ProEPA vs NV (this is long-sorry)

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Hi all. I've had my son on the ProEFA/ProEPA 2:1 ratio for at least 2.5 years.

It has helped him so much with speech! Whenever we've had to stop for some

reason, everytime we start again, we see more language boosts. It helped him

begin to babble, later it helped him with more words, then it helped him put

sentences together. Everyone ALWAYS noticed the change!

He's almost 4 and doing very well (his official dx is autism but probably

wouldn't get that dx today). He's age appropriate with almost everything except

some social skills. Over the past three months, I've noticed a change in his

speech patterns. First, I noticed stuttering. Quickly, the stuttering changed

to hesitancy...as if he is thinking of what to say, moves his mouth but the

words don't come out, sometimes he just stops trying to get the words out or

rephrases things. Obviously, I am worried because this is new. I feel like his

response time to answering questions or just having a conversation has slowed.

Not because he doesn't know what to say but more because he can't get out the

words.

Does that sound like apraxia? We started this journey when he was 15 months old

and have done everything under the sun...and mainly with fantastic results. So,

seeing any sort of change in speech is frightening.

So... a friend suggested that her son does much better on just the Omega 3's.

I've been a huge fan of the EFA/EPA protocol. Then, I started thinking that

maybe my son isn't getting enough EPA. He only gets 1 ProEPA and 2 ProEFA's.

I'm thinking that he needs at least 1000mg of Omega 3's- right? So, I did what

seems obvious, I increased the proEPA. I switched the ratio... 1 proEFA to 2

proEPA and saw a surge OVERNIGHT in his speech and response time. Like a crazy

surge with no stuttering or hesitancy. And, I've been researching the internet

for about 10 hours straight trying to figure out what to do.

I know that some reported negative results with the reverse ratio...now I'm

scared again. Then, I just started reading about NV. My son is on GFCFSF and

LOD. He is extremely sensitive to oxalates. He has severe pain; so I am

worried if the NV would be high oxalate with the whey protein.

At any rate, should I continue with the increased ProEPA? increase the EFA to

EPA ratio to 4:2? try a small amount of NV? I really think that he's not

getting enough of the omega 3's... So afraid to mess with anything (you know how

that goes). Also, he is VERY short for his age. He looks like a 2 year old and

is almost 4 although we (his mom & dad) aren't exactly tall. He used to be very

overweight though. Now, he's about 70 % for weight but only 15 % for height.

He's 32 pounds and 37 inches tall.

Advice? Thanks! Sorry for the long post.

Joanna

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