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Are you sure his probiotics are dairy and soy-free? Which form of vit D are you

using?

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Seriously losing it, need help with 2 year old

Posted by: " G " luckylot@... jessicagalligani

Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:37 am (PST)

We have been doing biomed, inclusive of GFCF and LOD diets, enzymes, natural

antimicrobials of all sorts, parasite cleanses every 6 months, Andy Cutler

chelation and even homeopathy with our five year old for years, because of his

SPD and anxiety symptoms. Overall, he's doing much better, but we still have a

long road, anyway, he's not the problem.

In the process of learning about our 5 year old, we have been trying to prevent

these issues in our two and a half year old by not vaccinating, using

supplementation and diets (he had eczema reactions to dairy and soy when I was

nursing him) and most recently, chelation, based on a hair test that appeared to

prove him to also be borderline mercury poisoned. He didn't quite meet the

counting rules, but his essential elements were pretty skewed. He most

definitely has gut issues, yeast and bacteria, he has severe bloating and mood

swings.

Our whole house just experienced a major stomach bug a few weeks ago that had

everyone vomiting and the whole thing, but no fevers, just stomach issues. We

still don't feel entirely right when we eat. Since then (along with molar

teething) our two and a half year old has suddenly started behaving HORRIBLY. He

is having tantrums like I have never seen before, it's like he can't even smile

anymore, he screams about everything, takes everything away from his older

brother and runs, just to be mean, is completely and utterly defiant, if we say

black, he's going to say white, if he wants something (IE - a drink) and we hand

it to him he freaks and throws it acting like he doesn't want it, then cries

that he wants it. He is clingy and won't play on his own, he is hungry

CONSTANTLY, like every hour all day, but fights me on everything I try to feed

him, if it's not snacky. He has always had a difficult personality like this,

especially when sick, but I am feeling like something isn't right. Since this

illness, he has also started acting a little sensory defensive, like foods and

warm water are too HOT, loud sounds bothering him slightly, he doesn't like me

to touch him. If this is the illness we just had it seems to be lasting too long

and honestly, I am losing the ability to cope. I am now crying regularly and I

am not a crier. I just can't enjoy my kids or my life like this, it's awful.

He has also been saying his belly hurts when he wakes up and after naps (hunger?

growth spurt?). While he was sick with horrible burning and very pale diarrhea,

he started holding it in causing constipation. We gave him oxy powder and aloe

vera juice (which he gets daily anyway) plus we give him fiber with his

probiotics at bedtime. Now the consistency is more normal and the color is fine,

but I can tell that there is still a little constipation, by the shape of his

BMs (like little balls clumped together at the start of it sometimes) and he

doesn't seem to be going as much (volume) as he was before the illness. I'm sure

this can't be helping matters.

At first I was concerned that maybe he was being irritated by an antimicrobial,

so instead of giving him 3 drops of OoO orally, I started putting them on his

feet and I cut back on his GSE (was giving about 15 drops, cut back to 10) and

today he is WORSE plus he has the red anal ring back which had been mostly gone

since the illness went away. Today he is crying that his hiney is itchy...poor

guy. I hate this!! I even stopped most of his vitamins to see if anything else

was irritating him (except for his vit D, magnesium citrate, K2, artichoke

extract). Now, I am concerned that maybe he is deficient in something or that he

needs something more, but I don't know what or how to figure that out. He has

had bloodwork done recently along with a lead test, just basic stuff, and

nothing was really off there. I can make an appointment at our DAN! if we need

to test something, does anyone have any suggestions? I am torn, stool test, OAT,

metabolic panel....

Any ideas?