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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 81800" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Hello there,</p><p></p><p>You have already received some great advice about other items, but I want to chime in about food sensitivities/allergies and a diagnosis of autism.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child has a lot of food sensitivities which cause him to spin completely out of control. He becomes manic, paranoid and completely unreasonable. His therapist and psychiatric have compared the effect of the "bad" foods on my lad to the effect of cocaine on a neurotypical person.</p><p></p><p>What makes it even more curious and difficult is that the pattern of foods that he reacts to seems almost random. We haven't been able to find a clear link between the different groups. (Lemons, limes, melons, papaya, cranberries, mustard, most brightly coloured foods and drinks, etc.) The safe foods seem to be anything brown (e.g. meat, tea, coffee), white (rice, pasta, bread, milk), or green (vegetables). Fortunately that results in a very healthy diet.</p><p></p><p>When we started to recognize the food issues, we started tracking everything that difficult child ate, and observing its effect on him.</p><p></p><p>After several months, we were able to put together a chart of foods that difficult child mustn't eat. We have provided it to the school, the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), and anywhere else that difficult child is likely to eat or drink something. It has helped a lot with managing his uncontrollable behaviour.</p><p></p><p>I agree that it's probably worth a trip to the allergy clinic, but our son's issues were not technically an allergy, so I just had to make it up.</p><p></p><p>Don't ever think that you're a bad mom. You're doing extreme parenting. It's hard.</p><p></p><p>All the best,</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 81800, member: 3907"] Hello there, You have already received some great advice about other items, but I want to chime in about food sensitivities/allergies and a diagnosis of autism. My difficult child has a lot of food sensitivities which cause him to spin completely out of control. He becomes manic, paranoid and completely unreasonable. His therapist and psychiatric have compared the effect of the "bad" foods on my lad to the effect of cocaine on a neurotypical person. What makes it even more curious and difficult is that the pattern of foods that he reacts to seems almost random. We haven't been able to find a clear link between the different groups. (Lemons, limes, melons, papaya, cranberries, mustard, most brightly coloured foods and drinks, etc.) The safe foods seem to be anything brown (e.g. meat, tea, coffee), white (rice, pasta, bread, milk), or green (vegetables). Fortunately that results in a very healthy diet. When we started to recognize the food issues, we started tracking everything that difficult child ate, and observing its effect on him. After several months, we were able to put together a chart of foods that difficult child mustn't eat. We have provided it to the school, the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), and anywhere else that difficult child is likely to eat or drink something. It has helped a lot with managing his uncontrollable behaviour. I agree that it's probably worth a trip to the allergy clinic, but our son's issues were not technically an allergy, so I just had to make it up. Don't ever think that you're a bad mom. You're doing extreme parenting. It's hard. All the best, Trinity [/QUOTE]
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