Introduction - SCD for 2 weeks

[Guest guest]

I am very glad I found this list, as I have read GAPS and have jumped

in and started the diet willy nilly, for reasons I'll explain below.

I have an 18 yo biological daughter and a 10 yo adopted son. They

are the reason I am on this journey of gut healing, but I know that I

am feeling better as a result too.

It's pretty difficult to convince a teenager to go on such a diet,

but I saw my opportunity with the beginning of Lent, since she

usually gives up sugared foods during this time as a religious

discipline. She's very good about it, too, so I worked on her for a

while to get her agree to do the diet for six weeks. I just wanted

her to see how much better she could feel, and then hopefully she'd

be more open to making better food choices when she moves out of our

house. So far, she has kept to the diet very well, as far as I know,

except for one big infraction on Sunday night, when she was gone all

evening in the company of another family. They went to Chipotle, and

she lost her grip and ordered a burrito. The strangest thing

happened though. (Sorry for the graphic details here, but I just

have to ask about this) When she got home a few hours later, she

tossed the entire thing back up - totally undigested! She felt fine

aftwareds and wasn't hungry. Has anyone had this experience on the

diet? I am unsure of what to think about this. Maybe it isn't

anything to be concerned about at all? Maybe it's a good thing? So

far she says she doesn't feel any differently, but she has never been

one to be able to tell how she feels. Her symptoms include ADD,

Raynaud's Disease, arthritis, lax tendons, sensory defensiveness,

migraine, learning difficulties, writing difficulties.

My son (b1998 a2001 RAD symptoms, ADHD, anxiety, learning

disabilities, speech delay, CAPD, short term memory deficit) on the

other hand, is a new boy after 2 weeks on this diet. His tolerance

for frustration is much higher, he happily accepts redirection, he

even has a bit of a sense of humor about himself. And best of all:

no raging. My problem is that he thinks that after six weeks we'll

be done with the diet and can go back to eating exactly the way we

did before! And there is no way we're going back there aain now that

we've gotten to know this new, relaxed and happy kid. I have tried to

gently explain to him that things are going to be different even

after the six weeks are over, but he just wants to talk about the

foods he'll get to eat on and after Easter. He dearly loves

chcolate, and he wants so badly to take Lunchables to school

(everybody else gets to eat them for lunch - uh huh). So I am

wondering what to do when this deadline comes. I know I kind of

backed myself into a corner by setting a time limit, but it was the

only way my daughter was going to agree to do it.

Thanks for listening. I'd love to hear any input you have on any of

this.

Ann