I created this blog in 2008 to keep family and friends posted on how we are all doing, to give people an idea of how Autism effects a family, and share my special needs homeschooling experience. My husband of 20 years and I have 2 girls Scarlet age 16, and Anna almost 14. Scarlet keeps me busy being taxi driver,and other typical teenage issues. Anna keeps me busy teaching basic skills as she was born with a rare chromosome disorder (2p partial dup) and Autism. I
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Ok as I read through my old post I realized I never posted at the end of Anna's HBOT / DAN treatments. So I will tell you my feelings on DAN treatment and HBOT. Would I do it again ? Yes I would and I would never discourage others from trying it either. I noticed almost immediate improvement with Anna's belly. Her belly was always really swollen and had really BAD bowl issues as well as reflux. I agree with my DAN doctor's findings of Yeast in Anna's gut, and Bacteria feeding off of yeast. I believe they call this leaky gut. With the treatments given by the doctor her belly swelling went way down and you could tell bowls were getting better within the first month and continued to improve each month. With all the supplements Anna was taking the ones I noticed to show the most improvement were for the leaky gut issues. The food allergy testing done on Anna showed she was allergic to half of the food world. Luckily as a stay at home mom I was able to cut out all of the trigger foods and only give her foods that did not cause Anna problems. We did this for a year, and it was really hard. We could not eat as a family because if Anna saw someone had something she did not it was a big issue. Going out to eat was a nightmare, very few foods that were ok for Anna. So after a year I took her to a Pediatric Nutritionalist and slowly introduced foods back one at a time to find true food allergies. We now know that corn is a big trigger food, as well as eggs. She can tolerate small amount of dairy, but I believe she has the same issue as my husband and oldest daughter of Lactose Intolerance. As far as the HBOT treatment I may have saw some small changes in attention span, focus, and things just seemed to click for Anna that had given her issues for years. The biggest click was potty training, she finally got it. YEAH!!!! I chalk this up to HBOT , and also the repair from the leaky gut I talked about earlier. With her bowl more typical and under control she was able to feel the sensation and get to the bathroom in time. As to date she rarely has an accident and it is usually when she get so engrossed in something she is doing and waits to long (doesn't make it in time) She wears a pull up to sleep ,but does not really need it as she will only occasionally use the bathroom in her sleep (pee) when she has drank a lot before bed. So in conclusion if you can raise the funds to try a DAN I would suggest it.
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