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Hello everyone. Im new here. I have a 4 year old diagnosed high

functioning autistic. He's becoming more verbal and starting to use

language in more meaningful ways. Ive become very interested in the

bio-medical aspects of autism and would like to try to find out all I

can about optimizing his health and comfort. Ive gone to the aisles

of supplements and Im completely baffled about which ones I should

try for him. My latest internet research has been about urine

organic acids in autistics (and many other neurological conditions).

I havent been able to find anyone so far in my other groups familiar

with these findings and what they might mean. Anyone experienced this

test? My son eats an extremely limited diet of mostly carbs, milk,

peanut butter, cheddar cheese, chicken nuggets and some other

goodies. He takes Centrum rugrats vitamins. He was shown about 2

months ago through bloodwork to be slightly anemic. He is slightly

chubby, but hasnt gained hardly any weight in about one and a half to

two years. He had a routine for diagnosis urine organic acids that

showed a few abnormalities. He's never taken a pill, but I know this

is the ONLY way he would take supplements-he has extremely sensitive

taste buds if you know what I mean. Right now what I believe is

causing the most discomfort for him is getting stuck on ideas, and

difficulty stopping himself from repeating the same action over and

over. Thank goodness head banging and most biting has stopped. He's

more calm since he's been out of an inappropriate preschool and Im

very worried about his possible upcoming first day of a special

preschool (geared more towards speech/language delay than other

autistic challenges). I cant get him to eat healthy, I was hoping

enzymes might help, but I dont know where to begin. thanks for

letting me join. Sorry so long.

Caroline