Guest guest Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Absolutely! I've heard this over and over. Trying to figure out miralax can be tricky, just because the symptoms are not related, docs always think that it must be coming from something else, when you have investigated this as a whole and put together all the puzzle pieces, it's clear that the neurological things happening have a pattern. tics, tremors, stimming, stuttering, slurred speach, manic behavior, sensory issues etc. These are the symptoms my doc says proves the most that the medication has affected the brain, the neurological symptoms. As long as we're on the subject, I just wanted to point out that research shows that miralax depletes magnesium, calcium, sodium, eletrolytes, etc. This would clearly be an answer for why they are having symptoms like tics, tremors, but my arguement is what happens if years go by the mag, cal, etc. has replenished itself and they still have issues? This is what makes me think it's clearly permanent damage. JeanieNaomi wrote: I was just wondering if any of you think that Miralax caused stuttering in your child or could cause stuttering? My son was on Glycolax/Miralax for about a year and a half. During that time he started stuttering. Sometimes it would be worse for a while then seem to go away for a while, but would come back. He's always been very verbal - he started talking at five months and was very advanced and talking in full sentences extremly young. I was told that stuttering is fairly common in children that age (He is 3 now - will be four in June), especially boys and that it usually stops by age four or so. I was just wondering if there could be a connection to the Miralax, though, because a couple months ago (after being on Miralax for over a year) his stuttering suddenly became much worse. It was to the point where it was painful to listen to and probably really frustrating for him. Around the same time, his behavior suddenly got really bad... he was just out of control, tantruming, etc... totally uncharacteristic for him. The behavior did not seem to be related to the stuttering, though. That is when I started doing research and took him off the Miralax. I noticed that within a couple weeks the behavior got much better, (and now he seems completely back to normal)but I just thought about it a few days ago and realized that the stuttering also completely went away within a couple of weeks or less of going off of Miralax. Do you guys think that it's related? Or were the things that I had heard about it being normal and that it would stop by age four accurate, since he is almost four now? Just curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 I am beginning to get the picture that peg is a neuro irritant? can it irritate any underlying tendency, as well as producing new symptoms that are secondary to poor coordination, neuro excitability/tocixity, etc? i agree there is no way all stuttering could be from miralax. nor all stimming, etc. but i am wondering if it generally is an irritant..... sharry, aidan's mom Stuttering.... I was just wondering if any of you think that Miralax caused stuttering in your child or could cause stuttering? My son was on Glycolax/Miralax for about a year and a half. During that time he started stuttering. Sometimes it would be worse for a while then seem to go away for a while, but would come back. He's always been very verbal - he started talking at five months and was very advanced and talking in full sentences extremly young. I was told that stuttering is fairly common in children that age (He is 3 now - will be four in June), especially boys and that it usually stops by age four or so. I was just wondering if there could be a connection to the Miralax, though, because a couple months ago (after being on Miralax for over a year) his stuttering suddenly became much worse. It was to the point where it was painful to listen to and probably really frustrating for him. Around the same time, his behavior suddenly got really bad... he was just out of control, tantruming, etc... totally uncharacteristic for him. The behavior did not seem to be related to the stuttering, though. That is when I started doing research and took him off the Miralax. I noticed that within a couple weeks the behavior got much better, (and now he seems completely back to normal)but I just thought about it a few days ago and realized that the stuttering also completely went away within a couple of weeks or less of going off of Miralax. Do you guys think that it's related? Or were the things that I had heard about it being normal and that it would stop by age four accurate, since he is almost four now? Just curious... No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: 4/19/2008 11:31 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 I am an early intervention (birth - 5yo) speech-language pathologist. Stuttering in preschoolers often is " developmental " in nature meaning it starts, escalates, and often stops all within 6mo- 1yr. It is unlikely that miralax played a role in your son's development of stuttering - the onset of his symptoms was before miralax and stuttering stopped when you stopped miralax,could just be coincidence. That being said, it is *possible* that miralax played a role (i.e. as a neuro irritant but I have not seen this clinically in my practice. > > I am beginning to get the picture that peg is a neuro irritant? can it irritate any underlying tendency, as well as producing new symptoms that are secondary to poor coordination, neuro excitability/tocixity, etc? > > i agree there is no way all stuttering could be from miralax. nor all stimming, etc. but i am wondering if it generally is an irritant..... > > sharry, aidan's mom > > > Stuttering.... > > > I was just wondering if any of you think that Miralax caused > stuttering in your child or could cause stuttering? My son was on > Glycolax/Miralax for about a year and a half. During that time he > started stuttering. Sometimes it would be worse for a while then > seem to go away for a while, but would come back. He's always been > very verbal - he started talking at five months and was very advanced > and talking in full sentences extremly young. I was told that > stuttering