Re: Fish Oil Supplements Question

November 3, 2008

My kids were on Coromega when we started with Dr. G. He seemed ok with the fish

oil supplements. We ended up discontinuing them with Noah until he became

healthier. We didn't see much in the way of improvements and they tended to make

him hyperactive.

HTH,

Robyn

From: Martha Wood <marthawood@...>

Subject: Fish Oil Supplements Question

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Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 8:48 AM

Hello all,

I have been reading The Late Talker this past weekend by Marilyn Agin. There

is a whole chapter espousing the use of fish oil supplements to help speech

in children with neurologically based learning disorders and speech

disorders. I know Dr. G is not a fan of supplements because of possible

impurities in them. But we want to give this a try and wondered if anyone

has had success with supplementing your child's diet with omega-3 fatty

acids. And if so what kind should we try? Could we trust an over the counter

product from the Vitamin Shop or should we get a pharmaceutical kind?

Thanks for your help.

Martha

November 3, 2008

Dr G told me the only one he approves is Efamol Pure Evening Primrose

Oil. He said this is the only one that is pharmaceutical grade. I

ordered it online. I believe the only way I found it was through one web

site. I don't have the site now but you can do a search. Jerri

>

> Hello all,

>

> I have been reading The Late Talker this past weekend by Marilyn Agin.

> There

> is a whole chapter espousing the use of fish oil supplements to help

> speech

> in children with neurologically based learning disorders and speech

> disorders. I know Dr. G is not a fan of supplements because of possible

> impurities in them. But we want to give this a try and wondered if anyone

> has had success with supplementing your child's diet with omega-3 fatty

> acids. And if so what kind should we try? Could we trust an over the

> counter

> product from the Vitamin Shop or should we get a pharmaceutical kind?

>

> Thanks for your help.

>

> Martha

>

November 3, 2008

This isn't fish oil though, is it? He seemed fine with the Coromega as well.

What kind of improvements did you seen on the Evening Primrose oil. I may want

to give it a try since we didn't see much of anything on the fish oil.

TIA,

Robyn

From: Jerri Gann <njgann@...>

Subject: Re: Fish Oil Supplements Question

Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 10:38 AM

Dr G told me the only one he approves is Efamol Pure Evening Primrose

Oil. He said this is the only one that is pharmaceutical grade. I

ordered it online. I believe the only way I found it was through one web

site. I don't have the site now but you can do a search. Jerri

>

> Hello all,

>

> I have been reading The Late Talker this past weekend by Marilyn Agin.

> There

> is a whole chapter espousing the use of fish oil supplements to help

> speech

> in children with neurologically based learning disorders and speech

> disorders. I know Dr. G is not a fan of supplements because of possible

> impurities in them. But we want to give this a try and wondered if anyone

> has had success with supplementing your child's diet with omega-3 fatty

> acids. And if so what kind should we try? Could we trust an over the

> counter

> product from the Vitamin Shop or should we get a pharmaceutical kind?

>

> Thanks for your help.

>

> Martha

>

November 3, 2008

It's not fish oil but it has Omega-3, 6 and 12 I believe. I haven't had

him on it very long due to so many other changes Dr G has been making. I

don't want to confuse things. I started it on him the other day and I

have not seen him reacting to it. So, so far so good. I can keep

everyone updated. Of course when Dr G makes another change at our phone

consult in a couple of weeks, it might be hard to tell but hopefully I

can tell if they are helping him after two weeks. The directions say to

give 6 capsules a day for the first 12 weeks when first starting it to

optimize the bodies store of the supplement but I have been giving him

only two a day. He is turning 12 in January so I could probably give him

more down the road. Jerri

>

> This isn't fish oil though, is it? He seemed fine with the Coromega as

> well. What kind of improvements did you seen on the Evening Primrose

> oil. I may want to give it a try since we didn't see much of anything

> on the fish oil.

>

> TIA,

>

> Robyn

>

> From: Jerri Gann <njgann@... <mailto:njgann%40sti.net>>

> Subject: Re: Fish Oil Supplements Question

> <mailto:%40>

> Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 10:38 AM

>

> Dr G told me the only one he approves is Efamol Pure Evening Primrose

> Oil. He said this is the only one that is pharmaceutical grade. I

> ordered it online. I believe the only way I found it was through one web

> site. I don't have the site now but you can do a search. Jerri

> >

> > Hello all,

> >

> > I have been reading The Late Talker this past weekend by Marilyn Agin.

> > There

> > is a whole chapter espousing the use of fish oil supplements to help

> > speech

> > in children with neurologically based learning disorders and speech

> > disorders. I know Dr. G is not a fan of supplements because of possible

> > impurities in them. But we want to give this a try and wondered if

> anyone

> > has had success with supplementing your child's diet with omega-3 fatty

> > acids. And if so what kind should we try? Could we trust an over the

> > counter

> > product from the Vitamin Shop or should we get a pharmaceutical kind?

> >

> > Thanks for your help.

> >

> > Martha

> >

November 3, 2008

Just fyi (I may actually try the primrose oil later on) - when I've given omegas

(fish oil once for a few months - the clean one from Kirkmans, a couple of other

omegas I don't remember but were supposed to be clean) to my oldest, he improves

the first couple of weeks and begins reacting at about 6 wks or more with eczema

and an odd rash around his mouth (my youngest gets the rash after naturally

flavored vitamin gummies). It took me forever to recognize the pattern - I

don't usually realize it until about 3 months of steady decline, mainly because

at first I saw good and no negatives so I don't suspect it later on down the

road. It's when I run out of something (I can be bad about that) that I notice

something is a negative. He's a slow reacter on a few things, and it builds

with exposure (like soy lecithen - it's fine the first few days, then chaos).

Now when I try things like that, I'm marking my calendar at 8 weeks to

re-evaluate where I think we are after what changes, because I won't remember

later.

HTH-

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From: Jerri Gann <njgann@...>

Sent: Monday, November 3, 2008 12:49:05 PM