Re: We need help. Stop enzymes??? m...

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If you discontinue the enzymes altogether for a while, then

reintroduce them and continue to see things escalating the longer you

give them, then he may be like my son. My son for whatever reason,

did really well for the first couple of days or so on enzymes and

then things started showing up in terms of behavior. AFter about

three weeks or more he was like jekyl and hyde. We stopped after

about 28 days, when I noticed in the a.m. that he woke up OK and then

after the enzyme at breakfast then he was absolutely aggressive and

bonkers with a wild look in his eyes. So I knew we had to stop. I

tried reintroducing him to enzymes after a while and again, it would

be within the week that things 'built up' and he would start being

jekyl and hyde again. I have noticed if I give him the enzymes on

every fourth day, then he seems OK with this, although I haven't

stuck with that regimen for more than a couple of months. Anyhow,

just wanted to say that it's possible that for some reason he's

reacting badly to it as if it is another allergen for him. My son is

this way, too. It's not a very common scenario-- most kids seem to

get over the wackiness after a couple of weeks and then just have

improvements, but with my son, it was not that way.

W

>> What should I do? HELP!!!! I feel like the enzymes have made

> things worse, not better, though I have seen periods of improvement

> followed by this HORRIBLE behavior. Things actually seemed to be

> fine for 3 days with no tantrums, after 3 weeks on the enzymes, and

> I thought we had started the upswing, but then the tantrums

> escallated suddenly and became more intense and frequent. This

past

> week has been a nightmare, like before Feingold.

>

> The good 3 days were about a week after making the switch to

> powdered enzymes from the capsules, in case that helps!

>

> Virginia

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/13/2004 9:01:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,

pruep@... writes:

> I would stop them and restart very slowly. If he was better on the caps go

> back to those

I second Prue's advice. The fact that you've been seeing some good stuff in

between is encouraging. Are you treating for yeast at all?

Nell

[Guest guest]

Virginia,

We are on the Feingold Diet too and my 6 year old did great starting

slowly with No-Fenol and AFP Peptizyde.

Check to see what the school is feeding your child. Our daughter

would have explosions with Apple Juice (grape juice can do the same

thing to sensitive children). Also, be sure they're not feeding

anything with artificial colors/flavors/preservatives. Soy or

smelling perfume used to cause explosions in my child as well.

You might find it helpful to keep a food/supplement diary to try to

figure out offenders. It's fairly easy to help our children out

with evironmental issues at home, but going off to a school or into

someone elses home is another thing. Our daughter is very sensitive

to many things, so we've found that home schooling has been a

wonderful option.

I would try the AFP Peptizyde capsule(less chance of reaction with

AFP imo)alone for a while and see how things go for a week or so,

then start very slowly with No-Fenol. We started with 1/8 capsule

and slowly moved up to 1 capsule per meal. The powdered form didn't

work well with us for some reason (will try again in the future), so

we're back to the capsules. No-Fenol and AFP have been working

great for my whole family...didn't see any improvements when we

tried Zyme Prime recently, but will give it a 2nd try sometime in

the future.

Best wishes in figuring out everything and keep us posted,

Gretchen

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering about all of you who put enzymes in chocolate wafers.

Alot of chocolate has soy in it. My daughter has problems even with

the soy-free chocolate. Possibly because it's high amine.

> In a message dated 4/13/2004 9:01:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> pruep@b... writes:

>

> > I would stop them and restart very slowly. If he was better on

the caps go

> > back to those

>

> I second Prue's advice. The fact that you've been seeing some good

stuff in

> between is encouraging. Are you treating for yeast at all?

>

> Nell

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