New To The Board....Need Help !!!

[aimers]

My son Michael is 6 years old and is autistic. (he still doesn't talk but all other aspects are good) We have him on chelation therapy. He started November of 2003 on DMSA. We just recently added in the ALA. Everytime we have raised his dose, within a month and a half he's gotten sick. The first time was for 2 days (no food, no drinking, throwing up, lethargic, black circles under the eyes, sleeping for 10-15 minutes throughout the day) and the 3rd day he was fine. The next time he was sick for 4 days, then the fifth day fine. This last time he was sick for 6 days and the seventh fine. It seems to go along with the raise in dosage. He also eats soap right before. Has anyone else experienced this? What can I do to prevent it? Please help me. I'm scared to death. Thank you in advance and God Bless All.

[aimers]

65 people looked and no one can help?

[texasmommy]

He ate "soap"? Did you mean soup? Just checking, cuz if you really meant soap that could be the problem.

What is DSMA and ALA?

[redflowers]

You might want to do a search for different groups with more experience in this area using key words like ********* and autism or mercury/chelation and autism or detoxification.

I don't know much about chelation, but what I have heard is that it is extremely hard on the gut and liver and that you need to be very careful. It sounds to me like you need to decrease his dosage if he's that sick from it.

I'm wondering why your doctor is increasing the dosage given his reaction. Are you having liver function testing done to gauge the state of his liver? I'm told this is vital.

I wish I had more information for you. I have found another board to be very helpful for such issues and wish I could post it for you. I encourage you to do a good search and see what turns up. I'm looking into chelation as well and am scared to do it. I'm checking into the DPMS protocol developed by Dr. Buttar because it supposedly is safer and less taxing on the kids than DMSA.

Good look. I'm sorry you haven't received many responses.

[ang64063]

I went and listened to some speakers this past weekend and they were talking about things like Leaky Gut, Enzymes, Alternative Medication, etc. One thing that they did say was that in order for the Chelation to work properly, you need to heal the gut first. You can heal the gut by trying a Gluten and Casein Free diet. If you don't heal the gut properly then things like the illness, welts on the skin, etc... will happen. That is not to say that the gut cannot be healed this way, but it is a rough way to do it.

As for the eating of the soap, that sounds like a Pica issue and I think you should contact your doctor as soon as possible about it.