Re: Parents' Theories on what caused Autism in kids

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No, I am B+ my son is O-

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Thanks, and I am still researching if antiviral is needed.

Sue

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RE mold..Can I ditto this post below?...who is Steve Z?, Can he

comment on mold issues?

thanks

elizabeth

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> > I am new and just saw this topic and had to chime in. I am

almost

> > positive I know what caused my son's autism although no one and

I

> > mean no one believes me. We are military and move every year or

> two.

> > So we rent houses where we live. When my son was just under one

> year

> > old we moved into a house that had a family room halfway under

the

> > ground. No one warned us but apparently every time it rained

the

> > room flooded. Well, there was mold growing on the walls of

course.

> > After years of this I am sure the inside of the walls were

> saturated

> > with mold. We just cleaned it up all the time but used it as

the

> > playroom. We were there 2 years. Those were 2 of the MOST

> important

> > years for my sons brain and growth/development of course. Well,

> just

> > before we moved I got really sick and although I have always

been

> > extremely healthy couldn't get better and the doctors couldn't

> figure

> > it out. But then we moved and I got better and didn't think

> anything

> > of it. Well, we also had 2 cats we kept down in the family

room,

> both

> > died shortly after we moved out of the house. Didn't think

anything

> > about it. My son was then diagnosed. Well, I have an older son

> who

> > is fine. Extremely healthy, we all are. No allergies anywhere

in

> any

> > of our families so when my son spent all night every night

coughing

> > until he threw up in his new bedroom, an allergy never occured

to

> > me. The bedroom is halfway underground so maybe damp but no

mold.

> > Well, after about six months I read the allergy book and

coughing

> is

> > an allergy to mold or dust. I moved him upstairs and he has

never

> > coughed again. Still didn't connect anything. Then I started

with

> the

> > bio-med. I read up on the GFCF diet. At some point after the

mold

> > allergy I thought about that house. I looked up toxic mold and

what

> > it does. Saw a diet they reccommend people exposed to it go on

and

> > it was very similar to the GFCF diet. It also causes autistic

> > behaviors and yeast problems in the gut. I have a third son who

> seems

> > fine so far, he is 2 1/2 now. Appears to be only my middle son.

I

> am

> > positive that exposure to mold or toxic mold during those first

> years

> > caused his autism. My husband says toxic mold isn't harmful to

> > anyone at all. Doctors just give me that blank, you are crazy

> look.

> > I know my son. He has a mold allergy and autism all because of

> early

> > exposure to toxic mold. It is a very lonely and extremely

> > aggravating place to be, but there it is. Keep babies away from

> > houses infested with mold.

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[Guest guest]

I am leaning towards lead, as major contributing factor....my older

three kids could all be put " somewhere " on the autism spectrum, and the

diag. would have changed, depending on the year...However, my one girl

is the " hardest hit. " (contrary to data that boys are hardest hit)

Most outstanding about this, is that I scraped lead paint off windows

while preg. w/her AND the house was like a total lead producing

factory, imo - in hindsite...however, she did not develop " autistic "

symptoms until grade school & I think that the shots she received

contributed to that bigtime - without the shots, could she have not

acquired the more severe autistic symptoms? (that one question makes

me crazy)...there was a moment when I was told that the only reason

they were not(would not look into) going to label her " autistic "

(school employees) was because she was " too old " by then...

In the long run, for my kids, I think it has worked to their advantage

not to have ever been labeled...by my younger two children, I was aware

of the lead issues & had changed our whole lifestyle - they would have

gotten most of their lead, from me - while pregnant/nursing...also were

my " longest " nursing children, and I think this made a difference too.

These two definitely have issues, includ'g, but not limited to the

belly/forgetfulness/migraine type things...but do not have

the " autistic/add " personalities that the other three are prone to...

I could be so wrong, but if I just look at my house, this is one of the

things that " fit. " Part of the huge puzzle of it all...

elizabeth

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> Any Lead exposure? Mom's who have had metal exposures through either

> vaccines or enviornment..such as growing up exposed to a lot of

> Lead, do dump a lot of their body burden when pregnant and it does

> go into the baby. Also, Andy has said that 90 percent of Autistic

> cases are metal, the other 10 percent are something else.

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Hi. Thanks for the replies. I did not find any good info except the diet. And

the diet was supposed to only help immediate issues from recent exposure,

nothing long term. There was a forum on mold in general and people affected but

mostly people would say how all docs would just deny their symptoms were mold

related and how frustrating it all was. One person posted he had a small boy and

after a mold issue arose in his house the boy immediately regressed into a fog

like state with no talking and all so he immediately removed his son from the

apartment and within a month or son the boy just went back to his old self. But

that was a small temp. exposure and the child was already 6 or 7 years old at

the time. Our mold was black on the outside of the walls, I can't even imagine

what the inside looked like. I foolishly thought that once I found out what the

cause was it would be easier to try to fix the problem. I mean if I knew what

caused it I could address it in a

different way that would help, no? But since no one believed me, even our DAN,

it hasn't helped. We have since moved to San and since (well, except

this unusual last month here), it is so dry here, even my son's constant, full

time runny nose has disappeared. So the only real gain I have from my insight

is that he is allergic to mold and is physically better by being in a dry area.

If anyone has any lists or sites or info on autism/mold I would love it. I

found no info but after my intial reactions stopped looking and just started

focusing on how to deal with all the bio-med. My husband says I am just looking

to blame someone for this. If I ever find the time I will try to relook into

any info. Do you think chelation would help? We were going to start that this

month but I am not sure now? I think I just need a new DAN that can give me

more confidence. My thinking was that all the mold caused yeast and gut and

developmental issues which also caused him not

to be able to get rid of metals like he would otherwise been able to so that

made it worse. Like one thing caused a problem which caused a problem and like

dominoes falling my son has autism in the end. Actually, I should be reading

the bio-med book now, where do you find the time?

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fwiw, these are sites on mold I have saved to pore over in my " spare "

minutes - mostly from yesterday & today...unsure how useful may

be...am also looking closer at hydrogen peroxide - a raising mushroom

site opened that door, interestingly enough...

toxicmoldusa.com

tuberose.com/Mold_Fungus.html

lasvegaslemonade.org/haynes_mold.html

mold-help.org

hadd.com

taoofwell.com/newsletters/mold2a.htm

and there is sickbuilding group that looks pretty active &

promising....

and some keywords I have on hand for searches - stachybotrys

chartarum, wallboard,colchicine,aspirin, of all

things!,mycotoxic,grains,corn-kidney/estrogenic,aran,aflatoxin

my apologies in advance for any typos - to my consternation, I can

recheck & re-recheck & still have typos, (long-suffering sigh)..

thanks all

elizabeth

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> Hi. Thanks for the replies. I did not find any good info except the

diet. >

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yep, big typo...correction below

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> > Hi. Thanks for the replies. I did not find any good info except

the

> diet. >