Fwd: [Autism-Mercury] Autism, epilepsy and chelation

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In this paper there is an estimate of the comorbidity of autism and epilepsy (seizures).Optimizing therapy of seizures in children and adolescents with developmental disabilitiesNeurology - Volume 67, Issue 12 Suppl 4 (December 2006)" It is estimated that up to one-third of those suffering from autistic spectrum disorders will develop clinical epilepsy, "What this means is as follows:If you have an autistic child, there is a significant chance you will see the onset of seizures in any given year. I certainly have found this to be true in case consultation and in fact I have to say that most pediatricians are not adequately diligent in ruling out epilepsy in the face of evidence of it amongst autistic children.Since there is some chance of at least several percent that your autistic child will develop epilepsy (which you find out when they have one or more seizures) in a given year, there is also that chance they will do so if you are trying some intervention like vitamins, chelation, ABA, whatever.Given the truly idiotic (and satanically evil in their effect) prejudices against anything considered 'alternative,' which is to say anything that might help, which totally pervades society to the point where even most people who abandon mainstream medicine in order to help their children will be very suspicious that everything THEY do might cause any negative occurence. Nobody blames ABA or the special education program for seizures for the vast number of autistic children who develop epilepsy while undergoing those.Thus some autistic children do develop epilepsy while undergoing chelation. This is to be expected if chelation had nothing to do with them developing seizures, and in fact to the extent I can make statistical estimates (which is very limited), chelation does not seem to be increasing the rate at which this happens.In fact, in the cases of epileptics who aren't autistic whom I have seen adequate work-ups for, they did all have heavy metal toxicity. Many textbooks note how this or that toxic metal can in fact induce seizures and toxicity might be confused with epilepsy. This is not to say that chelation has absolutely no relationship to seizures, however. Recall that chelation causes side effects, and the most likely side effect is exacerbation of whatever the most bothersome symptoms are. Seizures certainly are quite bothersome! Anyone with epilepsy will probably holler at me (justifiably) for making such an understatement. However anyone who has a child with seizures, or who develops them, needs to take into account that chelation won't cause the development of seizure disorder/epilepsy, but very well may precipitate a seizure if it is done at too high a dose, or without adequate medication coverage, or in someone whose seizures are not well controlled and the chelation program and antiseizure regimen should be adjusted appropriately.Expect to get a lot of static and guilt tripping out of doctors over chelating a child with seizures. So keep in mind that chelation does not cause epilepsy (or autism) but that if you want to chelate epileptics (or autistics) you do have to do it carefully. However there is a high likelihood that any given epileptic, or any given autistic, actually has that condition due to heavy metal toxicity and the only possible thing that can make them all better is chelation.Andy

In this paper there is an estimate of the comorbidity of autism and epilepsy (seizures).

Optimizing therapy of seizures in children and adolescents with developmental disabilities

Neurology - Volume 67, Issue 12 Suppl 4 (December 2006)

" It is estimated that up to one-third of those suffering from autistic spectrum disorders

will develop clinical epilepsy, "

What this means is as follows:

If you have an autistic child, there is a significant chance you will see the onset of seizures

in any given year. I certainly have found this to be true in case consultation and in fact I

have to say that most pediatricians are not adequately diligent in ruling out epilepsy in the

face of evidence of it amongst autistic children.

Since there is some chance of at least several percent that your autistic child will develop

epilepsy (which you find out when they have one or more seizures) in a given year, there is

also that chance they will do so if you are trying some intervention like vitamins, chelation,

ABA, whatever.

Given the truly idiotic (and satanically evil in their effect) prejudices against anything

considered 'alternative,' which is to say anything that might help, which totally pervades

society to the point where even most people who abandon mainstream medicine in order

to help their children will be very suspicious that everything THEY do might cause any

negative occurence. Nobody blames ABA or the special education program for seizures

for the vast number of autistic children who develop epilepsy while undergoing those.

Thus some autistic children do develop epilepsy while undergoing chelation. This is to be

expected if chelation had nothing to do with them developing seizures, and in fact to the

extent I can make statistical estimates (which is very limited), chelation does not seem to

be increasing the rate at which this happens.

In fact, in the cases of epileptics who aren't autistic whom I have seen adequate work-ups

for, they did all have heavy metal toxicity. Many textbooks note how this or that toxic

metal can in fact induce seizures and toxicity might be confused with epilepsy.

This is not to say that chelation has absolutely no relationship to seizures, however.

Recall that chelation causes side effects, and the most likely side effect is exacerbation of

whatever the most bothersome symptoms are. Seizures certainly are quite bothersome!

Anyone with epilepsy will probably holler at me (justifiably) for making such an

understatement. However anyone who has a child with seizures, or who develops them,

needs to take into account that chelation won't cause the development of seizure

disorder/epilepsy, but very well may precipitate a seizure if it is done at too high a dose,

or without adequate medication coverage, or in someone whose seizures are not well

controlled and the chelation program and antiseizure regimen should be adjusted

appropriately.

Expect to get a lot of static and guilt tripping out of doctors over chelating a child with

seizures.

So keep in mind that chelation does not cause epilepsy (or autism) but that if you want to

chelate epileptics (or autistics) you do have to do it carefully. However there is a high

likelihood that any given epileptic, or any given autistic, actually has that condition due to

heavy metal toxicity and the only possible thing that can make them all better is chelation.

Andy