concerning ADD and autism
Al,
my son is also a highly functioning autistic. ---and i have been diagnosed with ADD. i take adderall 20 to 40 mg the last 5 years. i am trying very hard to get off of it.
i think the condition is partly related to allergy/intolerances. i do much better when i am in a highly controlled (air filtered) environment and when i can eat foods that cause no intestinal reactions.
i think the real problem is a foulup in my immune system. i do not know the cause of this foulup. it could be viral, vaccination, genetics, metabolic errors (fatty acid metabolic errors or even glycoprotein construction errors), bacterial, mycoplasma, fungal, heavy metals, protozoa, parasitic, micoplasma, mycobacterium, general allergy/intolerance ----- or it could be any combination of the above.
i have spent probably $20,000 (maybe more) the last 10 years trying to sort it out. the last 9 months have finally paid off. i am wiping out symptom after symptom.
However, i still need the adderall and 3 mg prozac and 100 mg 5-HTP. But the fact that i am off of Depakote after 20 to 30 prior attempts is simply amazing. I honestly do not know how it happened, but it is either the mercury chelation, aggressive anti-fungal therapy (diflucan 60 pills and nystatin)(i don't think this did it but it helped me), the Algae (see what an Ivy league psychiatrist has to say about it -- Dr gabriel Cousens), the antibacterial/fungal/parasitic herbs and garlic, or the powerful immunomodulation from Ibsacol or CMO ( cetyl myristoleate ).
p.s. i am not selling anything. none of the products that i buy are from a pyramid scheme ---nor do i have a website!!! i'm just a patient who desperately wants to be normal --- and slowly it is happening (but allergies are still killing me --but they are even better!!!!)
every month more and more is revealed to me..... i would love to be able to unravel the autism mystery.