RE: Re: Its been a while...I've got a few questions...

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My guys are also high copper. They mouth/chew everything. so, far we have gone

up to 60mg per day but the mouthing is still there. Should I go even higher?

What are recommended brands and forms of zinc? Do you give it with food or on

empty stomach?

epoxycozy wrote:

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> About the zinc...we give a lot here to my 5 year old-35 lb son. He was very

high copper on his hair test at age 2.5. Our highest was 75mg/day, but we're

currently at 55mg/day. However, we did work up to that amount very slowly and I

give it several times/day, as much as 5X at one point. Currently, DS gets @

18mg at breakfast, 18mg at lunch, and 20 mg at bedtime. When I tried to go

lower to @35mg/day, I got serious chewing behavior, so we are now at the

55mg/day. My son tolerates it very well. Anyway, try breaking up the dosages

to multiple times/day to see if that helps.

> I can't help you with the calcium as we've never supplemented it above DS's

multi...he isn't CF.

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>> I'm wondering about the following...

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>> *Anyone's child have any issues with calcium supplement? (Kirkman's) It

seems after his dosing he gets a bit irritable... wondering if that is normal???

Also, should calcium be giving in one dose, or am I thinking of vit D where it

has to be spread out cause it doesn't absorb all at once? Its in powder form

that I put in his juice or " milk " .

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>> *Anyone's child have any issues with zinc supplement? (Kirkman's) I know he

needs this...he's high in copper. But it doesn't seem to tolerate this very

well, again like the calcium he becomes irritable. This is in capsule for and I

open it and put in his juice along with the mag c and sometimes the zinc.

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>> I'm wondering... maybe I'm giving too much of these supplements, or the wrong

way, or not comboing it right with another supplement?? ? He is 3yrs old and 30

lbs. He's hyper and has major meltdowns and a yeast issue.

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>> With the calcium I give him Mag citrate. He also has an issue with teeth

grinding at night and a few of you mentioned magnesium serate (sp??) but I can't

seem to find that...the HFS is telling me that is just a filler that is put in

capsules and not really a supplement.

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>> What I've noticed, pretty much with ALL supplements, including probiotics, is

he does really well with these things for a few weeks and then becomes very

irritable and angry and has major meltdowns and just has that other side to him

that is very hard to tolerate. Is this a gonna get worse before it gets better

kinda thing??? Or not normal??

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>> Maybe there is something else going on that I'm not catching on to.

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>> TIA!!! ))

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>> " God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change;

>> courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference. "

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