Re: Sound sensitivity - what to do?

[Guest guest]

Hi Rohini,

My son had this same issue. He's my younger child, so it was easier

at home than it is for you,. but he couldn't really be around babies

at all. He also couldn't tolerate our voices if they were emotive,

regardless of the emotion or who we were talking to. We did

Therapeutic Listening for about a year on and off, I was never very

convinced that it helped, but looking back on it I think it did slowly

help. I started ds on DMG last fall and within a few weeks I suddenly

realized that his sound sensitivity was gone. Other people were

commenting too- everyone around him had gotten so used to hearing him

scream whenever the noise level got too loud, or someone spoke wiht an

angry voice. There were times when he was okay wiht a level of noise

that I couldn't take!

I switched him to TMG at some point (he was yelling a lot and I

thought it maybe a side effect of the DMG), and the sensitivity

started to come back slowly. When I took him off everything for our

Great Plains test, and then was adding things back in slowly, the

sound sensitivity started to be noticeable again. Now back on DMG it

is going back away. I noticed that this correlated to his other

sensitivities, which are getting dressed and getting in the bath. I

hope that is helpful.

-Sierra

>

> Hi,

>

> My 4.5 yr old son with ASD cannot stand the cries/cooing/babbling or

> for the matter, any sounds that his 9 month old baby brother makes.

> I know a small part of it is behavioral, but I think he does have

> issues with sounds. He is visibily very upset and tantrums even if

> he hears any kid/baby screams when we take him outside eg: the

> grocery store. It is impossible to have them both together in the

> same room without his meltdowns. (If the baby is quiet, he is quite

> loving to his baby brother). I am wondering if anyone has

> experienced something like this and any suggestions to make him

> overcome his sound sensitivity.

> When I was searching on the web, I saw a technique called sensory

> learning. I was wondering if anyone has experience with that. Also,

> if there are nny biomedical interventions that might help with this

> issue, please let me know. he is already on enzymes, codliver oil,

> mb-12 shots, folinic acid, methylfolate, zinc, probiotics, vit C,

> calcium. He has made huge gains with antifungal treamtent but it has

> not helped with sound issues at all.

>

> It will make life so much more maneageable if only they could be in

> the vicinity of each other.

> Thanks very much

> Rohini

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, one more thing- I forgot to add that giving more folic acid can

help minimize the side effects of DMG if your son gets any. The side

effect that some kids get is hyperactivity, although it sounds like

most kids don't get that. I thought that my son's yelling was a form

of hyperactivity maybe.

Good luck,

SIerra

>

> Hi,

>

> My 4.5 yr old son with ASD cannot stand the cries/cooing/babbling or

> for the matter, any sounds that his 9 month old baby brother makes.

> I know a small part of it is behavioral, but I think he does have

> issues with sounds. He is visibily very upset and tantrums even if

> he hears any kid/baby screams when we take him outside eg: the

> grocery store. It is impossible to have them both together in the

> same room without his meltdowns. (If the baby is quiet, he is quite

> loving to his baby brother). I am wondering if anyone has

> experienced something like this and any suggestions to make him

> overcome his sound sensitivity.

> When I was searching on the web, I saw a technique called sensory

> learning. I was wondering if anyone has experience with that. Also,

> if there are nny biomedical interventions that might help with this

> issue, please let me know. he is already on enzymes, codliver oil,

> mb-12 shots, folinic acid, methylfolate, zinc, probiotics, vit C,

> calcium. He has made huge gains with antifungal treamtent but it has

> not helped with sound issues at all.

>

> It will make life so much more maneageable if only they could be in

> the vicinity of each other.

> Thanks very much

> Rohini

>

[Guest guest]

> My 4.5 yr old son with ASD cannot stand the cries/cooing/babbling or

> for the matter, any sounds that his 9 month old baby brother makes.

> I know a small part of it is behavioral, but I think he does have

> issues with sounds.

For my son, this was 75% eliminated with a good yeast protocol, and

the other 25% with lysine [anti-viral].

Dana

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My sons nutritionist just told me that if my son has sound sensitivity to

give him molybdenum. She says it's supposed to help with that. Ok, not sure

why but my son is also high copper so I'm going to start giving it to him.

/NJ

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[Guest guest]

Thanks so much to all so much for the input.

