We're New to All of This and Very Confused

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I signed up for this group 2-3 weeks ago and have been reading all of

your posts with much interest. I print them out and read through them

when I have time. I don't know how you ladies know so much about so

many things. It must have taken many years of trial and error for you

to get the knowledge base that you have now. Thanks for sharing with

those of us who are still new and confused.

My 12 year old son has Aspergers. I don't want this msg. to get too

long, so I won't go into too many details, but....

How can you tell if your child has yeast issues? Are there any

tell-tale signs? I have no clue if my son deals with yeast issues or

not?

Also, we've been eating all natural, no preservatives, additives,

colorings, corn syrup, etc. for about, somewhere, around 6 mos. now I

think. I don't know if this is related, but lately our 12 year old

seems to be going backward. He's a good kid, so I don't mean it in a

negative way. For example, it seems like he needs more explanation in

order to understand things again. He's always been this way, but it's

gotten a little better over the years, and now it seems to be worse.

Also, he used to do this thing where he would swing his arm around. I

guess this is a tick according to his neurologist. He had stopped

doing this for a couple of years and now for the past few weeks he's

doing it again. ?? And our 5 year old seems to be soooo active and

wild and hard to control since we switched to all natural eating. Is

there a connection? Or do you think it's just coincidental. ??

As far as our 12 year old goes, we wondered if this could be the " die

off " effect that I've been reading about on this forum? But, all that

we've changed is diet. We always ate healthily but began eating all

natural about 6 mos. ago. Would there be any " die off " effect just

from a diet change like this? It's been going on for several weeks

now, so I'm not sure that this die off effect even lasts that long?

We haven't stopped eating the wheat and dairy. Honestly, we don't

know how to tell if he is sensitive to those? As far as outward

allergic reactions go, he doesn't seem to have any allergies to

anything. When he was a baby he was constipated a lot. Over time I

was able to narrow it down to him not tolerating applesauce and

carrots and things like that well. I assumed that it was a pectin

sensitivity or something. Now, I'm wondering if this wasn't an early

sign. Today, he eats carrots and apples fine. I think that he was

around 3-4 years old when he began to get over this sensitivity.

Sorry, this got long anyway. I know that you have no way of knowing

what the underlying issues are with him, but I thought that I'd throw

my thoughts out there. I've been reading your msgs. and you all seem

to think of things that I would have never thought to think of. I had

to order the book that was written by DeFelicio (sp?) from my

local bookstore. They were out of them. I've been back several times

to see if it has come in yet. I'm going to try again today and see if

it is in. I'm sure that will help me to understand a lot more.

Thanks so much for your thoughts. (((Hugs)))

[Guest guest]

>>I don't know how you ladies know so much about so

> many things.

Over 8 years of biomedical intervention, recovering four children, one

of which was " classic Kanner's autism " , severe, low functioning.

>>It must have taken many years of trial and error for you

> to get the knowledge base that you have now.

Yep

> How can you tell if your child has yeast issues? Are there any

> tell-tale signs?

Ideas here

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

>>For example, it seems like he needs more explanation in

> order to understand things again. He's always been this way, but it's

> gotten a little better over the years, and now it seems to be worse.

> Also, he used to do this thing where he would swing his arm around. I

> guess this is a tick according to his neurologist. He had stopped

> doing this for a couple of years and now for the past few weeks he's

> doing it again. ??

Try increasing the yeast protocol.

>>And our 5 year old seems to be soooo active and

> wild and hard to control since we switched to all natural eating. Is

> there a connection? Or do you think it's just coincidental. ??

Possibly. What are you eating now?

>>When he was a baby he was constipated a lot.

Constipation ideas

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

Dana