Autism
I recently wrote about the treatment of autistic children with the chelating agent DMPS. Below I reprint for you in its entirety a letter I received from the mother of an autistic 7 year old boy who is making a dramatic recovery from this disorder. This recovery started when he began chelation therapy here at Caring Medical several years ago. In this case the chelating agents were DMSA and NDF, and currently we are in the process of retesting and continuing the heavy metal mop-up operation with the transdermal DMPS that I wrote about.

 

I spoke with a reporter from the DesMoines Register about this case with permission from the mother. In preparation the article's reporter had spoken to orthodox physicians who “treat” autistic kids to get their view of the possible benefits of chelation therapy in this group. He was told that the treatment was dangerous because it also depleted nutritionally important trace metals (it does, but we always replace these by giving oral mineral supplementation), and he mentioned that a physician in Iowa had lost his license for using chelation therapy in a cardiovascular case. I told him it’s use in heart conditions is more controversial, but the use of DMSA, DMPS, or EDTA chelation is approved and used in orthodox medicine for removal of heavy metals. He then rightly observed that the issue then revolved around how to define “toxic levels”. I told him autistic children often lack the enzymes needed to be able to excrete mercury and other toxic metals, so that any amount at all can amount to toxic overdose. He also threw in a comment reflecting the common way that orthodox physicians dismiss dramatic improvements in patients receiving alternative therapies. One doctor told him “sometimes autistic children just improve on their own”. This is what I call the “spontaneous remission theory of how alternative medicine doesn’t really work".

In other words, if you see a dramatic response, it must be because the disease just coincidentally decided to go away on its own at the same time. I explained that it is very unusual for autism to just disappear, and that if development restarts, it is usually very slow. I don’t believe I have ever met a patient not treated with chelation therapy who had outgrown his autism. It just doesn’t happen. And the changes in the case you are about to read were not only dramatic, but they began suddenly, as the mother says almost like his development was thrown into “fast forward” mode. I also let him know that 31 other similar dramatic cases were presented to a Congressional Subcommittee last year by the doctor that developed transdermal DMPS. So autistic children can be helped by chelation therapy. Here is our case history and the newspaper report. Read, enjoy, and share in the excitement and drama of a mother’s joy.

 

DesMoines Register for the newspaper article

 

An overview of what chelation has done for Gavin.

Comments: To Dr Robert Filice,

 

Gavin was 2 ½ when we talked to Dr. Ross Hauser about chelating him. He was always stimming. He would look for grid like objects to visually stim on. Dishwashing machine racks were his favorite. He would hold onto a pencil or pen all day long and twirl it in front of his face so fast that we were sure he would hit his nose. He never did. Not even once. He often slept holding that pencil. He loved to watch his car wheels spin. He’d lay next to them, putting his face up next to the tire and spin. He did not listen when I called his name. It was as if he didn’t hear me. He did not hold onto me when I was holding him. He didn’t look at me for more than a few seconds at a time. The only way he would smile was if we tickled him or physically did something to make him laugh. Otherwise his face had no expression and little emotion. He had six words that he was able to regain through ABA therapy. He could say them, that was it. He rarely used them functionally and he often lost them again having to be retrained. He had severe hearing sensitivities that even being too close to a baby, he would cry for fear of that baby crying. We couldn’t go into Wal Mart without him crying in agony since they have intercoms that are used. He had this sideways glance that he would look all the time through his peripheral vision instead of focusing on things with his frontal vision. We had to hold his hand at all times otherwise he would wander away without looking back. Even with me shouting behind him, “Gavin come here. Gavin get over here!” he would just continue on as if I wasn’t saying a word. He would frequently get up on counters, tables, window ledges and stare out the windows. His face was swollen and his tummy distended. He looked chubby, although picking him up I felt nothing but his bones. His skin was very thin. I remember thinking about how thin his skin was. It was something I noticed every time I bathed him, changed his diaper or got him dressed. We could see the veins in his eyelids as if his skin was transparent. He would have bruises all over his legs but never cried with pain from hurting himself. His pupils looked dilated. His glands in his neck were so swollen that his regular pediatrician did a test for cancer. He did not have cancer. He had been on secretin for a few months and went from completely undigested, acid smelling stools to a formed but still loose stool. He had eczema on his upper arms, back and tummy. He had a runny nose all the time. It would leave his upper lip and tip of his nose raw. He had six words that he was able to regain through ABA therapy. He could say them, that was it. He rarely used them functionally. He often lost them, having to be retrained. Gavin was diagnosed at 18 months with PDD NOS.

