Re: Re: rytalin,or alternative for add/apraxic?

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Yes, we have had success with the supplements. What we do is once a adjustments

and the supplements daily. We did a urinalysis to check some basic levels

orginally. We do restest every 6 months just to see how he is doing. This is

optional, but I felt it was necessary. We eliminated one supplement after the

first set of test results, as he was doing better and no longer needed it. We

also do fish oil like so many others. The combination of these things seems to

be working for Ethan. Of course every child is different. Total Ethan takes 6

supplements including fish oil, a vitamin, and melatonin (which we are trying to

ween off of the melatonin). He gets 3 in the morning and 3 after dinner. I had

my uncle take a look at the fish oil, vitamins, and melatonin before we started

supplements to make sure I wasn't giving him to much of any one thing. That is

something we have been careful NOT to do. At any rate, please feel free to

contact myself

or my uncle. He truly loves his job - and that makes it an easy choice for him

to help people. I will be updating the webpage this week about the supplements

we use. I will try to get the most recent information available. So, maybe

check on Friday.

Hope that helps.

Ethan's Mom

Helping Parents of Children with Apraxia~

www.ethanslifewithapraxia.com

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From: capetalker <capetalker@...>

Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 10:47:17 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: rytalin,or alternative for add/apraxic?

>Thanks , I will check out your site. The nutritionist we use is a

chiropractor and everything is natural.We are also working on system balancing

-but have been doing this for 3 years with progress and set backs(when we went

overboard on supplements 2 years ago using a different nutritionist. ) You are

so lucky to have someone so close and who really cares. We are on the east coast

and our nutritionist is on the west--phone therapy is difficult and I'm sure

much is missed. Did you have sucess with supplements to help improve attention

and focusing? Thanks

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> I feel for you! Our son is in kindergarten this year and we were having

similar issues. We did some testing with our chiropractor for natural

inbalances. We have put him on some supplements to help. Like you we didn't

want to go the medicated route - as the benefits were outweighed by the

negatives. If you are interested in this type of alternative route you can

visit his site and read up on it. I am sure you could even contact him and ask

questions about how he handles these types of cases. I know from personal

experience that it has helped Ethan tremendously. Our site address is listed at

the bottom of this page. I have a note about that section of his site on my

welcome page and on the chiropractic care page. I can tell you that unlike

most, I know my chiropractor very well because he is my uncle. He has gotten

very involved in Ethan's therapy and research about things we can do. The help

he has given us is awesome! He is a wonderful

> resource - he wants to do things for Ethan that will help not hinder.

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> Best of luck to you.

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> Ethan's Mom

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> Helping Parents of Children with Apraxia~

> www.ethanslifewitha praxia.com

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> Our daughter is ending kindergarten and now still dealing with moderate global

apraxia we have been dealing with attention problems which is impacting progress

in learning and progress in therapy. Every person that works with her indicates

her inability to focus/easy ditractability. The dr. of course wants to try

rytalin. Our nutritionist just suggested actyl -choline and a product called

synaptin which is supposed to be calmingto use with acytyl choline. The side

effect of the acytyl choline he said is possible irritabilty, but he said if the

choline works it is likely the rytalin would work--It's been our fear for the

entire school year to try the rytalin in that the side effects would be awful,

and that we'd have to deal with a whole new set of issues. Does rytalin have any

imact on the Apraxia? Also, we used phosphaline 2 years ago recommended by a

different nutritionist to stimulate language-it did but we had severe

irritability with that. I've

> tried the phosphaline in very small doses--1/4 tsp a day since then and over

a few week period the severe irritability starts again and is difficult to stop

even after the phosphaline is stopped,.??- Any input would be apprciated.

Cheryl

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