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5 Year Old Referred for Hospitalization (Mental Health)
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<blockquote data-quote="gwend1" data-source="post: 617302" data-attributes="member: 15994"><p>Hi, I agree strongly with medical testing if you can find a doctor well educated in food sensitivities and nutritional impacts on behavior. My daughter has gone from multiple rages (breaking things, hitting me, etc) a day to being happy and generally easy - all as a result of what she eats. We were gluten, casein and soy free for several years and saw great improvement with her sensory issues. Eight months ago we began the Feingold diet and it's been life changing. She needs Feingold and GFCFSF as well as fish oil, zinc and a good multivitamin and she is doing beautifully. After having such success with Feingold I consulted a nutritionist in the integrative medicine department at our academic hospital and learned that she is low in iron and severely deficient in zinc. Both are minerals associated with ADHD and other behavior disorders. </p><p></p><p>Two of my friends (one of whom is also my pediatrician) began using Feingold with their children after seeing the changes in my daughter and they are doing really well. My pediatrician friend's daughter is now off medications and hasn't raged or destroyed anything in months. We are both astonished and it is changing the way she practices medicine. </p><p></p><p>My daughter also has dyslexia and a visual processing disorder and that might be something to look into also. It's very common for children with dyslexia and vision issues to avoid reading and writing like it hurts - because it does. Vision issues are diagnosed by a COVD optometrist and many professionals can assess for dyslexia (a neuropsychologist would include this as part of the assessment)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gwend1, post: 617302, member: 15994"] Hi, I agree strongly with medical testing if you can find a doctor well educated in food sensitivities and nutritional impacts on behavior. My daughter has gone from multiple rages (breaking things, hitting me, etc) a day to being happy and generally easy - all as a result of what she eats. We were gluten, casein and soy free for several years and saw great improvement with her sensory issues. Eight months ago we began the Feingold diet and it's been life changing. She needs Feingold and GFCFSF as well as fish oil, zinc and a good multivitamin and she is doing beautifully. After having such success with Feingold I consulted a nutritionist in the integrative medicine department at our academic hospital and learned that she is low in iron and severely deficient in zinc. Both are minerals associated with ADHD and other behavior disorders. Two of my friends (one of whom is also my pediatrician) began using Feingold with their children after seeing the changes in my daughter and they are doing really well. My pediatrician friend's daughter is now off medications and hasn't raged or destroyed anything in months. We are both astonished and it is changing the way she practices medicine. My daughter also has dyslexia and a visual processing disorder and that might be something to look into also. It's very common for children with dyslexia and vision issues to avoid reading and writing like it hurts - because it does. Vision issues are diagnosed by a COVD optometrist and many professionals can assess for dyslexia (a neuropsychologist would include this as part of the assessment) [/QUOTE]
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