Amy
When you eliminated foods from your diet which foods did you include? And have you been able to reintroduce any of those foods successfully?
I enjoyed reading your storey and remember you know you body best .
Suzanne

I was doing some research for a paper I am writing when I came across this page. First of all I would like to say – trust Mom, not the doctor!

Here is why I make this statement. I was very ill at one time and this included severe weight gain, joint pain, mood swings, depression, runny nose, weepy eyes, foggy thinking, and the sudden onset of a horrible rash. I called my physician about the rash and he told me (over the phone – without examining me) that I had chicken pox. When that turned out to be false he then sent me to a dermatologist who said I had scabies. When this turned out to be inaccurate, that doctor then sent me to an allergist who tested me for every possible type of allergy. These tests all came back negative, including the Celiacs test (which by the way, I found out later the physician did not administer properly.) So, when all of these physicians could not figure out what was wrong with me, they decided it was all in my head and that I need a psychiatrist. I am still confused to this day how a rash on the exterior of my body could be considered “in my head” but hey, who am I?

Like so many of the wonderful Moms here have done for their children, I took charge of the cure myself. I eliminated all possible food allergens from my diet. Guess what happened. I lost weight (40 lbs. to be exact), my rash cleared up, my joint pain went away, my depression disappeared, and I felt like a new human being! An added bonus to all of this, I never get sick anymore! Everyone around me catches the flu, but not me! I love this part especially! Probably because my immune system is now free to fight bacteria and virus instead of the invading allergens. I now attend college full-time, work full-time, and homeschool my child. I feel like superwoman. I think the part that I like best is how I feel emotionally. I am always in a positive mood. I know the minute that I inadvertently ingest something I am allergic to because the depression is the first thing to hit me.

I now keep my whole family on a very healthy, well-balanced, and organic diet. I have noticed that since switching to organics that I do not eat as much food, nor am I hungry as often as I was prior to organics.

I hope this story is helpful to someone, for that is why I have shared it.

Thank you for posting your story here, Lisa.
I am glad to hear that you are having some success with your approach to your daughter’s autism. It sounds like you are really helping her to develop as a person.
The title of your comment is “starting the autism diet” – please share more about where you are with that, and feel free to post as time goes on so that others can learn about how much the diet helps and how you are getting on with it.
Best, of luck!
-Doug

Hi my daughter is 7 years old, she has autism and has been in an IBI (intensive behavioral intervention programmed for 3 years. She left the programmed this September and is now attending school full time in a contained class.

She is so unhappy there and she has been isolated from the other students I know it breaks her heart as it also breaks mine to see her isolated. the teacher said its because she does not want her to hurt the other kids.

My daughter is different when she is with me she is quite calm, and quite aggressive with others and her birth mother. (we are in a same sex relationship) Although she is not mine biologically we seem to have a very strong connection even the professionals say so. Her bio mother has a history of mental illness, depression and bipolar, my daughter’s father abuse drugs, my daughter has a half sister same father but she does not have autism.

My daughter can no longer stay in her contained class because they simply don’t have the staff to support her and now we have to move her to another school that can better accommodate her needs. She is some what verbal, has always had excellent eye contact, and now orders her own meals in the restaurant of her choice. . She loves to play golf, swim, and she repeats a lot. She imitates very well which I believe is an asset for her. She handle been off her routine ,well as a matter of fact I’ve never allowed her to be on any sort of routine. When her bio mother wanter to keep her in the “autistic world” I took her out of it and change her routine up now she adapts to sudden change.

i guess the reason why I am telling you this is because I’ve personally worked very hard to help her especially now in her formative years it breaks my heart when i here that parents have now put their 5 year old child in a home they need to work with that child and give them a running start. I am now making my daughter choose what she would like for lunch, dinner, breakfast.. and so on…

I teach her about nature, banking, yes I said banking they need to start knowing these things so it will always be a part of their lives. she helps me do laundry, and we practice a lot of life skills. We watch music videos and as a result of that she started talking, and dancing, and even in the car she tell me to change a station if she does not like the song. We go to the movies, she loves the mall although she did not like it at first. When i saw how she reacted to loud, noises and large cruds by freaking out I took her to the mall daily until she became accustom to to it now she loves the mall. If anyone want to share stories, or ideas, or info please drop me a line… we need to work together to help our children from been the forgotten. I am now teaching her how to multi task, I will try this diet and let you know how it is working.