Re: Sound Sensitivity

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

I cannot help very much because who is just over 4yrs also has bad

sound sensitivity. There are just a couple of things that I can say. First,

he seems to have improved to some extent as he gets older. Second, it might

be worth keeping an eye on how much zinc you are giving as with I can

only give tiny amounts and it is a fine balancing act. Any more and his

sensitivites become huge monsters.

If you do stumble across anything that works please let me know too as it is

hard to get the children to concentrate, I know exactly what you mean.

[Guest guest]

Mike and ,

My son's sound sensitivity got much better after enzymes, but it was

several weeks before I realized it.

[Guest guest]

Sound sensitivity for my 3 1/2 yr old was/is definitely related to yeast. We

had a flare up of sensitivity, sound being the worst, just recently. By

sticking with the enzymes we've met and exceeded our best comfort levels to

date. Her reactivity to sound is as close to 'normal' right now then it has

ever been in her entire life!

--- mikeandsarah21047 wrote:

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Our daughter (3 yrs old; autism) is VERY sensitive to certain sounds

(e.g. some musical toys, dog barking, the doorbell, and today the

telephone) - she will cry and generally freak out. She is becoming

very verbal and will say " no bark or turn off " . However it is

unpredictable - some days the sounds won't bother her at all. Does

anybody have any thoughts as to the cause of this or what we can do

to help (besides getting rid of the dog, phone, doorbell and musical

toys - which is tempting)? Can phenols do this? It is becoming very

disruptive, especially when it happens during her ABA.

She is GFCF, on Peptizide and HNZyme Prime, Zinc supplement,

culturelle, Singulair and ProEPA. She gets 26 hrs/week of formal

therapy (ABA, speech, OT and early education specialist) +

continuous " natural " ABA. We have ordered NoFenol but hasn't arrived

yet. Her hair analysis did not fit the counting rules for heavy metal

toxicity but her antimony and aluminum are high.

We would appreciate any comments/suggestions.

Thanks,

Mike and

[Guest guest]

I don't know what changed for sure but my daughter used to be sound

sensitive but isn't anymore. We could never be around musical toys

(now her baby brother has lots and she is fine with it) she would

really freak out over something like a fire whistle but now she is ok

even though she doesn't like it. I was scared to death about fire

drills when she started school but again-she is fine. There are days

when she prefers it quieter(like she is more likely to be less

understanding about her baby brother crying) but generally she is

good about most everything now(she is 8.)

Kathy(probably no help whatsoever lol...other

than to say maybe she will sort of outgrow it?) ---

In @y..., Fred Davies <mrrva@y...> wrote:

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> Sound sensitivity for my 3 1/2 yr old was/is definitely related to

yeast. We had a flare up of sensitivity, sound being the worst, just

recently. By sticking with the enzymes we've met and exceeded our

best comfort levels to date. Her reactivity to sound is as close

to 'normal' right now then it has ever been in her entire life!

>

>

>

> --- mikeandsarah21047 wrote:

>

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> Our daughter (3 yrs old; autism) is VERY sensitive to certain

sounds

> (e.g. some musical toys, dog barking, the doorbell, and today the

> telephone) - she will cry and generally freak out. She is becoming

> very verbal and will say " no bark or turn off " . However it is

> unpredictable - some days the sounds won't bother her at all. Does

> anybody have any thoughts as to the cause of this or what we can do

> to help (besides getting rid of the dog, phone, doorbell and

musical

> toys - which is tempting)? Can phenols do this? It is becoming

very

> disruptive, especially when it happens during her ABA.

>

> She is GFCF, on Peptizide and HNZyme Prime, Zinc supplement,

> culturelle, Singulair and ProEPA. She gets 26 hrs/week of formal

> therapy (ABA, speech, OT and early education specialist) +

> continuous " natural " ABA. We have ordered NoFenol but hasn't

arrived

> yet. Her hair analysis did not fit the counting rules for heavy

metal

> toxicity but her antimony and aluminum are high.

