airbucket Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 hi everyone, Phew, question please....my sons OCD has gotten better at home, he doesnt count everything any more or have to tape all the volume control and knobs and buttons in the house any more, BUT it is worse at school now! The obsession at school is with a peer! the teacher and i are at a total loss as ot what to do because my son is so emotionally obssessed with this peer/friend, it is taking over the whole day! He says he loves her, he needs her etc. If she wont play with him he FREAKS out for over an hour, cannot let go, has to have her. Its getting totally out of control. In conjunction with this is the yeast detox we are doing. I have a lot of confusion on this issue. He has been on yeast free and dairy free diet for 2 weeks. Also on a bunch of supps. Had bad tic explosion last week, I took him off all supps except the daily multi vitamin and the magnesium and the probiotics. Tics have reduced slightly but i dont think its from the removal of those things because we just removed them 2 days ago, I dont think i would see a change THAT quickly if one of the supps was causing tics. Anyhow, this yeast free diet - does anyone know if it can really cause problems?? If the yeast is dying off, could this cause mood and emotional problems or a surge in these issues as well as tics? I want to believe so badly this bad time is due to that, but i have no idea! He is not even on any aggressive anti candida medicine. Just the diet. He has not had a scrap of articifical foods in a while now. The DAN doctor said he didnt really think the candida dying would cause major issues. Has anyone experienced your child's OCD revolving around a person? Any ideas or tips on that? Talking to him about it is useless, he gets furious instantly and wont listen and cant calm down. We are in Florida, if anyone knows any good child psychologists, I need some help with this. thank you so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 hi airbucket yes the yeast die off toxins can cause large tic explosions and mood swings as well as leave one with digestive upset and feeling real yucky epsom tubs and plenty of pure water are great at helping and pure lemon juice tea is a big help too (cup hot water with juice of half a lemon, add honey if sweetening needed) i am assuming you are also giving probiotic (I still personally prefer the natural ones like kefir and *pure* high culture yoghurt) acupuncture and reflexology etc are very helpful during any form of detox too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbucket Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 thank you so much, Cheri, your opinion is very valuable to me! My question at this point is, JUST eliminating yeast from the diet is enough to KILL the exisitng yeasts? I dont udnerstand this too well as the doctor never told us to get anything additional like nystatin or grapefruit extract, etc , he said to just do the diet. Do you know if the diet alone kills the yeast? If it does not, then this episode would be from the "die off". thank you so very much. YES i am also giving a probiotic daily. hi airbucket yes the yeast die off toxins can cause large tic explosions and mood swings as well as leave one with digestive upset and feeling real yucky epsom tubs and plenty of pure water are great at helping and pure lemon juice tea is a big help too (cup hot water with juice of half a lemon, add honey if sweetening needed) i am assuming you are also giving probiotic (I still personally prefer the natural ones like kefir and *pure* high culture yoghurt) acupuncture and reflexology etc are very helpful during any form of detox too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Airbucket, We give Nystatin for the yeast. In the beginning my son had bad behaviors when we started it up. He was moody and his tics increased too and he was hyper. Now if I skip a day of the Nystatin I can tell he starts to get the emotional, hyperness back. He starts having to pee often. It is easy to give Nystatin by just mixing it in juice or water. I am sure you are seeing dye off behaviors because of the strict diet. There is a good book on yeast that talks alot about diet. I think it is called The Yeast Connection. Also my son has a hard time with friends. He has not gotten obsessed over one but he has to have the same friends at school too. It may be part of their comfort zone when they are away from home. Michele thank you so much, Cheri, your opinion is very valuable to me! My question at this point is, JUST eliminating yeast from the diet is enough to KILL the exisitng yeasts? I dont udnerstand this too well as the doctor never told us to get anything additional like nystatin or grapefruit extract, etc , he said to just do the diet. Do you know if the diet alone kills the yeast? If it does not, then this episode would be from the "die off". thank you so very much. YES i am also giving a probiotic daily. hi airbucket yes the yeast die off toxins can cause large tic explosions and mood swings as well as leave one with digestive upset and feeling real yucky epsom tubs and plenty of pure water are great at helping and pure lemon juice tea is a big help too (cup hot water with juice of half a lemon, add honey if sweetening needed) i am assuming you are also giving probiotic (I still personally prefer the natural ones like kefir and *pure* high culture yoghurt) acupuncture and reflexology etc are very helpful during any form of detox too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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