Re: Sleep ?? about gluten..

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In a message dated 8/19/01 3:07:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, lwo@...

writes:

> Sue,

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> If you think his problem is that he is not " entrained " or coordinated with

> the light/dark cycle, methylcobalamin, a form of B12 sold in a sublingual

> lozenge might help, if you think you can get him to keep it under his

> tongue until it melts. That might be hard for an 18 month old, so maybe you

> could dissolve it and put some of the solution under his tongue. People

> who get B12 deficient usually get there because they are not making

> adequate intrinsic factor in the gut, and no matter how much B12 you

> swallowed, you'd still have trouble absorbing it. The sublingual goes

> straight into the blood stream, just like nitroglycerine tablets.

>

> I'll put some articles below on methylcobalamin.

>

> Also, a friend of mine has an autistic teenaged son whose sleep cycle has

> been disturbed, and he started taking taurine a couple of days ago, and

> slept during the hours of 10pm-2 am for the first time in two years, his

> mother said, and that was not what either of us was expecting!

>

> My father who had Alzheimers disease was on the g/f c/f diet as long as the

> place where he lived would cooperate. After about two years, they decided

> not to accomodate any special diets, and my father started eating gluten

> and getting up in the middle of the night and wandering. In the daytime he

> just sat like a zombie in a chair, but about nightfall, he would start in

> on a chorus of " Let's go! Let's go. " (Yes, those with AD

> perseverate!) When we got him back on the diet, about three days later, it

> was as if the fog had cleared, and he sat up from the chair where he had

> been vegging, and started saying " There's Sandy. There's . There's

> my kitchen. Look, there's my bedroom, etc. " It was an amazing thing to

> witness, and he was soon back to talking to us more normally. But I think

> the " opiate " part is more the wandering, and the sleep cycle issue is a

> little different, but may be mediated through a different aspect of

> gluten/casein restriction.

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I don't know what the sleep problem is...I have 3 children just to

clarfiy.. is 13, with AUTISM. is 8, with ADHD, and is 16

months. is the only one I have sleeping problems with. I don't think he

is autistic cause he isn't like was..and he has done all of his

milestones. I am thinking that maybe it's the gluten that is giving him

sleeping problems cause it causes stomach problems and pain right?? I have no

idea of how to get this child to sleep. sleeps fine. I need to start

the gluten-free for both of my sons cause the speech help that may await

them. What does gluten do to your body and your thinking? Thanks for the

information. I appreciate it alot. Take care,

Sue...

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-I know all kids are different, but I tried taking my daughter off

bananas(I read in a book about bananas causing different types of

sleep problems even in " normal " kids) and I found a direct

correlation between my daughter's night wakings and bananas! We even

retested several times and sure enough-even as little as 1/2 banana

at lunch time and she'd wake up full of energy in the middle of the

night. I am kicking myself because she was a terrible sleeper as a

baby and it was probably those darn bananas!! Good luck.

Kathy-- In GFCFKids@y..., JnSm5@a... wrote:

> Can gluten/casein disturb sleep patterns?? I am wondering cause my

16 month

> son has a gluten allergy (and possible a casein allergy too) and

has had

> sleeping problems since we started him on solid foods when he was 3

months

> old..and I am wondering if I reduce/kill his gluten intake if he

will sleep

> better? I am introducing gluten free foods as suggested by the GFCF

> Diet..with no gluten in one meal and all snacks. But I have only

done it for

> 3 days today..Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks and

> take care,

> Sue..

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