Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Cindy, Hang in there. It is unlikely you will see any major behavioural changes so early into the diet, but they will come. When we first started the diet, I kept a detailed behaviour log and I can honestly say that I did not see one iota of improvement in the first month(we had the same random mixture of good days, bad days and really really bad days). The only thing that kept me motivated to stay on the diet was the dramatic improvement in my daughter's chronic diarrhea. It took a year for her diarrhea the disappear completely and her behaviour gradually got better also. We have been on the diet for 3 years now and although I would never say to others that she is cured of autism, to me she has been recovered. All those typical autistic behaviours are gone(toe walking, body posturing, hysterical laughter etc....). At age seven, she just finished grade one in a typical class without assistance, made good grades and even made typical friends. It is completely amazing to me, she has surpassed all my expectations. This is a child who at age 3 was virtually non-verbal. She is still border-line hyper-active, has attention problems, is very emotional, has audio-processing difficulties and language and social issues. We continue with other therapy to help her and I have no doubt we will see lots of improvement in all areas in the years to come. My advice to you and to anyone new to SCD is to stick with it, follow Elaine's book and be patient. This diet is not a miracle quick fix, but it will help immensely. Best wishes > 1. > Re: so, maybe this isn't working... > Posted by: " Cindy " samsmom06@... samsmom06 > > Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:08 am (PST) > How much longer Carol? I am tired of being up all night everynight > and feeding this kid around the clock not to mention going through > close to ten pull ups a day since we are up close to 24 hours at a > time. We are sleeping about three hour strethces twice per 24 hour > periods. Does this end soon? Neither one of us are truly happy, > mostly grumpy, hungry, and tired. I have never been grumpier and > currently I am not enjoying being a mom, which I can honestly say i > have never felt this way before. So, exactly when should we start > to see some relief in all of this? It better come soon before this > mom retires, which I would hate to see in only three weeks, but they > have been three of the worst weeks of my entire life. > Thanks Carol for your support > cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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