Monday, July 2, 2007
How Is It Going With the Supplements?
A reader has asked how it is going with the supplements.
Mike is about a week and a half into the Step 1-A part of the protocol which lasts a month. This step is for individuals with the C699T mutation, causing the body to make extra CBS enzyme and effectively draining the methylation cycle at one end. This is very hard to fix, but Dr. Amy has come up with a proprietary RNA formula called "Ammonia RNA" to address it. It is expensive, about $5 a day.
I am not seeing his behavior improve or get worse at this point. When the month is up, I will put him on supplements designed to get the methylation cycle going, and that should trigger detoxification, causing probable behavior issues. But, we aren't there yet! I am wondering whether he is going to be one who doesn't do much detox because his system hasn't retained too much. He really has a mild case of Asperger's. As his doctor said at our annual checkup a few days ago, his "mood disorder" is really more of an issue. He is at times manic, can't control his impulses, and defies authority a lot. From what I have read of Dr. Amy's theories, fixing the methylation cycle should bring his brain chemicals back into balance. So I am hopeful, and waiting.
Mike is about a week and a half into the Step 1-A part of the protocol which lasts a month. This step is for individuals with the C699T mutation, causing the body to make extra CBS enzyme and effectively draining the methylation cycle at one end. This is very hard to fix, but Dr. Amy has come up with a proprietary RNA formula called "Ammonia RNA" to address it. It is expensive, about $5 a day.
I am not seeing his behavior improve or get worse at this point. When the month is up, I will put him on supplements designed to get the methylation cycle going, and that should trigger detoxification, causing probable behavior issues. But, we aren't there yet! I am wondering whether he is going to be one who doesn't do much detox because his system hasn't retained too much. He really has a mild case of Asperger's. As his doctor said at our annual checkup a few days ago, his "mood disorder" is really more of an issue. He is at times manic, can't control his impulses, and defies authority a lot. From what I have read of Dr. Amy's theories, fixing the methylation cycle should bring his brain chemicals back into balance. So I am hopeful, and waiting.
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This blog describes how we started out on the protocol by Dr. Amy Yasko, who many say has cured or improved children with autism using a genetic-based nutrition therapy.