Monday, December 24, 2007
A Good Week!!!
Mike had a great week last week. He didn't have any temper problems that I know of at all. He was on task and cooperative. Praise the Lord!
Now, I am hoping the supplementation situation is finally getting clearer and that this will be the situation from here on out. But of course, in the past he has had bad-tempered episodes that seemed to have nothing to do with what he was eating. In fact they happened on days when he had hardly eaten anything. So we will see.
Now, I am hoping the supplementation situation is finally getting clearer and that this will be the situation from here on out. But of course, in the past he has had bad-tempered episodes that seemed to have nothing to do with what he was eating. In fact they happened on days when he had hardly eaten anything. So we will see.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Still Up and Down
Sorry I haven't posted in the past week. There is too much to do around here!
The applied kinesiologist chiropractor has narrowed down Mike's list of supplements considerably, using muscle testing to see which ones the body responds well to. She also added a couple more. We are trying to get used to the new supplement regime.
In the meantime it is apparent that eating protein does cause Mike to get "high," probably on ammonia. But sometimes he also gets high for no apparent reason. He is often not eating lunch at all. But he still gets these high episodes. He gets really loud and totally obnoxious. He can't do his schoolwork well at all--must be sort of like being drunk, I suppose.
The AK chiropractor doesn't want him on a very low protein diet, such as 20 g per day, which someone had suggested. In fact he is 15 years old and has a lot of control over what he is eating, and even at 46 g per day he craves protein. I am letting him off the diet on Fridays, just so he can stay on it the rest of the time. But the diet isn't the whole answer, I am finding.
We are trying to eat yucca and/or quercetin and cumin with protein. This is supposed to help. I think we are not getting the dosages right yet. Perhaps we will figure this all out during the holidays when we are all at home all day.
So, in short, no resolution yet!! But I do feel encouraged to know that the problem is most likely ammonia. At least we have a name for it. (It's very difficult to actually test for ammonia, because it is unstable.)
Meanwhile, I am doing very well under the care of the AK chiropractor. She has gotten my sugar regulation cycle repaired, so I actually ate two pieces of candy on Friday and felt fine! Also drank some cider today, and felt fine! This is a biggie for me. But I am allergic to wheat, she discovered, so I can't eat cake and cookies. I've been avoiding wheat for several weeks now and feel much better in many ways.
The chiropractor wants to proceed slowly and methodically, and she is taking a break during the second half of December, so we will resume seeing her in January. She has more in store I believe.
The applied kinesiologist chiropractor has narrowed down Mike's list of supplements considerably, using muscle testing to see which ones the body responds well to. She also added a couple more. We are trying to get used to the new supplement regime.
In the meantime it is apparent that eating protein does cause Mike to get "high," probably on ammonia. But sometimes he also gets high for no apparent reason. He is often not eating lunch at all. But he still gets these high episodes. He gets really loud and totally obnoxious. He can't do his schoolwork well at all--must be sort of like being drunk, I suppose.
The AK chiropractor doesn't want him on a very low protein diet, such as 20 g per day, which someone had suggested. In fact he is 15 years old and has a lot of control over what he is eating, and even at 46 g per day he craves protein. I am letting him off the diet on Fridays, just so he can stay on it the rest of the time. But the diet isn't the whole answer, I am finding.
We are trying to eat yucca and/or quercetin and cumin with protein. This is supposed to help. I think we are not getting the dosages right yet. Perhaps we will figure this all out during the holidays when we are all at home all day.
So, in short, no resolution yet!! But I do feel encouraged to know that the problem is most likely ammonia. At least we have a name for it. (It's very difficult to actually test for ammonia, because it is unstable.)
Meanwhile, I am doing very well under the care of the AK chiropractor. She has gotten my sugar regulation cycle repaired, so I actually ate two pieces of candy on Friday and felt fine! Also drank some cider today, and felt fine! This is a biggie for me. But I am allergic to wheat, she discovered, so I can't eat cake and cookies. I've been avoiding wheat for several weeks now and feel much better in many ways.
The chiropractor wants to proceed slowly and methodically, and she is taking a break during the second half of December, so we will resume seeing her in January. She has more in store I believe.
Monday, December 3, 2007
News
Mike has been hyper a lot lately. I am now thinking that it wasn't the phosphatadyl serine making him hyper. Something else is making him hyper. It isn't necessarily a food or a supplement. I am just puzzled at this point. The chiro muscle-tested him for PS, and it tested effective, so she put him on three per day. Also tested effective for two others I had eliminated for other reasons: yucca and curcumin. Go figure. She is making her way very slowly through his enormous list of supplements.
Mike is not really on a very low protein diet at this point. It is just too hard to control what he is eating, given that there are other people in the family who need to be on a high protein diet (me). So the sort-of-low-protein diet doesn't eliminate hyperness. Aargh. I am really praying that some of these supplements will make a huge difference for him.
The applied kinesiologist chiropractor has made a difference for me. My knees are all pointy again. I am so happy. They had been padded with fluid or something, and very prone to swelling up with bursitis--all I had to do was kneel on a hard floor for a couple of seconds, and I had unworkable knees for two weeks. This is from supplements the AK has given me, Lipotrope and pantothenic acid, also calcium citrate and magnesium citrate. She also told me I am allergic to wheat, oats, and rye. We proved that last week by my not eating wheat for a week and then eating some. Got all tired and fuzzy headed. I am a little glum about no cookies and cake though. :( Somehow cookies made with corn meal don't sound too great.
Mike is not really on a very low protein diet at this point. It is just too hard to control what he is eating, given that there are other people in the family who need to be on a high protein diet (me). So the sort-of-low-protein diet doesn't eliminate hyperness. Aargh. I am really praying that some of these supplements will make a huge difference for him.
The applied kinesiologist chiropractor has made a difference for me. My knees are all pointy again. I am so happy. They had been padded with fluid or something, and very prone to swelling up with bursitis--all I had to do was kneel on a hard floor for a couple of seconds, and I had unworkable knees for two weeks. This is from supplements the AK has given me, Lipotrope and pantothenic acid, also calcium citrate and magnesium citrate. She also told me I am allergic to wheat, oats, and rye. We proved that last week by my not eating wheat for a week and then eating some. Got all tired and fuzzy headed. I am a little glum about no cookies and cake though. :( Somehow cookies made with corn meal don't sound too great.
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