ABC News article: The Answers to Autism May Be Inside the Mind

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Below is a message that I initially sent to the parents in the ABA

center my son goes to.

I think you might find it interesting. It explains and it also help us

understand why Dr. Goldberg's protocol works.

Thanks,

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Hi all,

I just found the following article that it is very interesting. It talks

about how MRIs and EEGs are helping diagnose autism. It is also very

interesting that they mention how seizure activity can be detected by

performing an EEG study in a child.

The Answers to Autism May Be Inside the Mind

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4882297 & page=1

<http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4882297 & page=1>

I like the following line in the article " One doctor in California is

arguing that trying to diagnose autism without looking at the brain is

like trying to diagnose a heart condition without looking at the heart,

though the established autism community isn't so sure. "

It is also very interesting how some parents interviewed gave

anti-seizure medication to their children and now they're are

mainstreamed in regular schools.

Miranda put Beckett on anti-seizure medicine and the results have been

astounding. " Within a period of 60 days his vocabulary went from maybe

two or three words to about 300 words, " Miranda said. To watch Beckett

today, you might think he has a bit of trouble speaking, but it's minor.

You'd never think he was autistic. He's being mainstreamed in

kindergarten, in a school that he attends with his brother.

We did an EEG study on in April 2007, guess what??? The results

came positive to seizure activity in his brain. I will post 's EEG

results tonight for you to see.

I was curious to know why and how the anti-seizure medications worked in

these children so I did some research. The anti-seizure medication helps

neutralize the neurotransmitters similar to the SSRIs. How interesting!

We have done several lab tests that show that 's neurotransmitters

are imbalanced. I have posted some results in the links section of the

group for you to see.

Now, what causes seizures? One of the causes for seizures is temporal

lobe inflammation. Very interesting, 's brain SPECT scan shows

that. What causes the neurotransmitter imbalance? The brain

inflammation. That is why the anti-seizure medication and SSRIs work.

I have including links below that explains how brain inflammation causes

seizures.

I am sure that you all know McCarthy's story by now. Her son Evan

had live-threatening seizures when he was diagnosed with " autism " .

Please notice how she mentions, " My completely healthy 2-year-old " -

children with regressive autism were not borned with this disease.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/24/jenny.autism/index.html

<http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/24/jenny.autism/index.html>

" I didn't know what was going on with my son Evan. One day he was a

completely healthy 2-year-old and the next he kept having

life-threatening seizures. " - McCarthy

Anti-seizure medication list

http://www.efwp.org/programs/side_effects.shtml

<http://www.efwp.org/programs/side_effects.shtml>

How the anti-seizure medications work? They help balance the

neurotransmitters in the brain.

I took one medication from the list above and went to the drugs.com

website to get more information about it.

Diastat/epam

http://www.drugs.com/ppa/diazepam.html

<http://www.drugs.com/ppa/diazepam.html>

Diastat pharmacology

Potentiates action of GABA, inhibitory neurotransmitter, resulting in

increased neural inhibition and CNS depression

<http://www.drugs.com/ppa/diazepam.html> , especially in limbic system

and reticular formation.

The only thing that it is not talked about in the article is the brain

inflammation that causes the seizures. That is the information I sent

yesterday from the Merck pharmaceuticals Co. article.

Innate Immunity and Inflammation in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2384155

<http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2384155>

Brain Inflammation and Seizures

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=531665

<http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=531665>

Temporal lobe seizure

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00266.html

<http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00266.html>

Hope this helps you put all the puzzle pieces together,

Thanks,

and 's dad