Does sugar - even from fruits and honey effect your autistic child and send then into frantic drunken giggles driving you CRAZY ? If so how can we stop this fromb happening - most foods contain some natural sugars but they REALLY affect my child, for days he's completly in his own world and sort of DRUNK !!!!!
Find a NAET practitioner and have the child treated. It will make a huge difference in every food they eat. NAET.com or drfergang.com she's in Weston. It's worth the drive, trust me!
Hi R.,
My best friend has a son with the same issues you describe. She limits his sugar intake to almost none because it feeds the yeast in his stomach causing him to display that "drunken" behavior. She doesn't give him ANY processed foods. It's very difficult, but the behavior result is sooo worth it. She get most of her food for him from a nutritionalist who actually makes the food so he will get the proper nutrition without the bad things that encourage the drunken behavior. Try going to Bellyhugs.com for more information on that. Hope this helps.
L.
R., it is common for autistic kids to have problems with their digestive system that lead to some types of food components causing disturbances - in many cases treating the digestive system or changing the diet will reduce or reverse the autistic symptoms - the biomedical approach to autism addresses this using things like enzymes and probiotics, immune and digestive support, detoxification, and more. If you contact me I can give you resources in Miami that can help treat your child's challenges. I've worked with some autistic kids using subtle energy system balancing therapies that have helped them also. You can email me at ____@____.com
If this is happening, it has nothing to do with autism. Consult your doctor, it sounds like your child has trouble metablolizing carbohydrates, which is not an autistic issue. There is a lot of bunk out there about sugar, but the basic reality is that sugar is related to insulin produciton and if it is not metablolized correctly, it can influence behavior, mood, and well being, but it is not a neurological issue.
Kids with autism are more like typical kids than they are unlike typical kids, and you will find that you garner more respect from your pediatrician if you can keep these issues separated. Trust me, there will be many occaisions that you will need to interject issues related to autism with medical professionals, and if you have not over done it in the past, they will listen when it is really important!
This is something that your pediatrician should investigate very soon.
M.
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Regards,
J.
Nope, sugar knocks my autistic child right out! I hear about all kinds of remedies to help these kids go to sleep, when my daughter was smaller it was chocolate that would do the trick. Now she tends to eat "fruit snacks" before bed, helps her to relax. Other than that, I don't see any behavioral issues with my daughter and sugar.
Sounds like yeast overgrowth. Here's an article about it and how to treat it:
http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/medical/yeast-overgr...
Hope this helps.
Don't give him anything with sugar. Even natural sugar. Some fruits are VERY high in natural sugar such as bananas, oranges and grapes. Watermelon, raspberries and blackberries are fairly low.
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/whatfruit.htm
Keep something in mind though. Is your child sensitive to high-salicylate foods such as apples, grapes, berries, almonds, etc. If so, this makes a big difference as well.
http://www.salicylatesensitivity.com/food-guide
My child has the same problem. He gets very uncontrollable for days like a hangover. I've just begun a no gluten, no-low sugar, no dairy, no/low soy diet for him a few days ago and I've already seen a big difference in him.
Fiengold can help you here-brilliant doctor who saw what was coming a long time ago. Has support groups too.
best, k
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HI R.,
Martha's right about the metabolizing issue and it's always good to check into things like this. A simple way to fix the behavior in the meantime is the same thing I do with diabetic members of my family and that is to add protein to their snack. Banana and peanuts, Apple and cheese. etc. This should even be done with people that DO metabolize sugar correctly because enough sugar can change a body and create an imbalance.
God bless,
M.
