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I am the Clinic Director for a clinic in Texas that specializes in the treatment

of brain injury with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Typically the protocol for

brain injury (which includes autism) will call for 40 treatments. I have seen

some autistic patients do very well with it but perhaps stopping at 20

treatments didn't allow the HBO to fully do its job.

I heard a doctor once say that when you are remodeling a house, things get

pretty ugly before they get better. He said you tear down walls, rip up

flooring, sheetrock - and then you begin cleaning up before you actually lay

tile floors, paint and wallpaper etc... He said that the construction process

can be messy but when you are done, it never looks the same. He related the

whole thing to my son and how sometimes in order to get better, you might see a

temporary worsening of things.

It sounds like you may have had some of that going on. Each child and each

brain injury are different, so it is hard to say what was really going on for

sure right now. Blessings, Tammy

Message: 21

Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:36:51 -0400

Subject: Re: Re: OT: dilated pupils

It sounds like the HBOT did some " chelating " of sorts (which is one of the

things that it is supposed to help with as well as killing bad bacteria in the

gut . . . maybe why your son was " yeasty " for a time . . it could have been

" die-off). It does sound like you have more metals in there, and only you can

decide what is the best course of action or maybe " non-action " concerning that.

Apparently, though, this adjustment in the pupils can happen with even just a

little bit of " metals moving. " My son, , is not chelating in the true

sense. He is using PCA-RX spray to pull his metals. It is not a true chelator,

but is showing a lot of promise as a low or no-risk way to detox (it doesn't

pull out the minerals, but does pull out the metals quite well in some

individuals). Anyway, has only been using this spray a few weeks, and he

is no where near his full dosage. However, Dr. Megson could already see some

improvement in his pupils' reactions to light last week at our appointment. She

seemed very pleased with his progress.

I hope our experience gives you a little something to go on. I am sorry that

you didn't see more progress with your HBOT treatments. I don't have the answer

to that one since it is so new and everyone is just figuring out where this fits

into the spectrum picture. It could be that your son needs more dives. And it

could be that his symptoms were a result of the " die-off " that is supposed to

occur. And, also, it seems apparent that you stirred up some metals without

getting them all out. The symptoms could be a result of the remaining metals

redistributing themselves in his system again. Just some guesses . . . I

certainly am no doctor.

Good luck in your continued journey!

Jeni Lynn (gastrointestinal problems)

SCD 2 months

mom to Margeaux, 6 yr. (add, gastrointestinal problems, heavy metal toxicity)

, 3 yr. (risk for add, gastrointestinal problems, heavy metal toxicity)

Elle, 18 mo. (leaky gut, eczema, heavy metal toxicity)

SCD 4 months

Re: OT: dilated pupils

I have to chime in on the topic of dialated pupils, because we have had a

weird

experience with this issue. No one takes this experience seriously, but as his

mother

who looks into his eyes everyday, I notice a change.

My son always had very large pupils. This seems to be related to if he was

actually

focusing on something or not. Was he staring or actually looking.

In spite of this, he has always been a very high functioning child. We have

done diet,

supplements, ABA, Methyl B12 injections etc..... Now at age 5, he is caught

up (even

ahead) in many developmental areas. He lags behind in motor skills and has

sensory

issues. I know he was mercury damaged, but we have never chelated. ly, I

have

been to afraid of the regression that usually takes place. He has done so

well, I just

can't imagine watching him go backwards.

Anyway, the weird part about dialated pupils .... In January right after he

turned Five,

we went to a Hyperbarics Center in another state, and did 20 " dives " in 2

weeks. Now

I don't think that was the best way to do it, because he seemed to actually be

less

focused in general, got a little yeasty, and diarhea. (I did teach him to play

chess

while we were in the chamber.) Anyway, after we had been home for a week or

so. I

noticed that his pupils seem to be more normal size, and reacted to changes in

light

more normally. He still has sensory issues -- maybe more than before. His

motor

skills have not really improved. I believe we are still dealing with metals.

He is

continuing to learn very well, and is starting to read a little.

I just don't know what to think about this experience. Any ideas?

Amy