I don’t want to think about how long I have been doing this. A lot longer then planned that is for sure. Within the last 6 months I have scaled back dramatically on treatments for Sophie. I was tired. I have been working from home as a web developer since my husband was laid off. I just couldn’t manage everything and thinking about it logically, I felt like it was time to give myself and Sophie a break, so here is what I changed.
Diet
I dropped the gf/cf diet…gasp I know that is a big one. Sophie had been on the diet for around 2 years and when I first put her on the diet I did see positive changes, like she stopped lining up toys, but after about 1 1/2 years I didn’t see a huge change after slowly taking her off of the diet. I could see some regression when I would add back gluten or casein for a long time, but now I don’t see a difference and the pay off has been worth it. Sophie is now trying all kinds of new foods! Before I could count the foods she would eat on one hand now she is trying almost everything.
Chelation
I now chelate on a different schedule. I had previously chelated on Andrew Cutler’s schedule which includes giving chelation supplements every 3 hours during the day and every 4 during the night. My new schedule is higher doses 3 times a day. I was worried about this one, but after trying it for many rounds now, Sophie seems to do fine with it and it is sooo much easier that I am more consistant with it.
Supplements
I am giving less supplements. I evaluate what I am giving her more closely, not just giving what worked for someone else but I have slowed down and I really look at whether a supplement makes a change in Sophie. Much of this has to do with a lack of extra money to spend. I am very limited now and so I buy what I know she needs and when I try new supplements I am more careful to evaluate them.
The changes I have made may not be for everyone. I would not have given my daughter treatment in this way 2 years ago, but this is what I can manage at this time. This schedule allows me to still pursue what I think is going to be the real cure for Sophie- removing heavy metals from her system and then supporting her system while it recovers.
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