Re: PLEASE READ WITHDRAWAL ???????'S

[Guest guest]

At 04:46 pm 7/23/01 +0000, you wrote:

>I understand that results of the diet cannot be seen for about one

>month. Is there such thing as a delayed withdrawal?? Why is there a

>good day and then bad day?? I don't understand this.

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I don't want to pretend to understand either. And nothing at all towards

you but I'm getting a little angry at the medical profession in general and

wonder what would happen if you called your child's pediatrician and told

them about this. Would they say that removing casein and gluten can't

possibly have these effects? Any effects?

Our kids' pediatrician denied all knowledge re. gluten and casein having to

do with anything. Some months ago when our son appeared to be regressing I

expressed this concern to the social worker at his ABA pre-school. Of

course I was looking for some advice about what we could do.

What I got back was in effect " If he's regressing we'll have to deal with

it " . That's when I decided that the professionals don't even have a clue as

to what is behind our children's problems. It puts our kids, and us with

them in a very tough place indeed.

I know you're concerned for your child. We all have the same concern and my

point is that so far I'm finding all of us seem to have better

understandings of things related to our children than the professionals.

Don't misunderstand, I'm still committed to using these services but am

working on ridding myself of illusions about their effectiveness.

Nor do I deny their sincerity and abilities. As an analogy, I think

changing our own children's diapers is one thing, but it takes a special

kind of professional to change other children's diapers all the work long day.

Sorry for the rant. We just got back from vacation, my son did some

cheating and I've seen regression. He's still doing a hell of a lot better

than ever, but I can see the changes. Personally I think the diet is worth

staying on, and keeping on. After more than half a year things look much

better to me than after a month. I wish you and your family all the best.

Marty

[Guest guest]

My son reacts more violently to certain other foods than he does to

gluten and casein. So I would suspect, if your child was my child,

that I had substituted a food for the gluten/casein foods that my

child had an even more violent reaction to, for example soy or rice.

I would recommend you do a rotation diet, give different foods each

day, to see which days your child does better and which days are

worse. This can help you determine which food it may be. Here is my

information on rotation diets.

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/rotation.htm