Marretts Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Hi Sheila, I see you are on at the moment and I wanted to ask you some questions, my son started ticcing in September after several bouts of illness and not long after we put in carpet, I have had him tested for heavy metals which he was very high in lead, aluminium, copper and mercury. He also had food sensivities to corn, wheat, gluten, rockmelon, strawberries, sugar, milk (all mild) and moderate to bakers yeast. We have been treating him for yeast and metals with Vit C and Multi-B and Salmon oil and seen much improvement. He did not test positive to formaldahyde so does this mean carpet was not the main problem?? He tested to some chemicals found in pesticides which I don't use so I'm not sure if these tests mean he has been in contact with these things or that his blood just would react to them if he did come in contact with above foods and chemicals. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Marretts, this link gives a list of chemicals that can be associated with carpeting, and formaldehyde is only one of many. But that's good he tested negative for formaldehyde! I will see if I can get an answer for you on the points you raise. What specific methods are being used for the testing you discussed--and which labs? Thank you--Sheila http://www.hhinst.com/Artfloor.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Sheila, Thank you for the timely link re: carpeting. We are building a house right now and we currently have plans for carpeting the upstairs. After reading of the toxicity of it on here recently I have wanted to change that plan but wasn't sure how I could convince my husband. I think the very thorough article you have provided just might do it. Thanks again. Heather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest_efgh Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Heather glad to know about your son's improvement. Any one has used buffalo milk? How do you rate buffalo milk for those with milk allergies. Since my son is no milk, was wondering if I can start buffalo milk. Chemar mentioned about goat milk earlier. Heather, also what fish oil , dosage, brand etc are you giving your son? What did your doctor say abuot flax oil? Did you discuss with your doctor on the iron in your multi? thanks and goodluck to you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marretts Posted March 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Sheila, the tests are done at a biologics lab in Sydney, Australia and they draw blood and check against 66 chemicals,the same for food sensitivities. Thanks for information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Marretts, Our EM doctor said the tight wool carpets are the best--like oriental rugs. I convinced my husband to do our upstairs with hard wood, thank goodness. We all have some reaction to carpeting: either to the dust, and/or with my son, more than just the dust, as I discussed in the environmental triggers thread. Everyone is different, but I know it matters in our family. Multiple exposures and reactions. Not to all carpeting, but I see no harm in hardwood anyway, saves a lot of guesswork. Where we live, it helps the home resale also. That is lower in importance, but helps to justify the expense as an investment. Good luck. Claire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAROL_T05 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Hi, Im 20 years old, rencently had a baby 2 months ago and have a little bit of a stressful time with moving house etc over the past year or so. I know it sounds a little out of the ordinary but I was looking on the net for any answers to what the ###### I am doing? I started by liking the smell of carpets, mainly new ones and every now and again I really get the urge to sniff them, I ended up getting a small sample of carpet because it was a bit annoying, having these little urges, it developed mainly half way during my pregnancy but I remember ages ago when I was little having the same little urges but I think they were only for a little while. I also get moody a lot more especially with my boyfriend and also find myself pressing my fingertips together to put pressure on them but cant seem to stop it until ive done an equal amount to all my fingers. I also have to have everthing tidy with all plugs turned off. These come and go, and at the moment the plug thing Ive gotten over and Ive just had to let go of the tidying up because of moving house and know its all not going to be tidy straight away, but the carpet smelling is quite frequent now. Do you think it may be tics or can anyone else help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Hi Carol I posted this for you on the other thread that you wrote it on (Obsessions & compulsions) but just in case you didnt see it there, i am copying it here too Hello and welcome Also, congratulations on your baby! There could be so many things going on for you that the very best advice i feel i can give is to chat with your doctor about it too. Firstly, re the moodiness....it is VERY normal to experience moodiness and even depression after having a baby.....and in your case, with the added stress of moving house. The "post partum" moods could be hormonal or simply a lack of sleep and taking proper care of yourself. As to the carpet sniffing....there are strong chemicals in new carpeting and you may well have developed a slight addiction to something there....i have heard of this happening before. ALSO what you describe may well be a form of Obsessive Compulsive behaviour.... it really doesnt sound like a tic to me. Especially as you mention maybe having experienced similar feelings about "having" to do things in the past I really would chat with the doctor about this....see what they say. Just a word of caution, many doctors are a little too quick to prescribe things for symptoms like you are describing, and those meds can sometimes bring a bunch of unwanted side effects, and instead of helping...they sometimes make things worse. Once you hear what the doctor says about this....and what they suggest you should do....please check in here with all of us first....there may just be suggestions and experiences that we can share with you to help you find more natural ways to deal with these things. all the best to you...stay in touch...and big {{{{hugs}}}} for your precious baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest_efgh Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 hi Carol You are in the right place. Chemar is an expert with regard to supplements for OCD and you can refer to her previous posts in this forum on this. Goodluck in your seach for solutions.. Chemar, Slightly off topic though.. As I was going through your supplements list .... 1 combo flax/borage/omega-3(fish) oil plus 1 Lecithin blend acetylcholine ... ------ this is what you give your son right. Can you please let me know if the fish oil that coms with the combo is relatively mercury free .. Can you give me the details and about how you ensured regarding the mercury levels in this?? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 hi efgh in order to keep this thread on topic I am going to answer this in the chlorella thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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