question for Catatonic ..long

[mgk]

can you check what I have ds on ..still fg st 1 with some 2 ...remains on all 3 houston enzymes with now eating some wheat and casein .....with no problem
rx omego-3 Factors...1 ..3 times /day this is 2nd week on them
evening primrose oil (health from the sun) front of bottle says 500mg each ..on back serving size 2 capsules containing gla omega -6 ..100mg, linoleic acid (omega-6)..730mg, oleic acid( omega -9)..60 mg ..I have been giving him one of these at night
vit e 100 iu(nature life) one with each dose of omega factors
l-tyrosine 500mg (solgar) one three times per day
all of above from omega down will be 2 weeks this sat
also back on straterra 10 mg am/pm steady since a little over 2 weeks
this past sat started him on vitamin by natural factors ..learning factirs daily nutient boost
prior to this he had been taking a daily magnesium supplement which amount to 250per day /...glutamine/chromium for blood sugar regulation when I started the vitamin I stopped these supplements
he has had a head cold and I have been giving him rynatan ....he did fine all last week at school ..now this week we have been getting progressively worse with attention/non compliance and finally aggression today at school ...have noticed not eating lunch , ? if eating snack, ...I bring him home feed him and he seems better ,,,,I do question the strateria has being one of the issues ....also can any of the omegas cause thes reaction or the Ltyrosine ...
the vitamin supplement contains
vit a 800 iu
vit c 125mg
vit d 150 iu
vit e 25 iu
thiamine 20 iu
ribiflavin 7.5 mg
niacin 7.5 mg
vit b6 20 mg
folic acid 500 mcg
vit b12 40mcg
panateric acid, calcium, iron, phosphorus, iodine,
magnisiun 200 mg
zinc 10 mg
selenium, copper-.5, chromium-20mcg..gold peptides, l glutamine 500mg, along with other things like milk thistle, green tee, grape seed
this per 2 scoops ..he takes one am/and one pm
thanks for any help

[catatonic]

Hi mgk -
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get to this question. I've been out of town and haven't even touched a computer in nearly a week. You selected a really good group of supplements, I'm sure you put a lot of time into it, and it must be really frustrating to see the behavioral problems now! I have a couple of suggestions for you to try and figure out what is affecting your boy's behavior.

First would by try eliminating the multi-vitamin for a week and see what happens. We have huge difficulties with multi-vitamins -- for a variety of reasons. For one thing, vitamin B can cause reactions. Also, the grape seed extract in yours is high-salicylate so if he is sensitive it can cause pretty noticeable problems.

If you eliminate the multi-vitamin but still don't see improvement, then I would stop the tyrosine. Some kids will not do well on tyrosine, although the majority will. For those who do poorly on it, they will often do very well if switched to 5-htp. Tyrosine builds the neurotransmitter dopamine. 5-htp builds serotonin. Some kids need one, some need the other, and a few need both.

I'm betting on the multi-vitamin, just because experience has shown me that reactions are common with these and it can take a lot of trial and error to find one that is well-tolerated. Let me know how it goes.