Negative behaviors in response to carnitine supplements?

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DD, 6, has diagnosis of dyspraxia/apraxia. She has had several autism evals and

all docs are unanimous that she is not on the spectrum.

In response to the paper in Alternative Therapies in July we asked our ped to

run some metabolic bloodwork. DD's bloodwork came back low for carnitine so her

ped recommended supplements. She has always been prone to temper tantrums/rages,

but had improved dramatically for a few months. As a complicating factor, her

seasonal allergies are bad at the moment (we do shots and she takes 2 tsp of

Zyrtec, has for years) but she still has a hard time.

She is currently taking:

Acetyl-L-Carnitine 500 mg (once daily) ONLY NEW THING, it has been a few weeks

now

Kirkman Children's Chewable Multi-Vitamin Mineral Wafers (2/day)

Vitamin E Complete 8 (2,000 IU/daily)

NN Complete Omegas (1 tsp/twice daily)

If the carnitine makes the omegas and E work better could those formerly fine

doses be too " high " ? On the plus side, she seems more talkative and remembers

more detail on the carnitine. She is a tremendous responder to the E and omegas,

a huge amount of neuropathy has disappeared over the past year and she is doing

fine in a regular K classroom.

We have an appointment with a metabolic doc in a few weeks but just wondered if

anyone else had this experience.

I found a different brand of Acetyl-L-Carnitine that comes in a 250 dose, is it

like the omegas where it's better to start lower? Also, do people give the

carnitine separately? We tend to give it with the E and omegas. Our bottle says

best between meals but we often end up giving the supplements at breakfast and

dinner because that is when we are around.

I'd appreciate hearing other's experiences.

Thanks,