Re: Re: Global apraxia and ADD link?

[Guest guest]

: This is very interesting! I know you have mentioned that Dakota

has been doing well in school with the ADHD, but I really never paid much

attention, becuase my focus has been mostly on with his apraxia.

I would love for you to refresh my memory as to what supplements you give

to Dakota....I have a 7 year old daughter with ADHD, and since I love the

Pro-EFA for my son, I would love to try this supplementation with my

daughter also.

Thanks. Kim

-there is lots on this.  My sister was diagnosed dyslexic -

my (maritime attorney) brother was diagnosed hyperactivity child (now

that's known as

ADHD)by Dr. Gold in NYC who many of you still see, genius runs in my

mom's side of the family -I have one son with ADHD and one with

apraxia -and Dakota my ADHD child just got almost straight A's (only

one in all subjects ...and conduct too!!!    And Tanner too is

now one of the top students in his Kindergarten class even though he

too has a " learning disorder " ...which is what all falls under.

Here is some info from sites -again much more out there:

" There is often an overlap in some of the signs and symptoms of

Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and ADD. For example, some children with

Dyslexia share symptoms such as problems with balance, bilateral

integration, spatial skills and sequencing, in common with children

with Dyspraxia. Some children with Dyspraxia display certain

features of Dyslexic-type learning difficulties although they are

not truly Dyslexic. Both groups at times share problems of attention

and concentration, particularly stimulus bound effect. Where

features of all 3 disorders coexist, NDD is often an underlying

common denominator. "

http://www.inpp.org.uk/INPP_5_3_NDD_factors_ADD.htm

" From the back cover of " The LCP SOLUTION-The Remarkable Nutritional

Treatment for ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. "

This important new book presents a major breakthrough in the

treatment of the three most widespread learning disabilities-ADHD,

dyslexia and dyspraxia ( " clumsy child syndrome " ). Although these

conditions have reached epidemic proportions, treatment has been

limited to physical therapies, educational strategies, or the

controversial prescription drug Ritalin. Now B. Stordy,

Ph.D., a leading researcher in the field, reveals a stunning new

treatment based on nutritional supplementation with LCPs (long chain

polyunsaturated fatty acids). The LCP SOLUTION is the first book to

describe this natural treatment and to explain how children (and

adults) can incorporate it into their daily lives.

As a member of a family with a long history of dyslexia, Stordy

discovered in a pioneering experiment that many dyslexic and

dyspraxic children who began taking LCPs experienced dramatic

transformations in the quality of their lives. At the same time,

parallel studies conducted at Purdue University came up with similar

results with children who had ADHD. The effect of this dietary

supplement was nothing short of revolutionary: within three months,

dyslexic and ADHD children became calmer, more focused, easier to

teach, while dyspraxics improved significantly in dexterity and

balance. "

http://www.drstordy.com/lcpbook.html

BTW -global apraxia is also called limb apraxia, clumsy child

syndrome or dyspraxia in other countries.   Here in the US there are

many apraxic children that have " motor planning problems in the

body "   What's interesting to note about this is that in other

countries instead of apraxic children with motor problems in the

body -instead many of the dyspraxic diagnosed children have " motor

planning problems of speech " !  Interesting isn't it how the two

(same) conditions vary in how they are presented depending upon

where you happen to live in the world.

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[Guest guest]

I am sorry, I don't really understand, are your boys taking two different

kinds of pills, ProEFA and ProEPA or just one. I just started on the

ProEFA. It has been a week and I really have not seen any changes.

is also tube fed and that feeding contains Corn Oil, would that interfere

with the fish oils? Please help me clarify exactly what I should be giving

him that worked so well for both your sons...it is rather confusing.

Thank you,

Heidi Friedman