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Post by Kimmers on Mar 18, 2004 10:32:00 GMT -5
For those of you on Feingold, I was curious as to what kind of children's pain reliever you give your kids...
My son woke up with headache this morning so I gave him some of those chewables right away. OMG, what a nightmare. He was bouncing off the walls, talking back, crashing into things, basically doing every single thing that is classic ADHD/ODD. All because of 4 little pink artificially-loaded chewables.
He has been AWESOME. I seriously cannot say one bad thing about him lately. He has been on some new things that I think are helping (EPO, St. John's Wort, etc.), he is back on the fish oil rather than the flax seed, we even started implementing the money system that has been talked about here-working GREAT! You only have to tell him twice to do something. Which ideally once would be better but it's much better than having to stand next to him constantly and follow him around and nag and harp and ask him 15 times! I am so happy with everything right now but... This morning just proved how critical it is that we implement Feingold. If he can have that kind of reaction to those little pain relievers, then he is definitely sensitive and it needs to be addressed.
So back to my original question-what do you guys use for your kids?
Thanks!
Kimmers
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Post by rosyred45 on Mar 18, 2004 12:14:54 GMT -5
OK, corny but, I don't use meds for the kids unless I absolutely HAVE TO. I try to get to the core of what is wrong, and take it from there.
If he had a headache, was it related to anything else? He may have had a fever during the night and was dehydrated. If my kids wake up with a headache, I just give them a couple of glasses of water. Usually after about a half hour, if it was from dehydration they are ok.
If it is from sinuses or something, water, PLUS remins them to blow their nose instead of sucking it up. Iknow, sounds gross, but it is the truth.
Other than that, I don't know what to really tell ya, sorry if this doesn't help. Maybe a banana for the potasium
Kaiti
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Post by DenverSarah on Mar 18, 2004 13:14:35 GMT -5
Kimmers,
I agree with Kaiti about making them drink water and wait it out with headaches. Dehydration shows up as a headache quite often. However recently my son got a headache and it got progressively worse over a two hour period. I still have no clue what caused it. I gave him some of the dye-free liquid children's pain reliever that just about every grocer carries these days. It is not a brand specifically approved and on the foodlist, and when you first start you HAVE to stick to the foodlist to the letter so that when you test stuff back in you can be SURE what causes a reaction and what doesn't. Therefore I would recommend that you wait to buy any until you get your food and product guide so you can be sure to get a safe one. For now, if he keeps at the reaction from the pink stuff, some people use Alka Seltzer Gold to help shorten and/or lessen reactions. It doesn't work for everyone but it has helped us. You may want to give it a try if it's really bad. Usually it's in the pharmacy section at the grocer or Walgreen's. Hang in there!
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Post by Kimmers on Mar 18, 2004 14:31:05 GMT -5
I didn't realize that dehydration can present itself as a headache or that water can relieve a headache. That is a trick I will have to remember for myself!  In case of emergencies, the liquid-kind that you mentioned that is dye-free, what brand is that? I don't recall seeing it in the grocery store. Kimmers |
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Post by gabrielsmom on Mar 18, 2004 14:54:27 GMT -5
I use Motrin dye-free children's pain reliever....
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Post by Kimmers on Mar 18, 2004 15:17:21 GMT -5
Motrin...thanks!
Kimmers
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Post by DenverSarah on Mar 18, 2004 15:19:09 GMT -5
Kimmers,
I'm not at home right now to look at it, but there are several now available and I've seen them at Safeway and King Soopers. Take another look next time you go and if you can't find it ask the pharmacist. I'd be really surprised if they didn't carry it at all...but it's certainly possible. If that's the case then you can probably talk them into carrying it. I have successfully gotten my local Safeway to start carrying a couple products they didn't previously. Good luck!
