FYI on Essential Fatty Acids

Submitted by an LD OnLine user on

Here’s something I read in an article that I’m sure would be of interest to a lot of you out there:

Essential fatty acids (EFA’s) help learning disabled (LD) youngsters with dyslexia and add/hd behave and process information better according to a 3 month clinical trial in the UK. specifically DHA and EPA from fish oil plus GLA and linoleic acid from evening primrose oild were found to be a useful supplement for LD boys and girls. Even back in the 1980’s researchers discovered that hyperactive children were low in EFAs. Since then there have been several studies showing that not only do AD/HD individuals test low for EFA’s but their symptoms can be reversed when supplements of DHA or, in some cases, also GLA are provided.

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Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/16/2002 - 4:05 AM

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Harold Levinson MD maintains dyslexia is caused by cerebral vestibular dysfunction. He reccomends Dramamine and Benadryl.

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/16/2002 - 4:20 AM

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Are these medications to be given together or one or the other.
I gave my son benedryl one time, he was climbing the walls.

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/17/2002 - 12:18 AM

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Here is a link to a review by Dr. David Rabiner ( of attention.com, a site I highly recommend) of recent EFA studies.

Andrea

http://www.attention.com/library/articles/article.jsp?id=924

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/17/2002 - 12:51 AM

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This is very interesting—that supplements seem to mainly only those with zinc deficiencies—but they do so as well as medication. More evidence it seems that the same symptoms may have multiple causes.

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/17/2002 - 4:02 AM

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I probably shouldn’t advise but this is a treatment for dyslexia that identifies the inner ear (the vestibulum) as involved in dyslexia. Antihistimines and motion sickness meds such as dramamine and Meclazine are supposed to reduce symptoms. It make sense that these meds should work but you can’t put a kid on this stuff daily. Check with a neurologist first before you put himon this stuff for a long time. Harold Levinson MD adovcates this treatment. Don’t do it without medical supervision.

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