SCD is not feeding my kids enough, did anyone quit?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I thought that the SCD would eliminate my child's PANDAS tics, and help my sons

gut. Well it has helped his disposition, but not my daughters tics. She is

eating food that makes them continue. But she feels better she says!

I am ready to quit. I had my seriously underweight, malabsorbing son eating 2000

calories a day and he was doing well on a GFCFdiet, but not great - and now he

is barely consuming 1200 calories a day.He is not having a regular stool

anymore.

While I see the benefits, I cannot emphasize how thin he is and how I am worried

abot ketoacidosis, etc and losing weight. He also is having diarhhea from all

the fruits and vegees.Beofe the diet his stool was good.(sorry!)

Has anyone had problems with htis diet? I know Dana said her kids didn't

tolerate the foods on the diet.

[Guest guest]

This sounds really really stressful, and it may not be the right diet right now,

but here are a few thoughts-

How long have your kids been on the diet? Did you do the stages from Pecanbread

or not? Part of SCD is not eating things that bother you- it should be

personalized, so if fruit isn't working don't eat it and eat other things. Why

is your son getting so few calories- is he refusing food? There are many ways

to make the diet work, I'd post on an SCD board to see what other parents did in

this situation (many have been in this situation). Also, some people don't do

well on SCD and do much better on the GAPS version, you could look into

switching to see if it would help. For your daughter, she may need to remove

histamine foods to address tics, or if they are caused by bacteria, it may take

awhile to resolve this. Are you doing probiotics along with the diet?

-Sierra

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> Hi,

>

> I thought that the SCD would eliminate my child's PANDAS tics, and help my

sons gut. Well it has helped his disposition, but not my daughters tics. She is

eating food that makes them continue. But she feels better she says!

>

> I am ready to quit. I had my seriously underweight, malabsorbing son eating

2000 calories a day and he was doing well on a GFCFdiet, but not great - and now

he is barely consuming 1200 calories a day.He is not having a regular stool

anymore.

>

> While I see the benefits, I cannot emphasize how thin he is and how I am

worried abot ketoacidosis, etc and losing weight. He also is having diarhhea

from all the fruits and vegees.Beofe the diet his stool was good.(sorry!)

>

> Has anyone had problems with htis diet? I know Dana said her kids didn't

tolerate the foods on the diet.

>

[Guest guest]

I encourage you to post your question to the pecanbread forum:

pecanbread/

It's the adapted version of SCD for kids with an ASD.

They can help you address problems and help you through this. It's worth a try

before you make the decision to stop.

Best wishes!

>

> Hi,

>

> I thought that the SCD would eliminate my child's PANDAS tics, and help my

sons gut. Well it has helped his disposition, but not my daughters tics. She is

eating food that makes them continue. But she feels better she says!

>

> I am ready to quit. I had my seriously underweight, malabsorbing son eating

2000 calories a day and he was doing well on a GFCFdiet, but not great - and now

he is barely consuming 1200 calories a day.He is not having a regular stool

anymore.

>

> While I see the benefits, I cannot emphasize how thin he is and how I am

worried abot ketoacidosis, etc and losing weight. He also is having diarhhea

from all the fruits and vegees.Beofe the diet his stool was good.(sorry!)

>

> Has anyone had problems with htis diet? I know Dana said her kids didn't

tolerate the foods on the diet.

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your answers! I am really considering adding in a few high calorie

easily digestable carbs to help with his weight and stool. There must be

something that doesn't feed yeast?

I don't want to abandon the diet, but he is just skin and bones - but full of

energy at the same time!

Thanks again,

Susi