Melatonin Side Effects: "The most common side effect of melatonin is that the important natural hormones can interfere with user’s overall metabolic system. It can have effects on when you are hungry, how quickly or slowly you digest food, and your overall consumption and digestion. This varies by users and most users will likely experience no side effects associated with melatonin.
Others have reported that they experience a higher likelyhood of headaches and nausea. While these aren’t signficant complications, they are certainly bothersome and if you experience them you should stop taking melatonin and speak with a doctor about it. Along those same lines, some have experienced depression, dizziness and abdomen pain although these do not affect many people.
Some suffer from nightmares after taking melatonin. This can also develop into delusions and hallucinations if the effects are prolonged and very severe; again, common sense goes a long way here. If anything changes in your body after trying melatonin immediately stop usage and speak with a physician."
We have stopped with the melatonin and so far the kids are sleeping well, they still wake up early ( between 3 and 4 AM) but they are not giving us a hard time to fall asleep.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Eating the Thanksgiving turkey
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day. we were very excited because the kids were very aware of the holiday and Liam was specially excited about the Turkey. He was part of the whole cooking process and kept asking to eat some. When it was finally done he sat down and ate his Turkey and asked for more. It was a victory for us since he rejected any meat texture until now. Kevin also said he wanted some, but Kevin is no surprise to us, he enjoys eating and will eat well. He is so cute asking for more Thanksgiving Turkey. Kevin loved the baked sweet potatoes that I made, Liam didn't even wanted me to put it on his plate, but just to see him eat that turkey made my day.
Crazy days
We are in the middle of chelating the kids with DMSA suppositories. Kevin haven't had any bad reaction(behavior wise) related to the chelator, he is having an eczema flare up and I have yet to investigate if this is related to the chelation. He is doing great in school and his reading skills are amazing. He is communicating with us very well and became more social. He calls everyone by name and is talking about his friends at home.
Liam got better in his communication skills but is having a really hard time dealing with a lot of things. He is having sensory issues, he is always asking for a hug or a big squeeze like he says or he will come to us and squeeze our arms. He had stopped walking like a bear with his hands on the floor and is back at it again. He screams for nothing and won't stop to listen to us when we talk to him, won't answer our questions and if the answer is no to something that he wants all hell breaks loose. He is nervous and even the sound of the blender bothers him. I talked to his DAN! and she said he could be sensitive to sulfur, she asked us to test him with a little bit of Epsom salt on his skin t see if he will get a rash. Last time I bathed him in Epsom salt (almost 2 years ago) he developed a rash that was very hot in some parts all over his body.
We increased ( with the doctors recommendation) the kids zinc supplementation to 60 mg a day and I started to think that this behavior change could be related to that since we are off the DMSA for Liam for a month and he did not get better. So I did some research on the subject and found that there is such a thing as zinc poisoning or zinc overdose and some of the side effects of that are depression and nervousness. See, it works 2 ways, zinc is great to help with brain function but when taken too much it will have the reverse effect. We went back to 40 mg a day and let's see what happens. Keeping our fingers crossed because it is very saddening to see him act that way again.
Liam got better in his communication skills but is having a really hard time dealing with a lot of things. He is having sensory issues, he is always asking for a hug or a big squeeze like he says or he will come to us and squeeze our arms. He had stopped walking like a bear with his hands on the floor and is back at it again. He screams for nothing and won't stop to listen to us when we talk to him, won't answer our questions and if the answer is no to something that he wants all hell breaks loose. He is nervous and even the sound of the blender bothers him. I talked to his DAN! and she said he could be sensitive to sulfur, she asked us to test him with a little bit of Epsom salt on his skin t see if he will get a rash. Last time I bathed him in Epsom salt (almost 2 years ago) he developed a rash that was very hot in some parts all over his body.
We increased ( with the doctors recommendation) the kids zinc supplementation to 60 mg a day and I started to think that this behavior change could be related to that since we are off the DMSA for Liam for a month and he did not get better. So I did some research on the subject and found that there is such a thing as zinc poisoning or zinc overdose and some of the side effects of that are depression and nervousness. See, it works 2 ways, zinc is great to help with brain function but when taken too much it will have the reverse effect. We went back to 40 mg a day and let's see what happens. Keeping our fingers crossed because it is very saddening to see him act that way again.
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