Your experience with biomedical therapies

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MomofTom
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14 Jun 2009, 9:02 pm

I realize this is a touchy subject for some on this forum. We have seen some improvements with our son since he has been taking a couple of supplements for his Mito, and I've noticed quite a bit of overlap between Mito and ASD biomed therapies. (In all honesty, I find the science quite interesting, minus the quacks of course.)

We are not interested in subjecting him to chelation or HBOT. A lot of the improvement we have seen is his grip strength and fine motor skills. We are not looking to "cure" him but rather to help him manage the day-to-day life and school activities a little easier.

Could some of you give me your experience with certain supplements or modes of biomed treatment?

Secondly, if you are/were younger and your parents were in charge of your therapies...how did that go? What were your feelings about it? Would you have continued, had you the choice?


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14 Jun 2009, 9:18 pm

The type of autism I have is considered the most severe. My mom cut the artificial flavors, sweeteners, and colors (especially the red) out of my diet. She said that helped a lot. Even to this day, I am very careful about what i eat in that regard. I can act neurologically typical for extended periods of time.


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15 Jun 2009, 7:28 am

cyberscan wrote:
The type of autism I have is considered the most severe. My mom cut the artificial flavors, sweeteners, and colors (especially the red) out of my diet. She said that helped a lot. Even to this day, I am very careful about what i eat in that regard. I can act neurologically typical for extended periods of time.


Thank you for providing your experience. My son has a feeding tube due to food protein allergies that send his GI tract into immune response that leads to malabsorption of nutrients. By default, his enteral formula happens to be GF/CF. When we were doing food trials, his body's reaction would also impact behavior in addition to further gut motility problems.


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