Omega 3 and Dyspraxia

[onnsmum]

Hi All
My eldest son who is 8 has recently been diagnosed with dyspraxia. I am carrying out a small scale research for my university course into the potential benefits of omega 3 to dyspraxia. i was wondering if anybody had tried this with their own children and if they noticed any improvement in symptoms. Thanks in advance
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there is a whole thread on her called Tinsley House and a poster called Indigobell who is very keen on omega and has plenty of experience with it.

Yes there are a few of us who have amazing success with Omega in conjunction with other supplements. My DD is 5 and has ADHD and Dyspraxia. We have been taking these supplements since December and our little girl has changed so much. In December we have been to a private consultant and been given meds for her as her concentration was non existant and her behaviour was violently extreme. We had to take her out of her school and were looking at special schools for her. We decided however to try the supplements/ healthy eating route instead of the meds and to give mainstream school another shot.

Fast forward to now she no longer has tantrums or exhibits violent behaviour. Her social and communication skills are great now her concentration is much improved she is drawing and her handwriting is now legible and she no longers falls over constantly.

Our lives have totally changed and cannot thank Indigo Bell enough for her advice and recommending reading the book "The brain food plan" by Robin Pauc enough.

We use a high potency Omega called Barleans Ultra Epa.

For you research:

Not all Omega supplements are the same, so it will be a meaningless test unless all participants use the same supplement.

While, obviously at this stage there is no expert consensus, a lot of research is pointing towards the EPA component being the important bit not the DHA. Therefore a lot of us are using Vegepa, which is the only supplement which is 100% EPA.

My 3 kids (2 with dyspraxia) have been helped by Vegepa - in conjunction with lots of other stuff. I couldn't tell you if just Vegepa would have been enough to see a difference or not.

I'm fairly sure Omega is a necessary, but not sufficient, part of treatment for any child with Dyspraxia.

Could you be persuaded to do a research study on the effects of Vegepa + Zinc + Magnesium? That would be far more interesting, and I don't think it's been done before.....

Hi guys, thanks so far for responses, really trying to gather some personal experience. Holycalamityjane -that sounds amazing!!! You can't believe that diet can make such a difference, but then on the other hand when you think about it makes perfect sense. keep it coming!!!

Oh, my dd has verbal dyspraxia and dyspraxia- wonder if it would help her.
She also suffers from extreme fatigue- I know she has to work much harder than"average" kids, but took her for blood tests around Xmas time and they said she had a low magnesium count but everything else within normal parameters. Will be looking for the book on amazon shortly!

Negligent we use Floradix saludynam for the magnesium/zinc it has a fruity taste and has no additives.

Oh and Epsom salts in the bath are good too.