complex motor stereotypies

Movement Disorders, Tourettes, Tics, CMS & Stimming

Movement Disorders, Tourettes, Tics, CMS & Stimming

Johns Hopkins Video on CMS This is not a comprehensive list, and these are simply some information I have found along the way. Getting a bit vulnerable tonight, but I wanted to give an example of what physically happens to our son when he consumes free glutamate and/or sources of MSG. This video shows a mild form of the intense “shakes” he was experiencing nearly 40 times a day. While movements like these (hand flapping, wringing of wrists, aka stimming, etc.) are typically lumped under the Autism umbrella, they can also independently be diagnosed as Primary or Complex [...]

Movement Disorders, Tourettes, Tics, CMS & Stimmingandistowe2023-03-29T19:10:44-04:00

A Story of Hope with REID: “This Program Has Given My Son More In Just A Few Months Then Years Of Therapies”

A Story of Hope with REID: “This Program Has Given My Son More In Just A Few Months Then Years Of Therapies”

We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to [...]

A Story of Hope with REID: “This Program Has Given My Son More In Just A Few Months Then Years Of Therapies”andistowe2019-09-29T17:11:02-04:00

A Story of Hope with REID: CMS “REID has changed our life”

A Story of Hope with REID: CMS “REID has changed our life”

We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to [...]

A Story of Hope with REID: CMS “REID has changed our life”andistowe2019-09-29T17:02:59-04:00

A Story of Hope with REID: Complex Motor Stereotypy & Sensory Issues

A Story of Hope with REID: Complex Motor Stereotypy & Sensory Issues

We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to [...]

A Story of Hope with REID: Complex Motor Stereotypy & Sensory Issuesandistowe2019-09-29T17:06:45-04:00

A Story of Hope with REID: Complex Motor Stereotypy

A Story of Hope with REID: Complex Motor Stereotypy

We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to [...]

A Story of Hope with REID: Complex Motor Stereotypyandistowe2019-09-29T17:07:18-04:00