I am Phyllis Wheeler, mother of two kids with Asperger's: "Mike" and "Shannon."
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Phyllis | July 27, 2007
We started Step Two on Monday, with supplements intended to get the methylation cycle going. Specifically, Mike is taking hydroxy B-12 tablets, one for four days, two per day for another four days? or longer? and working up to three per day. He is still on a collection of vitamins and minserals from Step [...]
Phyllis | July 18, 2007
On July 21, it will have been a month that Mike has been on the previous step, which lasts a month. So it is time to order the nutrients for the next phase. This is the important one, Step Two –getting the methylation cycle going and probably causing detoxification.
From page 197 of Dr. Yasko’s book [...]
Phyllis | July 13, 2007
Mike was verbally aggressive yesterday at his summer day camp (for regular kids), a second offense, so he was kicked out. Unfortunately this sort of thing isn’t unusual for Mike. He regular tries to intimidate me, now that he is bigger than I am. I did decide to take him off Ritalin derivatives for [...]
Phyllis | July 9, 2007
We’re in a holding pattern for now as far as Mike as concerned. By that I mean that nothing seems to be changing at this point.
As for me, I have been on the Yasko vitamin for a month now and am noticing some changes. For instance, my whistle came back. It had left because [...]
Phyllis | July 2, 2007
Logically speaking, my daughter Shannon and I must have the same killer gene as Mike, the one that increases the production of the CBS enzyme, C699T. I am guessing that we are protected from the worst effects of the gene by estrogen. In my case, estrogen is ebbing, and I fought depression for years [...]
Phyllis | July 2, 2007
A reader has asked how it is going with the supplements.
Mike is about a week and a half into the Step 1-A part of the protocol which lasts a month. This step is for individuals with the C699T mutation, causing the body to make extra CBS enzyme and effectively draining the methylation cycle at [...]