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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 128754" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Shari,</p><p></p><p>Star makes a very good point. My difficult child reacts very badly to certain foods, and his behaviour becomes darn-near uncontrollable. Mania, uncontrollable talking and vocalizing, lots of stimulant behaviour--he literally vibrates, huge levels of defiance, paranoia, and sometimes violent outbursts.</p><p></p><p>We have had to watch difficult child very carefully to figure out which foods set him off, because there's no clear pattern. So far, we have found: anything with citrus, anything with yellow colour, salt, most things with red colour, most tropical fruits (mango, papaya, etc.). Fresh or processed doesn't seem to make a difference. We have a spreadsheet that we use to track his food sensitivities and reactions, and the list is updated every few months as new things are discovered.</p><p></p><p>I know it's just one more burden on your list, but an elimination diet is problably a good starting point. If diet is a factor in your wee difficult child's behaviour it will very soon become apparent, and it will help in the long run. Even if that doesn't turn out to be the answer, at least you will have ruled out food as a cause.</p><p></p><p>Sorry that you're having to go through this.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 128754, member: 3907"] Shari, Star makes a very good point. My difficult child reacts very badly to certain foods, and his behaviour becomes darn-near uncontrollable. Mania, uncontrollable talking and vocalizing, lots of stimulant behaviour--he literally vibrates, huge levels of defiance, paranoia, and sometimes violent outbursts. We have had to watch difficult child very carefully to figure out which foods set him off, because there's no clear pattern. So far, we have found: anything with citrus, anything with yellow colour, salt, most things with red colour, most tropical fruits (mango, papaya, etc.). Fresh or processed doesn't seem to make a difference. We have a spreadsheet that we use to track his food sensitivities and reactions, and the list is updated every few months as new things are discovered. I know it's just one more burden on your list, but an elimination diet is problably a good starting point. If diet is a factor in your wee difficult child's behaviour it will very soon become apparent, and it will help in the long run. Even if that doesn't turn out to be the answer, at least you will have ruled out food as a cause. Sorry that you're having to go through this. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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