Next month, Mark will be on just 200mg BD of Quetiapine. This will be a third of the dosage he was on less than a year ago. It continues to be a rocky rid, with nasty witrghdrawal symptoms occuring between 3 and 15 days after each reductionm, but we ride the storm and mark settles down within a month.

Mark's behaviour continues to improve and the only way that he misses the medication is that he sleeps better, feels better and is regaining his personaility bit by bit. The psychiatrist has agreed to a progressive reduction to zero, carefully monitored in 25mg steps.
The voices in Mark's head have nit disappeared, but they cause less pain for him
We are a lot more optimistic about the future.
Ed

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We know that Mark is intoleramt to many substances. We know this because we have seen his reactions over the years. Some substances are much worse than others.

But it is not easy to be sure that you have found all of the allergies or that the ones you have found are really allergies. And it is impossible to use simple home techniques to identify vitamin and mineral deficiencies. (It's actually very hard for some of these deficiencies to be conclusively tested by professionals in the NHS)

So, for a long time, we have been looking for a formal allergy testing process.

Frustratingly, our GP and the rest of the health service have failed us in this. If it is not one of their regular allegies, they are simply not bothered.

By some fluke, we found a natural health practitioner who does these tests. It is inexpensive, non-intrusive and quick and produces an excellent report that you take away. It might, to some, sound like mumbo-jumbo, but we know it is not and we can prove it.

If you have a mental (or other) condition that is hard to diagnose or treat, then perhaps this test will help you. It is now helping Mark, as (a) we have reassured ourselves that we have been doing the right things and (b) we have identified more subtle things we now need to start doing. Most of all, the science of what we learnt stacks up with what we see as symptoms.

We even identified a possible, naturally treatable, cause of the siezures, let alone the autism and the psychosis

We'll soon help Mark to be off all that crazy medication!

If you want to try this test for yourself (and I highly recommend it), then contact me.

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When discussing treatment for a mental health condition with your GP, Psychiatrist or other specialist, you might consider asking some of these questions...

Before resorting to medication, is there a natural intervention, anecdotal or otherwise?
If I am to be medicated or vaccinated, what tests have been done on the drugs (including the ingredients and additives eg coating, colours, etc.) with people who have a similar set of conditions and treatments as me?
Is it possible to see the reported results of tests?
Is there an independent expert who can talk to me about the condition and any alternative treatments?
What will you do, after I start treatment, to ensure that we achieve an optimum balance for my quality of life?

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By Sue Reid
Last updated at 11:33 PM on 20th March 2009
Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163606/One-child-60-suffers-form-autism.html

Far more children have autism than previously thought, a study of British school pupils has found.
Researchers now believe as many as one in 60 children has some form of the condition.
The disturbing findings, which are due to be made public within weeks, mean that up to 216,000 children in the UK could suffer from an autistic condition, although many have not yet been diagnosed.
The research could have a major impact on public services in Britain with many more youngsters potentially needing a lifetime of special care.

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"A newly identified genetic variant could account for up to 15 per cent of autism cases, say researchers who studied genes that are important in connecting brain cells..."

Read the whole of the CBSnews report here...
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/28/autism-genes.html#articlecomments

Will this news actually lead to a future reduction in the number of reported ASD cases? Will it help anyone already wit the condition? Perhaps, perhaps not. But hopefully, this reasonably positive news will not deflect our attention away from the potentially greater risk of chemical imbalances in sensitive brains, and the possible connection with so many unnatural substances in so much of our food and drink.

For those with robust brains, it's easy to dismiss the food notion. But would anyone argue that most of us have some degree of intolerances and that intolerance screening of children would have a generally helpful affect on wellbeing in society?

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The food and beverage industry has come a long way with regard to telling us what they are putting in the food we buy. And it's not just the industry who have changed their habits - consumers are also paying a lot more attention to what is in the stuff they buy. I, for one, spend a lot of time reading packets and bottles for things to avoid in our diet.

Many foods and drinks now carry little boxes with neat 'ticks' against the words, "No artifical colours", "No artificial flavours", giving us a clear indication that they view it as good to leave out such additives. Perhaps they even think these additives are bad for us? It would be nice if they said so.

Perhaps they are just saying that these additives stop people buying their products? Either way, it's great that we can now see, at a glance,.if their food is 'safer' to eat.

...OR CAN WE??

We have some evidence that labels like this can be misleading. Whether or not is is deliberate is for you to decide.

SO, this topic is for you to tell us if you have come across misleading labeling and why you think so.

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If you are an expert, medical, clinical, science, neurology or nutrition and diet, and you wish to correct errors, support what has been said, or add information, then please reply to this thread.
Thanks.

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Have to be careful what I say on this one... the diet drink companies are powerful people.
What I will say is simple.

My daughter used to drink a lot of 'famous brand' diet drinks until I told her to read up on what Aspartame (and simialar stuff) is suspected of doing to you. That was 3 months ago. She has since lost 8 pounds without doing anything except swtiching from these drinks to more natural porducts.

So if you are struggling to lose weight and then find you are putting a lot of artificial sweetener in your diet, then you might want to see if there is a connection FOR YOU!

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Hi...
...you may have come across this site just now, or you may even be a regular contributor. Either way, it's always possible that you have thought it could be better in its aims or even in the content or opages, etc.

Like it a lot, or not a lot... let me know how and why, by replying to this thread.

(I will put a poll on another page so that you can 'vote; on this question, too.)
cheers
Ed

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(1st December 2008)For the article, cut and paste this lnk into your browser.
http://www.medicalimagingmag.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20081201epid003.html

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