This is part 2 of the 2 part series on Respen-A blended chord and inositol. So inositol has been around for a long time and has been recommended in the past for OCD and anxiety. In some kids it works great, others it doesn’t work at all. And unfortunately it has been seen some kids who have reacted negatively to just the straight use of inositol. It probably likely has to do with the fact that its having an effect on glucose sugar metabolism in the brain and bolstering serotonin release. But up until recently, I mean we are talking the past couple of years, there wasn’t a lot known about how serotonin was metabolized in kids on the Autism spectrum.

We know now through the work of Elaine DeLack and the research through the Respen-A people that the Monoamine Oxidase A tends to be a problem area for many kids on the spectrum and therefore something like Respen-A has been a useful remedy to use, and I have seen that clinically in my practice as well. So just some information if you are looking to do the Respen-A blended chord it is now recommended that inositol be used along with it. And then if you want to find out more information specifically, obviously it comes with the Respen-A when the prescription comes from the dosing instructions. You can also access Respen-A on Facebook and I also have information on autismactionplan.com in the biomedical protocol section of that website. And I am of course available on an ongoing basis through the parent forum of autismactionplan.com to just answer your questions on a daily basis.

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This is part 1 of a 2 part series on Respen-A blended chord and inositol. With respects to Respen-A, there has been a lot of discussion about the new blended chord, or the blended chord version of Respen-A. The Respen-A originally is now the blended chord which has two different ingredients. There is the Reserpine which has been there all along to help boost and bolster the Monoamine Oxidase A activity and the active metabolite which helps to, not nullify but inhibit and neutralize the excess Monoamine Oxidase B activity that can occur and that creates the imbalances in serotonin, etc.

One of the things that has been recommended in the past to help boost the release of some of the stored serotonin to keep things in a more steady state was a little bit of gluten. Now we know the gluten free diet has been a steady, safe remedy now in the Autism community for many many years and there’s a tremendous amount of children who have benefited from the gluten and casein free diet. And so there are still some kids who just really can’t tolerate gluten at all.

What has been discovered is that a supplement called inositol can be useful and often can be used in place of needing a little bit of gluten with the Respen-A. What has happened is that the recommendation has really converted over now to using a small amount of inositol in the morning with the Respen-A, 300, 350, 400 or 500 or so mg of inositol, every kid is going to be a little bit different. But on average about 500 mg of inositol in the morning seems to be enough to help with the steady state release of serotonin so that it can be acted upon by the Monoamine Oxidase A, converted into its active aldehyde form to have the physiological effect that we are looking for with respects to Respen-A, which is attention, focusing, greater awareness, kids being more social, language development, etc. The next part will cover more about inositol’s role in this new Respen-A formulation.

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Let’s talk about folate, folinic acid, the new information that is really coming out recently about cerebral folate deficiency in Autism. Cerebral folate deficiency has been a known medical entity now for many, many years. Kids tend to have poor growth, tend to have nervous system problems, speech problems, comprehension issues, attention problems, many times kids their heads stop growing normally at an early age, etc. And what has been discovered with these kids who have these problems, when they do research, what are called antibody testing, they find out there are immune folate reactions occurring to the folate transport receptors.

Now in order to get folate, most people think of folate like folic acid, but in order to get folate taken into the brain where it needs to be utilized as a nutrient for brain growth, etc., it needs to be transported across the brain from the blood, the brain in the cerebral spinal fluid and into the brain tissue to be utilized correctly. If we have antibodies that are blocking those receptors then we are going to have a problem where the blood levels of folate may go up but the cerebral spinal fluid levels goes down and then we start to have corresponding problems with folate deficiency.

There has been research testing that has shown, and is showing, that a number of kids on the Autism spectrum are showing up with these folate receptor or folate transport receptor antibodies. And I have done some testing in my office and have seen that same trend. Dr. Rossignol and Dr. Frye, two biomedical physicians and researchers in the biomedical field now have been looking at this for quite some time and are finding that when kids are given high dose folinic acid, more than what you would get from a regular supplement, this would be something that would have to be compounded, there are prescription doses of folinic acid. And kids are actually improving quite significantly with respects to speech, with respects to general awareness and attention and focusing, etc. This is very exciting information because some of these kids they have done a lot of different types of biomedical therapy but just overall they just haven’t responded the way that was originally anticipated.

