this? Is a sibling, computer, TV, pet, phone, etc. getting specific

attention at that time?

S S

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