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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all,
One thing I experience frustration with is Docs (unless they are DAN docs) being uniformed or narrow minded about biomedical.  I tried to make an appt with a dev. pediatrician and when I told her nurse that we were doing biomedical she staunchly declared that this wouldn't work out (ie. only can see the dev. pediatrician if I give up biomedical).  A friend, who does biomedical for her son (& is a nurse), warned me not to tell the dev. pediatrician that we are doing biomedical. So, now I'm going to see another dev. pediatrician whom I've haven't disclosed this info. to.  We've been following Amy Yasko's protocol since June and biomedical for the last 5ish years (my son is 8 years old).  Biomedical and diet has been everything to us.  My son used to be super constipated and now he goes almost everyday with ease. I don't think there have been profound changes on his intense sensory needs, but he always making improvements and but the fact that his gut & digestive system is in a better place (& thus absorbing nutrients appropriately) has and continues to be totally worth it for me.  I'm going the dev. pediatrican route b/c I want a diagnosis (or not) of ADHA and consider options for that.  My son was diagnosed with -PDD-NOS, but I also suspect he has ADHA.   I would love to hear other folks experiences on disclosing biomedical or not.  PS--when we started this journey I consulted with 2 pediatricians (one a friend of mine) who didn't know (or subscribe) to the notion of yeast. I know its not necessarily their fault since they are not developmental pediatricians and they get minimal nutrition training, but its frustrating that basic nutrition and gut knowledge isn't out there and you eventually have to be dig and dig and dig until you, as a parent or caregiver, find things out on your own. Thanks![/quote]

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