I would like you to do a little more research into this. Look at cerebral folate deficiency, Autism and you will come across a lot of information from Dr. Frye and Dr. Rossignol. I think this will be worthwhile for you to look at. I also have information through my member forum, the parent forum, of the AutismActionPlan.com website and I am available for questions regarding this and other therapies as well through that forum on a daily basis.

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I wanted to introduce you to Susan Lynn Perry. Susan is a mother of a child with Autism and she has been hosting a radio program now, something called the Mother Cub show and you can find out more information if you go to her blogsite at mothercub.com. She has also has a cook book, she’s written a number of other books as well, useful articles. And I am a biomedical specialist guest that comes on her show once a month, generally the last Wednesday of every month. We have a discussion about biomedical intervention, whether it is yeast problems or gut problems or supplements, we’ve talked about biofilms, we’ve talked about heavy metal toxicity and testing, chelation therapy and a host of other topics. Susan is great and the information she provides, not only when I am on the segment or on her show, but other guests that she has as well, I think you will find it very, very useful. So again find out about her show, it is called the Mother Cub show. Go to her website at mothercub.com, sign up as a guest, check out the show, it occurs once a well, I think you will find it very helpful.

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In our first article we discussed the yeast overgrowth that can come in the spring time and why this happens. Now we will talk about more ways to address this if it happens. The other thing is you can do in autism treatment some different types of supplements to help if your child is susceptible to allergies, things like vitamin C, stinging nettles, bromelain, quercetin, N-acetyl cysteine, can be helpful. New Beginnings Nutritionals carries something called an A and I formula which is an allergen inflammation formula you can go right to their website, order that and it has dosing recommendations right there. That can be something that can be used not only for acute allergies but for maintenance therapy too.

Autism Treatment for Spring Allergy and Regression

If yeast is occurring, then of course then doing the things that we know for yeast, prescription wise Nystatin, Diflucan, Lamisil, Nizoral, etc. of course you need a prescription for those. Or there’s natural remedies too. Again New Beginnings carries a yeast formula packet which is a combination of four different remedies you can rotate anywhere from five to ten drops twice daily for five days and then rotate through those different supplements. Grapefruit seed extract five to eight drops two to three times a day can be helpful for yeast. Candex is another type of supplement, it’s an enzyme that helps to break down the cell wall of yeast, there’s a combination of things. I tend to see good results with things like grapefruit seed extract and the yeast formula packet that New Beginnings carries.

If the supplements are not holding the allergies then sometimes even just a short course of an allergy medication, Claritin over the counter can be helpful Singulair as a prescription can be helpful, you can talk to your pediatrician or family physician about that. Even if it’s just for four to six weeks to get through the real intense period of spring. So again, in autism treatment in spring, it can bring on yeast behavior, I’ve seen it I’m already seeing it again this year, just be aware of it.

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Autism Treatment – Well, it’s that time of year again, spring is upon us and for many kids on the Autism spectrum, spring brings on yeast. It’s interesting, I’ve seen this pattern over the past many years where kids who are susceptible to yeast overgrowth or they have a yeast overgrowth issue and it’s been well controlled, whether through supplements or medications, all of a sudden spring hits, the pollens are out, the flowers are blooming and all of a sudden kids start to regress into yeast behavior, the goofiness, the giddiness, the silliness, the inappropriate laughter, the self stimulatory behavior just odd types of things that we often associate with yeast overgrowth come about.

