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Yeah, this is where my understanding runs aground. A lot of how it's "supposed" to work doesn't apply to DS, and Yasko stuff does seem to work, but not always clear why.
Tanya, fermented foods are often very high in glutamates. Just something to keep in mind with the kimchi. (And that causes headaches for DH - just in case the stomach aches are ammonia and the headaches are glutamates...)
I suspect your DD is still pretty high in ammonia, and like you say, you're just ducking under a line for a bit with no symptoms. With B6, I found it took about a week before up or downward shifts took full effect.
Also, low protein day might have decreased tyrosine intake, so lower dopamine. But before bed seems to be low dopamine time around here anyhow, so try looking at blink rates tomorrow and see how it goes.
I'm currently supping DS on the dopamine that is in the comt-- supp in very small amounts. Got his blink rate up from 2/min to about 8/min a few times today. So for kids who are really, really low, based on what I'm seeing and what I've read, there are often several things contributing to the low dopamine, and it takes a long time to fully address.
DS has pancreatic gene mutations, and he also has a mutation that specifically impacts his ability to digest fats. And he's a big kid, always has been, no obvious poop signs of fat issues. Does better on LOTS of fat soluble vites, that might be the only clue I can think of that he's not absorbing fat all that well. Breastmilk and coconut fats are all a lot of MCT, and I suspect that helped a lot.
Floating poop can be gut bugs - see if he gets die off from the enzymes.
You can test neurotransmitter breakdown products in pee and blood, although there's not always good agreement on what they mean
. But just behaviorally, I'd say a lot of kids are pretty schmucked. I've been counting blink rates a lot lately (it's addictive!), and there's a lot of kids that are nowhere near normal.
Yeah, this is where my understanding runs aground. A lot of how it's "supposed" to work doesn't apply to DS, and Yasko stuff does seem to work, but not always clear why.
Tanya, fermented foods are often very high in glutamates. Just something to keep in mind with the kimchi. (And that causes headaches for DH - just in case the stomach aches are ammonia and the headaches are glutamates...)
I suspect your DD is still pretty high in ammonia, and like you say, you're just ducking under a line for a bit with no symptoms. With B6, I found it took about a week before up or downward shifts took full effect.
Also, low protein day might have decreased tyrosine intake, so lower dopamine. But before bed seems to be low dopamine time around here anyhow, so try looking at blink rates tomorrow and see how it goes.
I'm currently supping DS on the dopamine that is in the comt-- supp in very small amounts. Got his blink rate up from 2/min to about 8/min a few times today. So for kids who are really, really low, based on what I'm seeing and what I've read, there are often several things contributing to the low dopamine, and it takes a long time to fully address.
DS has pancreatic gene mutations, and he also has a mutation that specifically impacts his ability to digest fats. And he's a big kid, always has been, no obvious poop signs of fat issues. Does better on LOTS of fat soluble vites, that might be the only clue I can think of that he's not absorbing fat all that well. Breastmilk and coconut fats are all a lot of MCT, and I suspect that helped a lot.
Floating poop can be gut bugs - see if he gets die off from the enzymes.
You can test neurotransmitter breakdown products in pee and blood, although there's not always good agreement on what they mean
. But just behaviorally, I'd say a lot of kids are pretty schmucked. I've been counting blink rates a lot lately (it's addictive!), and there's a lot of kids that are nowhere near normal.
