Re: For those that have stopped/ restarted oils

[Guest guest]

Sorry to be a pain and ask again, but if anyone can help, I'd really

appreciate it! I asked this question in December and haven't seen a

response, and I can't find anything in the search (and trust me, I've

read hundreds now) about how to restart. I know a lot of moms have done

it, so if anyone can answer, that would be great!!

>

> I took my son off of fish oils before he started school in January. I

> needed the school to see his apraxia in true form to accept him (as

> well as to offer proper therapy), then kept him off for his first 2

> weeks with the SLP. Now I am ready to restart the oils, but I don't

> know where to start.

>

> Should I start over again with the 1 EFA, build to 2 EFAs, 1 EPA,

etc,

> or should I immediately put him on 4 EFA, 2 EPA, which is the highest

> dose he had reached before I stopped the oils? Any advice would be

> great.

>

> Thanks in advance!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

I don't know about others on the board, but for me, when I had to stop

and restart with my child, I started from the beginning with 1 capsule

and built my way back to where she was before, not as slowly the first

time around. I just wanted to be sure that I put it back in her system

one at a time.

Lori

> >

> > I took my son off of fish oils before he started school in January. I

> > needed the school to see his apraxia in true form to accept him (as

> > well as to offer proper therapy), then kept him off for his first 2

> > weeks with the SLP. Now I am ready to restart the oils, but I don't

> > know where to start.

> >

> > Should I start over again with the 1 EFA, build to 2 EFAs, 1 EPA,

> etc,

> > or should I immediately put him on 4 EFA, 2 EPA, which is the highest

> > dose he had reached before I stopped the oils? Any advice would be

> > great.

> >

> > Thanks in advance!

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Sorry you haven't gotten a response...I meant to answer you

yesterday. Your son previously being on 6 capsules and off over a

month(?), I wouldn't start at 6 capsules. There are no real " rules "

how you go about doing this. It really depends on your child and how

he reacts to raising fish oil doses. My son always had extra sensory

stuff going on for about a week after I added more fish oil.

Depending on your child is where you would want to start. You could

start at 1 capsule, 2 capsules, etc. until you got back to 6

capsules. I wouldn't wait for plateaus, but give him the necessary

time to get use to the oils again.

My son was on 2 capsules when he was evaluated for the school

district. I took him off like you so he would score low on the

speech evaluation. I started him back with the 2 capsules at once

after he regressed and was fine with that--he was probably only off

for a week though.

good luck-

Tina

mom to Landon 5yo

> >

> > I took my son off of fish oils before he started school in

January. I

> > needed the school to see his apraxia in true form to accept him

(as

> > well as to offer proper therapy), then kept him off for his first

2

> > weeks with the SLP. Now I am ready to restart the oils, but I

don't

> > know where to start.

> >

> > Should I start over again with the 1 EFA, build to 2 EFAs, 1 EPA,

> etc,

> > or should I immediately put him on 4 EFA, 2 EPA, which is the

highest

> > dose he had reached before I stopped the oils? Any advice would

be

> > great.

> >

> > Thanks in advance!

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Our son was only off oils for a week, and we ramped back up rather

quickly. I think we started with 1/2 the dose he was on (2

EFA/1EPA), then within a week we were back up to 4 EFA and 2 EPA.

Since you were off longer, the body might need to ramp up slower,

maybe 2 EFAs and see how he does, then add the EPA if he doesn't have

any problems. I saw another surge after stopping and starting again,

maybe because I started so fast!

Penny

http://twoplusoneequalsfive.blogspot.com/

> >

> > I took my son off of fish oils before he started school in

January. I

> > needed the school to see his apraxia in true form to accept him

(as

> > well as to offer proper therapy), then kept him off for his first

2

> > weeks with the SLP. Now I am ready to restart the oils, but I

don't

> > know where to start.

> >

> > Should I start over again with the 1 EFA, build to 2 EFAs, 1 EPA,

> etc,

> > or should I immediately put him on 4 EFA, 2 EPA, which is the

highest

> > dose he had reached before I stopped the oils? Any advice would

be

> > great.

> >

> > Thanks in advance!

> >

> >

> >

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