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Post by loveforeric on Nov 5, 2003 12:52:09 GMT -5
Hi;
I was on the other site(love my boy) and had asked many questions on how to change to an natural way to treat my ds8. The Doc and I both agree that he is in need of some Meds to function at all, but I wondered if there were natural supplements I could add so he would not have to take so much of the Meds. I don't like them anyway. I tried just all natural but he refused to take the vitamins and kept spitting them out. Will adding natural asupplements counteract the Meds? Or are we stuck with Meds. We really don't want him to take them for much longer. Any advice would be appreciated. Have a peaceful day,
Christina:)
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Post by catatonic on Nov 5, 2003 15:05:22 GMT -5
Christina -
My son complained about his vitamins a lot at first. I resorted to the really high-quality parenting technique of offering him money to take them. I'd set the timer for two minutes and offer him a dollar if the vitamins were all gone by the time it went ding. It worked.
I started off by putting my son on the Feingold diet, which eliminated artificial colors, artificial flavors and some preservatives. It helped his personality issues dramatically (like argumentativeness, temper tantrums, quarreling all the time). Also stopped his migraines and bedwetting. I strongly recommend this diet. However, it does require a fair amount of extra effort. If it's more than you can manage, at least get rid of the artificial colors. They are truly evil. Also, cut WAY down on the sugar and feed high-PROTEIN foods instead.
Feingold, however, didn't help with hyperactivity or inattentiveness with my son. Supplements have done wonders there. We started out with Omega-3 fish oil, lots of it. My boy is 9, 85 pounds, and still takes 4 large capsules daily (2 in morning, 2 in evening) that each contain 120mg DHA and 180mg EPA.
Some people whose children are on medication when they begin diet/nutrition changes, notice that after about 6 weeks on Omega-3 and vitamin supplements, their child shows a marked increase in hyperactivity. They hypothesize this is because they have addressed nutritional deficiencies affecting neurotransmitters to the point that the stimulant medication is now acting on their child as it would on a "normal" child-- it's making them MORE hyper. At that point, they begin removing medication.
We've never done meds, so I really don't know how to advise you on that aspect. If you want to see the specifics on what I use for my son, email me and I will send it to you, along with a couple of recommendations of books to help you out. ( catatonic4@att.net )
One last thought on the vitamins...many are available in powder form or capsules that can be opened. You might be able to disguise a significan amount of vitamin in something highly flavored like a milk shake or fruit smoothie. (Of course, then he'll get sick of those and you'll end up resorting to paying him cash money again.)
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Post by loveforeric on Nov 5, 2003 15:13:31 GMT -5
Catatonic;
Thanks for the information. Ihave to say thanks for the LOLOLOL too. Needed that! I have resorted to bribery lately and it does work wonders if the pill is small enough. I am going to look for the bigger pills in smaller forms. I will email you later this evening. Thanks and have peaceful day,
Christina:)
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