Please Start Over

[Kalebs Mom]

I am very new to all of this information. I have only had my son to about five doctors for TS and they have all put him on meds for his problems, which is ADD, OCD, and TS. His tics are both motor and vocal.

 

I am starting him on Sunday morning for 7 full days of "NO Screens" as I have read that may help. I am anxious to see the results of that.

 

My questions are about the testings for food allergies? Corn stuff? Yeast something? Bonnies vitamins? Where do I get information on all of this stuff in very "new person terms"?

 

I am willing to try anything to help my son.

 

Thanks,

Barb

[Claire]

1. www.elisaact.com will do an IgG blood test for all food sensitivities--you need a doctor's note. Be sure to include the gluten/casein test.

 

2. Yeast urine test www.greatplainslaboratory.com Or at home spit test (free!) spit into a glass of water first thing in morning before eating or drinking. If the spit sinks or has stringers, yeast may be an issue.

 

3. If money isn't an issue, before starting vitamins, I recommend:

 

www.spectracell.com blood test for vitamin deficiencies. Not everyone needs exactly the same vitamins. No doctor's signature needed

 

Otherwise I would look at Bonnie's program, www.bonniegr.com, but try the vitamins one at a time to check for a reaction.

 

If you get a doctor to do a blood test, I recommend adding the Great Smokies Elemental analysis test for metals. www.gsdl.com

 

To do most of the tests (unless indicated) you need an alternative doctor to order them. There is a list of them at the top of this forum--posted by Sheila Rogers.

 

**Good luck with no screens week!! Please keep me posted. Marina started this on Wednesday and I am hoping her son does well.**

 

Claire

[LuluGirl]

Just something to consider about Bonnie's vitamins. Apparently they are very good but according to others who have posted, they are expensive and many, many are needed per day. Seems like most people see what she has to say, but buy their own vitamins. If you read through the previous posts you'll find lots of info about what works for many people here and brand names to look for.

 

For the blood tests, we went to a chiropractor who practices "functional medicine". It cost about $300 for us and tested maybe 75 foods. Very, very helpful.

 

For my son, who's 11 and has the same issues, we put him on a good multi-vitamin, a b-complex, vit C, zinc and magnesium-taurate. Has been working like a charm for him, in addition to avoiding known food allergies.

 

As an aside for the ADD, he had/has that too and what I realized was all that he needed was a tutor (which was me) to explain things a bit more slowly to him. Once he caught on, he did very well. And it makes a lot of sense that once he didn't understand something or follow the concept, he wasn't too attentive. Also, I eliminated a sugary drink at lunch and replaced it with a bottle of water and limited the sweets in his lunch too. That helped. Maybe your son is different but that's what our situation was. And yes, we medicated him too for it initially which I'll never, ever do again!

 

I do encourage to take some time and read back over all the posts if you can. There's just a wealth of information here and it's all in one place!

 

Lulu

[Claire]

Lulu,

 

I am so impressed with what you are doing for your son at school. Some kids just do better one on one with learning, and with fewer distractions also.

 

Kaleb's mom

Food can be a big trigger for OCD, I hope you do pursue this.

 

Good for you!

 

Claire

[LuluGirl]

Thank you, Claire, for the encouraging words! Once he accepted the idea that I would be working with him and reviewing his work, it's ended up to be some nice time that we spend together.

 

Kaleb's mom, there is an excellent book by Tamar Chansky called Freeing Your Child From Obessive Compulsive Disorder. I highly recommend it. It seems to me, from what I've read here, that the TS is the original issue and that the OCD and ADD are co-morbids. So, if you can change diet, behavior (like TV screens) and supplement to help the TS, the others might fall by the wayside. I think that's what happening here although everything is still hanging around to some degree.

 

Lulu