Re: RECOVER? from Autism/genetics?

[Guest guest]

Hi Debbie,

" Mental illness " is just a couple of words used to describe a huge

range of behaviors caused by many different things that we are only

just beginning to understand - much like ASD. Perhaps these are not

neurological disorders - but something else that alters the

neurology? For example: another ASD egroup recently posted findings

of viral activity in the CNS in 28% of people with the dx of

schitzophrenia. Celiac Disease can also cause mental illness

symptoms. A listmate posted months ago about her previously mentally

ill husband responding along with their child to the gfcf diet. The

Journal of Allergy & CLinical Immunology article last month reported

on the GI damage in ASD children leading to leakage of CNS altering

substances. Just a week or so ago there was an article posted from

the University of Calgary about causing rats to have brain lesions

just like those in Alzheimer's (a neurological disorder, supposedly)

by exposing them to mercury.

So when we think it's genetics, maybe it's just a common weak link

that can be broken (or dented) by different environmental exposures

triggers. And even if it is " just genetics " , there are still

prevention and treatment options.

So why not try the diet and maybe be wonderfully surprised.

>

> This is what is torturing me right now. I have one confirmed ASD

child and

> another I suspect as Asperger's but not diagnosed. Both have

chronic

> constipation. ....

> Here is what haunts me...we have a family history of mental

illness. My

> brother is a paranoid schizophrenic and my brother in law has

untreated

> paranoia with a break in reality at one point. When I went to the

> neurologist I felt marked by the history and he clearly responded

to it,that

> it was significant in diagnosing my son. The school phychologist

argued with

> me that since mental illness is a neurological problem thus ASD's

which is

> also neurological could be related to my family history. My ped.

says they

> are different things and the history of mental illness in my family

is not

> significant. My mother says that 80 percent of the country has

some form of

> mental illness in their family thus to conclude that ASD's and my

brother's

> condition are related is foolish. Does anyone have any insight on

this? I am

> so afraid that with my family history my son's ASD is all genetic

and the

> diet won't help yet both of my sons present with some digestive

problems. ...

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/15/01 11:01:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nulani@...

writes:

> CNS in 28% of people with the dx of

> schitzophrenia. Celiac Disease can also cause mental illness

> symptoms. A listmate posted months ago about her previously mentally

> ill husband responding along with their child to the gfcf diet. The

> Journal of Allergy & CLinical Immunology article last month reported

> on the GI damage in ASD children leading to leakage of CNS altering

> substances. Just a week or so ago there was an article posted from

> the University of Calgary about causing rats to have brain lesions

> just like those in Alzheimer's (a neurological disorder, supposedly)

> by exposing them to mercury.

>

> So when we think it's genetics, maybe it's just a common weak link

> that can be broken (or dented) by different environmental exposures

> triggers. And even if it is " just genetics " , there are still

>

Wow I had no idea! Thank you for this info. It gives me some hope that

I could be on the right track for my kids. My husband and I are committed to

giving this diet a try.

Debbie