is fairly common in children that age (He is 3 now - will > be four in June), especially boys and that it usually stops by age > four or so. > > I was just wondering if there could be a connection to the Miralax, > though, because a couple months ago (after being on Miralax for over > a year) his stuttering suddenly became much worse. It was to the > point where it was painful to listen to and probably really > frustrating for him. Around the same time, his behavior suddenly got > really bad... he was just out of control, tantruming, etc... totally > uncharacteristic for him. The behavior did not seem to be related to > the stuttering, though. That is when I started doing research and > took him off the Miralax. I noticed that within a couple weeks the > behavior got much better, (and now he seems completely back to normal) > but I just thought about it a few days ago and realized that the > stuttering also completely went away within a couple of weeks or less > of going off of Miralax. > > Do you guys think that it's related? Or were the things that I had > heard about it being normal and that it would stop by age four > accurate, since he is almost four now? > > Just curious... > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: 4/19/2008 11:31 AM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 it is if the many of them have these symptoms after taking it, especially if it never happened before............. Jeanie Ernst wrote: I think it would not be fair to tie stuttering and miralax together. Stuttering.... I was just wondering if any of you think that Miralax caused stuttering in your child or could cause stuttering? My son was on Glycolax/Miralax for about a year and a half. During that time he started stuttering. Sometimes it would be worse for a while then seem to go away for a while, but would come back. He's always been very verbal - he started talking at five months and was very advanced and talking in full sentences extremly young. I was told that stuttering is fairly common in children that age (He is 3 now - will be four in June), especially boys and that it usually stops by age four or so. I was just wondering if there could be a connection to the Miralax, though, because a couple months ago (after being on Miralax for over a year) his stuttering suddenly became much worse. It was to the point where it was painful to listen to and probably really frustrating for him. Around the same time, his behavior suddenly got really bad... he was just out of control, tantruming, etc... totally uncharacteristic for him. The behavior did not seem to be related to the stuttering, though. That is when I started doing research and took him off the Miralax. I noticed that within a couple weeks the behavior got much better, (and now he seems completely back to normal)but I just thought about it a few days ago and realized that the stuttering also completely went away within a couple of weeks or less of going off of Miralax. Do you guys think that it's related? Or were the things that I had heard about it being normal and that it would stop by age four accurate, since he is almost four now? Just curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Thanks for that. Question - do you see that challenges like meds, developmental disorders, etc make it harder for a child to overcome stuttering? Naomi - I had a child who went through this. It was scary - even the full break downs into tears because she couldnt' get a sentence started. Then it just - went away - right about the time my son's SLP was finally beginning to think about services for her after mos. of doing the patience thing. (She gave us the info, and we tried to put it all into practice...) That child has not a bit of speech problems (to the contrary - oh teenagers.) It was upsetting at the time, because she was a vegetarian, gluten free dairy free med free kid born at home. This is one of the challenges for us at our house tracking long term responses to meds - that kids change so much developmentally over time. It drives us nuts. It would be particularly difficult with a wave of stuttering, especially because it has the potential, like you pointed out, to cause so many other behaviors out of frustration. sharry, aidan's mom Stuttering....> > > I was just wondering if any of you think that Miralax caused > stuttering in your child or could cause stuttering? My son was on > Glycolax/Miralax for about a year and a half. During that time he > started stuttering. Sometimes it would be worse for a while then > seem to go away for a while, but would come back. He's always been > very verbal - he started talking at five months and was very advanced > and talking in full sentences extremly young. I was told that > stuttering is fairly common in children that age (He is 3 now - will > be four in June), especially boys and that it usually stops by age > four or so. > > I was just wondering if there could be a connection to the Miralax, > though, because a couple months ago (after being on Miralax for over > a year) his stuttering suddenly became much worse. It was to the > point where it was painful to listen to and probably really > frustrating for him. Around the same time, his behavior suddenly got > really bad... he was just out of control, tantruming, etc... totally > uncharacteristic for him. The behavior did not seem to be related to > the stuttering, though. That is when I started doing research and > took him off the Miralax. I noticed that within a couple weeks the > behavior got much better, (and now he seems completely back to normal)> but I just thought about it a few days ago and realized that the > stuttering also completely went away within a couple of weeks or less > of going off of Miralax. > > Do you guys think that it's related? Or were the things that I had > heard about it being normal and that it would stop by age four > accurate, since he is almost four now? > > Just curious...> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------> > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: 4/19/2008 11:31 AM> No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: 4/19/2008 11:31 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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