Explanation of Autism Treatment with Spring Allergies and Regression

Now why exactly is this happening? It’s pretty difficult to know exactly what’s going on but the suspicion is that when you have an increase of allergy in the body you’re obviously going to have an increase in immune activity to those allergens, whether it’s a pollen, whether it’s a grass, whatever it may be. If you have an underlying yeast issue with your child then essentially what’s happening is there’s a bit of a shift that’s occurring in the immune system whether it’s systemically or it’s localized in the intestinal tract or the mucosal lining of the sinuses or nose but it has a systemic effect. Once there’s that increase in immune activity in some respects the yeast can take advantage of that type of situation and many times they start to overgrow and as they overgrow, they increase their metabolic activity their biotoxins are released and kids just start to cycle again into yeast behavior.

So some things that you can do is first off as autism treatment, watch for it. If you’re in a part of the country here all of a sudden it’s pretty cold then all of a sudden it’s warm again real quickly, watch to see if you’re seeing any type of yeast behavior. Make sure, too, when the weather gets warmer, many of us are outside, we start having family and friends over at the house, we’re starting to do more picnics and many times that can be an increased consumption of sugary foods and juices and soda pop and whatnot for some kids so that may need to be curtailed.

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In part 1 of this series we talked about some of the ways kids may become exposed to chemicals and how one way to help the body detox is through Epsom salt baths. Normally what I recommend for people as autism tretment is if they’ve had acute exposure that they know of, whether it’s somebody spraying in their yard or some type of exposure that they’ve gotten exposed to out in their neighborhood or out in the town then they can tend to do Epsom salt baths every day for a week to ten days. For most kids, just as a maintenance I like to see Epsom salt baths implemented three to four times per week.

Chemical Exposure with Autism Treatment

If your child has never done an Epsom salt bath in his autism treatment, I always recommend starting off slow which means basically using a low amount at first because some kids’ skin tends to me more sensitive than others and it can tend to be a bit salty. So if your child has sensitive skin, or you don’t know how they’ll react, even just starting with half a cup in their bath water as a trial in the beginning can be helpful. And then from there just try to increase it, on average for most kids, between two to three cups per bath, three to four times per week. Certainly some kids can do it more, it’s not going to be harmful to do it more, but on average you’re looking at about three to four times per week.
Now, as we head into summer or in the summer months the warmer months depending on where you live a lot of kids like to swim, and I definitely encourage swimming and outdoor activity, you get exposed to chlorine. One of the things that can be done too, is when your child’s done swimming, put them in an Epsom salt bath. If you don’t have access to a bath, what you can also use is Epsom salt cream. New Beginnings carries Epsom salt cream and you can rub just a desired amount, it could be a teaspoon, teaspoon and a half, two teaspoons, depending on the size of your child, and rub it on their skin forearms, their arms, their thighs, their back, their abdomen after swimming and it can be done a couple times a day. So it’s another way of supplementing for magnesium sulfate. So again a couple of remedies would be the Epsom salt baths and or the Epsom salt cream for autism treatment.

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Autism Treatment – We’re all exposed to chemicals and chemicals are a natural part of our world anymore with the modern homes, the technology that we have, and so in many respects we can’t escape chemical exposure a hundred percent. We do know that for many kids on the Autism spectrum they tend to be very chemically sensitive. Their detoxification pathways are poor, many times their biochemistry is being upset because of nutritional deficiencies or yeast or bacterial overgrowth, digestive imbalances, all that can put a strain on their body. And so any time that there’s a chemical exposure, some kids, not all, but some kids can react adversely. Whether it’s self stimulatory behavior, irritability, agitation, poor sleep, poor behaviors etc. if they’ve had some type of acute chemical exposure.

Chemical Test With Autism Treatment

Now, there’s all kinds of different tests that you can do for chemicals, some are easy, some aren’t not necessarily all are affordable either, or even really necessary. If you take the approach of just trying to improve your lifestyle factors as far as exposures you could do a lot to decrease chemical exposures particularly in your home. For example, using biodegradable, non-scented laundry detergent, instead of using the conventional detergents, you can actually now get laundry detergent that is non-scented, biodegradable and is more natural than some of the more synthetically derived forms. Same thing with water, using purified water, filtered again is another way of reducing chemical exposure. Using organic food, hormone free, anti-biotic free meats again is a way to decrease overall chemical exposure. You’re not going to be able to avoid things a hundred percent depending on where you live, if you’re in a city there’s going to be smog, if you’re in the country there could be farming so things are going to be sprayed, you’re going to have some exposure on a daily basis.

