Spoke with my DD today.  Alex has had 2 days (in a row!!) with no major upheavals or meltdowns.  He has also slept at night  which is very unusual for him.

I'm pretty sure he's not totally grain free at this point as my daugh. is a bit overwhelmed with the changes. Baby steps I guess, but at least in the right direction. She has cut out all obvious grains except rice and probably corn derivitives as these can be so tricky with all the synomyms/acronyms that they are disguised as.  She is aware of the whiplash effect and will be looking out for it.  I try to tell her that there is a learning curve, mistakes will be made and better to assume an accidental glutening than assume the diet “doesn't work”. Other folks spend yrs. thinking they are gluten free when they are not so I guess she's still ahead of the game as she'll know what the next things to eliminate will be when the whiplash effect eventually happens.

Many of you have probably heard the excellent multi-part interview Dr. Osborne did with psychiatrist Dr. Charles Parker availabe on our You Tube Channel.  Well, I  found some podcasts of Dr. Parker's on something called “Cinch” at  http://www.cinchcast.com/drcharlesparker

Stay tuned for the next update.

Just finished listening to 2 very interesting interviews with Dr. Demiti Papolos (author of The Bipolar Child). He has just received funding for a study for a subset phenotype group of what he believes to encompass about 30% of children with bipolar who have a thermo-regulation problem.  Here's the link to the first of the 2 interviews. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecoffeeklatch/2010/11/22/alissa-bronsteen-dimitri-papolos–child-bipolar  I do believe my grandson fits this phenotype as my daughter often refers to him as her “little furnace” and he has always slept with a fan and taken melatonin.

I am now wondering if gluten intolerance plays a part in thermo-regulation? Before I went gluten free I also considered myself to be very “hot natured” but attributed this to my age, weight, and “hot flashes”.  In retrospect I think this symptom abated quite early on, long before I could have attributed it to the weight loss.  Could this be why my grandson is sleeping easily and soundly for the first time in his life? Even after having a muti-colored slurpee that I thought for sure would have him climbing the walls! Fascinating, and would be so much healthier to be able to regulate body temp with a gluten free diet vs Ketamine HCL!!!!!

Farmwife, glad you mentioned RLS. My grandson has that too. I'll have to ask my DD about that too. This is so fascinating. I was actually very excited about the new study this Dr. was discussing until I realized the drug he was talking about. Used as an animal tranquilizer and already used and abused on the streets! Granted the study would use a very mild form as a nasal spray I think but still…scary