Healing the New Childhood Epidemics by Dr. Bock

[simplygina]

I spent yesterday reading posts all the way back to 2008. Someone posted about this book so I picked it up at the library. What a wealth of information! This is a doc who totally gets it. The book seems to mainly address Autism, but he says up front that he considers so many of the illnesses that are climbing in record numbers to be different physical manifestations of the same problems. He gives pretty specific info about what medicines and supplements to give kids (with dosing for children) to help their bodies recover. I stayed up until 1 am to read it. He does talk about PANDAS a few different times, without going into tons of detail about what is going on in the brain. He recommends abx, but I was happy to see good info regarding inflammation and methylation as well. If you have questions about what to give and why and how much, this is the book!

[MomWithOCDSon]

Thanks for the recommendation! Hadn't seen this before, but will definitely pick it up now!

[CandKRich]

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Edited August 12, 2013 by CandKRich

[KeithandElizabeth]

I also love this book!!

 

I was reading it on vacation and when I got to the paragraph about the benefits of melatonin for these children, I put the book down and drove to the nearest store to buy it. I had always dreamed of giving my kids some sort of sleeping supplements because they often had sleep issues (I was not aware they had PANDAS) and I was so excited to get the go ahead in this book.

 

I also learned so much about the overall immune system and how asthma, allergies and even PANDAS are all related.

 

elizabeth

[simplygina]

We've been doing melatonin for a few years now. It's like magic!

 

My mom asked me last summer why there seems to be such a dramatic increase in so many childrens disorders now. I told her my gut feeling is that it is our children being bombarded by so many detrimental things like fast food, too much media, decreased nutrients in the soil, environmental pollutants, etc. After reading this book I realize that my instincts have been right.

 

I think that if we can keep the strep at bay with abx and work on healing my son's system, he'll be fine eventually. It will take some time but I truly feel like we can lick this thing! Makes me want to move out to the boondocks though and become an organic homesteader or something but I guess we can't shield them from everything.