Re: New and have been scared to death about the ssris by other groups....advice

[Guest guest]

Di, all I can tell you about the SSRI component is that Dr. G does not

use SSRI's in the way a psychiatrist would. First off, he does not

start the SSRI's until the child has been on the protocol for a while

and is showing verifiable improvements in his or her overall health.

Then subclinical doses of SSRI's are tried, starting very, very

slowly. As I understand it, rather than to influence behavior, the

purpose of the SSRI on Dr. G's protocol is to improve the functioning

of the brain and thus correct the flow of oxygen (blood flow) to the

various parts of the brain. Someone here ( C?) also once

pointed out that SSRI's were originally developed as immune modulators

and thus have immune-modulating properties.

HTH,

Donna

>

> Other parents have tried to discourage us from G's care bc of the ssri

> component even saying that " how can he mesure how much or little is

> there - giving an ssri to kids who have too much seratonin si

> disastrous - psychiatrists have been doing it for years to our kids.

> Not always pretty. "

>

> Great. We do not really understand - at least I do not - how or if

> this will work for our 3 yr old...we are actually hoping that the head

> of the FDA, a family friend, will look at some go G's research on our

> behalf and give his opinion. We are going fwd though and have started

> Famvir as of yesterday. Our son,matt is not on an antiviral...it is

> going to be really hairy until he finally is...

>

> Any encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Matt was a responder to

> valtrex and nizoral but plateuaed and the DAN did not know what to do

> next....so we pulled it until Dr.G and watched as so many o fhis gains

> faded away...

>

> Di

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for the reassurance. We don't trust the DAN stuff -

it was all over the place at least in our experience. We had some

misgivings about the PTC stuff too...so hopefully this will bit it

for Matt. Is your child doing well? DI

> >

> > Other parents have tried to discourage us from G's care bc of the

ssri

> > component even saying that " how can he mesure how much or little

is

> > there - giving an ssri to kids who have too much seratonin si

> > disastrous - psychiatrists have been doing it for years to our

kids.

> > Not always pretty. "

> >

> > Great. We do not really understand - at least I do not - how or

if

> > this will work for our 3 yr old...we are actually hoping that the

head

> > of the FDA, a family friend, will look at some go G's research on

our

> > behalf and give his opinion. We are going fwd though and have

started

> > Famvir as of yesterday. Our son,matt is not on an antiviral...it

is

> > going to be really hairy until he finally is...

> >

> > Any encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Matt was a

responder to

> > valtrex and nizoral but plateuaed and the DAN did not know what

to do

> > next....so we pulled it until Dr.G and watched as so many o fhis

gains

> > faded away...

> >

> > Di

> >

>

[Guest guest]

If a parent decides to go the pharm route, being scared is totally

understandable. Although I myself went the " natural " route first and

understand why parents might initially choose this for their child (and

some do benefit from this), the way I best know how to describe choosing

the protocol and SSRI's is the thought that if my child had cancer

I wouldn't be giving him enzymes. If my child had cancer, I would be at

the best doctor known to treat this horrid disease and use any

medication, even with side effects, if I knew it gave him a shot at

life. Dr. G is one of the best doctors to treat " autism " and SSRI's are

among the best medications to treat this disease that affects our

precious children's brain and immune system. Reminding ourselves that

this is a disease helps.

Sincerely,

L. Juarez, PhD Candidate, M.S., Marriage and Family Therapist

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:34 AM, diatplay wrote:

Thank you so much for the reassurance. We don't trust the DAN stuff -

it was all over the place at least in our experience. We had some

misgivings about the PTC stuff too...so hopefully this will bit it

for Matt. Is your child doing well? DI

>>

>> Other parents have tried to discourage us from G's care bc of the

ssri

>> component even saying that " how can he mesure how much or little

is

>> there - giving an ssri to kids who have too much seratonin si

>> disastrous - psychiatrists have been doing it for years to our

kids.

>> Not always pretty. "

>> Great. We do not really understand - at least I do not - how or

if

>> this will work for our 3 yr old...we are actually hoping that the

head

>> of the FDA, a family friend, will look at some go G's research on

our

>> behalf and give his opinion. We are going fwd though and have

started

>> Famvir as of yesterday. Our son,matt is not on an antiviral... it

is

>> going to be really hairy until he finally is...

>> Any encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Matt was a

responder to

>> valtrex and nizoral but plateuaed and the DAN did not know what

to do

>> next....so we pulled it until Dr.G and watched as so many o fhis

gains

>> faded away...

>> Di

>

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