Last night I gave an autism presentation to the NDCEC. This was truly an amazing group of women and I am more reassured than ever with our educational system in Bismarck. We had some great discussion both during and after my presentation and I wanted to follow up on a few questions that I was unable to completely answer at the time. I will create several posts based on these questions, but here are a few:
HOW does HBOT help with autism?
From hbotreatment.com: The rationale behind using hyperbaric for Autism is that the treatments increase cerebral blood flow and thus oxygen is delivered to areas of the brain, which are thought to be oxygen deficient. Greater amounts of blood and oxygen begin to stimulate cerebral tissues and aid in recovery of idling neurons. HBOT also reduces excess fluids and swelling of brain tissues which aid in neurological function and a less confused state in Autistics.
Hyperbaric is also used as a complementary therapy for the treatment of heavy metal detox for such materials as mercury. Hyperbaric assists in the metabolism of heavy metal removal. It can help a patient counteract the effects of heavy metal poisoning and helps body deal with toxins even as noxious as cyanide. It is often used in conjunction with chelation and other detox procedures to help support the body to deal with the impact commonly seen in the removal of heavy metals, mercury, toxins, and other contaminants.
How do you feel about immunizations?
This sparked a flurry of conversations and basically opened a can of worms. I told the group that I was not "anti-vaccine but I am ANTI-CRAP in our vaccines." I advised them to be aware of what is in these concoctions that we are injecting into our children. (Many of the group members are also mothers.) I specifically mentioned Thimerosal (aka Mercury), lead, and aluminum. But Generation Rescue has a very comprehensive list here. Safe Minds has an excellent flyer regarding Thimerosal in vaccines here.
We also talked about waiting until the child is at least 2 years of age before starting immunizations and I referred to "alternative" vaccine schedules. Dr. Donald W. Miller, Jr. suggests this:
- No vaccinations until a child is two years old.
- No vaccines that contain thimerosal.
- No live virus vaccines (except for smallpox, should it recur).
- These vaccines, to be given one at a time, every six months, beginning at age 2:
a. Pertussis (acellular, not whole cell)
b. Diphtheria
c. Tetanus
d. Polio (the Salk vaccine, cultured in human cells)
Generation Rescue (really, one of my FAVORITE websites) has AMAZING resources and they have also posted an alternative schedule as well. Click here to view their suggestions.
And of course, with flu season and the pushing of the flu immunization upon us, we talked about that, too. If necessary, I recommended FluMist for anyone that is not contraindicated to receive it.
No Mercury.org has some interesting " Flu Factoids."
And Moms Against Mercury has some great information with suggestions for alternatives and specific references to boot.
Of course you can always refer to a very recent post of mine about flu shots. :-)
What kinds of supplements is Rogan on?
Well, the list is extensive. And, as Dr. Rossignol reported, one of the top ten reasons you know you have an autistic child is if he/she takes more pills than your grandmother! Yeah, he certainly does. Here's what he takes:
- Multivitamin every day
- Acetyl-L-Carnitine 500-1000mg (w/ a fatty meal) every day
- B12 2500 mcg subcutaneous injection every 3 days, given my mom
- Allergy shot every 7 days, also given by mom
- Biotin 5000 mcg every day
- B-50 complex (50mg each of B1, B2, Niacin, B6, Pantothenic Acid & 50mcg of B12 & Biotin) every day
- Zinc 30mg every day
- Vitamin C 500mg 2-4 times per day
- Calcium/Magnesium supplement every day (in morning)
- 5HTP 50mg – give with Vitamin C at bedtime
- Folinic Acid 800 mcg every day
- Selenium (yeast-free) 200mcg every day
- L-Lysine 500mg every day
- SAMe 200mg every day
- Probiotic once a day
I'm very thankful the kid swallows pills like a champ!
I better stop here for awhile. As mentioned, I will blog a series of posts to help try to answer more of the great questions.
Last night I gave an autism presentation to the NDCEC. This was truly an amazing group of women and I am more reassured than ever with our educational system in Bismarck. We had some great discussion both during and after my presentation and I wanted to follow up on a few questions that I was unable to completely answer at the time. I will create several posts based on these questions, but here are a few:
HOW does HBOT help with autism?
From hbotreatment.com: The rationale behind using hyperbaric for Autism is that the treatments increase cerebral blood flow and thus oxygen is delivered to areas of the brain, which are thought to be oxygen deficient. Greater amounts of blood and oxygen begin to stimulate cerebral tissues and aid in recovery of idling neurons. HBOT also reduces excess fluids and swelling of brain tissues which aid in neurological function and a less confused state in Autistics.
Hyperbaric is also used as a complementary therapy for the treatment of heavy metal detox for such materials as mercury. Hyperbaric assists in the metabolism of heavy metal removal. It can help a patient counteract the effects of heavy metal poisoning and helps body deal with toxins even as noxious as cyanide. It is often used in conjunction with chelation and other detox procedures to help support the body to deal with the impact commonly seen in the removal of heavy metals, mercury, toxins, and other contaminants.
How do you feel about immunizations?
This sparked a flurry of conversations and basically opened a can of worms. I told the group that I was not "anti-vaccine but I am ANTI-CRAP in our vaccines." I advised them to be aware of what is in these concoctions that we are injecting into our children. (Many of the group members are also mothers.) I specifically mentioned Thimerosal (aka Mercury), lead, and aluminum. But Generation Rescue has a very comprehensive list here. Safe Minds has an excellent flyer regarding Thimerosal in vaccines here.
We also talked about waiting until the child is at least 2 years of age before starting immunizations and I referred to "alternative" vaccine schedules. Dr. Donald W. Miller, Jr. suggests this:
a. Pertussis (acellular, not whole cell)
b. Diphtheria
c. Tetanus
d. Polio (the Salk vaccine, cultured in human cells)
Generation Rescue (really, one of my FAVORITE websites) has AMAZING resources and they have also posted an alternative schedule as well. Click here to view their suggestions.
And of course, with flu season and the pushing of the flu immunization upon us, we talked about that, too. If necessary, I recommended FluMist for anyone that is not contraindicated to receive it.
No Mercury.org has some interesting " Flu Factoids."
And Moms Against Mercury has some great information with suggestions for alternatives and specific references to boot.
Of course you can always refer to a very recent post of mine about flu shots. :-)
What kinds of supplements is Rogan on?
Well, the list is extensive. And, as Dr. Rossignol reported, one of the top ten reasons you know you have an autistic child is if he/she takes more pills than your grandmother! Yeah, he certainly does. Here's what he takes:
I'm very thankful the kid swallows pills like a champ!
I better stop here for awhile. As mentioned, I will blog a series of posts to help try to answer more of the great questions.