Has NAC made anyone's child worse?

[MamaOnAMission]

She is more aggressive with this stuff. I am only at 150mg. Anyone have been results with this?

[MomWithOCDSon]

Lilly --

 

While we did not have a poor behavioral response to NAC, I think if you search "NAC" here on the forum, you'll see some other posts from families who've tried NAC and have had similar responses to yours. So if you can isolate that the NAC is the only thing that's changed in terms of your protocol and your DD is behaving differently, then it might well be the NAC.

 

One theory is that because NAC can act as a biofilm buster, using it is releasing some fresh toxins or microbes and/or contributing to die-off, and this is aggravating your DD and resulting in the behavior. You could try riding it out and see if, as she adjusts to the NAC and/or the biofilm issue is resolved by NAC use over time, her behavior improves.

 

On the other hand, if you see no positive behavioral benefits at all, then it may be the wrong supplement, or the right supplement at the wrong time (again, if you search, you'll come up some discussion about methylation cycles and why NAC may be beneficial to some and not to others based upon the "health" of that methylation cycle in one's body).

 

Long way of saying . . . your DD's reaction is not unheard of. Sorry.

[911RN]

I used it for several months with my DD12...we began having "anger issues" in a child that never had anger. So....I blamed it on the NAC and took him off. Anger issues resolved. Aggression, anger...I'd put it in the same boat. FWIW...that was our experience.

[trggirl]

We had a terrible reaction to it. It made my dd very difficult to get along with to put it mildly.

[Kathy4Him]

It caused more anxiety for my DS so we stopped it.

[bigmighty]

DS became completely "stuck" while using NAC. He would tell the same story about what happened in school that day eight times in the span of 20 minutes and have no idea he was being redundant. Or he would tell the same joke over and over and laugh each time as if he'd never heard it before, even though he was the one delivering the punchline. Took him off the NAC, problem went away. Put him back on three months later, problem started again instantly.