Re: One week on NV - great progress but we are now in Meltdown City!

[Guest guest]

I posted something about my little guy going through an awful stage. It took

about 1 full week and we likened it to a type of detox, then he just woke up one

morning and was settled - no more craziness. Seems like when we upped his

dosage it happened again...just not as long. Hang in there and see what

happens.

Although, I do notice now that our son (almost 3) is able to say/communicate

more (after approx 1 month on NV), he gets more easily frustrated when we can't

understand him which has never been an issue previously. Almost as if he knows

he's capable now, so it's frustrating to have to constantly repeat himself to

get a new word/point across. Just my assumption though. And still his

frustration is nowhere close to the tantrums we were seeing before NV and during

the first week of NV.

Hang in there!

Sharon

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> Liam continues to amaze us with new words, longer sentences, more attention,

more interest in what's going on around him, and best of all, a big desire to

share his world with us! He's generally happy, singing a lot and wanting us to

sing with him - this really does seem to have flipped a switch for him. And he

seems aware of the changes, too. It seems that he's aware and proud that he's

doing new things.

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> BUT . . . his anger and frustration levels - when he does get angry or

frustrated - are all of the sudden really intense! He threw a tantrum at

preschool today that was unlike anything he's ever done in the 2 1/2 yrs he's

been there. And yesterday was tantrum after tantrum after tantrum, all day

long. I believe that I read somewhere - can't find it here, so maybe on

someone's blog? - that someone else's kid went through a rough patch a few days

after starting NV? Or am I imagining that? Please give me hope that this is

just detox or something and will pass!

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> Dianne

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[Guest guest]

Nutriiveda probably increases the brain's access to serotonin, and that

neurotransmitter controls a long list of very ancient behavior patterns. One

possibility is that signals are now getting through to the area of the brain

where a simple behavior pattern (anger) gets activated more, and that

presently a more advanced behavior pattern -- subliminating the anger --

will get learned, or superimposed. I.e., the tantrums mean more energy,

which will soon be available for other, better behavior.

Good luck -

Tim Stearns

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Dianne <degarrettjones@...> wrote:

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> Liam continues to amaze us with new words, longer sentences, more

> attention, more interest in what's going on around him, and best of all, a

> big desire to share his world with us! He's generally happy, singing a lot

> and wanting us to sing with him - this really does seem to have flipped a

> switch for him. And he seems aware of the changes, too. It seems that he's

> aware and proud that he's doing new things.

>

> BUT . . . his anger and frustration levels - when he does get angry or

> frustrated - are all of the sudden really intense! He threw a tantrum at

> preschool today that was unlike anything he's ever done in the 2 1/2 yrs

> he's been there. And yesterday was tantrum after tantrum after tantrum, all

> day long. I believe that I read somewhere - can't find it here, so maybe on

> someone's blog? - that someone else's kid went through a rough patch a few

> days after starting NV? Or am I imagining that? Please give me hope that

> this is just detox or something and will pass!

>

> Dianne

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