Thursday, February 10, 2005

New doctor

Well, all of the entries prior to this one were written after the fact. From here on out, I'll try to post on a regular basis so the info is current.
John went back to the chiropractic neurologist today for a quick adjustment. His plan is to slowly work his way up to John's neck. If that doesn't help, then he says he probably won't be able to help. Still John loves going there, so I'm certainly glad we're trying it. We also decided to see the naturopathic doctor in the same clinic. He is very well known, and has written 14 books, 100+ articles, etc. It was very refreshing to talk to him, as he was really interested in John's situation. He took a look at the labs that we had and gave us a bunch of stuff to start. We now give John:
Calcium: 300mg twice a day
Mag: 500 mg at lunch
Zinc: 20mg at lunch
multivitamin: anytime
P-5-P: 50mg/day anytime
l-tyrosine: 100mg twice/day away from food
fish oil: 1 tsp/day
l-carnosine: 200mg/day
carnitine: 485mg/day, spread out throughout the day.

That's a lot of stuff for a "drug-free" kid! We had to make a chart and buy a fancy pill holder just to keep it all straight.