I just read a post by my friend Cathy Jameson over at The Age of Autism ( http://www.ageofautism.com/). She observed her son behaving more normally when he got a fever and chicken pox. Someone made a comment that these kids who suddenly act "normal" when they have a fever are called "viral kids."
Is being a viral kid a clue to treatment?
I read another article by J. B. Handley (founder of Generation Rescue) over at The Age of Autism that many parents of children with autism are using a combination of Valtrex and Diflucan with outstanding results. The article said that Nystatin often produced undesirable results. You can check it out here: http://www.ageofautism.com/jb_handley/index.html
Hmmm.
All of this has me wondering if the fever that Liberty has been experiencing this week has been the catalyst for his sudden ability to complete puzzles and increase his ability to almost say words.
I remember when he was two, he caught a Rotavirus. He threw up so much and afterward he seemed so much more normal to me, even picking up new foods and eating them. I asked a doctor about my hunch that perhaps whatever he had in his gut, such a a virus, was temporarily depleted and caused his behavior to improve. They told me no, that of course he was going to be hungry and eat new things since he had nothing in his stomach. I accepted that, but always had that little gnawing feeling that something significant happened we were all missing. This was way before a DAN! doctor and when I was just starting to get a clue about leaky gut syndrome and the gut-brain connection.
If anyone has any experience with this, please post a comment and let me know. This is all new to me. Our next follow-up appointment with Dr. Bock is December 13, so I would like to add this to my list of questions for him. I can't shake the feeling that somehow this is important to know.
Is being a viral kid a clue to treatment?
I read another article by J. B. Handley (founder of Generation Rescue) over at The Age of Autism that many parents of children with autism are using a combination of Valtrex and Diflucan with outstanding results. The article said that Nystatin often produced undesirable results. You can check it out here: http://www.ageofautism.com/jb_handley/index.html
Hmmm.
All of this has me wondering if the fever that Liberty has been experiencing this week has been the catalyst for his sudden ability to complete puzzles and increase his ability to almost say words.
I remember when he was two, he caught a Rotavirus. He threw up so much and afterward he seemed so much more normal to me, even picking up new foods and eating them. I asked a doctor about my hunch that perhaps whatever he had in his gut, such a a virus, was temporarily depleted and caused his behavior to improve. They told me no, that of course he was going to be hungry and eat new things since he had nothing in his stomach. I accepted that, but always had that little gnawing feeling that something significant happened we were all missing. This was way before a DAN! doctor and when I was just starting to get a clue about leaky gut syndrome and the gut-brain connection.
If anyone has any experience with this, please post a comment and let me know. This is all new to me. Our next follow-up appointment with Dr. Bock is December 13, so I would like to add this to my list of questions for him. I can't shake the feeling that somehow this is important to know.
3 comments:
I have a sick sense you are on to something.
Wil, my son, is not autistic, but he's been sick all weekend, and it has taken away his hyperactivity, making him "normal" - I feel like the devil saying it's been nice!
I know what you mean, Carrie. The naps Lib has had to take this week have been heaven for me.
Hi. When my oldest daughter had a seizure disorder, she would have her best day ever the day before she fell - talkative, brigh eyed, so much like the toddler we knew - and then in the wee hours of the am the seizures would start and we'd lose her for days before she'd return to her "Autism" state. It is astounding to watch, to catch the glimpse of the child inside the autism.
Kim
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