tracking effectiveness

[airbucket]

How can it seem to be so difficult to track the effectiveness or lack of, of a vitamin or supplement we are trying?

 

Although i havent taken data in a very scientific way, the data i have collected shows ups and downs in my son no matter what, it seems. I may start him on something, it appears by observing mood and tics, that the thing we are trying is working, and then he will have a bad couple days, then another good couple etc. One time he will eat cheese and be fine for weeks after and other times he will eat it and be a wreck the next day or later that day. Does that mean it was the dairy or any number of things that could be wrong in his body? same with gluten. there are any number of examples of this. I cant figure out how to pinpoint anything this way. Of course we have not done any of the requisite tests to give us info on what supps to go on thus far other than yeast and some pediatrician basic testing which all showed some "odd" things but not "noteworthy" according to the pediatrician. But same is the case if its just toxic cleaning supplies or fumes or something environmental. Its a toss up to me with his erratic symptoms. the wierd cessasation of the tics last Feb and a brief spurt for only about a week and now gone again complelety for about 2 weeks so far...? I cant pinpoint anything that could have triggered that and then it stopped so abruptly and completely again?

 

does anyone have any experience with this difficulty? thank you all!

[patty]

I shared the same experience you do in the beginning. I couldn't pinpoint any triggers and the triggers changes.

 

However, as we started various treatments, the tics slowly got less and less and also became stable.

 

IMO, if your child has allergies & asthma i would aimed at allergy desensitization and other modalities that relax the nervous system.

 

Pat