Lieing becasuse of SCD

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I was so happy to hear your story. My son is ASD 2 1/2

years old and been on SCD for about a year. We have seen amazing results

from the diet and enzymes/supplements too. However, we are still having the

social issues from ASD. I know exactly what you are talking about,

especially in the grocery store. Lately when a stranger approaches him he

covers his eyes and shakes. I feel so bad for him, I can't imagine how

scared he must be. I just try to explain to people that he's shy. It's so

wonderful that your son is able to express his fear verbally now and it

sounds like he is starting to not be as afraid. I can't wait to get there

with my son. I think it will happen in time. I find that it's worse when

his yeast is worse. We are having a hard time getting rid of it, having to

rotate antifungal often. Thanks for sharing your good news!

-Kim

Mom to Noah 2 1/2 yrs old, ASD, SCD 1 yr

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Message: 2

Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:50:12 -0800 (PST)

Subject: Great news! My son's a liar because of SCD! Very Long sorry!

So I always had thought that Elijah ALWAYS told me the honest truth

about what crime he just committed because he took after me and was mostly a

good kid (he's a great kid, I'm teasing). And my daughter, who began lying

at age 17 months and does enough back talking for the both of them,

obviously took after my husband's side; my mother-in-law most likely (LOL!).

Elijah always disclosed without hesitation exactly what he had done even

with some details when asked and almost enjoyed getting put in time-out or

having a toy taken away. I think with his ASD it was comforting to have

dependable cause and effects; I hit my sister -- I go in time out.

So about a month ago he had committed some crime and I asked him what

he had done and he said " I can't tell you. " This is when I began to realize

that recovery might mean that his truth telling might end. I think he

always lacked the creativity and the social understanding that he shouldn't

what me to know the truth. Sure enough last week the lied THREE times in

one afternoon! And they weren't just " yes " or " no " lies either. a

started to scream. I asked, " Why is a crying? " Elijah says, " I just

vroomed (meaning drove the car) on...the book " that was sitting right next

to him. Obviously he drove the car over his sister and he made up a little

story/lie. The next one was quite similar and the third one...when I went

to put him in time out he said he needed to go potty to get out of it. I

fell for it and he did not need to go. What problem solving and

creativity!!!! I was so proud of him and excited but I kept my composure in

order to not to encoura

ge him

to use these new skills against me.

A couple week before this he deceived me and charmed me all at once

and I'm afraid I was too enamored to correct the behavior. As part of his

ASD he always used to destroy the playroom. Not out of anger. He would

just zone out and knock everything on the floor and then take one of his big

dump truck and swipe it at high speeds on the floor into all the toys. I'd

tell him he had to stop and I was just ignored. As I describe above every

form of discipline just seemed to fit a " If A, then B " kind of format of his

day. He was a danger to my daughter and himself when he got like this. He

would continue this in whatever room unless I turned on the TV or sat and

read with him to calm him down. A few weeks ago he started to trash the

play room. He hadn't done this for a while and my heart sank a little. I

walked to the play room door and he popped up, walked to the center of the

room, and said in the sweetest voice, " Mommy, could I please clean it up

now. " I was so

thrilled. I said, " Sure buddy. " and walked back into the kitching with a

big grin on my face and he continued to trash the room. I was so caught up

in the improvement that if took me a while to go back in. I finally did and

he said, " Oh-no, Mommy I need to clean it up. " I just couldn't believe it.

I was so happy and stunned that I don't think that I ever stopped him!

This is getting really long, but I'll make this quick. This isn't

about lying. Elijah would always get scared when people at the grocery

store or strangers looked at him or tried to engage him. Whenever he got

upset on any level he would have a very hard time verbalizing anything. But

around Christmas, for the first time, in a crowded grocery store, someone

said " hi " and waved, and he fussed and said " Mommy I'm scared of the

peoples. " I was so thrilled my response probably was so strange to everyone

around. " YOU ARE!!! WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING ME. THAT'S REALLY

GREAT USING YOUR WORDS!!! " I went on for another 2 aisle and was beaming

throughout the whole grocery store. Now he is saying Hi to strangers and

introducing himself!

SCD has been the major key to my son's recovery (which is still in

process). We hadn't changed anything but his diet to SCD and added enzymes

so I'm sure SCD is so important to my son (and to my daughter as I recently

posted). And this group is so important to SCD success thanks to everyone.

Sorry of the length, but I wanted to celebrate and also encourage the

newcomers. Now if he would just have a brown formed stool and put on some

weight and be able to eat more than a handful of foods. I can be patient,

though, we've had a lot of success already.

Thank you,

Elijah 3 (ASD? just a couple quirks, leaky-gut)

a 2 this month

SCD almost 4 months

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