My child had a lot of developmental delays and by his second birthday, we knew something was going on, so he was tested for toxic metals. He was diagnosed with “toxic effects of heavy metals”. My child was also diagnosed with PDD-NOS at age 3.
I believe my child was had a higher risk of toxic metal accumulation due MTHFR genetic variants and mitochondrial dysfunction. We were not aware of these risks until it was too late. If we had been, we could have avoided known sources of exposure to mercury.
Symptoms:
- Delays in rolling over, sitting up, crawling. dragging himself around using his arms but not using his legs to crawl.
- fearful, clingy, terrified of everyone and everything
- refused solid foods
- trouble nursing
- lost eye contact after 18-month
- numerous motor delays
- sensory processing disorder
- hyperactivity
- sensitive to noise
- headbanging
- toilet training regression and inability to toilet train
- auditory processing delays, difficulty understanding language.
- did not respond to his own name
- withdrawn
- self-limited his diet, very picky, and only ate 4 foods
- did not adapt to change, very rigid
- face blindness, could not detect expressions
- lack of apathy
- easily overstimulated
- PICA: mouthing toys and non-food items beyond infancy
- social delays, no interest in other kids
- no pretend play
- unusual behavior like lining up toys by color, shape, or size
- fine motor delays
- visual delays, unable to pick out objects when asked to get them
- can’t follow age-appropriate two-step instruction
- could not dress or feed self
- spinning everything including himself
- arm flapping
- toe walking
- hopping
- echolalia
- biting, scratching, screaming, tantrums, out of control
Initial ATEC score:
- ATEC before detox was 118.
- ATEC today is 2.
We saw marked improvements by detoxing toxic metals using the frequent dose protocol, as well as removing toxins from his environment. You can read about what we did on this page.
Some of our remaining residual issues are low adrenal function, low thyroid hormones, and sensory symptoms which we continue to work on but the sensory is 90% improved from where we started.
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