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Post by catatonic on Mar 19, 2004 9:13:07 GMT -5
Kimmers,
If you can get your guy to swallow pills, you can buy adult strength tylenol and a pill cutter. Just check the label for artificially colored tablet coating. We use a generic tylenol, plain white, no flavoring. One-half of a regular strength adult tylenol is approximately the same amount as 5 chewables. You can also purchase adult ibuprofen and do the same thing. Even the red-coated ibuprofen (like Wal-Mart generic) is normally iron oxide, and not an artificial colorant. My Challenge Boy gets migraines -- VERY rarely since going on the Feingold diet, but even so when you have a headache so severe that you're lying on the floor vomiting, medication is definitely in order. He's big enough to take adult strength ibuprofen (9 yrs, 85 lbs). These are also easy to cut in half to make a children's dose. For low-grade sinus headaches, which my asthmatic gets fairly frequently, I make him peppermint tea and have him breathe in the vapors until it's cool enough to drink.
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Post by Kimmers on Mar 19, 2004 10:06:43 GMT -5
Thanks, Cat. We even have that stuff around the house already. I know you have one or two that have allergies...can allergies cause frequent headaches? My son has been waking up just about every morning with a headache. I have asked him all kinds of questions about his eyes, thinking that maybe that was the problem but he says nothing is bothering his eyes. He has also been stuffed up the last week or so, when the headaches started. Giving water is a good idea but I am afraid he will not be able to drink enough to take care of the headaches, especially first thing in the morning. Just curious what your experience has been.
Thanks
Kimmers
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Post by finnmom on Mar 19, 2004 10:17:39 GMT -5
Kimmers  Hi, it´s very normal(but annoing ) that even 50% of children age 5 and up have headaches more than onés a week. Usually these thing´s go away about at age of 13-15. You should sheck his pillow, amount of sleep, outdoortime/day, eating..... first. If it´s only headache, no womiting, no eye-thig like seeing stripe´s or ball´s, then it shouldn´t be anything serious, just age-related. About the medication, I´am not aware of fd, but I use parasetamol(also liquid) or ibubrofen for my kid´s, they dont react to them. I hope you find something that work´s! Good luck! Marja |
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Post by rosyred45 on Mar 19, 2004 12:16:32 GMT -5
I didn't think about the pillow, Marja, good idea.
On a note with my husband, he has terrible allergies, mostly seasonal and the like, but he ALWAYS has a severe headache when they first hit. His nose cloggs up and I yell at him like a little kid not to suck it up, but he can't cause it's not going any where.
I'll have to remember the peppermint tea, I've never tried that.
Tata for now
Kaiti
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Post by AnneM on Mar 19, 2004 12:48:25 GMT -5
Kimmers Hi, it´s very normal(but annoing ) that even 50% of children age 5 and up have headaches more than onés a week. Usually these thing´s go away about at age of 13-15. You should sheck his pillow, amount of sleep, outdoortime/day, eating..... first. If it´s only headache, no womiting, no eye-thig like seeing stripe´s or ball´s, then it shouldn´t be anything serious, just age-related. About the medication, I´am not aware of fd, but I use parasetamol(also liquid) or ibubrofen for my kid´s, they dont react to them. I hope you find something that work´s! Good luck! Marja Picking up on the importance of the pillow (and I know being a little off topic!) but up until 2 years ago I used to get terrible neck/shoulder pains ... I then went along to request and purchase a "pillow which supports my neck and shoulders" ... and I can HONESTLY say I haven't had ONE problem since then ... the pillow (in my opinion) is VITAL !! |
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Post by catatonic on Mar 19, 2004 19:12:05 GMT -5
Allergies and headaches go together like...hmmmm... peanut butter and chocolate, bubble baths and wine coolers, mornings and caffeine...
Lots of liquids help. Breathing nose-clearing vapors helps. If it's too bad, tylenol usually does the trick.
Pillows can provide allergy relief, too. My asthmatic always sleeps on two fluffy pillows. Keeping his head elevated while he sleeps allows the sinuses to drain continually throughout the night. That way he doesn't wake up with the night's worth of mucus clogging up his sinuses and creating painful pressure that can last all morning. This was something his doctor suggested years ago when he was struggling wtih pneumonia and it works so well we've done it ever since.
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