Improvements & Infringements/Was OT: Questions about Enzymes

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> I find this discussion so interesting....

> I wonder sometimes if we aren't too optimistic in looking for

improvements in our kid. I hear so many people say that they saw

immediate results but the

> results they posted are all hard to quantify. Like " less spacy "

or " less stimmy " or " more " eye contact. Can someone even quantify

these things? And then when they challenge the diet with enzymes

they notice " no problems " . Maybe we are not looking for problems

because we would like to get off this merry go round. Maybe it was

simply a case of the diet not helping someone, so when they go off

it, there are no differences.... "

I think this discussion is fascinating, too, but to honest, I'm glad

it wasn't happening when I was a newbie and overwhelmed with the

basic gfcf diet. My kid seemed to improve dramatically (and the

school psych & teachers commented on it, not knowing about the

diet). I thought things were great. But thanks to this list, as

time went by, I kept finding more & more hidden g & c and removing

it. Also, I was convinced that my kid didn't react to certain

additives, but slowly began removing them. 18 months down the road,

it's pretty clear that he does react negatively to more ingredients

than I'd previously realized (usually with ADHD-like behavior). And

very minor g & c infringements that I don't catch, Ian does.

Fortunately, he is very verbal and tells me that his " thoughts are

starting to get crazy " or that his concentration isn't as good.

Re being too optimistic, I have his teachers do the ATEC for me as I

found that they score him quite differently than I do. The first

time I saw the 20 point difference, I was shocked, but it was a good

lesson for me. And the important thing is that the score continues

to drop, so we know that the interventions are effective.