Pyroluria... was: mood swings/aggressiveness

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Hey, I'm not the original poster, but I could have been...sounded

just like my son. He would get on the bus in the AM as nice as could

be, and then I would hear that the bus driver wants to put him in

a " restraint " ...he would get " stars " most of the day and then at

random times (never the same times), he would have " rages " .. the

teacher could not put any antecedent to it. Now, I shouldn't get my

hopes up too quickly, but after reading this post, I added a B-50 vit

(1/2 last night, 1/2 this morning) and licorice root (last night &

this AM) and he had the best day he has had in a long time...the bus

driver couldn't stop talking about how " awesome " he was...(!)

I am really wondering how much of this has to do with his being on

such a strict GF(CFYF.....) diet and is missing out on a lot of

micronutients that he might normally be getting, especially Vit B's.

(??)

I was wondering if anyone else out there has tested positive for

Pyroluria. When I received my son's tests back from Pfeiffer, he

showed very high levels of kryptopyrrole (KP) which indicates

pyroluria. Anyway, I guess the KP is excreted fine but takes B6 and

zinc with it causing B6 and zinc deficiencies. The symptoms are:

mood swings, anxiety, nervousness poor stress control... (sound

familiar?) I would be interested in any comments, but it looks like

I might've underestimated the power of the almighty B vitamins...

THX

Crystal

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> > Does anybody know of something to help with mood swings and

> > aggressiveness? ...

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>

> Could be inadequate adrenal function, or a lot of other things.

>

> Try adrenal cortex extract and extra vitamin B-5. Maybe also some

> licorice or ginseng.

>

> Also try less stress.

>

> It is not uncommon for the day or so after a chelation round to be

> icky. If it is continuous other things might be going on.

>

> The most significant question is whether this is random (in which

case

> there is other stuff to do) or reproducibly related to stress (in

> which case less stress and the above will help).

>

> Andy . .. . . . .