http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/ Landau-Kleffner Syndrome Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:25:10 GMT Sue Mahan http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1979 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1979 L-Tryptophan can help with depression. You can buy it in capsules or get it prescribed and compounded from a compounding pharmacy, per doctor's prescription. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:36:52 GMT beuly1 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1978 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1978 Since coming off the Valium Therapy a couple of months ago I think Thatcher is suffering some depression. Anyone else dealing with this and what have you done Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:51:53 GMT Megan Hughes http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1977 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1977 Janice, in our experience NHS nutritionists seem to know surprisingly little about nutrition - even the one who tried to do the ketogenic diet for us! I would Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:08:05 GMT charis011 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1976 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1976 Thanks, Gina. Charis Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:39:30 GMT A A http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1975 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1975 Hi, My son is also on steroids and he is only subscribed a Vit D and Calcium supplement. As for the potassium I make sure that he eats bananas, dried Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:15:17 GMT Janice http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1974 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1974 Hi, Thanks for your replies re tests. I was just wondering where you get your vitamins from? I have seen a private Nutritionist and NHS Nutritionist and both Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:26:00 GMT NicoleW http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1973 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1973 another theory (catherine tamaro - vitamin K) but testing ionized calcium may be useful. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:23:51 GMT NicoleW http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1972 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1972 Humm, my son's was within range but not as high as Rossignol likes so he suggested it. I did it for a while but because iron feeds bacteria (according to Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:41:19 GMT Anna Blum http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1971 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1971 My son has normal Hemoglobin and Hematocrit, but always low Ferritin. He needs lots of iron every day to even get his ferritin levels *near* the reference Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:34:26 GMT Sharon http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1970 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1970 Hello All, Have to ask and feel stupid for doing so...but have never had "iron" tested per se on my son so I don't know if it is high, low or normal. BUT he Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:11:01 GMT Tracey Sherman http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1969 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1969 my son was on Cerefolin NAC which really helped to grow YEAST with him, so if you are having gastro problems the NAC might be helping to grow the yeast Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:26:05 GMT szmidford http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1968 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1968 I just want to second the idea of iron testing - we added iron recently for my son, he was only mildly low but has very severe attention problems and his Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:01:42 GMT A A http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1967 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1967 Just a note on iron levels. When we were staying at the hospital in December there was a four year old boy  in the next room who started regressing when he Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:08:50 GMT Gina S. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1966 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1966 it was done through a spinal tap that was sent to baylor in dallas. I think that if your neuro contacts Dr. Scaglia at Texas Children's Hospital he can send Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:56:55 GMT Janice http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1965 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LandauKleffnerSyndrome/message/1965 Hi, My son is going to be undergoing a lot of tests next week. Including some blood tests. I wondered if there are any blood tests that you think may be good