Re: Re: OCD and Autism Connected?-diet success?Cindy

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Hi ,

Not yet, but I am going to!!!!

Hugs

Judy

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Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 8:56:33 PM

Subject: Re: Re: OCD and Autism Connected?-diet success?

Judy,

I am curious to know if you put your son on this diet and did you see good

results with him as well?

Thanks!

From: jchabot <jchabotsnet (DOT) net>

Subject: Re: Re: OCD and Autism Connected?-diet success?

To: @ yahoogroups. com

Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 7:06 PM

Hi,

My daughter,(now 12) has had sensory issues since infancy, as well as stomach

problems. She was diagnosed with OCD at age 5, bipolar at age 6, PDD-NOS at age

8, and a mix of other things in between.(all depending on the doctors)

I will say this gluten free diet is working great. It has worked better than any

med she has ever been on, and she has been on 24 different med combinations.

I always thought the diet thing was a " crock " until I actually decided to break

down and apply it.

It's not easy, but it's working for her. There is a 90% improvement! !!!!

Hugs

Judy

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From: elzkrice <elzkricejuno (DOT) com>

To: @ yahoogroups. com

Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:54:50 PM

Subject: Re: OCD and Autism Connected?-diet success?

I appreciate all the feedback.

To share more of my story-my daughter has had issues since age three

with sensory issues. It was clear at age 12 she had OCD. Two years

ago a naturopath suggested a digestive analysis and it showed her gut

had all kinds of issues, even though she didn't complain of stomach

problems. She had some parasites and an intestinal fungas. What blew

me away was her reaction to the fungal treatment. At first her OCD

went sky high which showed me there was some connection-the DR said

this was good news in that it could mean part of the OCD was

exacerrbated by the fungas. Since then there has been a lot of

improvement and every time she has a hard time we go back to the

yeast free diet and she shows improvement. I'm considering being more

strict though and doing the SCD diet that many autistic kids are

showing improvement with and stick with it for longer to see if we

can get better results.

There are some doctors and books suggesting Autism, ADD, OCD etc are

neurological disorders that are connected to gut problems and that

these kids usually have problems with their guts. They respond to

things that help the gut-a yeast free diet or the specific

carbohydrate diet. The gluten free diet from what I understand helps

because there is usually a leaky gut situation and the gluten acts

like a drug crossing the barrier. If the gluten free diet helps then

it may mean there are underlining leaky gut issues that need to be

healed.

Maybe it doesn't matter if OCD is a subset of Autism but it does seem

many people have a mix of labels and often a question about more than

one diagnosis fitting their child. The only reason it matters to me

is that I think it opens up the way we think about treatment.

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> Hi,

> I just had to post on this one.For those of you who don't know my

situation,  my daughter(just turned 12) has been diagnosed with OCD,

Bipolar and PDD-NOS. We have tried just about every med, therapy,

etc. She has been hospitalized twice and in partial for 2 years in

the past.

> She has a lot of obsessions which center around vomitting also.

> Anyway, I started her on a gluten free diet last Monday, and this

kid turned into a different child. She was calm, could think and

reason through things, no defiance, no oppositional behavior, etc. I

never believed in these diets working, but I was grasping at straws

with her. I know for certain her improvement was from the diet

because last night she had a cookie, and literally within a half an

hour I saw her deteriorate before my eyes. She was lying on the

floor, being defiant , and than began to shut down. Now this

morning ,she is okay.

> Just wanted to share!

> Hugs

> Judy

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