Son turned into a monster! Please advise!

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My 9 yr old son eats a very scant diet because of allergies/seizures.

I introduced egg into his diet yesterday. I was planning on starting

the intro diet today. My yogurt is cooking right now, and I am very

excited. We are seeing new things with him1

A few hours after the eggs, he was yelling " no " and just being very

cross. He stayed up til 4:00 a.m. He would not stay in bed. He was

hitting, biting, yelling, spitting. He was doing weird things too,

like grabbing his tongue and other things. We tried holding him down. He

drank many many glasses of water. Finally at around 2:00 we gave him

charcoal. Didn't do a thing. At 3:00, we gave him 1 melatonin and at

3:45 another. He fell asleep around 4:00 and got up at 10:30. I

thought he would sleep in. Yesterday he got up early too. I had been

thinking he was jsut feeling so good he got up early so he could play.

But after last night I am thinking he is just wired.

Please help. I am not giving him eggs today. Last night I made his

chicken soup, which is wonderful. He did have some last night but he

was already yelling and stuff before that.

Please help. I don't know what will happen tonight, we will be

desperately needing sleep!

Thank you all so much!

jo

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Hi jo,

<<My 9 yr old son eats a very scant diet because of

allergies/seizures.

> I introduced egg into his diet yesterday. I was planning on

starting> the intro diet today. My yogurt is cooking right now, and

I am very> excited. We are seeing new things with him1>>

That's great. : )

<<A few hours after the eggs, he was yelling " no " and just being very

> cross. He stayed up til 4:00 a.m. He would not stay in bed. He

was> hitting, biting, yelling, spitting. He was doing weird things

too,> like grabbing his tongue and other things. We tried holding

him down. He> drank many many glasses of water. Finally at around

2:00 we gave him> charcoal. Didn't do a thing. At 3:00, we gave him

1 melatonin and at> 3:45 another. He fell asleep around 4:00 and got

up at 10:30. I

> thought he would sleep in. Yesterday he got up early too. I had

been> thinking he was jsut feeling so good he got up early so he

could play.

> But after last night I am thinking he is just wired.

>

> Please help. I am not giving him eggs today. Last night I made his

> chicken soup, which is wonderful. He did have some last night but

he> was already yelling and stuff before that.>>

Yikes! What a bad reaction to eggs. Were they regular store eggs or

free range eggs? Either way I'd avoid them for quite a long time.

If he'll eat the soup/broth that may help flush it out of his

system. I'd suggest waiting on the yogurt until things settle down

and then start small 1/8 tsp. The intro (or as much as you are able)

may help .

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and