re Can anyone offer me some hope?

February 12, 2007

Bethany,

My 18 yo son is diagnosed with severe, non-verbal, low-functioning autism. He

has been SO ACTIVE most of his life. In fact, last Jan. we began buying

exercise balls for him and he would sit on one and bounce most of the day. He

was so active and seemed very happy to be bouncing but the bouncing had an

intensity about it that seemed not quite right. (we have bought about 15 balls

so far, as his intensity would break them one after the other).

After starting on SCD (the right way), he quit using the ball. He became so

quiet and did not seem to need the intensity of the bouncing of the ball. I

have speculated that doing SCD helped his bowels to finally begin to feel

better. We had done gfcf, but although it seemed to help, I had felt that the

grains did not seem to work as well for him, not just the gluten.

We are still working with the diet and trying to get stable, but I am sure

this is the way to go--just seeing how he no longer needs the bouncing ball to

(I suppose) counteract the pain in his gut has helped me to commit to it. Even

more than that, had been drooling for years and no one could tell me how

to intervene effectively. His drooling has stopped and he know longer chews on

things--his clothes, all kinds of things.

We had used antifungals for years and although it seemed we saw improvement

for a time, always things got worse again. I believe that using SCD and healing

the bowel will be better than staying on antifungals indefinitely.

Incidentally, I have heard that you might want to get farther along with

healing the bowel before starting chelation, either because of seeing flares

when you used the chelation agents or not seeing any improvement when the bowel,

which is being used to get rid of the toxins, is not able to deal with them

properly.

I encourage you in the SCD, but be sure to start as they say: soups and slow

and progress. I think you will see a great improvement in your daughter's

hyperactivity as you follow SCD. I only wish we had been able to use SCD

earlier for our son.

Carfagno, mom to , age 18 yo, SCD since 9/06

Can anyone offer me some hope???

Posted by: " niceneezer " niceneezer@... niceneezer

Date: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:27 am ((PST))

I am considering starting this diet for my 5 year old ASD daughter.

We've been on the GFCF diet for over a year. I don't think it really

has helped her a whole lot...

Her biggest problem is hyperactivity. She is constantly moving,

jumping, climbing and has been this way since she was a toddler....

I know she has yeast and we give her anti-fungals but the hyperness is

always there...We have been doing biomed for 4 months or so and just

started chelation.

I've ordered the book and have read the website. Forgive me for asking

a question that is probably in the book but I need some hope...Will

this diet help her with hyperactivity?? Will it allow her to enjoy the

activities she so desperatley wants to do?? I feel so sorry for her

because she physically cannot sit still... I refuse to put her on

ritalin or anything like that. She will be in kindergarten next year

and I feel if something does not change she will not be able to learn.

Thanks so much,

Bethany

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February 13, 2007

Hi , could you e mail me privately. I wanted to share what we have just

done with our 17 yr old son and it is working,,, contact me if you are

interested.

Corinne

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