DS has been having some behavioural problems lately which are generally manageable. However, as a rare treat on Monday he had a slice of birthday cake with smarties on it for lunch at school. He never usually eats anything like that at all. Shortly after a huge incident followed at school mostly involving a huge temper outburst, uncontrollable violence, having to be restrained, sobbing & couldn't stop. It took over an hour to calm him down and was very distressing.
My question is this - despite the claims that smarties have no dodgy things in them, could they have caused the reaction?
In addition ot this, as a child I suffered from hyperactivity which my parents successfully controlled by cutting out certain things from my diet. Could it be hereditary?