Re: OT: Chelatin

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On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 22:54:12 -0500 " Wendi Dupuy "

writes:

> Yes, we are using chelation and have seen drastic benefits....

> This is what turned my nonverbal child verbal, very verbal...this

> was the heart of my sons problems.

How old is he? We're about to do chelation as well with my 8 year old,

. Just wondering.

I " m under a DAN doctor where I live. Got into this whole thing because

of ONE article someone sent me on the mercury issue....then it all

snowballed, and we did all the testing for food allergies, metals, etc.

and are doing the gf/cf diet, suppolementing, and looking forward to

beginning chelation after our vacation, in a few weeks.

Will be interesting to compare results.

Beth R.

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We will do this if his tests come back positive. We should know

sometime in the next two weeks. We did the mercury hair test at

Great Plains.

> Sorry this is kind of off topic but I'm not sure where else to get

> advice on this subject. Have any of you used chelatin? What

> were the effects of it? I don't know much about it but am curious.

> Thanks,

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..... I am so glad we did. I am

> seeing improvements. One area of concern was that Austin could

never stand on one leg for more than 2 - 3 seconds. We are on round

4. Two nights ago, he came to me and said, " Watch this mom " He

stood on one leg for a full 10 seconds. Then last night, he did it

for 15 seconds!!! It was amazing....

My son was 9 when he began chelation. No one was particularly

hopeful about big results given his age, but they were wrong. We're

almost 10 mos. into it, and Ian still has some aspergers tendancies

(rigidity about rules, literal, weak but steadily improving social

skills) and lags in reading & writing, but he has greatly improved.

He also can finally balance. He's overjoyed that he can participate

in P.E. without always being last. He's challenging himself to

improve physically because it makes him happy.

He's noticing differences between himself & other kids and choosing

to make changes. Holy cow, he asked me to assign him some household

chores! (And he does them - with reminders - which I think is NT

boyish behavior).

No rages, rare meltdowns (pretty NT there, too), minimal classroom

accommodations (oral essay tests) - chelation has greatly helped him

& we're continuing on with it. Still gfcf, self-enforced by Ian who

feels an infringement even if I can't see it.

I completely agree with the others who posted that self-education on

this topic is important, and it's very helpful to have the assistance

of a knowledgeable doctor (md or nd).