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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 291741" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Marg, ANYTHING that works for us gives us a sort of religious ferver <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. Paroxotine changed my miserable, steenken life!!! I LOVE IT...lol. On the other hand, I know it doesn't work for everyone or even most people and would never try to peddle it on others. I love getting new ideas and I look into all of them. </p><p></p><p>See, my son never had anger, rage, etc. to the extent that most of the DAN people's kids do. He was always making steady progress with interventions and, at this point in time, the only way anyone knows he's on the spectrum is if I tell them. He has come far. SO WHY KEEP YAPPING TO ME ABOUT DAN??? I don't want to change my approach since my son is so much better. And, face it, it's hard to get kids to comply to things like gluten-free diets and 100 pills a day, even if it does work. I'll bet most adults reject that, so what good is it? I'm trying more permanent fixes that have nothing to do with pills or vitamins. I'm glad I don't need to hope my son will continue all this as an adult. He is doing fine without having to worry about medication, vitamins, or eating gluten free. I'm happy. I go to the autism meetings to have my son see that other kids are "shy" (as he calls it) like him and to talk to my friends (all who are not DAN doctor believers).</p><p></p><p>But the DAN doctor fanatics, as we do call them, gravitate to us anyway to tell us how great they are. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the middle of somebody trying to talk me into a religious conversion with them though. I don't really get it. Even the DAN parents comment on how well L. is doing. He's #11 in his class academically (out of about 110 kids). He is still "quirky." DAN won't change that.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, I dismiss NOTHING at face value. I just happen to have known about the clinic the original poster was talking about because I lived right there. And I knew folks who went there who sounded like the DAN doctor crowd, yet to me their kids were still acting out, in trouble, and many eventually capitulated and also went on medication. The cost of the pills you have to buy at that clinic are way more than I could afford, yet if I saw great results in other kids I'd have used them (for ME, not my son--I'm the one who has the mood disorder). </p><p></p><p>My own rejection of this clininc does not mean it's a bad place that doesn't help anyone. It is simply my own decision, based on MY knowledge, to be VERY cynical of it's motives and outcome. Doesn't make me right. In my 55 years of bipolar (soon to be 56) and sixteen years of autism with my son I have learned to keep an ear out for anything new and promising and I never stop doing research. And, like everyone, I come to my own conclusions about what is helpful for my particular family and what is not. Then I discuss it with hub and we make joint decisions. </p><p></p><p>I have REALLY bad stomach problems, which I know I can control by not eating too many starches or junk food. If I stick to healthy eating, my stomach is fine. If I breech this even once, like pig out on a pizza, I get reflux and I have to take rantadine (think that's what it's called). It's very uncomfortable. I figured that out on my own. I believe some things we can do better than the "professionals" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 291741, member: 1550"] Marg, ANYTHING that works for us gives us a sort of religious ferver :happy:. Paroxotine changed my miserable, steenken life!!! I LOVE IT...lol. On the other hand, I know it doesn't work for everyone or even most people and would never try to peddle it on others. I love getting new ideas and I look into all of them. See, my son never had anger, rage, etc. to the extent that most of the DAN people's kids do. He was always making steady progress with interventions and, at this point in time, the only way anyone knows he's on the spectrum is if I tell them. He has come far. SO WHY KEEP YAPPING TO ME ABOUT DAN??? I don't want to change my approach since my son is so much better. And, face it, it's hard to get kids to comply to things like gluten-free diets and 100 pills a day, even if it does work. I'll bet most adults reject that, so what good is it? I'm trying more permanent fixes that have nothing to do with pills or vitamins. I'm glad I don't need to hope my son will continue all this as an adult. He is doing fine without having to worry about medication, vitamins, or eating gluten free. I'm happy. I go to the autism meetings to have my son see that other kids are "shy" (as he calls it) like him and to talk to my friends (all who are not DAN doctor believers). But the DAN doctor fanatics, as we do call them, gravitate to us anyway to tell us how great they are. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the middle of somebody trying to talk me into a religious conversion with them though. I don't really get it. Even the DAN parents comment on how well L. is doing. He's #11 in his class academically (out of about 110 kids). He is still "quirky." DAN won't change that. At any rate, I dismiss NOTHING at face value. I just happen to have known about the clinic the original poster was talking about because I lived right there. And I knew folks who went there who sounded like the DAN doctor crowd, yet to me their kids were still acting out, in trouble, and many eventually capitulated and also went on medication. The cost of the pills you have to buy at that clinic are way more than I could afford, yet if I saw great results in other kids I'd have used them (for ME, not my son--I'm the one who has the mood disorder). My own rejection of this clininc does not mean it's a bad place that doesn't help anyone. It is simply my own decision, based on MY knowledge, to be VERY cynical of it's motives and outcome. Doesn't make me right. In my 55 years of bipolar (soon to be 56) and sixteen years of autism with my son I have learned to keep an ear out for anything new and promising and I never stop doing research. And, like everyone, I come to my own conclusions about what is helpful for my particular family and what is not. Then I discuss it with hub and we make joint decisions. I have REALLY bad stomach problems, which I know I can control by not eating too many starches or junk food. If I stick to healthy eating, my stomach is fine. If I breech this even once, like pig out on a pizza, I get reflux and I have to take rantadine (think that's what it's called). It's very uncomfortable. I figured that out on my own. I believe some things we can do better than the "professionals" :happy::raspberry-tounge::peaceful: [/QUOTE]
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