How long can we do intro and beginning SCD?

January 4, 2007

I have not had much access to a computer for the last few months. I have been

on pecanbread list, but have been unable to follow it much.

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

non-verbal (basically). He has been on the SCD since 9/12/06. I have tried to

follow the guidelines on pecanbread, etc. re introductory foods, etc. We have

been unable to make much progress. Unless I give him oral epsom salts, he is

constipated.

He is being seen by a DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) dr. here since Nov. who

recommends SCD, but I don't think she has much experience with problems with it.

We started him on Armour thyroid the first part of December but we have still

not made much progress. We are now increasing the thyroid hoping to improve his

bowel function.

My concern is that I may be keeping him on introductory foods too long. We

are only doing zucchini, green beans, butternut squash with well-cooked meats,

the 24 hr. raw goat yogurt, cooked apples & /or cooked or raw (very ripe) pears,

occasional avocado, very rare salad and broccoli and some honey and lots (about

4-6 a day). We have tried cooked prunes without much luck and he doesn't seem

to like them.

I am concerned about keeping him on such a narrow variety of foods and wonder

if I could increase him to more things like broccoli (which I have done for an

occasional meal). So my question for those who have the experience: Can I go

ahead and increase him to more foods, even though he is still having

constipation (or else his stools are loose--sometimes, explosive). Remember he

is now almost 5 months on SCD.

Oh, yes, recently he has seemed to be doing worse. His behavior has gone back

to a lot of things he had done in the past and which I have not seen for quite a

few months while on the SCD.

Thanks for any input.

Carfagno mom to SCD now 5 months

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