Follow on question: Nutritional Supplements for kids with SPD?

[Anonymous]

Sorry to sound clueless, but it was mentioned in another thread about giving omegas and vitamin E to help with SPD? As context, my DD is in OT but we recently moved outside the DC area to a place where there are very, very few resources for her and I feel like I'm a little behind the curve on potential therapies. Can anyone elaborate on how to use the supplements or where I can read more? Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Bump. Not the OP, but I have the same question, if anyone has insight. I'm particularly interested in your experiences with Fish Oil. thanks!

[Anonymous]

"The Late Talker" by Marilyn Agin, Geng and Nicholl has a chapter on Fish oil supplementation. Not a lot of real info out there! And this is re speech issues specifically.

[Anonymous]

We use fish oil (2t/day), super E (1 every other day), epsom salt baths (almost every night), and methyl B-13 3X a week. Seem to be working pretty well, nothing dramatic but slow changes in a positive direction

[Anonymous]

Sorry to ask such a basic question but: what are epsom salts and what are they supposed to do? Is there any harm associated with them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We use fish oil (2t/day), super E (1 every other day), epsom salt baths (almost every night), and methyl B-13 3X a week. Seem to be working pretty well, nothing dramatic but slow changes in a positive direction

I assume you mean Methyl B12. B13 (Orotic acid) is not really recognized as vitamin and is not sold in a methylated form (having no bearing on the methylation process).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to ask such a basic question but: what are epsom salts and what are they supposed to do? Is there any harm associated with them?

Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) can be absorbed through the skin in a 1% solution. Magnesium has been found to be helpful to children with ASD and sensory disorders. Also, it has mild analgesic properties for sore muscles and irritated skin.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the answer! It is indeed hard to find foods with enough magnesium so I may look into epsom salts for bathtime.

[Anonymous]

I use fish oil for my son with mild sensory issues as well as epsom salts baths a few days per week. I have no idea if they work though. And a good multivitamin. And I try to stay away from artificial colors which can make him bounce off the walls.

[Anonymous]

There is some good info here.

http://www.alternative-therapies.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/archives.login&goto=fuseaction%7Carchives.display%7Caction%7Cdownload%7Cid%7C8539

[Anonymous]

There are also good articles here at the links re: kids and for everyone.

http://kellydorfman.com/

[Anonymous]

Thank you, thank you, everyone! This information has been hard for me to find. What does your pediatrician say about suppliments, fish oil specifically? Mine looked at me like I had three heads when I asked, then blew it off.

[Anonymous]

Our daughter's ped is super conservative and he is fine with fish oil (we've asked serveral docs, including a dev ped as well). It's no different than eating salmon a few times per week (which the docs also highly recommended). If language is at all an issue, the ratio of 3 to 6 is important. We used a 3 6 9 fish oil at first and saw some improvement but once we switched to Nordic Naturals Complete which is a concentrated 3 6 (2:1) ratio there was a big language explosion. Peds don't seem to be trained much at all in nutriton, funnily enough, my elderly mother was put on prescription concentrated omegas and vitamin E for overal health benefits by her internist who specializes in geriatrics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our daughter's ped is super conservative and he is fine with fish oil (we've asked serveral docs, including a dev ped as well). It's no different than eating salmon a few times per week (which the docs also highly recommended). If language is at all an issue, the ratio of 3 to 6 is important. We used a 3 6 9 fish oil at first and saw some improvement but once we switched to Nordic Naturals Complete which is a concentrated 3 6 (2:1) ratio there was a big language explosion. Peds don't seem to be trained much at all in nutriton, funnily enough, my elderly mother was put on prescription concentrated omegas and vitamin E for overal health benefits by her internist who specializes in geriatrics.

We're been doing the balancing ourselves (1 part EPA to 2 parts EFA), also NN, but it would be SO much easier to buy the NN complete and just be done. A few questions for this PP:
- what daily dose do you use and how much does your child weigh? Our son is 36lbs and we've been doing 2 tsp EFA to 1 tsp EPA each day, but we've been doing this so long I was thinking we should raise the dosage.

- where do you get the NN Complete? We're relatively new to DC area and I've been buying everything online, but I'd prefer to have a place to get it in person since we're out of EPA as of this morning.

Thanks very much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We use fish oil (2t/day), super E (1 every other day), epsom salt baths (almost every night), and methyl B-13 3X a week. Seem to be working pretty well, nothing dramatic but slow changes in a positive direction

I assume you mean Methyl B12. B13 (Orotic acid) is not really recognized as vitamin and is not sold in a methylated form (having no bearing on the methylation process).

Indeed B12... 2 and 3 are so close on the keyboard