Hyperactivity, Impulsivity etc....Please share!

[philamom]

Does your son get constipated on the Ferrochel? My dd has low iron levels, but we received conflicting opinions on whether to treat due to chronic GI symptoms.

My son was hyper but managed to keep it together in school and never get in trouble. He's also an excellent student. How's he's managed, at times, is beyond me. Abx helped a lot but not completely. What has given additional help is working on getting his very low ferritin levels up. A new doctor we started seeing a few months ago wanted to treat it and gave me a very gentle iron in a different form called Ferrochel. DS is sleeping better. I've been able to lower the melatonin. He able to sit in his chair at dinner better. Overall, we are encouraged by the improvements we've seen. If you haven't checked ferritin, iron sat levels, I would encourage you to and treat under a doctors care.

I was told by two PANDAS experts not to treat the low ferritin. His new doc told me she's being seeing a lot kids with low ferritin, they've all had babesia and they are better when the low iron stores has been addressed. She actually asked me if the recommendation not to treat low ferritin was for a specific reason or because the other docs didn't really know how to address it.


My son has babesia but we haven't started that treatment yet. Babesia uses iron.

[nicklemama]

No constipation and now we are having the opposite after upping his dose of enhansa.

 

The Ferrochel is a different form of iron than what you see in the pharmacy aisle. His doc carries it but its available online. It's very gentle. He's had no stomach issues taking it.

Edited May 4, 2013 by nicklemama