Am I doing too many things at once?

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I'm feeling uneasy tonight. My 6 yr old ASD son has GI issues common to

many ASD kids and I can't seem to get control of anything for a

substantial period of time. We go through the patterns where BM's might

look normal for a couple of weeks, but then we go back to loose. Today,

he had a horrible cramping attack and we were clueless as to the cause.

We have been chelating since May, although we have taken a few breaks

during illness or constipation cycles. I know that he has a specific

yeast problem and we've been treating it with nystatin and probiotics.

We get it cleared up and start chelating again and then it comes back. I

don't want to go with something stronger for the yeast because it might

overtax the liver and kidneys. He takes all the DAN protocol supps also.

He is also GFCF. What's all this doing to his body? It just seems like

so much at once - enzymes, yeast control, probiotics, fish oil, CLO,

zinc, nu thera, selenium, TMG, etc. and chelation every other weekend.

After the cramping attack today - I thought - what am I doing? I

feel like stopping everything but the diet and letting his body rest, but

maybe that would be the worst thing. We have added everything slowly

over that past few years - I feel uncomfortable and need comments.

Maureen

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> I'm feeling uneasy tonight. My 6 yr old ASD son has GI issues

common to

> many ASD kids and I can't seem to get control of anything for a

> substantial period of time. We go through the patterns where BM's

might

> look normal for a couple of weeks, but then we go back to loose.

If the metals redistribute to gut areas after a round, you might find

this occurring. Keep a journal and note if the bms get lose on the

first day or so after a round is completed.

> I know that he has a

specific

> yeast problem and we've been treating it with nystatin and

probiotics.

> We get it cleared up and start chelating again and then it comes

back.

This may be for the reason I indicated above.

> He takes all the DAN protocol supps

also.

> He is also GFCF. What's all this doing to his body? It just seems

like

> so much at once - enzymes, yeast control, probiotics, fish oil, CLO,

> zinc, nu thera, selenium, TMG, etc. and chelation every other

weekend.

My son does not tolerate ANY supplements, even with enzymes. The

only supplements I give him are calcium from my health food store

[after finding one that he tolerates] and enzymes. I have also heard

that chelation helps many children not need the larger doses of some

of the supplements, or even some supplements at all. So for example,

if your son did well on a mega dose of a vitamin, but chelation is

improving his gut, then he might not need the mega dose any more and

may actually begin having a bad reaction to it. I know my son has

improved after five rounds of chelation to the point that he now

tolerates many foods that he did not tolerate before chelating, so I

know for my son that chelation is improving his gut function.

> After the cramping attack today - I thought - what am I doing?

I

> feel like stopping everything but the diet and letting his body

rest, but

> maybe that would be the worst thing. We have added everything

slowly

> over that past few years - I feel uncomfortable and need comments.

If you have access to testing and would like to do that, you might

receive some information on which supplements you should consider

stopping. Or you can stop everything except the diet, and possibly

also keep chelation, and see if your son improves. Or even if he does

not improve or even gets worse, at least you could then add back the

supplements one at a time and see if one or more of them were causing

a bad reaction now, or which ones are helping his improvement and

which ones are not.

Dana