lack of concentration in class stilll

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Hi i have tried some of the these things, like the dairy, fish oil

caps, good vitamin,home cooked meal im sure that aint much but keep

getting complaits from school, lack of concentration... any other

thing. he seems to have lost weight too as he used to eat dairy

before but not now, i use rice milk for cereal.

advice please

Hi,

Some things to do at the beginning would be:

* clean up the diet - try to get rid of all additives, particularly

aspartame

* try to go organic/ home cooked

* do a trial without any dairy whatsoever. Not all children improve

off dairy but some improve dramatically. My little boy did, for

example. You shouldn't have to wait longer than a week or so to

see if this brings results. Read labels carefully and look for

other forms of dairy such as whey.

* Read 'gut and psychology syndrome' by Natasha McBride

* Give your child a good quality brand of fish oils such as MorEPA.

Start with a high dose; 3 capsules per day for 3 months. This will

build up his long chain fatty acids. Then you can do a maintenance

dose of one caps per day. I have a very strong feeling that this

will really benefit your son.

* Try Epsoms salts baths. start with a teaspoon in the bath in case

he reacts but build up to about a cup.

* try a good brand of probiotics e.g. VSL3 or CP1. start on a low

dose and build up slowly to the recommended dose.

* Try Houston enzymes. Most of our kids really benefit from these

* Try a good multi vitamin.

* try vitamin C

* Don't do all the above at once!

* look at www.treatingautism.co.uk for more tips and to see if there

is a local support group near you

Good luck and keep asking questions,

Sara

adore wrote:

>

>

> Hi there

>

> I am a mother of a 6 year old, he has not been diagonized with

> anything but we have just had soo much trouble with his school [

> doesn’t pay attention, short concentration span, won’t keep

hands to

> himself etc]. At the end of the day after many tests, the

> professionals let us know he can’t be called autistic nor ADHD

because

> of a lot of conflicting traits but they want to keep running tests

as

> they found he has a very high IQ too.

>

> As luck would have it, I watched the on the Oprah show and

> immediately decided he would go on the GF/CF diet, the difference

was

> instant. He started sleeping better, and suddenly the teacher was

> saying he has improved, settled, praise started coming in. I decided

> since he was a child that normally ate weetabix and sandwiches, I

> should just keep him off as much Gluten as possible because I was

> finding it hard to replace dairy products eg cheese, yoghurts etc.

> Again the complaints kicked in but I didn’t know because I felt I

had

> not changed anything, he was still eating a Gluten free diet! But

> today for the first time, I went on ’s website and read how

dairy

> products might interfere more with the child’s behavior! Again,

> another eye opener!

>

> Long and short, I know I still have a lot to learn, I have seen the

> benefits though I only shop at Sainsbury’s which is limited I’m

ready

> to stick to my guns.

>

> Please assist me with any advice you have found beneficial.

>

> Kind regards

>

>

[Guest guest]

The Listening Programme really helped my younger son to concentrate in

class

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