ATEC, antibiotics questions

[Guest guest]

I have a few questions:

1) I have a 6.5 yr old son who has always been " difficult " -- always in a rage.

I recently filled out the ATEC form online and he got a score of 60. Is there a

website that describes what the scores mean?

His brother got a score of 7. Interestingly, when tested by GPL, my raging,

violent son had much lower peptide scores than his brother (10x lower). He's

also the most affected by the gfcf diet. What does this mean?

We put him on a gfcf diet and the change in him is amazing. He is delightful and

happy, a real chatterbox who is friendly to all, who says " please " and " thank

you " and apologizes when appropriate.

2) The problem right now is that he is on the antibiotic biaxin (verified gfcf

by the manufacturer) and he is back to raging. He has to stay on this antibiotic

for 2 weeks, and I really don't want him to be this way for 2 weeks! I'm giving

him acidophilus, 15 billion cfu's, in the middle of the day, and I'm not sure

it's helping much. He's fairly pleasant while things are going his way, but if

his activity is interrupted, or someone disagrees with him, he explodes into a

semi-violent rage (he's hitting and kicking but purposely missing us).

Is there anything I can do about this? He has to be on the antibiotic. Someone

suggested he take alka seltzer gold and pepcid ac, but I thought those were for

gfcf infractions. Will they help with the antibiotic?

TIA,

Lis

[Guest guest]

Lis,

The ATEC is a treatment evaluation and is best if done on a regular

basis. Say once a month and then plot your results. It's also best if done

by the same person each time. You and your spouse may end up with very

different scores. Your child's teacher may get a different score as well.

Plot the results of each concurrently. If the trend is the same, you know

you're getting good feedback. It's simply a tool to quantify the success

(or failure) of your child's treatment. My son's baseline ATEC was nearly

90. Now, about two years later, he's down in the low 40's.

Pat in Ohio

[Guest guest]

Lis:

Biaxin is not GFCF, our pharmacist contacted the manufacturer months

ago and they stated they could not guarantee that it is GFCF. Also, I would

give your child a Pepcid AC for the next several days.

You might want to go to a compound pharmacy next time to get an

antibiotic made. Sorry to say but sometimes the manufacturers don't truly

believe and understand the situation. My pharmacist told them it is a 911

emergency and they stated not GFCF. My son has Celiac's Disease so we must

really be careful.

Hope life gets better.