Guest guest Posted December 12, 2000 Report Share Posted December 12, 2000 Do many of you give your child meds while doing the diet? I am trying ritalin with my son and wonder about starting the diet at the same time. Thanks, Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2000 Report Share Posted December 13, 2000 Our son who has just started the diet is also taking Ritalin and Zyrtec. He's grade-school aged-- and I can tell when he hasn't had his meds. Physically, I know he's feeling better, but his ADD behavior is still pretty much the same. If it does change, great! But meanwhile, we'll continue w/ his meds. (He's on the Zyrtec for a severe dust mite allergy.) Later, Pam " Dileges Dominum Deum ex toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua, et in tota mente tua. " ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2000 Report Share Posted December 13, 2000 Evan was put on 1 ml Risperdal about two months after he started the diet. I don't know what good the Risperdal is doing since he was improving on the diet. I am afraid the Psychiatrist he sees through the Regional Center's tell-video conferencing is giving all the credit to the meds and not the diet. I may take him off the meds just to be sure. His teacher and aide, along with our family know it is the diet but I may have to prove it to the medical community. Now just how do we do that? ;-) Betty from Central California ----- Original Message ----- > Do many of you give your child meds while doing the diet? I am > trying ritalin with my son and wonder about starting the diet at the > same time. Thanks, Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2000 Report Share Posted December 15, 2000 Do not go cold turkey because she could have terrible seizures. If your present doctor won't cooperate find one who will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2000 Report Share Posted December 15, 2000 Do not go cold turkey because she could have terrible seizures. If your present doctor won't cooperate find one who will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2000 Report Share Posted December 15, 2000 Do not go cold turkey because she could have terrible seizures. If your present doctor won't cooperate find one who will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 DO NOT go cold turkey. Our DD was also on adult doses of meds for seizures. Their bodies are dependant on them by that level. Just as you had to gradually increase the dose, you HAVE to gradually decrease the dose. It took almost a full year to get her off the meds and that was after a year of being seizure free. Keep a log. When was her last seizure? What were the circumstances? Can you find a trigger? After she's been seizure free for year, then start tapering. Definitely get a dr who is supportive of eventually getting her off. meds. I had to go thru 3 until the 4th was helpful. We ended up controlling the seizures through (ketogenic) diet. If you want to discuss more, I'd be glad to email privately. dsmall@... Cari In KY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 DO NOT go cold turkey. Our DD was also on adult doses of meds for seizures. Their bodies are dependant on them by that level. Just as you had to gradually increase the dose, you HAVE to gradually decrease the dose. It took almost a full year to get her off the meds and that was after a year of being seizure free. Keep a log. When was her last seizure? What were the circumstances? Can you find a trigger? After she's been seizure free for year, then start tapering. Definitely get a dr who is supportive of eventually getting her off. meds. I had to go thru 3 until the 4th was helpful. We ended up controlling the seizures through (ketogenic) diet. If you want to discuss more, I'd be glad to email privately. dsmall@... Cari In KY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 Don't go off the seizure meds without a drs help. That type of medicine builds up in their blood. If you go off of it you probably won't see any seizures right away if the child still has them but down the road you will. It takes 2-3 wks for depakote to reach the proper level in the blood. ElaineF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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