I am really interested in this AIT. Is it the same as sensory

learning? Do all OT therapists do that or is there any special

training needed? My child is qualified to receive OT, but

unfortunately, the IU has yet to find one. Also, he got denied through

our insurance since his issues are sensory and not fine motor. We live

in PA, close to Philly., If you know of anyone who would do AIT in the

area, kindly let me know. I just feel so hopeful after reading the

replies. It is just a nightmare right now....yes, I don't even dare to

venture out in the car out with them together, except if it is a 5

minute drive max with a pacifier in the baby's mouth or if the baby is

sleeping.

I don't think the antifungal has helped with sound sensitivity, but we

have yet to try antivirals. And he gets MB-12 shots once every three

days, and folinic acid (400 microgram twice daily) and methylfolate (1

cap daily). He is not hyperactive, rather he was more towards ADD.

I will look into the molybdenum suggestion. He is high in copper and

low in zinc, but I don't think his RBC elemental analysis showed any

other major issues.

Thanks again. All you folks are so very helpful.

Rohini

[Guest guest]

Rohini - Just wanted to share my sons " sounds " problem. His wasn't this

severe but it was terrible come spring when the lawn mowers got out or even

when the toilet flushed. At preschool doing the fire alarms, and national

weather service sounds, anything like that.

He's always been very sound sensitive but more he'd hear every little

announcement on the intercoms like at the grocery store. He still listens

to the music everywhere we go and will announce the group singing. But he

was very yeasty has a baby/toddler and not until doing enzymes last summe,

age 7 1/2 and going off this fall did a realize how they had helped beyond

just outgrowing it. This fall off enzymes he started having problem

covering his ears in the halls and covering his ears when the toilet

flushed, way weird and wasn't a problem before! Anyway, back on enzymes and

now doing an extensive yeast program, he's fine. Stopped chewing too.

At school they worked with him on the fire alarms up until middle to end of

1st grade. They would take him out before, teacher take him, talk to him,

they were wonderful with him. Now in second grade he does fine with the

alarms. I would say a little on the worried side and get stuck on worries

and subjects, but that 's getting better too. Ask the same question, over

and over and over....drives you nuts!

Tammy

Re: Sound sensitivity - what to do?

Thanks so much to all so much for the input.

I am really interested in this AIT. Is it the same as sensory

learning? Do all OT therapists do that or is there any special

training needed? My child is qualified to receive OT, but

unfortunately, the IU has yet to find one. Also, he got denied through

our insurance since his issues are sensory and not fine motor. We live

in PA, close to Philly., If you know of anyone who would do AIT in the

area, kindly let me know. I just feel so hopeful after reading the

replies. It is just a nightmare right now....yes, I don't even dare to

venture out in the car out with them together, except if it is a 5

minute drive max with a pacifier in the baby's mouth or if the baby is

sleeping.

I don't think the antifungal has helped with sound sensitivity, but we

have yet to try antivirals. And he gets MB-12 shots once every three

days, and folinic acid (400 microgram twice daily) and methylfolate (1

cap daily). He is not hyperactive, rather he was more towards ADD.

I will look into the molybdenum suggestion. He is high in copper and

low in zinc, but I don't think his RBC elemental analysis showed any

other major issues.

Thanks again. All you folks are so very helpful.

Rohini

[Guest guest]

Here are a few things about AIT/listening therapy form my experience,

could be different for others. We see a separate OT for the

listening, she has special training in it. Our original OT told us

that the clinic where she practiced wasn't set up to do the listening

and that they weren't trained. The specialist OT explained that there

are several different kinds of listening therapy, and that what we are

doing (called Therapeutic Listening) is basically a newer version of

AIT. Here's more info about it-

http://www.advancedpediatrictherapies.com/treatments/therapeuticlistening.php

I don't actually take my son into the clinic- we do everything by

phone and mail. I do this because I can't drive, but this might be an

option for you if you can't find someone close to you who you like.

It sounds like spending lots of time driving around in the car isn't a

great thing for you right now!

Oh, when I told our listening OT about the DMG helping my son's

sensitivity she said " oh, he probably had some auto-toxins that the

DMG cleared out. Lots of auditory and tactile sensitivities are

caused by toxins " - that would've been nice to hear when we first

started! With my son, getting him to wear the headphones and do the

listening has been a serious battle. If this happens to you, I have

some tricks I can give you. Best of luck!

