? on the communication area of brain?

February 5, 2002

Hi! I've been lurking for a while and have appreciated reading all the

information provided and feeling supported since there are others in the same

situation as I (I get very little support). I have two daughters (9 and 6) and

a son. My son is 3.3 yrs and has not actually been labelled as apraxic--but did

not talk at all (except for " mama " and " baby " ) until December when I started him

slowly on Efalex. He immediately started babbling and trying more words. He's

pretty regular on the Efalex now and he's progressing a bit. His words are

mostly understandable only by me but there are more of them.

Anyhow, the purpose of this post is to let you know what my naturopath told me

yesterday. He told me previously that my son had a fungus on the communication

area of his brain, but we weren't able to give him the remedy. Now that he's a

bit older, I thought I'd try to give him the remedy again. I mentioned to the

ND that I felt so guilty that I didn't include fish in my diet (because the fish

oil seemed to be what my son is deprived of since he reacted so quickly to the

Efalex) and that I felt it was MY fault that he wasn't talking. The ND said

that it's the fungus/infection that is depriving my son of the DHA and that it

had nothing to do with me; had my son not had the infection in his brain, he

would not be deficient in the DHA. Also, he said that the Efalex is an

anti-inflammatory and that it is helping the infection to be less severe which

means that he can take an easier remedy than the one we were trying to give him

before.

SO, I started the new remedy last night and we should be done in 2 days. I'll

let you know if I see any results worth mentioning (if I can get him to take the

whole remedy). If the fungus can be eliminated then my son should start

progressing normally, I think (unless he has another infection underneath).

BTW, venting here, my aunt told my mother that I should just bring my son over

to my cousin's to play--that'll get him talking. (My cousin's son is a month

older than mine and talked really early). I get it, it's just that I'm

ineffective as a parent--that's why my son's not talking--bringing him over to

her will get him talking right away! It's frustrating when people don't

understand!!!!

Anyhow, thanks for listening.

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