5-HTP - autism

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Thanks to everyone for your suggestions about Allie. I am weaning

her slightly -- from 2.5 mg to 1mL. In a week or so I'm gonna down

it a little more, when she's back in school. Autistic children tend

to improve their behavior while in school, that is why there is

extended school year for so many children with disabilities. We're

currently on our 2 week break, gonna hit the beach in a couple of

days.

 

As the food thing goes, I really am trying to get her to eat

healthy. It's very frustrating because her older sister eats

wonderfully. We have always had a variety of fruits and veggies

available, Jessica (the eldest) used to go with me in the garden to

cut broccoli and eat while watching cartoons. As she put it " Mommy,

I want little trees to eat. " Additionally, my 10 mo old, Dinah

Grace, will eat broccoli, beans, carrots, etc like it's going out of

style. When Allie regressed at 10 mos she went from eating bananas

and carrots to gagging by the mere sight of them. Her special ed

teacher said she has only seen one other case as severe as Allie's.

 

Some children with autism have to get feeding tubes because

sensory/texture is so overwhelming for them. Most of us have felt

that at least with her eating such junk, french fries and potato

chips, she is still eating and the fear is taking those two things

away might cause her to refuse eating all together. I do try to make

them more healthy, such as oven baking pototoes that are splashed in

olive oil. And, since we have begun the enzymes I am allowing her to

eat her one source of meat that she used to like, Gerber Meat

Sticks. They have milk powder so they were forbidden while following

the diet, but I'm hoping we can allow them without the milk

affecting her. In addition (for the last month or so), at church and

school she has been eating peanut butter and crackers and vanilla

wafers. My hope is that we could get some dried fruits/veggies in

her since she seems to like salty, crunchy foods.

 

Thanks again everyone, I am always researching, always praying,

always looking for the best treatments for her. In the last 2 yrs we

have gone from non-verbal to planning on typical kindergarten by the

time she's six. Were it not for God and alternative medicine, we

would probably be planning future respite care for adulthood. Now

we're wondering how we're gonna be able to stand it when she drives

off to college!

 

Debi