Die OFF Reaction:
In start of bio medical, I kept hearing on every sickness, its a die off reaction and a positive thing. Later I realized every sickness, agitation, aggression is not die off. Specially if you are doing bio medical by your own and not under a special care doctor.
Salicylate Sensitivity
Many things like Nemechek protocol is natural and we think it could not harm our child anyway but it does. Like in my case, I saw gains in start of nemechek protocol like improvements in eye contact, more awareness. Later agitation, night screams, angry behavior started, which turned out due to salicylate sensitivity as extra virgin olive oil is very high in salicylate. Later I used Olive leaf extract, my son was half sleep half awake for two consecutive nights. Nutritionist told me to reduce the amount of all medication. Third day I realized his one ear became red after dose of olive leaf extract, and that 's how I figured out my son is salicylate sensitive. That time he was under a nutritionist. If you are using healthy vegetables like spinach, borrocoli, egg plants, almonds, coconut oil even honey these are high in salicylates. Every healthy curing food is not good for everyone specially to our children who suffer all sorts of allergies so please keep in mind and make a diary to write down any new reactions.
Candida Supports
One thing we all do is try to eliminate candida. For that reason we use best available supplements that interfere with candida wall and can break it. My son was put on candida support(Now Brand) by a bio medical doctor. He did well for two days and starts being agitated with all negative behaviors from 3rd day with sleep disturbances. I contacted his doctor and took suggestion from few fellows. Everyone was in favour of a thought its die off reaction. After fifth day I started candida support myself adult dosage. Second day I wanted to drink cold water all day and realize why my son drinks too much. Third day an agitation(Talkhi) started in my chest which kept increasing and I was very agitated in replying to even normal questions. I was heartbroken what am I giving to my little non verbal son. I stopped medicine and left that doctor too. If your child is agitated try the medicine yourself if you can or try stopping and starting it later, do not follow a doctor blindly. Trust your gut instincts too.
Histamine Intolerance
GAPS is a great diet and I love it. Dr Natasha Campbell book "Gut And Psychology Syndrom" is still one of my best read book. But it does not suit to everyone. Many immune compromised children and people have histamine intolerance. Bone broth is the back bone of GAPS Diet and is high in histamine. I tried that diet too as I never knew till then my son has very high histamine levels. I have read many people using sauerkraut and after few days their children reacting, people advice its die off. Dear parents its not, please do not let your children suffer the pain. Fermented foods, avocados, ripen bananas all are high histamine foods and can increase anxiety if your child has histamine sensitivity.
High Oxalates
Many children has high oxalates and due to that they suffer with brain fog, urinate more frequent,chronic constipation etc. As we put our children to Gluten Free Casein Free diet we start using healthy flours like almond flour, buckwheat flour, quinoa, sesame seeds etc. They are all high oxalate flours which shows improvements in start and when oxalate keeps building in body then children suffer pain and parents keeps asking questions. Do not follow or embark on bio medical journey without reading as many papers and stories as you can else you might loose lot of money, become dishearten and leave the effort altogether.
Nut Shell
These are only few possibilities and reasons to face negative reaction even after healthy foods and good multi vitamins. Recovering autistic children is a very hard task but by no means its impossible. Every struggle comes to an end mostly with a positive reward. Even if your child does not recover fully, you can at least tell your heart you tried your best. You are happy and content in your own self. This is a very hard journey but believe me its better than seeing your child fully disable at age of twenty. Keep your eyes on prize and keep going, don't let people disheart you, even your own family. Silence should be your answer. After every hardship there is an ease.
