Guest guest Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 : I would've never classified my son as hyperactive. VERY active and busy, but not hyperactive. The first time we took him off fish oils we saw the same thing as you describe below. He had an awful attitude, whiney, fits and even hyperactive. However we also saw articulation regression as well. Not sure why, but you are not alone! I kept wondering if it was the terrible 2s as well, at the time. We had him off for a full week and the regression started around day 3ish. After we added the fish oils back in, he bounced right back to normal in all areas within 3 days. This was all before we had added NV to his diet so not sure if that would've affected regression/bounce-back time or not? Hang in there. Sharon > > Do the fish oils affect behavior as well as speech? We were able to get Madelyn an appointment with a new neuro sooner than we expected, so we stopped giving her the capsules after only one week. We have not seen the regression we were expecting, and she has kept all of her new words and is still talking a lot more than before. She has not acquired anything new or made any progress this week, however. But, her behavior the past few days has been awful! More screaming, more easily frustrated, more tears and more tantrums. I don't know if it is 2 year old stuff, or the oils, but I can't wait to get her back on them next week. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I couldn't give my son the EFAs for two nights, and he started banging his head a little and wanting to go outside to swing and slide and run ALL the time on about the third day. I didn't see speech regression, but perhaps that would have kicked in later. The behavioral differences are much more apparent to " outsiders " than the speech. I'm embarrassed to say that my husband counts as an " outsider " when it comes to noticing differences in speech, but he almost immediately noticed that our son was calming down more quickly after an upset, and not banging his head as much. We're in the middle of getting some sort of diagnosis now from a behavioral ped, so I can't tell you what they're going to call what we're dealing with, but I suspect it's very similar to what most people on here are facing : sensory issues and speech problems with more or less autism spectrum issues. > > > > Do the fish oils affect behavior as well as speech? We were able to get Madelyn an appointment with a new neuro sooner than we expected, so we stopped giving her the capsules after only one week. We have not seen the regression we were expecting, and she has kept all of her new words and is still talking a lot more than before. She has not acquired anything new or made any progress this week, however. But, her behavior the past few days has been awful! More screaming, more easily frustrated, more tears and more tantrums. I don't know if it is 2 year old stuff, or the oils, but I can't wait to get her back on them next week. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 My son, Elijah, will be turning 4 next month. In the 2 years he has been on the fish oils I have ran out a couple of times and both times were bad! Tantrums, lack of attention...had difficulty focusing and staying still. Now he is a very energetic boy all the time, but when he ran out it was to the extreme! I firmly believe they do affect the behavior as well! > > Do the fish oils affect behavior as well as speech? We were able to get Madelyn an appointment with a new neuro sooner than we expected, so we stopped giving her the capsules after only one week. We have not seen the regression we were expecting, and she has kept all of her new words and is still talking a lot more than before. She has not acquired anything new or made any progress this week, however. But, her behavior the past few days has been awful! More screaming, more easily frustrated, more tears and more tantrums. I don't know if it is 2 year old stuff, or the oils, but I can't wait to get her back on them next week. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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