Guest guest Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Hi all, My 7 year old son has been experiencing loud vocal stims ('EEEEEEEE'!) and humming accompanied with hyperactivity for about a year now. He had had the same vocal stims when he was about 3 years old, but they went away for the most part until last year. I would guess that these stims are being caused by some sort of pathogen (EBV, Measles, CMV, HHV6, Lyme? - pick one!), but I have never done blood tests for viral antibodies. Have any other parents experienced this or know of a way to address this problem? Thank you for any help! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I know this sounds odd, and i am not a believer in snake oils, marketing hype, etc. My son made the same sounds and to placate some family members (non autistic) who swear by a product called Xango, i tried giving it to my son. It is supposedly an anti-oxidant, but here is the deal. Within 3 days he stopped the humming and verbal stims. I thought it might be coincidence, but when i ran out of it, he started again after 2-3 days of being off it. I don't know why it worked for my son, but i am thankful and i slip 10ml in his milk or in a dropper in his mouth twice a day. No verbal stims at all now. Just my experience and what worked for me. I think you can find it online or in health stores, but try and make sure it is authentic if you can. hope it helps. -john ryansdad1998 <ryansdad1998@...> wrote: Hi all, My 7 year old son has been experiencing loud vocal stims ('EEEEEEEE'!) and humming accompanied with hyperactivity for about a year now. He had had the same vocal stims when he was about 3 years old, but they went away for the most part until last year. I would guess that these stims are being caused by some sort of pathogen (EBV, Measles, CMV, HHV6, Lyme? - pick one!), but I have never done blood tests for viral antibodies. Have any other parents experienced this or know of a way to address this problem? Thank you for any help! Tom ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 , I agee with your theory of the stims. Most of the time stims are to create a controlled environment for a child. They would rather hear a humming sound, which is soothing and managable than deal with other things they are experiencing. Fluttering your hands in front of your eyes and humming really blocks out about everything that is hard to deal with (at least if you might be ASD.) Could be environmental triggers just as much as biological factors. We can't expect to treat everything with a pill or powder... -john Shepard Salzer <_Shepard@...> wrote: Tom, What else is going on in his environment when he does his vocal stims? Is it noisy, crowded? Does he do it in various different locations (home, yard, mall, car, school or preschool, etc)? Does he only do it around certain people? Does he do it at particular times of day (after meals? first thing in the morning? transition times? bedtime? 2 am?) Many on the spectrum have sensory hypersensitivity so he may be doing it to drown out noises which we don't notice but which drive him nuts, or fluorescent lights (they cycle) so it's like strobe lights to someone who's sensitive, or if people in his life smell of detergent, deordorant, perfume, cologne, cigarette smoke, cleaning supplies that may be a factor. He may have food or environmental allergies which cause sensations (headaches, etc) he doesn't know how else to deal with. Is he on a special diet? Does he have any mercury amalgam dental fillings? When was his last vaccine? Have there been renovations in the home or school recently? Does he have a new mattress? Can he talk or otherwise communicate? Have you asked him, nonjudgmentally, why he does the stims? S S _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Thank you everybody for giving me some direction in trying to resolve 's vocal stims. I will definitely try the anti- viral/anti-yeast approach and hopefully we'll see some improvements. I will report back to the board if I find that any one treatment works well for us. Thanks again, Tom > > Tom, > What else is going on in his environment when he does his vocal stims? Is it noisy, crowded? Does he do it in various different locations (home, yard, mall, car, school or preschool, etc)? Does he only do it around certain people? Does he do it at particular times of day (after meals? first thing in the morning? transition times? bedtime? 2 am?) > > Many on the spectrum have sensory hypersensitivity so he may be doing it to drown out noises which we don't notice but which drive him nuts, or fluorescent lights (they cycle) so it's like strobe lights to someone who's sensitive, or if people in his life smell of detergent, deordorant, perfume, cologne, cigarette smoke, cleaning supplies that may be a factor. > > He may have food or environmental allergies which cause sensations (headaches, etc) he doesn't know how else to deal with. Is he on a special diet? Does he have any mercury amalgam dental fillings? When was his last vaccine? Have there been renovations in the home or school recently? Does he have a new mattress? > > Can he talk or otherwise communicate? Have you asked him, nonjudgmentally, why he does the stims? > S S > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > > > ======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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