 

I did research for many weeks prior on the DAN chelation protocols. We decided that oral DMSA with ALA was going to be the one we tried. Within two weeks of chelation, Gavin had 15 words. After a month, he had 50. By two months he was using 200 words. In 6 months he was using 3-4 word sentences. And after a year, he was stringing along 5-6 word sentences. And since starting chelation, he never lost a word again. After he mastered something, it stuck. This was true for all parts of his life. Unfortunately his thinking was still real literal. He did not use much abstract thought, if any. He could answer very short questions like “What do you want to eat?” His common answer was “McDonald’s.” What and where were the same thing for him for a while. Gavin’s social skills while chelating went through the roof too. He was previously a child who would avoid contact with most kids. Only wanted to play with particular kids a certain age, 5 years or older. After chelation started, he was interested in playing with more other kids as well. Although it was almost a year before he could tolerate the babies. Within two months of chelation, he was potty trained. He could wear underwear out in public at 2 ½ years old. He still had hit and miss times with stools but he seemed to be getting better all the time. Those milestones he stopped hitting, he began to fly past. It was as if someone hit the pause and chelation therapy triggered the play button. After a few months on chelation, he seemed to be developing in fast forward. What a change from a kid that could not even understand his own name to someone who was potty trained in just a few months of treatment. I knew God gave us his life back with chelation.

 

Gavin was on DMSA with ALA for at least 2 years with incredible results. We had thought that his levels were low enough that his body could take over the healing process and detox on it’s own. That was the general thinking back then when chelation for autism was still new.

 

An online friend of an autistic child introduced me to NDF PLUS after her child had a horrible reaction to the DMSA. Her son with nothing but homeopathy, Intergrative Manual therapy and chelation began to recover. She told me that this stuff was incredible. Her son began to notice things that he had never noticed before. He began asking his mom why birds fly in the sky. He would give detailed information on the things he would see as a neural typical child could. HE would ask why and how questions. That was what we were missing with Gavin. Gavin still could not. SO I started NDF PLUS with Gavin. He was downstairs with his aide when it came in the mail. During his break, I decided to give him a drop under the tongue. Didn’t really think anything of it until he had finished the rest of his session with his therapist. She came up and said, “What did you give him? That was the best session we have ever had. He was focused, on task, retained everything I said to him. And he wanted to work.” I was amazed that that stuff could do something so quickly. Yet it continued to give the same results day after day in his sessions. With NDF PLUS his abstract thoughts started to surface, although still slow. After upping the dose of NDF PLUS and adding the stronger chelator, NDF to our regime, Gavin’s abstract thoughts started to emerge. HE could ask how questions and answer them. Why was still a bit harder. He was getting more and more at school. Went from not understanding the concept of 1 plus 1 to knowing what 4 plus 5 equals in his head. And his reading skills continued to improve. We just recently added TD DMPS to Gavin’s regime of chelators. His imaginative play skills have really come a long way. He was able to have a full conversation on the phone with his dad. And he was able to come up stairs and retell me what his dad had wanted him to. HE said, “Mom, daddy is on the phone. He said to go get mommy. I talked to daddy on the phone.” So I ran downstairs only to find out that Gavin really did have a full conversation on the phone. The conversation wasn’t the change. IT was his desire to do it on the phone. Usually he just wants to say hi and get off. He also has had many more pretend play. He jumps on the trampoline outside and says, “Mommy see me. I’m flying like a bird. Now I am a plane. Now I am a helicopter watch my arms going up and down.” And the other day he was playing with his great grandfather’s antique gun that is kept on top of Gavin’s pantry. He wanted me to watch him as he pretended he was the bullet. He would put his finger on the tip of the gun while he was standing on the chair. Then he’d make all the necessary noises and jump off the chair pretending he was the bullet being shot out of the gun. And he would say, “Hey mom did you see me? Did you see that? Here let me show you again.” It was so adorable and so normal. Since starting the TD DMPS he has become a bit more irritable at times but overall hasn’t had much downside at all to it. I see him getting better.

 

He is now 6, will be 7 on August 15th. He was in a regular 1st grade class last year with an aide. He gets taken out for individual help with reading, speech and sometimes math. His social skills are so good now that he has gotten in trouble for kissing a girl in the lunch line. He had been telling me he loved her for many months. IT was of course unacceptable at school. For me, it was something that I can’t help get that warm fuzzy feeling inside every time I think about it. He has a best friend but gets along with many of the kids. The kids genuinely like him. They involve him in the activities and frequently ask if he wants to play. When he wants to be left alone.....he still has some moments....they give him his space. Next year he will be in a typical 2nd grade class with his aide. By 3rd grade, I hope he has caught up enough to not need his aide as much or at all. Gavin has many skills. His functioning gets higher and higher each day that passes. Some days he is completely indistinguishable with his peers. Other days he still has frustrations. My son is recovering from autism with chelation therapy. I’ve known since he was 2 that he was toxic. I’ve also known since then that he can be cured. He is now almost 7. I appreciate the continuous help Caring Medical has given us to get my son well. And Dr Filice, I look forward to getting through these final stages in Gavin’s recovery with you. Thank you for taking the time to care for my son when not many doctors are willing to. This will give a normal life to my son. God willing, it will give a normal life for all kids with autism.

 

Many prayers and thanks,

 

Gavin’s Mom