...Re: OCD and impulse control

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Hi ,

I feel for you. My 11 dd is ASD with OCD. We have found that

working with a special diet (especially without artificial

colors/preservatives and soy) as well as avoiding chemical contacts

helps a GREAT deal with the OCD and sleep issues. She could be

reacting to the chemicals put on the horses (lots of different types

of sprays are used around horses, not only on thier bodies, but also

on their equipment, and in the environment ~ such chemicals to kill

bugs and chemicals used on the grass). Also, avoiding chemicals in

perfume and products that contain fragrance have helped a great deal

as well. If you haven't already done so, try to go organic at your

home with foods as well as with all the products used at your home

(including for your laundry detergent, soaps, shampoo, tooth paste,

makeup,...). For our daughter, one whiff of a visitor's fragrance

can make the rest of the day a challenge (including the possibility

of causing a migraine and lethargy, very sad and scary!).

You might be interested in checking into Aubrey-Organics products (I

get mine online) and some of the household products offered through

Kirkman Labs online (they also have YUMMY all natural AND soy-free

chocolate chips, delicious melted and then frozen into a delicious

treat, used in cookies/gluten-free muffins/or just used on their own

as a treat!).

Houston's enzymes (most recently the TriEnza's) have helped our dd

tremendously!! She takes 2 to 6 of them with each meal (depending on

what she's eating at the time, they help with her eczema as well!),

along with 2,000 mg of Vit C taken throughout the day, 600 mcg

Biotin, Magnesium, and Cod Liver Oil capsules containing Vit A and

Vit D (and a few others at various times too).

Best wishes in figuring out the unique combination of things that

will help your daughter (feel free to write me privately as well),

Gretchen

Proud home schooling mom to two

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> Has anybody specifically worked on impulse control and obsessive or

repetitive behaviors?

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> My dau can't stop herself from anything. Her impulse control is so

slight she literally reached out to touch a hot iron the other day,

and put her face right next to a knife while I was cutting.  I don't

want to do meds but at times she does things that are so unsafe that

I might have to.  We've been on biomed supplements for 2 yrs, GFCF,

and nearly synthetic food dye and preservative- free 2 yrs,

Neurofeedback, years of OT, acupuncture, etc

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> She was set to move up to a more difficult riding class but her

anticipation of the change made her go nuts today and she was doing

things she hasn't done in 10-12 months - pacing, growling, stomping,

muttering to herself. Then I left her alone for a few minutes and she

was yelling at other students mounting their horses with tips on how

to do things right, etc.

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> She has a very complicated medical history that makes it really

hard to decide what the etiology of this behavior is. The one thing I

will say is that she had a huge cold sore on her lip last week and I

have noted before that behaviors accompany an outbreak. But is that

the chicken or the egg? Her sensory sensitivity has recently really

jumped up. She stomps when she walks, crashes and bangs into things,

is not aware of body space and constantly invades other people's

space, walking in front of them, standing too close, asking the same

questions over and over.

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> I just did a search and didn't get anything back on alternative

remediations. 

> Thanks!

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