Comments on: The Butcher, the Baker and the Yeast-Maker http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-butcher-the-baker-and-the-yeast-maker/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alicia http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-butcher-the-baker-and-the-yeast-maker/#comment-144 Alicia Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:26:53 +0000 http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-144 Hi, I am friends with Judy Rotach. We have been on our autism fight for 1.5 years now. I know life is crazy and any spare moment is hard to find, but I would love to get coffee sometime. Our autism fight is mostly a yeast battle, I would love to talk strategy with you! Hoping in Christ with you. Alicia Hi,

I am friends with Judy Rotach. We have been on our autism fight for 1.5 years now. I know life is crazy and any spare moment is hard to find, but I would love to get coffee sometime. Our autism fight is mostly a yeast battle, I would love to talk strategy with you!

Hoping in Christ with you.

Alicia

]]> By: Navywifeandmom http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-butcher-the-baker-and-the-yeast-maker/#comment-143 Navywifeandmom Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:05:57 +0000 http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-143 Yay for Josiah! I have been following your blog for awhile now; I also have an autistic daughter who is five now and we have been doing biomedical for four months now. We saw big improvements with B-6 (tantrums literally ground to a halt the day we started it and have never returned) and our DAN is going to have us treat for yeast as well. I am going to wait until after the holidays so she does not suffer through the yeast die-off during Christmas. Hang in there, the sleep problems are the worst. My daughter didn't sleep worth a lick either when she was Josiah's age; it was enough to just about drive me over the edge. That is the one thing about autism that I just cannot hardly stomach is the sleep issues. Fortunately she has somewhat improved with age in that department although we still struggle. Keep fighting the good fight to free our children from autism! Yay for Josiah! I have been following your blog for awhile now; I also have an autistic daughter who is five now and we have been doing biomedical for four months now. We saw big improvements with B-6 (tantrums literally ground to a halt the day we started it and have never returned) and our DAN is going to have us treat for yeast as well. I am going to wait until after the holidays so she does not suffer through the yeast die-off during Christmas.

Hang in there, the sleep problems are the worst. My daughter didn’t sleep worth a lick either when she was Josiah’s age; it was enough to just about drive me over the edge. That is the one thing about autism that I just cannot hardly stomach is the sleep issues. Fortunately she has somewhat improved with age in that department although we still struggle.

Keep fighting the good fight to free our children from autism!

]]> By: hopeauthority http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-butcher-the-baker-and-the-yeast-maker/#comment-142 hopeauthority Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:56:54 +0000 http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-142 You might want to check out the Specific Carbohydrate Diet by Elaine Gottschall. My autistic son (who had lots of intestinal issues and bad behaviors) has been doing very well on it for over 3 years (he's 6 now). He does the dairy-free version. It has no grain at all, so is more restrictive than Gluten free. In our experience, those manical night time fits of laughter or night terrors were related to yeast, so I hope that clears up for Josiah soon. Our son sometimes also took Flagyl when he was on Diflucan. He also takes Lactobacillus acidofillus as a probiotic to help balance the gut situation. Also, the night time waking (or any regressions) may be from him making big gains in his language lately. In my son, we always see some regression when there's big language gains. Almost like the brain can't do it all, so the language part "steals" from the behavior part for awhile, then things level out again! Good luck. And feel free to email me if you have any questions about the SCDiet. You might want to check out the Specific Carbohydrate Diet by Elaine Gottschall. My autistic son (who had lots of intestinal issues and bad behaviors) has been doing very well on it for over 3 years (he’s 6 now). He does the dairy-free version. It has no grain at all, so is more restrictive than Gluten free.

In our experience, those manical night time fits of laughter or night terrors were related to yeast, so I hope that clears up for Josiah soon. Our son sometimes also took Flagyl when he was on Diflucan. He also takes Lactobacillus acidofillus as a probiotic to help balance the gut situation.

Also, the night time waking (or any regressions) may be from him making big gains in his language lately. In my son, we always see some regression when there’s big language gains. Almost like the brain can’t do it all, so the language part “steals” from the behavior part for awhile, then things level out again!

Good luck. And feel free to email me if you have any questions about the SCDiet.

]]> By: Karen Jung http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-butcher-the-baker-and-the-yeast-maker/#comment-141 Karen Jung Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:36:42 +0000 http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-141 I'm glad to hear that the Diflucan is helping Josiah. We know all about the food issues here, too. Sometimes it seems like Joseph would live on baked Lays and Veggie Booty if we let him. Hope the sleep issues calm down soon. I've heard melatonin helps, but since Joseph usually sleeps pretty well we haven't tried it. I’m glad to hear that the Diflucan is helping Josiah. We know all about the food issues here, too. Sometimes it seems like Joseph would live on baked Lays and Veggie Booty if we let him. Hope the sleep issues calm down soon. I’ve heard melatonin helps, but since Joseph usually sleeps pretty well we haven’t tried it.

]]> By: rhemashope http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-butcher-the-baker-and-the-yeast-maker/#comment-140 rhemashope Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:39:21 +0000 http://hopingnotcoping.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-140 Sounds like Josiah and Rhema have been conspiring together to drive their parents crazy! I cannot believe! Same middle-of-the-night antics including jumping, crashing, banging, yelling, laughing... all night long. Along with this was the self-imposed fast - 5 days of nothing but potato chips! I've learned not to get too upset about the food strikes - once she went for 11 days. Last night she finally began eating some of her old foods again. Never a dull moment, right? There always seems to be some good with the... well... not-so-good. We'll keep clinging to their Maker through the ups and downs. XO Sounds like Josiah and Rhema have been conspiring together to drive their parents crazy! I cannot believe! Same middle-of-the-night antics including jumping, crashing, banging, yelling, laughing… all night long. Along with this was the self-imposed fast – 5 days of nothing but potato chips! I’ve learned not to get too upset about the food strikes – once she went for 11 days. Last night she finally began eating some of her old foods again. Never a dull moment, right? There always seems to be some good with the… well… not-so-good. We’ll keep clinging to their Maker through the ups and downs.
XO

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