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<blockquote data-quote="Waldorf Mom" data-source="post: 3077" data-attributes="member: 200"><p>Yes, I think the other lab we worked with *was* York Labs. The doctor who ordered the test for me before I even had children had told me she thought they were more reliable.... but that was 12 years ago now.</p><p></p><p>I've heard criticism that the tests show more allergies/sensitivities than people actually have, but I'm not sure where this comes from. My guess is that people say, "oh, I can eat wheat and don't have a reaction"... but what they don't see is the internal reaction that's happening in their body... maybe they don't notice symptoms, so they think it's fine?</p><p></p><p>I would rather start with a larger list and eliminate all of them and then try adding back one at a time. If you don't eliminate everything that causes isues, then you may never know that it was the diet because you missed one item.</p><p></p><p>By the way, the test results for ELISA come back with a scale of 0 to 4 I think, with 0 being no reaction. Great Smokies added in a "trace" reaction which falls between 0 and 1. Some doctors will say that you only have to eliminate the 3's and 4's and that the 0,1's and often 2's cause no reaction at all. BUT, right in our test results, it clearly stated that even the foods with a "1" could cause as severe a reaction as 4 and should be avoided. When you start re-introducing items, you start with the trace reactions and the 1s... one at a time.</p><p></p><p>My son wasn't able to tolerate anything on his list that was rated as even a trace. Unfortunately with so many allergies and a limited diet of foods he *could* eat, he eventually became allergic to foods that he originally tested negative for. That was about 15 months into the diet and about the time I found the allergy elimination treatments.</p><p></p><p>I forgot to mention that my son was actually allergic to water... not the filtered water from home... but water at the school he attended (slight reaction to their filtered water, but strong reaction environmentally to the water for washing hands- which explained why he always seemed to have an issue soon after snack and lunch -- when he wasn't reacting to foods!). We also had to be careful about the ingredients in his toothpaste - nevermind the ones with dyes, we were giving him natural toothpaste which had carrot extract in it. Well, he was allergic to carrots and that small amount was enough to bring back his ODD.</p><p></p><p>We feel highly qualified to be detectives after all the things we had to figure out in order to help him! LOL! But the work paid off. Our son is healthy and happy and rarely ODD anymore... and when he is, we know he's reacting to something and we bring him in for an Advanced JMT treatment and she figures it out and he goes back to his sweet self again.</p><p></p><p>I hope you figure it out soon. I really can feel for you. You're descibing just what my son was like - the meltdowns, the lack of impulse control, and that indescribable growl (I know what you mean about it not being a 'kid's growl' - not like a rarrrhh ... you'd swear it's almost beast-like... a low sounding grrrrrr).</p><p></p><p>Hugs,</p><p>Waldorf Mom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Waldorf Mom, post: 3077, member: 200"] Yes, I think the other lab we worked with *was* York Labs. The doctor who ordered the test for me before I even had children had told me she thought they were more reliable.... but that was 12 years ago now. I've heard criticism that the tests show more allergies/sensitivities than people actually have, but I'm not sure where this comes from. My guess is that people say, "oh, I can eat wheat and don't have a reaction"... but what they don't see is the internal reaction that's happening in their body... maybe they don't notice symptoms, so they think it's fine? I would rather start with a larger list and eliminate all of them and then try adding back one at a time. If you don't eliminate everything that causes isues, then you may never know that it was the diet because you missed one item. By the way, the test results for ELISA come back with a scale of 0 to 4 I think, with 0 being no reaction. Great Smokies added in a "trace" reaction which falls between 0 and 1. Some doctors will say that you only have to eliminate the 3's and 4's and that the 0,1's and often 2's cause no reaction at all. BUT, right in our test results, it clearly stated that even the foods with a "1" could cause as severe a reaction as 4 and should be avoided. When you start re-introducing items, you start with the trace reactions and the 1s... one at a time. My son wasn't able to tolerate anything on his list that was rated as even a trace. Unfortunately with so many allergies and a limited diet of foods he *could* eat, he eventually became allergic to foods that he originally tested negative for. That was about 15 months into the diet and about the time I found the allergy elimination treatments. I forgot to mention that my son was actually allergic to water... not the filtered water from home... but water at the school he attended (slight reaction to their filtered water, but strong reaction environmentally to the water for washing hands- which explained why he always seemed to have an issue soon after snack and lunch -- when he wasn't reacting to foods!). We also had to be careful about the ingredients in his toothpaste - nevermind the ones with dyes, we were giving him natural toothpaste which had carrot extract in it. Well, he was allergic to carrots and that small amount was enough to bring back his ODD. We feel highly qualified to be detectives after all the things we had to figure out in order to help him! LOL! But the work paid off. Our son is healthy and happy and rarely ODD anymore... and when he is, we know he's reacting to something and we bring him in for an Advanced JMT treatment and she figures it out and he goes back to his sweet self again. I hope you figure it out soon. I really can feel for you. You're descibing just what my son was like - the meltdowns, the lack of impulse control, and that indescribable growl (I know what you mean about it not being a 'kid's growl' - not like a rarrrhh ... you'd swear it's almost beast-like... a low sounding grrrrrr). Hugs, Waldorf Mom [/QUOTE]
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