RE: Digest Number 2782

October 5, 2006

Response to: ? Nutraceuticals / Natural Combination Supplements for ADD

Posted by: " Debbie Vasquez " devasquez@... dylanvasquez

Date: Mon Oct 2, 2006 9:36 am (PDT)

" Great questions - I am very interested in hearing the responses, as

well......My son has been seeing Dr. Rao, DAN doctor in Carrollton for a

while now, and has been on a number of bio-medical supplements,

chelation,

etc.......Not sure we are seeing any differences - anyone having success

with this??...Thanks

Debbie Vasquez "

Debbie,

We have been seeing Dr. Rao since March of this year. Last December, my

now 4 year old son only could express 2-3 word sentences, flapped, lined

things up and was generally hyperactive. We took him off diary on 1/1/06

and he immediately began to speak in full sentences. We started the

protocol with Rao 4/1/06 and now my son: (1) is fully potty trained; (2)

can ride a bike; (3) has conversations on topic with 4-5 conversational

turns; (4) does not line things up anymore and generally has no physical

stimming. The one symptom that remains with our son is echolalia and

random, unpredictable aggression towards other kids in the gym setting

(kind of like an unruly 4 year old boy). He talks a lot about random

stuff. So, although he is friendly towards other kids and wants to play

with them, the other kids are usually clueless as to what they are

talking about. Rao credits most of his progress to Tomatis used in

conjunction with the DAN protocol. We did Tomatis first loop in July and

second loop in September at the Listening Center in Dallas. We also saw

Dr. in Austin and started a Valtrex/amantidine/cortef cocktail

for a 6 month trial period 8/1/06. We also are in the middle of DMSA

transdermal, in addition to heavy speech therapy and SCERTs at Callier,

along with sensory integration therapy twice a week, swimming and a

sports skills class. It sounds like a lot, but our son craves the

activity and structure and I am absolutely determined to get him as much

on the outer skirts of the spectrum as possible by the time he hits 1st

grade.

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