Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia

Book Preface

This book has evolved over a period of three years when I worked with hundreds of children in my clinic. Initially the book was planned to be about autism as the majority of children who came to see me were indeed autistic. However, the more children I saw the more it became clear that we have other epidemics emerging. Attention deficit disorder with hyperactiv-ity and without it (ADHD/ADD), dyspraxia, dyslexia, various behavioural and learning problems, allergies, asthma, eczema – all have reached epidemic proportions. But more than that these seemingly unrelated conditions overlap with each other. After years of working with the children in my clinic I hardly met one child who presented with just one of the above conditions. Every child has two, three or more of these health problems at once. For example, a child would present with allergies; at the same time the parents would describe a couple of asthmatic episodes and eczema and then would talk about their child’s extreme clumsiness (dyspraxia) and learning problems. A large percent of allergic and asthmatic children are dyspraxic and hyperactive to various degrees. Many of them have problems with concentration and attention span, which affect their learning ability. There is an approximate 50% overlap between dyslexia and dys-praxia and a 30 50% overlap between ADHD and dyslexia. Children who suffer severe eczema in infancy quite often develop autistic features later in life. Autism and ADHD overlap with every one of the above-mentioned conditions. Apart from being hyperactive many autistic children have severe allergies, asthma, eczema, dyspraxia and dyslexia.