Re: What's Going On? - update

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Oh phenols! I forgot about that! thank you for mentioning that!!!! My son is

having a terrible die off (what I thought) from a big increase in Enhansa. I'll

try limiting other phenols and see if that helps. Sorry you are having trouble.

Hope it's better now.

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> This happened at my house every time we stopped taking an antibacterial,

> which Enhansa is. We had huge phenol issues which left quickly upon

> using digestive enzymes and eating organic. MB12 helped as well. What

> I did with the turmeric, which is what Enhansa is made from, was start

> off on low doses and wait it out. Eventually, it killed things which

> allowed them to handle the higher doses without any bad reactions. But,

> I never did do high doses. Small doses seemed to work wonders, so I

> never pushed the issue. It does work over time though.

> Turmeric/curcumin are truly one of my favorite supplements, and I am

> happy to see it being used so prominently in the autism arena.

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> Love and prayers,

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> Heidi N

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> So, here's an update of what's been going on the past 5 days or so. With

> the help of you all here, we determined that was reacting to an

> increase in foods and supps (Enhansa) high in phenols. We cut out the

> phenols as of Tuesday morning, and saw an immediate improvement. He

> started sleeping through the night again, the red cheeks and ears went

> away, the head-banging and face-slapping stopped, and the pinching,

> scratching and biting decreased. By Thursday (yesterday), his teachers

> and therapists were all telling us that " is back! "

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> Then today afternoon happened. The day started out fine. As it wore on,

> though, he had several meltdowns, with lots of pinching. Then he had a

> huge " poop party " - fecal smearing, etc... that we haven't seen in

> months! Then, lots of silly behavior - giggling, etc... Then, just a few

> minutes ago, he got VERY upset with me because I wouldn't let him play

> with a lamp. He attempted to bite me several times, pinched, scratched,

> dropped to the floor kicking and screaming.

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> Is this yeast? We did stop the Enhansa, which is a yeast-fighter, but he

> is on Nystatin and Klaire Therbiotic Detox Support probiotic. Should I

> slowly reintroduce Enhansa? Argh!

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> Any advice out there?

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