>

> We would appreciate any comments/suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> Mike and

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>Our daughter (3 yrs old; autism) is VERY sensitive to certain sounds

>(e.g. some musical toys, dog barking, the doorbell, and today the

>telephone) - she will cry and generally freak out. She is becoming

>very verbal and will say " no bark or turn off " .

Magnesium helps some kids with sound sensitivity.

>Her hair analysis did not fit the counting rules for heavy metal

>toxicity but her antimony and aluminum are high.

Isn't antimony a toxic metal? I don't know, I am just asking. There is

a group called antimonyandarsenic that might be able to answer

that.

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the zinc comment - I have been tweaking the dose up a

little lately. I will definitely drop down to pre-sound sensitive

doses and see what happens. Thanks alot!

Mike

> Hi there,

>

> I cannot help very much because who is just over 4yrs also

has bad

> sound sensitivity. There are just a couple of things that I can

say. First,

> he seems to have improved to some extent as he gets older. Second,

it might

> be worth keeping an eye on how much zinc you are giving as with

I can

> only give tiny amounts and it is a fine balancing act. Any more

and his

> sensitivites become huge monsters.

>

> If you do stumble across anything that works please let me know too

as it is

> hard to get the children to concentrate, I know exactly what you

mean.

>

>

[Guest guest]

After getting a few suggestions to consider low magnesium as a cause

for sound sensitivity, I found a couple of interesting references to

support that idea. We will definitely start supplementing

magnesium. I'll keep you posted!

Thanks for your suggestions,

Mike

From http://sln.fi.edu/brain/nutrition/micronutrients/magnesium.html:

Along with vitamin B1, magnesium supports the reparative process that

neurons need to offset the stress from the continual firing of the

electrical impulse. Low levels of magnesium may cause nerves to fire

too easily, even from minor stimuli.

South says this hypersensitivity can make noises sound excessively

loud, lights seem too bright, and emotional reactions exaggerated –

further increasing the body's response to stress. And because stress

affects the kidneys' ability to recycle magnesium, hypersensitivity

will continue to escalate. The brain may even be too stimulated to

sleep.

From http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/article.asp?

PageType=Article & ID=541:

Symptoms of Magnesium Deficiency?

What are some of the symptoms of magnesium deficiency? They are

outlined beautifully in a recent article by Dr. Sidney Baker.

Magnesium deficiency can affect virtually every organ system of the

body. With regard to skeletal muscle, one may experience twitches,

cramps, muscle tension, muscle soreness, including back aches, neck

pain, tension headaches and jaw joint (or TMJ) dysfunction. Also, one

may experience chest tightness or a peculiar sensation that he can't

take a deep breath. Sometimes a person may sigh a lot.

Symptoms involving impaired contraction of smooth muscles include

constipation; urinary spasms; menstrual cramps; difficulty swallowing

or a lump in the throat-especially provoked by eating sugar;

photophobia, especially difficulty adjusting to oncoming bright

headlights in the absence of eye disease; and loud noise sensitivity

from stapedius muscle tension in the ear.

> Our daughter (3 yrs old; autism) is VERY sensitive to certain

sounds

> (e.g. some musical toys, dog barking, the doorbell, and today the

> telephone) - she will cry and generally freak out. She is becoming

> very verbal and will say " no bark or turn off " . However it is

> unpredictable - some days the sounds won't bother her at all. Does

> anybody have any thoughts as to the cause of this or what we can do

> to help (besides getting rid of the dog, phone, doorbell and

musical

> toys - which is tempting)? Can phenols do this? It is becoming

very

> disruptive, especially when it happens during her ABA.

>

> She is GFCF, on Peptizide and HNZyme Prime, Zinc supplement,

> culturelle, Singulair and ProEPA. She gets 26 hrs/week of formal

> therapy (ABA, speech, OT and early education specialist) +

> continuous " natural " ABA. We have ordered NoFenol but hasn't

arrived

> yet. Her hair analysis did not fit the counting rules for heavy

metal

> toxicity but her antimony and aluminum are high.

