gf/cf

[rpsch47]

I started my daughter on the gf/cf diet 7 days ago and let me tell you it been really rough around here. I usually very patient but the stemming, yelling and kicking has got out of hand. I have been told it could take a couple of weeks for it to get better. Its a tantrum every time I ask her to do something whether it to eat or take a bath or aba. an it goes on for hours. it does seem less time since the first day was 16 hrs of stemming. How long should I wait this out to see if the tantrums or stemming stop or is there some indication that the diet is working.

[Lisa S]

I admire you for doing it cold turkey. Wow! Some people do casein free first and then gluten free. Have you found a good support group for cf/gf yet? If not, please let me know. If you have heard it could take two more weeks for the tantrums to get better, then I would give it at least three more weeks. Actually, I think your daughter's reaction could be withdrawal from the opiates and could be proof of how much she needs to do something like this about them. There is also a group of people who are trying Houston Nutraceutical enzymes as an alternative to the diet. If you are interested in that group, please let me know. With the enzymes, it is possible to begin gradually to try to minimize what your daughter is currently going through. The people who begin to take the enzymes all at once sometimes find an adjustment period of three weeks or a month as well. Good luck to you and your daughter.
Lisa