Re: Help with daughter's rages, hyperactiveness, amino acids???

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Hi Kathy, have you looked into phenol sensitivity at all? Your

daughter sounds like a good fit. Common symptoms are being ADHD and

having rages, basically. Also having red ears and cheeks, someitmes

restless legs and kicking at night, and there are lots of other

symptoms that can occur. The Feingold site http://www.feingold.org/

has more information. My older son is very phenol sensitive and will

go into a rage if he gets an intense phenol exposure.

Good luck,

Sierra

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> Hi, my daughter is almost 5, drug-exposed in utero, is diagnosed with

> ADHD. She has rages. They are less severe than they used to be but

> still about once a week, sometimes a bit less. She is also hard to

> handle, hyperactive a lot. Also, she has high hormone levels,

> including testosterone which may account for her aggressiveness.

>

> I have her taking b-6, magnesium, fish oil and a vitamin supplement

> (not sure if the vitamin does anything much). She's had fewer rages

> since the supplements but I stil need help with her. I'm interested

> in amino acid testing or simply trying her on some. I was wondering

> if 5-HTP might be good for her. She doesn't swallow pills yet so is

> there a formula that might work with her? Also, has anyone else here

> tried the testing? I'm only hesitating because of the money. We have

> Kaiser and plus she has Med-Cal. Of course if Medi-Cal will pay I

> will do the tests, otherwise I have to save $500 or so for it. I'm

> willing to try about anything. My marriage of 29 years is ending

> because my husband supposedly can't handle her behaviors. (argh.....)

>

> Any ideas would be so helpful.

> Thanks so much,

> Kathy

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