-Sierra

>

> Thanks so much to all so much for the input.

> I am really interested in this AIT. Is it the same as sensory

> learning? Do all OT therapists do that or is there any special

> training needed? My child is qualified to receive OT, but

> unfortunately, the IU has yet to find one. Also, he got denied through

> our insurance since his issues are sensory and not fine motor. We live

> in PA, close to Philly., If you know of anyone who would do AIT in the

> area, kindly let me know. I just feel so hopeful after reading the

> replies. It is just a nightmare right now....yes, I don't even dare to

> venture out in the car out with them together, except if it is a 5

> minute drive max with a pacifier in the baby's mouth or if the baby is

> sleeping.

> I don't think the antifungal has helped with sound sensitivity, but we

> have yet to try antivirals. And he gets MB-12 shots once every three

> days, and folinic acid (400 microgram twice daily) and methylfolate (1

> cap daily). He is not hyperactive, rather he was more towards ADD.

> I will look into the molybdenum suggestion. He is high in copper and

> low in zinc, but I don't think his RBC elemental analysis showed any

> other major issues.

>

> Thanks again. All you folks are so very helpful.

> Rohini

>

[Guest guest]

Sierra - I just wanted to comment on the headphones. That was a huge, huge

thing for my son from the beginning. He had chronic ear infections and was

cognitive and speech delayed so of course we wanted to make sure his hearing

was fine. We finally did tubes at three. Anyway, just getting a hearing

test was a nightmare and headphones was out. They even wanted to try it at

preschool to screen out sounds. Couldn't get them on his head! And I new

he could hear because he could hear a train or an airplane far away with no

issues. To this day, he has a very good ear and hears everything!

Tammy

Re: Sound sensitivity - what to do?

Here are a few things about AIT/listening therapy form my experience,

could be different for others. We see a separate OT for the

listening, she has special training in it. Our original OT told us

that the clinic where she practiced wasn't set up to do the listening

and that they weren't trained. The specialist OT explained that there

are several different kinds of listening therapy, and that what we are

doing (called Therapeutic Listening) is basically a newer version of

AIT. Here's more info about it-

http://www.advanced

<http://www.advancedpediatrictherapies.com/treatments/therapeuticlistening.p

hp> pediatrictherapies.com/treatments/therapeuticlistening.php

I don't actually take my son into the clinic- we do everything by

phone and mail. I do this because I can't drive, but this might be an

option for you if you can't find someone close to you who you like.

It sounds like spending lots of time driving around in the car isn't a

great thing for you right now!

Oh, when I told our listening OT about the DMG helping my son's

sensitivity she said " oh, he probably had some auto-toxins that the

DMG cleared out. Lots of auditory and tactile sensitivities are

caused by toxins " - that would've been nice to hear when we first

started! With my son, getting him to wear the headphones and do the

listening has been a serious battle. If this happens to you, I have

some tricks I can give you. Best of luck!

-Sierra

>

> Thanks so much to all so much for the input.

> I am really interested in this AIT. Is it the same as sensory

> learning? Do all OT therapists do that or is there any special

> training needed? My child is qualified to receive OT, but

> unfortunately, the IU has yet to find one. Also, he got denied through

> our insurance since his issues are sensory and not fine motor. We live

> in PA, close to Philly., If you know of anyone who would do AIT in the

> area, kindly let me know. I just feel so hopeful after reading the

> replies. It is just a nightmare right now....yes, I don't even dare to

> venture out in the car out with them together, except if it is a 5

> minute drive max with a pacifier in the baby's mouth or if the baby is

> sleeping.

> I don't think the antifungal has helped with sound sensitivity, but we

> have yet to try antivirals. And he gets MB-12 shots once every three

> days, and folinic acid (400 microgram twice daily) and methylfolate (1

> cap daily). He is not hyperactive, rather he was more towards ADD.

> I will look into the molybdenum suggestion. He is high in copper and

> low in zinc, but I don't think his RBC elemental analysis showed any

> other major issues.

>

> Thanks again. All you folks are so very helpful.

> Rohini

>

[Guest guest]

>>Ask the same question, over

> and over and over....drives you nuts!

My #4 did this. It is going away, and I give her anti-virals and mito

cocktail right now, so consider those as possibilities.

