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Originally Posted by chlobo  So how do I get DS to sleep *more*. He goes to sleep ok at night but only sleeps about 10 hrs and the last 2 are restless. Then, if he sleeps more than an hour during the day he won't sleep as well at night. What's the fix for that?
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Are you still using zeolite? What helped us with this is middle of the night dosing - basically, by the time early morning comes, the zeolite is out of their system but the metals are still circulating, creating detox symptoms (which in our case were low mag = trouble sleeping!). The same can happen if he runs out of mag overnight - it took 2 months or so supping DS with mag before his stores were good enough that he didn't get deficient every night.
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Originally Posted by momofmine Does it matter if you test it on the inside or the outside of the pan/pot? Because aren't some pots made of one thing on the inside but then have something else on the outside to conduct heat better? Does it only matter what's on the inside?
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Yup, test the inside.
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Originally Posted by momofmine Thanks! About what weight or age is your DD and how much of the capsule do you give? Do you do it daily?
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Another data point - DS, 2.5 and 28lbs, used to get 1/2 a Thorne B capsule a day and extra P5P - now he gets 1/6 of a B capsule a day and a little extra B6 (his B needs have really come down, but he gets lots of kefir and cultured raw butter now, both of which have lots of Bs).
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Originally Posted by Mammo2Sammo I think lithium is really helping my oldest. He seems more even and getting to sleep isn't as drama filled. sigh of great relief.
Our foray into chelating with zeolite has been pretty intense. It whipped Max's butt with major mag depletion. We stopped the two of us for now, when Max is back to his normal self we will try again very slowly. I will do the same for myself.
Hello Feb!
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Cool on the lithium. I'd try lower doses of the zeolite - it's pulling arsenic which is causing the mag depletion. DMSA doesn't do much for arsenic, I don't think (we may use it later for lead if that doesn't come out with the zeolite). ALA does, but it requires every 3 hours dosing, tastes nasty, and tends to cause gut/yeast issues, so I was pretty happy when zeolite worked for the arsenic.
And dosing every few hours with the zeolite will help with the low mag symptoms (the problem is that once his system is empty of zeolite, but still has circulating arsenic, THAT'S when the low mag symptoms are worst). For DS, that means every 4 hours dosing, might be different for you guys. But for us, the first 3-4 rounds we did, the low mag symptoms were fairly intense (DS stopped pooping by day 2 each time). After that, it got better fairly quickly.
(Oh wait, that's just me. 
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