Gluten Free Casein Free Diet- Please let me know why it didnt work for me?

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Hi,

I have tried this diet thrice with my son, once for three years when he was

between two and five, once for three months when he was seven and once for a

month when he was nine.

He has tested positive for peptides so technically I should see an improvement

every time he is on this diet and a regression when i reintroduce gluten or

casein.

The first three years when we did the diet there was very little to show for it

except better appetite and an improvement in toileting awareness. When we also

implemented the rotation diet I saw an improvement in bowel movements.

Each time Gluten and Casein have been reintroduced there have been no changes in

behavior or even bowel movements. Nothing.

There has been no improvements in behavior which I can attribute to this diet

and this frustrates me because i keep reading about cases where autism

practically disappeared when on this diet and reappeared when there was a diet

infraction.

On the other hand I have seen huge improvements in my son when treating Yeast

and Clostridia using Rx. In an effort to get off Rx meds I implemented a low

complex carb, high protein and high probiotic diet, somewhat on scd lines and

yes he is doing really well on that. While he has casein(lots of Yoghurts) we

are off gluten now, but if he has gluten by chance there is no regression- even

though his peptides tests say there should be. On the other hand If he sneaks a

couple of pieces of chocolate cake which has sugar etc then we see crazy/out of

control behavior for a day or two before and while we are killing off the

resuscitated yeast and clostridia with Rx.

So its not being GF that helps him but being on a diet that doesnt feed the

Yeast or clostridia.

But that still doesnt tell me why the GFCF diet has made very little difference

to my son's life. Any ideas?

Harshita