Dana

[Guest guest]

http://www.auditoryintegration.net/autism_contact.html go to this site. You may

find one near you. I live in PGH PA and went with Sara G in North Carolina per

recommendations of about 10 Moms in one of my support Groups. She is awesome.We

are in the process of doing this now. Our insurance paid most of it. You will

need a hearing exam and audiogram done prior to the program. The program is

specifically tailored to your childs audiogram results. Oh, your child needs to

be no less than 2 1/2 yrs of age. Be sure to mention to whom you choose if you

have done any other listening programs. Good Luck....

Hensley <ahensley11@...> wrote: The Sound of a Miracle by

Anabel Stehli is a great book, she helped to bring

AIT to the US about 40 years ago. She also has two other books, called The

Sound of Falling Snow and Dancing in the Rain which are all stories written

by parents regarding their experience with AIT. I have heard Anabel speak

and actually spoken at one of her conferences (as a parent sharing our

story). To do AIT, someone has to be specially trained for it. A speech

therapist did my son’s AIT and our insurance actually paid for it since it

was billed under speech. I only know of places here in AZ that do AIT, but

your DAN doc probably can give you referrals. AIT was life changing for us,

but it took 2 cycles for the miracle. One cycle is 10 days, twice a day for

½ hour each time… our cycles were about a year apart. I highly recommend

The Sound of a Miracle – it is the story of her daughter’s recovery and how

her daughter explains what it is like to hear shoes squeaking across the

street in the gymnasium… how driving a certain way – she would hear the

ocean and scream because of the noise…etc. It really opened my eyes as to

what my son’s world was like.

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of rohi_03

Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:04 PM

Subject: Re: Sound sensitivity - what to do?

Thanks so much to all so much for the input.

I am really interested in this AIT. Is it the same as sensory

learning? Do all OT therapists do that or is there any special

training needed? My child is qualified to receive OT, but

unfortunately, the IU has yet to find one. Also, he got denied through

our insurance since his issues are sensory and not fine motor. We live

in PA, close to Philly., If you know of anyone who would do AIT in the

area, kindly let me know. I just feel so hopeful after reading the

replies. It is just a nightmare right now....yes, I don't even dare to

venture out in the car out with them together, except if it is a 5

minute drive max with a pacifier in the baby's mouth or if the baby is

sleeping.

I don't think the antifungal has helped with sound sensitivity, but we

have yet to try antivirals. And he gets MB-12 shots once every three

days, and folinic acid (400 microgram twice daily) and methylfolate (1

cap daily). He is not hyperactive, rather he was more towards ADD.

I will look into the molybdenum suggestion. He is high in copper and

low in zinc, but I don't think his RBC elemental analysis showed any

other major issues.

Thanks again. All you folks are so very helpful.

Rohini

[Guest guest]

There is also an in-home AIT program that is much less expensive for those

insurance don't cover it.

[Guest guest]

My daughter had less hypersensativity while 100% gfcf. Since

starting enzymes and partially leaving the diet she had more trouble

with certain noises.

>

> Hi,

>

> My 4.5 yr old son with ASD cannot stand the cries/cooing/babbling

or

> for the matter, any sounds that his 9 month old baby brother makes.

> I know a small part of it is behavioral, but I think he does have

> issues with sounds. He is visibily very upset and tantrums even if

> he hears any kid/baby screams when we take him outside eg: the

> grocery store. It is impossible to have them both together in the

> same room without his meltdowns. (If the baby is quiet, he is quite

> loving to his baby brother). I am wondering if anyone has

> experienced something like this and any suggestions to make him

> overcome his sound sensitivity.

> When I was searching on the web, I saw a technique called sensory

> learning. I was wondering if anyone has experience with that. Also,

> if there are nny biomedical interventions that might help with this

> issue, please let me know. he is already on enzymes, codliver oil,

> mb-12 shots, folinic acid, methylfolate, zinc, probiotics, vit C,

> calcium. He has made huge gains with antifungal treamtent but it

has

> not helped with sound issues at all.

>

> It will make life so much more maneageable if only they could be in

> the vicinity of each other.

> Thanks very much

> Rohini

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son's noise tolerance improves greatly with GFCF diet and even

more after we removed more allergenic foods (www.foodallergy.com has

a simple blood test for food sensitivities that helped us remove many

other food sensitivities from his diet). Another thing we noticed,

however, is that when he was done with the B12 - more of it made

things worse.

hope this helps!

