Re: recurring mushy stools...Thanks for help!

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Thank you so much , that sounds just like my

daughter, it took 3 days to get her back after the

Zyrtec! I told Kathy I took her off and its ok.

My daughter is 6 mo. on the protocol now, Lexapro went

bad, too.

Dr. didn't tell me to go yeast free, I just

noticed it would give my daughter bad poops again.

Anything with yeast! I don't know what else to do if

she still has bad poops after this. I am so strict

with her diet and she eats only 6 foods (ok I am

exagerrating but only a little)!

Thanks too for the encouragement. I didn't think it

was going to be so hard. I thought I would give her

the drugs, she'd have die-off, yada yada. Then she

would get better! Its like one mountain after the

next. But thankfully I have had lots of gains and

rewards in between

--- <thecolemans4@...> wrote:

> Zyrtec and Allegra make my son very irritable,

> aggressive, and oppositional.  I didn't catch on

> immediately because it was a slow build-up.  Like

> you, it took running out or forgetting the med to

> figure it out.  It also seems to take 3-5 days for

> things to start normalizing after removing the med,

> and then a little longer for the attitude, anger,

> and resentment to get out of their memory, too. 

> Zyrtec was a negative, Allegra was even worse. 

> Dytan works on a different channel, and does not

> seem to negatively affect my boys, but it also isn't

> as effective - a price I'm willing to pay.  We're

> trying Singulair to get better allergy control, but

> I'm not seeing much of a difference.  I'm going to

> have to work harder on diet.  Dr is aware

> that Zyrtec can cause irritability, so I think he

> will work with you on that, and you may not have to

> wait for your appt to get it changed if you don't

> want.

>

> I haven't always been able to find reasons for stool

> issues, but I have always noticed that a long term

> antibiotic (w/ antifungal of course) has always

> seemed to clear it up for my youngest.  If you're

> seeing improvements, I wouldn't fret too much right

> now, just keep a food log and rotate some foods (if

> there are enough foods in her diet to rotate lol) to

> see if you can pin down something.  I think that an

> up-regulated immune system can do this (recent

> illness or other triggers) too, and sometimes time

> on meds can help.  You'll probably come across the

> trigger with a good daily log though.   My kids did

> not do well with gluten free.  One had constant

> diahrrea while on that diet, and neither are GF and

> have made great progress.  It may not hurt (with

> permission from Dr first) to try a week with

> small amounts of gluten to see if she responds.  If

> you're attempting to replace gluten, sometimes it's

> the substitutions making things worse. 

> I think Dr has a lower allergy version than

> most, but I'm not sure because I haven't really read

> his & Kathy's recommendations on it.

>

> Don't be too discouraged - it takes time to get all

> of the pieces together, and later on she won't be as

> sensitive and easy to set off, and you'll probably

> even be able to expand her diet.  Did Dr

> instruct you to be yeast free and preservative

> free?  Those aren't areas that I put my energies

> into right now. 

>

> Also, (assuming you've already seen Dr ?) I

> believe you can call in between if you have

> concerns. 

>

> How long has she been on the protocol?  It gets so

> much easier the second year...

>

> HTH - hang in there!

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> From: Hankinson <jlhank80@...>

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> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:18:03 PM

> Subject: recurring mushy stools

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> Hi everyone. I am wondering if anyone could give me

> some insight here about my daughter.

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> I wrote in recently talking about her outbursts and

> her defiance. Well, after that I accidentally (it

> really was an accident!) forgot to give her Zyrtec

> for

> 3 nights, and she calmed down a lot. We have a lot

> let outbursts but A LOT more stimming and scripting.

>

> Not only that now, she has mushy stools again. I

> can't think of anything else I can eliminate out of

> this kid's diet! She is GF, CF, yeast free, low

> sugar, dye free, preservative free, egg free and

> berry

> free.

>

> I don't have an appt. with Dr. until next

> week

> and I am really concerned now. And so discouraged.

> Any input out there???

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> Thanks in advance,

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