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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 291418" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The reason I mentioned dieticians, specialists etc is because the full-on elimination diet we had to go through (first with difficult child 1 then years later with difficult child 3 - different doctors each time) is so extreme that you are seriously malnourished while on it and a dietician needs to supervise to make sure you're doing it right and also not causing more long-term harm. Our dietician supervised the diet report and the behaviour report and said on the basis of all that, when to try the challenges and when to back off. We were supposed to only be on the full elimination diet until his symptoms subsided - but they never did. They wouldseem to subside then they wouold surface again and eventually we realised that there was no correlation with the diet, but there WAS a correlation with school attendance. It killed our involvement in the research trial and even after a while the dietician said, "We have no evidence that difficult child 3 has a food-related problem, I think it would be kinder to put him back on a nomral diet. Report to me if you have any sudden worsening, but I don't think you will. Call if you need us, but our team thinks you need to work on the anxiety issues in a different direction."</p><p></p><p>Then when I was put on a dangerously stgrict diet, again it was under strict medical supervision. It was that doctor who empowered me to cut things back as drastically as I did - which I needed to do, for the sake of my health. Without having him and his authority to refer to, I would have felt less able to withstand the criticism of family & friends who said I wasn't eating right. But despite not "eating right" I have turned around some serious health problems, exactly as my specialist predicted! It really made a big difference to me.</p><p></p><p>But that's in our system here. You need to do what works for you where you are and also to inform yourself fully. Then you have the best chance of success.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 291418, member: 1991"] The reason I mentioned dieticians, specialists etc is because the full-on elimination diet we had to go through (first with difficult child 1 then years later with difficult child 3 - different doctors each time) is so extreme that you are seriously malnourished while on it and a dietician needs to supervise to make sure you're doing it right and also not causing more long-term harm. Our dietician supervised the diet report and the behaviour report and said on the basis of all that, when to try the challenges and when to back off. We were supposed to only be on the full elimination diet until his symptoms subsided - but they never did. They wouldseem to subside then they wouold surface again and eventually we realised that there was no correlation with the diet, but there WAS a correlation with school attendance. It killed our involvement in the research trial and even after a while the dietician said, "We have no evidence that difficult child 3 has a food-related problem, I think it would be kinder to put him back on a nomral diet. Report to me if you have any sudden worsening, but I don't think you will. Call if you need us, but our team thinks you need to work on the anxiety issues in a different direction." Then when I was put on a dangerously stgrict diet, again it was under strict medical supervision. It was that doctor who empowered me to cut things back as drastically as I did - which I needed to do, for the sake of my health. Without having him and his authority to refer to, I would have felt less able to withstand the criticism of family & friends who said I wasn't eating right. But despite not "eating right" I have turned around some serious health problems, exactly as my specialist predicted! It really made a big difference to me. But that's in our system here. You need to do what works for you where you are and also to inform yourself fully. Then you have the best chance of success. Marg [/QUOTE]
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