I tried to go back to sleep after the weird dream. But those sounds made their appearance again. And then Sophia walked in my bedroom and I asked her if Zachy was up, to which she acknowledged he was and was keeping her up.
So here I am at 3:09 am trying to figure out what all these things he is saying means. He is babbling like crazy. He is happy, but doesn't look like he is going to sleep anytime soon. He keeps saying something that sounds like "gagomamma" over and over and over again. I asked him if he was hungry, or thirsty - no response. I have been asking him over and over if he is OK - no response just once did he give me a brief OK and off to babbling some more he goes "mamamama". A little eye contact, and I got him to touch his nose when I asked. Then he's been covering his ears.
A half hour of this so far with no end in sight.
I'll use the time to look up sunburn treatments since my back still feels on fire after our beach trip. Should I take him to WalMart to fetch some aloe? Why bother - there is no one else up to help put it on.
Then I remembered a remark in a book so I look it up. "...maniacal laughing and nighttime laughing have always been connected with a yeast problem, especially after eating sweet foods such as bananas or sugar..." I read this and think back to the two bananas he has eaten today. Could that be what this is? His stool analysis did not show any yeast problems, but I was just commenting to Steve how I was concerned if the result was accurate. Am I reading too much into this or have I been ignoring a problem for too long? This is the first night in a very long time that this has happened - and some kids just get up in the night every once in a while.
I will look into another test, not worry about this too much more, and look up more sunburn cures on the Internet.
I wish he could tell me what is going on. I can't leave this alone. And then I find the article that scares me- it's about the test they ran on Zach called a CDSA - Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis.
Although the CDSA does test for yeast and hence is often used if a Candida overgrowth is a suspected problem, many top functional medicine doctors agree that this particular test is not particularly reliable for this purpose as yeast can be found in the stool of perfectly healthy people and it will often give false negative results, i.e. indicate that no yeast were detected when in fact the patient DOES have a significant intestinal overgrowth. One reason for this is because overgrowth of yeast is predominantly a problem in the small intestine and since the stool is formed in the colon, the yeast do not get caught up in it, and hence show up on examination.
From http://www.ei-resource.org/laboratory-tests/
Then there was a post to a discussion board:
Then there was the article on TACA - Talk About Curing Autism.According to our DAN doctor, the CDSA test gives a lot of false negatives. Yeast tends to form in clumps, and if you don't get that clump in the sample, you won't get a positive culture. If you get a culture, the good news is they test to see what is most effective on your yeast.
Phyl's son and mine both showed negative, yet they were both positive on the Great Plains OAT urine test. I would believe a negative on that test more.
My son and I both had low probiotics on the CDSA test, which does hint at a potential yeast issue. I think the Great Plains test is 'only' $128. They can also test for peptides for gluten and casein in the same urine sample.
I highly recommend the Great Plains test. They will also tell you about Glutathione levels-
What does yeast overgrowth look like?
Yeast overgrowth shows itself in two forms – behavior and physical.
I notice the following descriptions that apply:
Behavioral signs
Sleep disturbances
High-pitched squealing
Inappropriate laughing
Physical Signs
red ring around the anus
Oh lord. Here we go. Off to order the test to check the lads urine. My sunburn will just have to wait.
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