5/9/2018
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Hi,
My son was hyperactive from birth and I quickly realised orange colouring and brown chocolate made him worse, he didn't sleep for more than two hours at a stretch till he was 18months. I then looked further at diet and found that white flour and sugar also caused problems. He was always in trouble and unable to focus or concentrate. He didn't start speaking till he was 4.
Using a computer did help with his concentration,but he was under the child psychiatric dept at the hospital aged 5. At eight he was still unable to read but loved having stories read to him. Around the same time saw a new psychologist who couldn't understand why he was such a problem, he was also diagnosed as dyslexic by this time, as he had a good family and came from a normal loving home with professional parents. She knew we had found problems with certain foods and suggested the elimination diet under a dietician. Almost immediately this threw up potatoes! Once eliminated things started to improve slowly and we found if he was interested in a topic he could memorise everything he found about it. Anger was still a problem but an anger management course at the age of 13 helped. I refused to allow him to be doped with medication, when he was tiny a medicine to make him sleep made him stay awake longer. We did find evening primrose capsules helped him. And if he needed antibiotics or medicine it needed to be preservative and colouring free.
From a child who we told would never amount to anything with support he completed A'levels and then an Electronics degree and now in his 30's is Global IT manager for a multinational firm. He still can't cope with large crowds and can become angry, but he can walk away before things get out of hand.
Hi Valerie,
Thank you for sharing your story. I am so happy you were able to be persistent and help your son.
You are an amazing mom. It isn't an easy journey and we can't always fix everything, but he is lucky he had parents that would look beyond medication. It's such a disservice to kids that the artificial colors, flavors, scents and preservatives are allowed in our foods.
Good job!