Benjamin ate something somewhere with either milk or wheat, or probably both considering the severity of the incident, but he was completely hysterical Wednesday. He woke up at 3am that morning and was awake until 11pm that night, which obviously made the situation a million times worse. Poor kid. Poor Mommy.
There are tons of research studies stating that the diet does or does not work, but it works 100% of the time for my child. I don't know what causes it and nor do I care, but when he ingests milk or wheat, he is a completely different child. All of his symptoms are a million times worse and his stomach is upset for days. He obviously has issues with those substances. There are so many different types of autistic behaviors and definitely a spectrum of severity, hence the Autism Spectrum Disorder label, but there has to be something to this food issue with some of the people with the condition. You'd think that with so many people affected there would be more research done on food, but for some reason researchers never want to blame food for ANYTHING. It's annoying.
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2 comments:
so sorry you're dealing with this frustration and for poor Benjamin as well. :( I agree, by this time, there should be more research/solutions for this. It's frustrating that certain foods exacerbate what issues he's already dealing with. Hope you all feel better soon.
Agreed. My nephew is a different child - way more symptomatic - when he's not on his supplements. Amazing how what we put in them can so drastically alter their behavior.
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