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<blockquote data-quote="Sidney" data-source="post: 8443" data-attributes="member: 3407"><p>Hello, I am the mother of a 6 year old and have gone through a few things. Gave EFA's to myself while pregnant and to him as soon as he was weaned at 13 mos. Had my son allergy tested at 1 year, found he was allergic to Wheat, Milk, Soy and Citrus, so avoided all those. Took him to the doctor again about no weight gain 6 mos later, didn't take me seriously til he was a 2 years old. Found out he had asthma and it was brought on by mold and also came on whenever he had a virus, so got an air purifier that kills mold spores - he started sleeping way better. Saw a naturopath at 5 because of ADHD, he added pycogenol which helped a little with attention, I have put full spectrum bulbs in my house (in case it is bipolar related behaviour, which my brother is) BUT up to this point nothing made a significant difference to his behaviour. He was impulsive, defiant, argumentative, dangerous around his brother who came along when he was 4 1/2, always touching everything, bumping people, generally acting crazy, freaking out at little things to the point of seeming quite evil, BUT strangers would think he was quite charming because he loves to talk and is quite friendly, unless he's in a mood. Only in the last ten days have I started, and his teacher also, to see a change. I have begun Handle therapy. You can look up their website <a href="http://www.handle.org" target="_blank">www.handle.org</a> I actually complained to them because their website does not come up when you type in something general like ADHD or Autism etc. I cannot say for sure that it is the thing that is doing it for him, but it is the only thing that has changed for him and he has begun to act better. I have definitely seen more kindness and love directed from him to his little brother and when I'm at home that's huge, because generally I have to stay in the room with them and can't get anything done, and because he acts wild it is very stressful. He seems to have started to calm down. What the handle screener after 2 hours of testing was that his eyes, though they saw 20/20, were acting independantly, taking turns seeing. The only thing about his eyes that his father and I noticed is that the left eye would wander upwards occassionally. If this had gone on he would have gone blind in one eye. He also has no balance in his left ear (he often falls down and hits himself in the head on purpose with his hand). I had taken him to a CranialSacral therapist and she said 3 months ago that he had some kind of lesion in his sphenoid process on that same side. His left eye is the weaker one. She said because of this he is always checking where he is and that is why he is constantly touching things. She said his other behaviours are all coping mechanisms for him. Now we do very simple exercises, which he argues with me about doing, and already his left eye is turning in to focus, and it has only been 10 days. It will take at least 3 months to see a full result.</p><p></p><p>If I were you, knowing what I have tried, I would get him allergy tested, get him on some good vitamins and supplements including EFA's, I would have his eyes tested and his ears including his balance. I would check with a CranialSacral therapist to see if there is a misalignment that is causing a restriction in his brain (50% of ADHD kids have this). I would have a Handle screening done on him if you can (i'm not sure they test on kids younger than 5). Something interesting, one of their questions on the questionaire is about your child avoiding, or wanting certain textures in food. To me it sounds like Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), it seems to fit what I've read, but it is a brain disorder in any case and Handle treats all types of brain disfunction, Autism, bipolar, ADHD etc.</p><p></p><p>If it makes you feel better, I have lived your stress to the point where my husband and I started to feel mentally ill from it. It wears you down. I will check in to tell you of my sons progress with his recent therapy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sidney, post: 8443, member: 3407"] Hello, I am the mother of a 6 year old and have gone through a few things. Gave EFA's to myself while pregnant and to him as soon as he was weaned at 13 mos. Had my son allergy tested at 1 year, found he was allergic to Wheat, Milk, Soy and Citrus, so avoided all those. Took him to the doctor again about no weight gain 6 mos later, didn't take me seriously til he was a 2 years old. Found out he had asthma and it was brought on by mold and also came on whenever he had a virus, so got an air purifier that kills mold spores - he started sleeping way better. Saw a naturopath at 5 because of ADHD, he added pycogenol which helped a little with attention, I have put full spectrum bulbs in my house (in case it is bipolar related behaviour, which my brother is) BUT up to this point nothing made a significant difference to his behaviour. He was impulsive, defiant, argumentative, dangerous around his brother who came along when he was 4 1/2, always touching everything, bumping people, generally acting crazy, freaking out at little things to the point of seeming quite evil, BUT strangers would think he was quite charming because he loves to talk and is quite friendly, unless he's in a mood. Only in the last ten days have I started, and his teacher also, to see a change. I have begun Handle therapy. You can look up their website [URL="http://www.handle.org"]www.handle.org[/URL] I actually complained to them because their website does not come up when you type in something general like ADHD or Autism etc. I cannot say for sure that it is the thing that is doing it for him, but it is the only thing that has changed for him and he has begun to act better. I have definitely seen more kindness and love directed from him to his little brother and when I'm at home that's huge, because generally I have to stay in the room with them and can't get anything done, and because he acts wild it is very stressful. He seems to have started to calm down. What the handle screener after 2 hours of testing was that his eyes, though they saw 20/20, were acting independantly, taking turns seeing. The only thing about his eyes that his father and I noticed is that the left eye would wander upwards occassionally. If this had gone on he would have gone blind in one eye. He also has no balance in his left ear (he often falls down and hits himself in the head on purpose with his hand). I had taken him to a CranialSacral therapist and she said 3 months ago that he had some kind of lesion in his sphenoid process on that same side. His left eye is the weaker one. She said because of this he is always checking where he is and that is why he is constantly touching things. She said his other behaviours are all coping mechanisms for him. Now we do very simple exercises, which he argues with me about doing, and already his left eye is turning in to focus, and it has only been 10 days. It will take at least 3 months to see a full result. If I were you, knowing what I have tried, I would get him allergy tested, get him on some good vitamins and supplements including EFA's, I would have his eyes tested and his ears including his balance. I would check with a CranialSacral therapist to see if there is a misalignment that is causing a restriction in his brain (50% of ADHD kids have this). I would have a Handle screening done on him if you can (i'm not sure they test on kids younger than 5). Something interesting, one of their questions on the questionaire is about your child avoiding, or wanting certain textures in food. To me it sounds like Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), it seems to fit what I've read, but it is a brain disorder in any case and Handle treats all types of brain disfunction, Autism, bipolar, ADHD etc. If it makes you feel better, I have lived your stress to the point where my husband and I started to feel mentally ill from it. It wears you down. I will check in to tell you of my sons progress with his recent therapy. [/QUOTE]
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