Re: Newbie...sorry, long intro

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One good place to start is to read " Children with Starving Brains " by Dr.

Jaquelyn McCandless. Another is to read this list until some of it starts

to make sense. DeFelice (the listowner) has an Enzymes website that

could be handy for you too (could someone post it, I can't remember the exact).

Terri

At 01:28 PM 9/15/2004, you wrote:

>Hello All! I am Nadine, SAHM (since closing our Hair Salon after

>the diagnosis) to Dawson 5, SPD (HYPER-sensitivities) & OCD, and

>Trevor 4 mild SPD (HYPO-sensitivities). We live in Columbus,

>Indiana. I belong to the DSISpectrumKIDS and sid_dsi groups. They

>are the ones who referred me to this group.

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>Dawson was dxed a little over a year ago, SPD. He was receiving OT

>every 2 wks @ Riley Children's Hopsital. Our Cert ran out about the

>time of our first IEP meeting - which we thought was a " sure thing "

>so we did not renew the OT cert. Well, we were denied FLAT for

>IEP. He measured at barely 3.5 yrs for motor skills and tested

>overall in the 4th percentile. Yet - we were denied. Anyway... we

>are back in OT now. The problem is: He is waking SEVERAL times a

>night, frightened by the slightest noise. He wakes me anywhere from

>2-15 times each night. He goes to bed around 8, to sleep around 9

>or 10... and then starts waking around 1:30 a.m. I read something

>about enzymes for this on one of the other boards, but lost all of

>my info when my email system crashed.

>

>I AM TOTALLY CLUELESS about enzymes, phenols, etc.!!!!! Can anyone

>tell me where to start???

>

>A little background on Dawson:

>Born on 12-1-99 (was due on the 14th)

>Pregnancy issues include: 3 previous miscarriages, blood clots

>during pregnancy, some bleeding, pre-term labor, I only gained 14

>lbs due to being violently ill the entire 9 months, passed out

>twice. Drugs during birth - Pitocin, Nubain, epidural.

>

>Dawson had his first ear infection at 3 weeks old, his first bi-

>lateral ear tubes @ 6 months, the second set @ 1 year. Severe

>athsma led to testing for Cystic Fibrosis @ 1.5 years. Test was

>negative. At 2.3 yrs old he got his front teeth knocked up under

>his nose in a freak teeter-totter accident and had to have them

>surgically removed from under his nose, after the surgery, the doc

>told me that had Dawson been tipped another 3 degrees forward it

>would have missed his teeth, broken his nose and shoved it through

>his brain and most likely have killed him instantly.

>He has always been sensitive to touch, tags, elastic, movement,

>sounds, tastes and textures, etc. From the time he started eating

>cereal from a spoon it was Blueberry Buckle and Rice Cereal mixed

>together at nearly every meal, but he would eat the entire bowl.

>Then we got on a mac and cheese kick for 6 months straight...

>breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in between - nothing but mac &

>chz. Currently his faves are corn dogs (only from Scwann's and only

>in the microwave) Pizza, only Totino's, only cheese, and only baked

>in the oven, Chicken Nuggets, fries and fish sticks. Also, only

>from Schwan's and only baked in the oven.

>

>This is the first kid I have ever seen that would rather Mom cook at

>home instead of going to 's or McD's. LOL

>

>So, I think I have covered pretty much everthing with Dawson.

>Trevor's SPD is very mild - we only do OT at home.

>

>If anyone had any ideas, we will welcome them all!!

>Thanks for reading this far!!!

>Prayers and Blessings,

>Nadine

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>>The problem is: He is waking SEVERAL times a

> night, frightened by the slightest noise. He wakes me anywhere from

> 2-15 times each night. He goes to bed around 8, to sleep around 9

> or 10... and then starts waking around 1:30 a.m. I read something

> about enzymes for this on one of the other boards, but lost all of

> my info when my email system crashed.

>

> I AM TOTALLY CLUELESS about enzymes, phenols, etc.!!!!! Can anyone

> tell me where to start???

Phenol info

http://www.danasview.net/phenol.htm

HNI No-Fenol enzyme can help

http://www.houstonni.com/

For my son, yeast problems would have also caused the night waking

http://www.danasview.net/yeast.htm

> Dawson had his first ear infection at 3 weeks old, his first bi-

> lateral ear tubes @ 6 months, the second set @ 1 year. Severe

> athsma led to testing for Cystic Fibrosis @ 1.5 years.

These are common signs of milk intolerance.

Dana

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> If anyone had any ideas, we will welcome them all!!

> Thanks for reading this far!!!

> Prayers and Blessings,

> Nadine

I would start by reading DeFelice's book, " Enzymes for Autism

and Other Neurological Conditions. " It's really really good.

Nell