Our days were filled with tantrums, meltdowns, aggression, sadness, frustration beyond belief peppered with moments of quiet chaos and long nights to recuperate for the next day's battle. Jack has yeast issues - let's just be clear about that.
One might ask - what does that mean? What does that mean for a child with autism? What do you mean "treat"it?
Firstly, yeast overgrowth is awful. You can take on any number of symptoms from grogginess to a yeast infection to thrush or gut issues, constipation, fatigue, etc. The list goes on and on and on. We know Jack has yeast issues because he test results showed so. Also, when he had the MMR at 13 months, he reacted with stomatitis - this is a bad thrush-like infection of the mouth. I remember calling the doctor about lumps in the back of his neck, at the base nearly in the nape but he brushed it off and told me not to worry. These are all big RED flags. Not every kid has a reaction to a vaccine. Some are prone to, kids like Jack are. Premature, major gut issues present from birth and predisposed to an intolerance to yeast. All these things play a role in autism, from my research and experience so far. So, to treat the overgrowth of yeast he has from his previous years full of wheat toast, cookies, crackers, biscuits and such - a high count probiotic is used to combat yeast and kill it off, then you can try to flush it out using other natural things like aloe vera juice. When the yeast dies, and it does die because the probiotic is so strong and Jack is no longer taking in gluten so it's not being replenished. With this, you get "die-off" -- the yeast dies off and becomes toxic to his system. Gross. They do not go softly, let me tell you. It was really awful. He reacted just as I planned he would, proving that he still has quite a few issues with yeast.
The idea is to heal the gut, replenish with nutrient rich food and supplements and work on speech/language to create an overall improvement. Once he feels better, he will learn easier and faster. So, the sooner this is done - the better.
