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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 643204" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That's such good news!</p><p></p><p>i first heard of the Feingold Diet in its early days when my sister was trying to help her difficult child son. At the time it was being sold as a guarantee cure for all kids with hyperactivity. The trouble is, kids can be hyperactive, as they used to call it, for lots of reasons. We just had a hectic few days with family staying for Christmas, and tywo toddlers and a pre-schooler running shrieking around the house - bedlam! But very, very normal. Someone who is less tolerant or understanding of little kids would have described them as hyperactive, and they did tend to stir each other up a lot. But still, normal.</p><p></p><p>We tried the diet with difficult child 3. Also difficult child 1 years ago. We found, with difficult child 1, he tended to react to caffeine and to orange juice. Nothing else. We still needed medications for him (ADHD medications). </p><p></p><p>With difficult child 3, we were lucky in that there is a brilliant clinic here in Sydney, run as a collaborative effort with pediatric immunologists and dieticians. They supervised difficult child 3's elimination diet and challenges. Sadly, we were never able to eliminate the problem behaviours even on full elimination diet. They told us that about 30% of spectrum kids can be helped with diet. For the rest - worth a try but we need to find something else.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad it's working for you, though. Whatever helps!</p><p></p><p>We also found that our kids were the ones least able to identify when they were not functioning well. For us, it was when they missed their medications. Now the older difficult children are off medications (as adults, they weaned themselves off and found they could cope - learned to manage) and difficult child 3 is more aware of when he's out of focus and unmedicated, we're also doing better. </p><p></p><p>Something for your difficult child - we also found, with difficult child 1, that his sensitivity is no longer a problem. he drinks cola drinks and orange juice, it no longer causes the hyperactivity and rages.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 643204, member: 1991"] That's such good news! i first heard of the Feingold Diet in its early days when my sister was trying to help her difficult child son. At the time it was being sold as a guarantee cure for all kids with hyperactivity. The trouble is, kids can be hyperactive, as they used to call it, for lots of reasons. We just had a hectic few days with family staying for Christmas, and tywo toddlers and a pre-schooler running shrieking around the house - bedlam! But very, very normal. Someone who is less tolerant or understanding of little kids would have described them as hyperactive, and they did tend to stir each other up a lot. But still, normal. We tried the diet with difficult child 3. Also difficult child 1 years ago. We found, with difficult child 1, he tended to react to caffeine and to orange juice. Nothing else. We still needed medications for him (ADHD medications). With difficult child 3, we were lucky in that there is a brilliant clinic here in Sydney, run as a collaborative effort with pediatric immunologists and dieticians. They supervised difficult child 3's elimination diet and challenges. Sadly, we were never able to eliminate the problem behaviours even on full elimination diet. They told us that about 30% of spectrum kids can be helped with diet. For the rest - worth a try but we need to find something else. I'm glad it's working for you, though. Whatever helps! We also found that our kids were the ones least able to identify when they were not functioning well. For us, it was when they missed their medications. Now the older difficult children are off medications (as adults, they weaned themselves off and found they could cope - learned to manage) and difficult child 3 is more aware of when he's out of focus and unmedicated, we're also doing better. Something for your difficult child - we also found, with difficult child 1, that his sensitivity is no longer a problem. he drinks cola drinks and orange juice, it no longer causes the hyperactivity and rages. Hang in there! Marg [/QUOTE]
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