(03-13-2012, 04:49 PM)Zebra Wrote: I havent, actually. I do take a daily vitamin but a lot of vitamins are hard to find as they use animal products in them. The only dairy I eat is cheese. Milk makes me want to vomit unless it is used in cooking something. It is really hard to do diet changes as my diet is already pretty limited...I tried to go gluten free (my mom has a gluten intolerence, possible celiacs. And that can be passed down but i have no clue if I am or not. Not a fan of needles XP) but that limited me down to zilch to eat. I wasnt ever feeling full no matter how much I ate. I know I've had iron issues....my body doesnt like to absorb much of it, but ive been eating more iron-rich foods and taking a chlorophyll complex that a nutritionist gave me to help with absorption. What kind of vitamins/nutrients do you find help?

What country are you in? I know the US and UK have different labeling and food safety laws, so if you're not in the US what I'm familiar with might not be available to you.

1. I understand needle phobia (my son has it to an EXTREME degree) but sometimes you have find a way to get the answers you need to make progress. If your mom has celiac (both of us do) and you have SPD or neurological problems, you need to know if you are gluten intolerant. If you are, a completely GF diet might radically improve your life. My son has neuro complications from celiac, and I know what they can do to you.

2. To make informed decisions on your health, you need accurate information - like your serum iron level, ferritin level, vit. D, vit B-12 level, carnitine level, comprehensive blood chemistry panel, and a hemogram to start with, and probably more vit. levels. Bodies and minds don't work right, i.e. SPD, when they don't have the right tools - vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, etc. - to run on. This means bloodwork, but you could find a way to really improve your life because of a blood test, wouldn't it be worth it?

3. There's an old slogan, "you are what you eat" which is being proved true every day. If your diet isn't giving you the right stuff, then your mind won't right. If something in your diet is harming you, like gluten, then you need help learning to eat in a healthy way that you can tolerate.

I want the very best for you and your baby, but I think you need medical help to get your sensory issues under control. As the parent of an SPD kid, I work with 4 different specialists and an OT to help him conquer his challenges; the problems are too big for us to deal with on our own, and I sense that you, too, are struggling with big issues. Drugs do not work for my son at all; the side effects are horrible and we saw no improvement. Diet and nutritional supplements, based on careful monitoring, have helped him make great progress and I hope you can get similar results.