Tried a million things- help!

[Claire]

Jeff is right about fish oil, fine for us, not fine for all.

 

My problem with Bonnies is that there area too many variables. I think it is better to stop all for a few days, then add one new vitamin each day and look for a reaction. Not ideal.

 

Better yet, do the spectracell vitamin deficiency test and build a custom program vs trial and error.

 

Claire

[ntbowen]

Sorry, I keep forgetting to log in!

[ntbowen]

Claire, you had mentioned zinc??? How much is recommended per day? I've heard people give this at bedtime, is that what you do? He's getting 10 mg in Bonnie's per day already and he is almost 40 lbs. Since we added digestive enzymes we thought things were getting better, but today they were worse again. Thanks.

 

Natalie

[Claire]

I am not a doctor, but Spectracell shows 10 mg of zinc for kids with a zinc deficiency. So sounds like you are doing okay. Zinc is best absorbed when taken on its own--calcium and iron in particular interfere with it.

 

The enzymes may well have improved things--it could be something new going on now.

 

Claire

[ntbowen]

I haven't stopped Bonnie's yet, but am considering giving individual vitamins after a few more weeks of this trial. We are also giving him two probiotics at bedtime for yeast. He is taking Pro Bio Gold from Kirkman which is their most popular one. His stools are loose again too...maybe his body is getting rid of yeast. I don't know if giving him two of these will actually get rid of yeast, but I've heard to give two at bedtime for two weeks....what do you think? Maybe this is making his symptoms worse. Yesterday the tics were so bad. We were trying to make cook something for Thanksgiving together and he couldn't even help because he was so excited repeating things over and over, tensing, making his long vowel sounds...it was so sad because he was just excited to help me. It seems that everytime we try to do something fun together like that, the tics just take over.