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > My 4.5 yr old son with ASD cannot stand the cries/cooing/babbling

> or

> > for the matter, any sounds that his 9 month old baby brother

makes.

> > I know a small part of it is behavioral, but I think he does have

> > issues with sounds. He is visibily very upset and tantrums even

if

> > he hears any kid/baby screams when we take him outside eg: the

> > grocery store. It is impossible to have them both together in the

> > same room without his meltdowns. (If the baby is quiet, he is

quite

> > loving to his baby brother). I am wondering if anyone has

> > experienced something like this and any suggestions to make him

> > overcome his sound sensitivity.

> > When I was searching on the web, I saw a technique called sensory

> > learning. I was wondering if anyone has experience with that.

Also,

> > if there are nny biomedical interventions that might help with

this

> > issue, please let me know. he is already on enzymes, codliver

oil,

> > mb-12 shots, folinic acid, methylfolate, zinc, probiotics, vit C,

> > calcium. He has made huge gains with antifungal treamtent but it

> has

> > not helped with sound issues at all.

> >

> > It will make life so much more maneageable if only they could be

in

> > the vicinity of each other.

> > Thanks very much

> > Rohini

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

I know how hard this is. I had a new baby when my son (then had PDD) was

severely sensitivity to any vocal noise that was a squeal, high whisper,

some singing, screaming, crying, yelling etc. I mean, my son would act like

he was in such severe pain that I wouldn’t know who to console, the baby who

needed me or my son who was in severe pain. I once heard Temple Grandin say

that some sounds to her felt like a dentist drilling into her ear without

any lidocaine. That was the hardest year of my life and it really affected

everything we did… I couldn’t get in the car with both of them, because as

soon as the baby cried, my son would scream… I will never forget blaring the

radio and bawling as I drove down the road with the windows open just to try

to block out the noise of both of them screaming – I felt so helpless. We

tried AIT when my son was almost 3 and I didn’t notice a decrease in noise

sensitivity but it did really help with his speech and he started to read

soon after that. We repeated the AIT again not quite a year later (I was

desperate and sometimes they say the second time makes the difference)… It

took about a month after completing the AIT and one day in May (I remember

it clearly) the baby cried and my older son didn’t react – no screaming

yelling covering his ears…nothing. I was shocked. His noise sensitivity

improved by 90%, and that made our life so much better. There was such a wt

lifted. We have repeated AIT twice since then (my son is almost 8 now) and

I did not notice again a decrease in the noise sensitivity, but he still

increased audiotory processing speed.

Anyway – AIT was a miracle for us (the second time we did it). My son was

recently tested in the ENT office by an audiologist because there was so

much fluid behind his ears, the ENT thought for sure my son wouldn’t be able

to hear… but low and behold – Noah at 7 ½ was still hearing at negative

decibels for certain frequencies and that is as low as the test can go. For

reference a whisper is about positive 20 decibels and most people can hear

absolutely nothing at 0 decibels so he still does have some frequencies

which bother him. We now call it super power hearing and he loves being

like a super hero. I never thought the noise was a behavioral thing and I

would get so mad when people would say he was jealous of the new baby. Noah

would have tears running down his face because of the noise but he would be

holding the baby trying to comfort him at the same time… my heart broke that

day.

Noah still wears protective headphones to the movie theaters and to rides in

Disneyland but doesn’t need them for everyday use. We used to have to have

him wear them everyday just to go out to a party or something. I hope this

helps… I just wanted you to know I completely understand how it impacts

everyone’s life around… Noah couldn’t learn how to play because he couldn’t

handle all the noise that toddlers and preschoolers make…. If another kid

would tantrum in preschool – Noah would just freeze and scream… but that is

all over now and praise be to God.

It does get better with age also I think because they learn ways to cope…

but if I don’t have those headphones and we walk into the movies…the hands

immediately cover his ears.

Once we got over the noise issue, Noah has done wonderfully and lost his PDD

dx at 5 ½ years old.

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of purpledragonmama05

Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 6:54 PM

Subject: Re: Sound sensitivity - what to do?

