Terri - Re: zinc and hyperactivity

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In a message dated 6/29/2004 9:45:12 PM Central Daylight Time,

terri@... writes:

>

> Did you try Brainchild's zinc as one of these, Debbie? Just curious. We

> love a challenge!

>

> Terri at Brainchild

No Terri, I didn't. And I'm running out of transdermal zinc and was fixing to

order a refill. Can you give me any reason to hope my son could tolerate

Brainchild zinc? If so, I may try it. Just as a warning, my son is tremendously

sensitive. Out of several hundred children in his DAN dr's care, he says my son

is among the top four in sensitivity. About two years ago he suggested I give

20 mg of Kirkman's Liquid Zinc (forgot now which formulation this was) five

days in a row just to see what would happen. Day one - hyper. Day two, crazy

hyper, shaking his left hand. Day three - Shaking his left hand every few

minutes. Needless to say, I stopped at day three. The hand shaking took a week

to go

away. No question at all it was zinc related, as I tried Kirkman's zinc again

later and got the hand shaking again. He can take maybe 7-8 mg zinc per day in

a multi vitamin without problem. Suggestions welcome.

Thanks,

Debbie

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the kirkmans liquid zinc is alhpa keto glutatrate or something which

is a glutamine precursor and sound dubious, i don't know why kirkmans

use it.................

zinc methionine and zinc gluconate seem well tolerated

bascially i am not keen on liquid supplements at all, basically the

preservation issues are overwhelming.

zinc methionine seems very well absorbed, i use the source naruals

optizinc but i also take source naturals copper sebacate

'minerals i take'

in the index of

http://tinyurl.com/2csa3

> In a message dated 6/29/2004 9:45:12 PM Central Daylight Time,

> terri@m... writes:

>

>

> >

> > Did you try Brainchild's zinc as one of these, Debbie? Just

curious. We

> > love a challenge!

> >

> > Terri at Brainchild

>

> No Terri, I didn't. And I'm running out of transdermal zinc and was

fixing to

> order a refill. Can you give me any reason to hope my son could

tolerate

> Brainchild zinc? If so, I may try it. Just as a warning, my son is

tremendously

> sensitive. Out of several hundred children in his DAN dr's care, he

says my son

> is among the top four in sensitivity. About two years ago he

suggested I give

> 20 mg of Kirkman's Liquid Zinc (forgot now which formulation this

was) five

> days in a row just to see what would happen. Day one - hyper. Day

two, crazy

> hyper, shaking his left hand. Day three - Shaking his left hand

every few

> minutes. Needless to say, I stopped at day three. The hand shaking

took a week to go

> away. No question at all it was zinc related, as I tried Kirkman's

zinc again

> later and got the hand shaking again. He can take maybe 7-8 mg zinc

per day in

> a multi vitamin without problem. Suggestions welcome.

>

> Thanks,

> Debbie

>

>

>

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Hi Debbie,

Well, yes, I think it might be worth trying. For one thing, since it's

liquid, you can initially dose it in *very* tiny amounts, with an

eyedropper, if you want. We strive for excellent absorption and

bioavailability, and would like to work with you on this and see if we can

help your son tolerate it. Most liquids have issues with the often

artificial or phenolic stuff used for sweetening and flavoring, and we try

to avoid these problems in all our liquids. Pills and caps are harder for

the body to break down, which may contribute to side effects seen as

well. Our goal is for our supplements to be well tolerated by the most

sensitive kids, and we have a high success rate. We do have small trial

size bottles, which is all you'd need for quite awhile, probably, as we'd

suggest that you introduce it very, very slowly.

I will write you more off list.

Terri at Brainchild

At 10:54 PM 6/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>In a message dated 6/29/2004 9:45:12 PM Central Daylight Time,

>terri@... writes:

>

>

> >

> > Did you try Brainchild's zinc as one of these, Debbie? Just curious. We

> > love a challenge!

> >

> > Terri at Brainchild

>

>No Terri, I didn't. And I'm running out of transdermal zinc and was fixing to

>order a refill. Can you give me any reason to hope my son could tolerate

>Brainchild zinc? If so, I may try it. Just as a warning, my son is

>tremendously

>sensitive. Out of several hundred children in his DAN dr's care, he says

>my son

>is among the top four in sensitivity. About two years ago he suggested I give

>20 mg of Kirkman's Liquid Zinc (forgot now which formulation this was) five

>days in a row just to see what would happen. Day one - hyper. Day two, crazy

>hyper, shaking his left hand. Day three - Shaking his left hand every few

>minutes. Needless to say, I stopped at day three. The hand shaking took a

>week to go

>away. No question at all it was zinc related, as I tried Kirkman's zinc again

>later and got the hand shaking again. He can take maybe 7-8 mg zinc per

>day in

>a multi vitamin without problem. Suggestions welcome.

>

>Thanks,

>Debbie

>

>

>

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Debbie,

Have you tried Water Oz Zinc?

Ann