A question about fish oil supplements

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Hi everyone,

I've seen so much discussion about fish oil for children with verbal

apraxia and I've also done some of my own research. The only thing

that I am uncertain on is what happens when they stop.

So for those of you who have children who are taking fish oil

supplements and it seems to help with their speech, when they go off of

them does their speech go backwards again? Or do they continue to stay

at the level they were during their last bout of fish oil?

Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

Hi :

I think that answer depends on the individual child. My son at 2 & 3

years old would regress after a week with no fish oil. At 4, I

lowered him from 6 capsules to 3 capsules without any regression in

speech. Some children regress within a day or two. I also know of

children that are doing well with speech and will regress if fish oil

is missed for a couple of days. So I really think it depends on the

child and their unique circumstances.

HTH,

Tina

mom to Landon 5yo

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> Hi everyone,

>

> I've seen so much discussion about fish oil for children with verbal

> apraxia and I've also done some of my own research. The only thing

> that I am uncertain on is what happens when they stop.

>

> So for those of you who have children who are taking fish oil

> supplements and it seems to help with their speech, when they go

off of

> them does their speech go backwards again? Or do they continue to

stay

> at the level they were during their last bout of fish oil?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Nick (3) regresses, but it's more like falling off a cliff than going

downhill. Instead of slowly losing words, it took over a week of

stopping the oil (I believe closer to 2) to even notice, then

suddenly he started losing sounds, within a few days more he started

closed-mouth sounds when he hadn't done that in months. At that

point, you could remind him to open his mouth and he would. At some

point, he also lost went from full sentences down to a few words.

When he was " on " (in therapy or being reminded), he would still do

most things properly, but his trying to communicate throughout the

day suffered, and he lost some of his sounds even in therapy. He did

not totally regress to where he was in Sept (when I started oils),

but I'm sure he regressed to where he would've been if only in

therapy without ever having oils.

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> Hi everyone,

>

> I've seen so much discussion about fish oil for children with verbal

> apraxia and I've also done some of my own research. The only thing

> that I am uncertain on is what happens when they stop.

>

> So for those of you who have children who are taking fish oil

> supplements and it seems to help with their speech, when they go

off of

> them does their speech go backwards again? Or do they continue to

stay

> at the level they were during their last bout of fish oil?

>

> Thanks,

>