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Hi,

I have some background info and then questions. My son, Ben is

almost

5. He was just dx with Sensory Integration Dysfunction (DSI), Anxiety

Disorder, and a possible Sleep Disorder (we're going to look further

into that to see if it's more bad sleep practices or really a

problem). He was also dx with systemic yeast and g/c sensitivites.

What my dev.ped. wants us to do first is put Ben on a yeast free diet

and a long term course of oral antifungal meds.After about 3-4 weeks

of that if we still need to see more improvement she wants me to

start

casein free first and then progress to gluten free if we need to. All

the while this is going on he will be having OT for his DSI, and

later

inte fall he will have ST for an Expressive Speech Impairment. She

also wants me to do EFA supps too.

My question is: Have many of you done the yeast free diet? How was

it? I have Super Sugar Boy in Ben. The yeast free thing is gonna

kill

us all (emotionally). I am terrified! I also feel like such a

hypocrite because I am Super Sugar Mom.<g> However, I don't think I

can go thru Ben's withdrawals (and OH they are gonna be bad) without

having some chocolate to fall back on myself. (Now , before anyone

says anything...YES it HAS occurred to me that I could have a yeast

problem, but I am 35 and unwilling to go down that road for myself

just yet.<vbg>)

Do any of you that did/ are doing the YFdiet have any practical

coping tips? Are there ANY kind of yfree breads available? Any kind

of sugar free chocolates out there that I could use to at least fake

out his sweet tooth? Would it be okay if he had a few Equal or

Splenda sweetened things? I really don't like nutrasweet but would

just a little be bad?

I did the Feingold Diet with Ben for several months with good results

and I thought THAT was hard! That was a peice of cake compared to

what I am being asked to do now. I had decided to scrap feingold 2

months back because we could never eat out, HA! now we're really

gonna

be stuck at home....and we LOVE to eat out! YIKES. However, if I try

to do feingold, on top of yeast free on top of gfcf, Ben will never

have anything fun to eat. And YES I think it's important for food to

be fun because it is so much a part of our lives. So, how have any

of

you made these diets fun? I need any tip, and resource, any advice,

and all the support you can give me. I am a very easily overwhelmed

person and am getting more scared by the minute about all this

because

it seems like more it will be more than I'll be able to handle, yet I

do so much want to help my Ben.

Thanks for reading this long post. Oh, I have a dh, and a

typical 11 yr. ds, and a so far typical 15 mos.dd, Autumn (she

is my only immunization-free child). We are also

homeschoolers(unschoolers) and live in the Atlanta area.