Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone else has expereinced an easing of autisitc symptoms / behaviour when your child is on antiobiotics. Our son is currently on penicillium for a throat infection and in the last few days has been speaking a lot more and is a lot more energetic.
I found a few articles on the internet of parents who had similair experiences with using antiobiotics, but it does not seem to be a common approach (I guess as cant keep giving a child antiobiotics). Hence I have every reason to believe its a a barmy theory.
Our son is under assessment and has yet to be diagnoised ASD, so we dont know if this improvement is due to general development (which we really hope) or the fact he is taking the medicine. His language skills had been improving steadily before, but it got a lot faster this week.
It would be good to hear from anyone with any comparable expereinces or thoughts.
thanks
I caught an interesting piece on Radio 4's All In the Mind ( www.bbc.co.uk/.../b07cx2f0 ) yesterday that was talking about the link between gut bacteria and mental health. The suggestion is that prebiotics and probiotics can help with mental health. Well worth listening to this episode.