Re: Changes for the better at school

[Guest guest]

We just had our first switch from Nizoral to Diflucan. I was surprised how bad

the die off was on the Diflucan. Just shows how stubborn yeast is.

Robyn

> >>

> >>> From: Kristy Nardini <knardini@roadrunne r

> .com>

> >>> Subject: RE: Changes for the better at

> school

> >>> groups (DOT) com

> >>> Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 8:43 PM

> >>> Woohoo!!!!

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Excuse my French, but it just sucks that it

> boils down

> >> to

> >>> $$ ;-( No kid

> >>> should have to suffer because what he/she

> needs costs

> >> too

> >>> much.

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> SOOOOOO glad you shared your successes,

> though!

> >> I'm so

> >>> happy for you!

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> We, too, experienced a BIG shift in my

> son's

> >> ability to

> >>> focus and attend

> >>> when his Tenex was increased last November

> (however,

> >>> previous attempts to

> >>> increase it were not successful and made him a

> >>> whiny/screeching/ crying

> >>> mess).

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Kristy

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> From: groups (DOT) com [mailto:@

> groups.

> >> com] On

> >>> Behalf Of

> >>>

> >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:33 PM

> >>> ; Charisse Jennings

> >>> Subject: Changes for the better at

> school

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Hi all-

> >>> My 9yr old restarted meds in August. Homework

> (and all

> >>> things school in

> >>> general) has always been very taxing - very

> >> unpleasant,

> >>> usually dissolving

> >>> into frustration and anger after well over an

> hour of

> >>> struggling to keep him

> >>> on task.

> >>> He seemed to be doing well enough that I

> wasn't

> >> really

> >>> planning on treating

> >>> him other than the SSRI and Tenex (for

> financial

> >> reasons

> >>> and because his

> >>> labs still looked good).

> >>>

> >>> Tonight (and maybe the last 2 weeks?), he sat

> >> leisurely on

> >>> the couch, with

> >>> plenty of distractions going on around him,

> >> comfortably

> >>> focused on his math,

> >>> doing a complicated worksheet, without having

> to be

> >>> reminded to stay on task

> >>> once. In at least 2 weeks, he has barely

> protested

> >>> starting his homework,

> >>> we have not had one fight, and it has been no

> problem

> >>> keeping him on task at

> >>> all. What has been a nightly hell for as long

> as I can

> >>> remember has

> >>> suddenly become a great opportunity to spend

> time with

> >> him.

> >>>

> >>> And then I went thru his takehome folder. We

> just

> >> received

> >>> a bunch of his

> >>> tests. ... all A's except for 2 B's.

> He was a

> >> C

> >>> & D student this and

> >>> previous years (well he's only in 3rd

> grade so

> >> he's

> >>> just starting to get

> >>> grades, but comparable).

> >>>

> >>> I really just can't believe the

> transformation. We

> >>> went thru a rough spell

> >>> because he reacted badly to his allergy med

> (Allegra,

> >> and

> >>> once before,

> >>> Zyrtec) and he was very oppositional. The

> antifungal

> >>> brought him out very

> >>> early and made me decide to stick to having

> him on

> >> meds,

> >>> because he was

> >>> soooo much more agreeable - he even asked me a

> few

> >> weeks

> >>> into the Nizoral:

> >>> " Mommy, can I stay on this new medicine

> forever?

> >> It

> >>> is so much easier to be

> >>> good now " . (Then everything tanked when I

> >> requested

> >>> to switch him to

> >>> Allegra because of the low copay.) I'm

> thinking

> >> the

> >>> few months that have

> >>> passed on the antiviral and some minimal diet

> tweaking

> >>> (he's cut back more

> >>> on carbs and snacks now w/no trouble) is the

> only

> >> thing I

> >>> can pinpoint that

> >>> could possibly have done this!

> >>>

> >>> It's like he and his brother have swapped

> bodies.

> >> Now

> >>> poor little brother

> >>> has taken on all of the difficulties, and I

> need to

> >> figure

> >>> out how to help

> >>> him.

> >>>

> >>> Just wanted to share! (and rejoice)

> >>>

> >>>

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