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[quote=Anonymous]sorry, 13:37 here and re-reading some things and I will share that i think if I were you, I would first look into the keto diet option as difficult as that is. I guess I have been thinking of it this way with my son from age 3.5-4.5 who has some struggles and may have adhd/social anxiety: at this age, try to rule out what we can - could anything else be causing this? Are there other changes that could make a difference? (both at home and school. For example, we have my son going a shorter day/week in preschool right now. It's tough for us but it seems to be making a difference for him, less stimulation. We've removed screens for him, removed our phones when we're with him to make sure time is quality/focused, working on all the skills with his therapist to help him identify when he's in the red zone for example and get himself back calm and we're trying the neurofeedback).That way, as he gets closer to 5 if the answer is that maybe these things make a small difference but not enough, we can confidently try to find the right medication to help him. Once you're on the med train, it's a little harder to do this kind of rule out work I feel like because you don't want to start over and they are in real school where removing meds could be an issue. So, I wonder if now is the time to really try to figure out what's going on here. Is it the seizure meds? If there is any chance you can rule that out through a keto diet, I would do that now.

If you rule that out then ok there is something going on that a seizure medication adjustment can't fix, then you have more information. That all being said, your son's behaviors sound INCREDIBLY difficult and draining for both you and him, if you felt like pursuing medication right away I would completely understand but I heard and understand why you are hesitant given he is already on the seizure meds.[/quote]

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