We’ve been trying to find out why Thing 1 is the way he is.  It doesn’t really make a difference when it comes to treatment but we’re anal and like having answers.

What we know for sure is that he has damage within his brain.  The technical term is Metabolic Encephalopathy between the Caudal Cortex and Frontal Lobe.  That’s just a fancy way of saying some of the connections are missing and part of his brain is overactive and the rest is underactive.  It presents itself as hyperactive ADHD.

There are a few possible causes to why this has happened.  The most probable reason is my pregnancy and his birth.  My Celiac was undiagnosed at the time and since I wasn’t absorbing nutrients I was starving him as well.  We both survived only by the toxins leaking through the perforations in my bowel.  We made it to 38 weeks but he was very small.  While he was in the birth canal his heart stopped beating.  Using a vacuum we got him out.  He had gone without oxygen for nearly a minute.  We were warned then it may have caused brain damage but developmentally we appeared to be in the clear.  Perhaps not?

Next is genetics.  The Hubby has also received an ADHD diagnosis except the he and Thing 1 are in completely different ballparks.  On a scale of 1 to 10, the Hubby is a 3 and Thing 1 an 8.

Celiac can also cause this kind of Damage.  I do not have this type of damage but every Celiac presents differently.  Thing 1 shows no other symptoms but we can’t rule it out.  Blood tests will not yield answers since we are IgA deficient  and he is not emotionally in any state to handle having a biopsy.

The only theory we can prove (eventually) is the Celiac.   He will soon be completely Gluten & Casein free and we’ll see how it goes.