One of the things that can help as an autism treatment, if your child has been exposed to chemicals, or you’re concerned about it, is simply doing Epsom salt baths. Now, Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate, the magnesium is a relaxing element mineral for the body the sulfate actually helps to support detoxification. Sulfur chemistry in the body is critical for the maintenance of connective tissue but it’s also critical for the way our body helps to release and get rid of toxins. So Epsom salt baths have been a great way to support detoxification. In the second half of this series we will talk more about ways to implement Epsom salt baths into your child’s protocol to help in detoxification of chemicals.

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Autism Treatment – And what I’ve seen in having these kids, I wish I could do more, but in having had many of these kids evaluated by doing intestinal scoping through a gastro-enterologist is you will often find inflamed guts and what is characteristic of Autistic enterocolitis. Now, the main doctor I refer people to from a pediatric gastroenterologist is Dr. Krigsman who’s in Texas. He’s been my sort of go-to doctor for these types of assessments now for years. The reality is in my experience there just aren’t a lot of doctors around who are willing to evaluate kids on the spectrum from a GI perspective to level that they need to be evaluated and really understand the complexities of it. And what I’ve seen through doctor Krigsman’s assessments is that these children have inflamed guts, sometimes quite significant, but kids have an amazing ability to compensate for pain.

Gut Problems with Autism Treatment

So they’re not all manifesting with extreme pain or distress. We just have this cyclical nature of improvement, this waxing and waning effect of improvement then worsening, improvement and worsening, and over and over and over. Many times it very characteristic of Crohn’s disease which can tend to have a waxing and waning effect. If you have a child that you’re suspicious that this may be going on actually go and read about Crohn’s disease in kids. I think what you’ll see is you’ll see a lot of things in the classic description of Crohn’s autism treatment that tends to fit the bowel patterns of many kids on the Autism spectrum. So I wanted to make you aware of that because it’s something that I realize it’s frustrating and it’s an ongoing battle but if you’ve been battling this over and over and over for months if not years then I really encourage you to look to have your child evaluated from a pediatric gastroenterologist specialist who is familiar with the complexities of Autism to see about what exactly is going on in your child’s gut.

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In this first part of a 2 part series on regression and gut problems. I want to talk to you about kids who tend to cycle or recycle through digestive problems and just are not improving in autism treatment. What I’ve seen over the years is that many kids on the spectrum obviously have yeast and bacterial imbalances, many times a lot of food sensitivity problems as well that tend to be a major contributing factor to their Autistic characteristics and their ability to move beyond it.

Types of Dietary Therapies in Autism Treatment

And when therapies like dietary therapies, whether it’s the low oxalate diet, the specific carbohydrate diet, the gluten casein free diet, yeast diets, or a blend of those diets, anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, anti-fungal therapies, and benefits are seen and then lost and this cycle continues over and over and over and you as a parent, caregiver just pulling your hair out trying to figure out how do we ever get control of the yeast, how do we ever get control of the bacteria? It doesn’t matter what kind of diet we do, we move three steps forward and two steps back. In my experience, being a physician in the biomedical field now since 1998, in the vast majority of those types of kids who engaged in autism treatment, they have a true underlying inflammatory bowel disease condition.

And what happens is I think more kids on the spectrum have it than are being diagnosed or even recognized. And we get improvement when we reduced bowel toxins. I mean you essentially reduce bowel toxicity from yeast and bacteria or parasites, you improve bowel function by the release of fecal matter and that helps to excrete metabolic waste. We, for a period of time in autism treatment, get an improvement in digestive function with less toxic absorption of mal-digested food and we’re going to get an improvement in the child. Whether it’s improved behavior, improved attention, improved concentration, improved sociability, sometimes even improvement in language and it lasts for a period of time until something goes wrong. They get sick again, change in the weather, change in the seasons, whatever it may be and we’re back to square one.

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