Hi Rohini,

My son had this same issue. He's my younger child, so it was easier

at home than it is for you,. but he couldn't really be around babies

at all. He also couldn't tolerate our voices if they were emotive,

regardless of the emotion or who we were talking to. We did

Therapeutic Listening for about a year on and off, I was never very

convinced that it helped, but looking back on it I think it did slowly

help. I started ds on DMG last fall and within a few weeks I suddenly

realized that his sound sensitivity was gone. Other people were

commenting too- everyone around him had gotten so used to hearing him

scream whenever the noise level got too loud, or someone spoke wiht an

angry voice. There were times when he was okay wiht a level of noise

that I couldn't take!

I switched him to TMG at some point (he was yelling a lot and I

thought it maybe a side effect of the DMG), and the sensitivity

started to come back slowly. When I took him off everything for our

Great Plains test, and then was adding things back in slowly, the

sound sensitivity started to be noticeable again. Now back on DMG it

is going back away. I noticed that this correlated to his other

sensitivities, which are getting dressed and getting in the bath. I

hope that is helpful.

-Sierra

>

> Hi,

>

> My 4.5 yr old son with ASD cannot stand the cries/cooing/babbling or

> for the matter, any sounds that his 9 month old baby brother makes.

> I know a small part of it is behavioral, but I think he does have

> issues with sounds. He is visibily very upset and tantrums even if

> he hears any kid/baby screams when we take him outside eg: the

> grocery store. It is impossible to have them both together in the

> same room without his meltdowns. (If the baby is quiet, he is quite

> loving to his baby brother). I am wondering if anyone has

> experienced something like this and any suggestions to make him

> overcome his sound sensitivity.

> When I was searching on the web, I saw a technique called sensory

> learning. I was wondering if anyone has experience with that. Also,

> if there are nny biomedical interventions that might help with this

> issue, please let me know. he is already on enzymes, codliver oil,

> mb-12 shots, folinic acid, methylfolate, zinc, probiotics, vit C,

> calcium. He has made huge gains with antifungal treamtent but it has

> not helped with sound issues at all.

>

> It will make life so much more maneageable if only they could be in

> the vicinity of each other.

> Thanks very much

> Rohini

>

[Guest guest]

The Sound of a Miracle by Anabel Stehli is a great book, she helped to bring

AIT to the US about 40 years ago. She also has two other books, called The

Sound of Falling Snow and Dancing in the Rain which are all stories written

by parents regarding their experience with AIT. I have heard Anabel speak

and actually spoken at one of her conferences (as a parent sharing our

story). To do AIT, someone has to be specially trained for it. A speech

therapist did my son’s AIT and our insurance actually paid for it since it

was billed under speech. I only know of places here in AZ that do AIT, but

your DAN doc probably can give you referrals. AIT was life changing for us,

but it took 2 cycles for the miracle. One cycle is 10 days, twice a day for

½ hour each time… our cycles were about a year apart. I highly recommend

The Sound of a Miracle – it is the story of her daughter’s recovery and how

her daughter explains what it is like to hear shoes squeaking across the

street in the gymnasium… how driving a certain way – she would hear the

ocean and scream because of the noise…etc. It really opened my eyes as to

what my son’s world was like.

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of rohi_03

Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:04 PM

Subject: Re: Sound sensitivity - what to do?

Thanks so much to all so much for the input.

I am really interested in this AIT. Is it the same as sensory

learning? Do all OT therapists do that or is there any special

training needed? My child is qualified to receive OT, but

unfortunately, the IU has yet to find one. Also, he got denied through

our insurance since his issues are sensory and not fine motor. We live

in PA, close to Philly., If you know of anyone who would do AIT in the

area, kindly let me know. I just feel so hopeful after reading the

replies. It is just a nightmare right now....yes, I don't even dare to

venture out in the car out with them together, except if it is a 5

minute drive max with a pacifier in the baby's mouth or if the baby is

sleeping.

I don't think the antifungal has helped with sound sensitivity, but we

have yet to try antivirals. And he gets MB-12 shots once every three

days, and folinic acid (400 microgram twice daily) and methylfolate (1

cap daily). He is not hyperactive, rather he was more towards ADD.

I will look into the molybdenum suggestion. He is high in copper and

low in zinc, but I don't think his RBC elemental analysis showed any

other major issues.

Thanks again. All you folks are so very helpful.

Rohini