>

> We would appreciate any comments/suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> Mike and

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My son has at least " temporarily " finished with chelation as we are

going to wait several months and try again and see if there is more

to come out. But truly, his sound sensitivity - which had

disappeared - came back with a vengeance somewhere around 8 months

ago ( after about 8 or 9 months of chelation ).

We are working on it by putting him in situations where he has to

repeatedly hear the sound he is fearful of and have noticed that

after a while each sound we expose him to becomes almost commonplace

to him ( fire truck horns,starting pistols, even fireworks which he

used to adore ).The once fearful event has been replaced with

recognition and a blase response !

I don't know what caused this regression of sorts but I am guessing

that with removal of

irritants and blockages from the CNS the reorganizing brain is

dealing with " new "

sounds which may appear clearer or even louder with more neurons

firing than ever before.

Just think it must all sound very different and probably very scary

at first.

Jeannie

> We are still on phase 1, and our daughter, who never used to have

> noticeable sound sensitivity, is getting progressively worse with

> this. It's hard to pinpoint when this started, but it's been a

> couple of months at least. I wonder if this is part of the

evolution

> of her autism (she's young, just turned 3), or if there is some CNS

> penetration of DMSA alone...

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Is sound sensitivity a deficiency in something? If so, what can I

> supplement with to help?

> Thanks,

> Laurie

For my daughter,this went away when we starting treating for yeast.

[Guest guest]

> Is sound sensitivity a deficiency in something? If so, what can I

> supplement with to help?

> Thanks,

> Laurie

For my son, this got better (now tolerates hair dryer, doesn't run

inside when rooster is crowing) with taurine. He still has problems

with fire sirens, but it is not as bad as it used to be.

Carole

[Guest guest]

> > Is sound sensitivity a deficiency in something? If so, what can I

> > supplement with to help?

> > Thanks,

> > Laurie

>

> For my son, this got better (now tolerates hair dryer, doesn't run

> inside when rooster is crowing) with taurine. He still has problems

> with fire sirens, but it is not as bad as it used to be.

> Carole

I am convinced organic mercury is a micro-organism that gives off a

high frequency in the ears, I have tried salt baths but for the

activity in and around the ears, nose and mouth, the only thing that

seems to stop it, it alcohol, I've used rubbing alcohol, maybe diluted

rubbing alcohol and a little natural c soap, and try gently massaging

the areas making it soapy and suddsy, call it making bubbles and

remove the bubbles.

If I am correct it works under pressure in the body, by applying a

little pressure of rubbing down the skin in a soothing way it actually

comes out of the body, but you have to remove the suds because this

would be the active ooze as I call it, it looses shape in air.

I think I got it now.

http://www.mercuryexposure.org

[Guest guest]

> Is sound sensitivity a deficiency in something? If so, what can I

> supplement with to help?

For my son, this meant yeast overgrowth.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for the information!

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[Guest guest]

We first had a dramatic improvement in sound sensitivity in my son

from DMG (although he didn't tolerate it well and we didn't stick with

it), and then what was left was completely gone after yeast treatment.

-Sierra

>

> Sound sensitivity means yeast overgrowth in my house. Try to

increase yeast control protocol.

>

> Sound Sensitivity

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>

> My 7 yr is having problems with sound sensitivity. Any suggestions?

[Guest guest]

He has been on a Candidase for about 6 months, everything going well.

BM's finally seem normal but the sound sensitivity seems to be

increasing. What should I do next?

[Guest guest]

>

> He has been on a Candidase for about 6 months, everything going well.

> BM's finally seem normal but the sound sensitivity seems to be

> increasing. What should I do next?

Try adding a drop of GSE, or some biotin with magnesium, see if that

helps. If it doesn't, there are other things that eliminated the

final sound sensitivity here.

Dana