NEW Tinsley house support thread -part 2!!

[Badvoc]

Hello everyone!
Thought I should start a new thread as we were nearing 1000 posts! :)
Indigo is no longer posting as you all know, but I think it would be such a shame for the support thread to go too.
I know I find reading about all the ups and downs we all experience very helpful and it's so great to hear all the progress :)
So.
We go back to TH next month and can't wait. So interested to see of the tracking programme has worked. I think ds1s reading speed has improved and he is now reading proper chapter books!
He continues to show less anxiety, OCD behaviour and stress.
He is eating better and is generally a much happier chap.
Looking forward to hearing from you all over the next few weeks/months...X

Hemi t is more colourful and the opposite side of the screen iyswim?
Makes my eyes go funny :)

Have read the whole last thread and this one right through. If I get the book it will tell me all the supps, diet and some of the excercises stairs? chair? So I could avoid the initial consultation cost of TH for a few months at least? We live in a bungalow - any suggested alternatives for the stair exercise? Also when you go to see Robin does he review previous assessments or does he start from scratch with his own baseline measures. Where else can you you get the VT software from? Does it have to be prescribed or can you just buy it directly?

Hi Mulranno and welcome.
The book details the whole plan, including diet, supplementation and exercises.
You don't ever have to go and see robin if you don't want to/can't.
We have just had a Skype appt for example, but IMHO I think they are best for after you have had a couple of initial consolations with robin.
There are TH clinics in other areas of the country (click on the find a clinic link on the website...that may be a better option option for you?)
Wrt to the stairs...do you have a sturdy step ladder?
That could be used.
Ikea do some pretty sturdy ones that are inexpensive.
You only need 3 steps, not a whole set of stairs :)
Wet supplementation we give ds1 vegepa that robin rcommends but the zinc and mag in a different form from the one robin recommends - because ds1 hated it.
All the supplements robin recommends are available on amazon - and lots of people on this thread have got alternatives from boots and holland and Barrett..
At our first consultation with robin (ds1 loves him btw!) he did a physical examination and observations. He took a detailed history from me and I had previously e mailed him a large document detailing ds1s early years and problems as I saw them.
He is the only person in 9 years who has been able to help my son and tell my WHY he is like he is....or rather was :)

Www.visionexercises.co.uk

A slight aside I know, but thought it was worth mentioning. When I read Robin's book and he talks about convergence I checked my own convergence and my eye flicked out. I then realised that I read with one eye and suddenly had an explanation for my slow reading speed ( DH always turning over the pages of newspaper when we are reading together and I am still on first paragraph) Anyway, I have done 2 weeks now of WWW.visionexercises.co.uk and OMG, my vision has changed dramatically. My left eye is now in play and I am wanting to read a book in bed and can drive better at night. I can now get through all 16 levels of the Base Out game although still have some slight double vision on te higher levels so will need to keep at it for a while. This programme will fix my eyes. I am 46 by the way....I was really doubtful that my eyes could be fixed but they can....and fast!

Mulranno- I think WWW. visionexercises.co.uk is really worth considering. It also seems to have been written for children as it is fun games. The 3d glasses you need are readily available from Amazon for £1 a pair. My DS hates the HTS programme and we have had major problems getting him to do it. I am now going to try him on visionexercises for 2 weeks and see f he gets on any better, and that is after paying upfront for HTS.

Sorry - I made a mistake. The visionexercises program is the 2nd program. The 1st program that helps with convergence is currently only available from TH.

Hi, My Dd ( 5 ) has been taking the 3 supplements, 2 floradix and vegepa for 3 weeks now and Wow what a difference. Not so much in behaviour as such, but in reading, cognition, conversation and ( lol ) cheekiness. No change in stimming or attention or tantrums but she just appears more ' intelligent '. I haven't changed her diet or done any exercises yet, but gosh it seems promising.

That is great Canny. Will you try the diet and exercises do you think?

Soooo...
Ds1 came home from school today with the info for a 3 day residential trip in may next year (year 5)
I am freaking out because a) he actually wants to go!
B) it's over £200 and c) he wants to go!!
When he started at this school almost 2 years ago now he told me about the PGL trip in year 5 and said he wasn't going.
Fine.
Except now he wants to!
He is really excited about it!
He has never been away from home before - unless you count pils - and I am oscillating between pride and terror!
Come and tell me I am being an idiot?
Oh! And it's non uniform day tomorrow apparently...and he wants to wear normal clothes! He has never ever in all his school career ever done non uniform day...it really stressed him out :(
Well, not anymore!
:)

Canny, that's great news and welcome!

That sounds great Badvoc.

I think a mix of maturing and TH may be at play here. Ds also said in year 3 that he would never go away with school in year 6 but is now looking forward to going to Italy in the summer term.

Non uniform days always involved the same clothes. It is 'theme days' tha hold he most fear here!

Ds announced today that he is 'desperate to get his hair cut'. Last time it was cut, he cried for two hours because it was 'different'!

Hi there, does anyone have an alternative to floridax vitamins and saly?? Monies a bit tight and these may have to go. Many thanks

ATM I use Biocare - got it from amazon.
If you check out holland and Barrett they apparently have a mag zinc formulation that is pretty inexpensive.

I'm going to give it a few weeks before I make any more changes, but so chuffed ! Thanks to this bit of mumsnet for the info on TH !

Hi everyone, I've been away for nearly a week leaving dh in charge. Was expecting ds not to cope with the change and was worried there would be an impact at school. He has been perfectly fine! Was awarded 'star of the week' at school on Friday, rode his two wheeler on the pavement on Saturday (was previously frightened to ride anywhere other than grass), and got 12/12 in his spelling test! The changes since September when he started his new school are amazing, really looking forward to telling Robin next week.
His handwriting is massively changed - is that likely to be to do with vision therapy? I know it is aimed at reading but I wondered if the improved vision would help with handwriting?

Badvoc- so pleased to hear even more good news about Little Badvoc!

Shopping- The school move and TH are doing wonders for your DS. You must be delighted. Wondered what exercises you are dong at the moment? I am sure that my DS pencil holding is more normal ( can almost get his wrist down now and not quite such a hook arm) and we are still on cerebellum exercises. I think handwriting is up in the front part of the brain ( but I may be wrong) Not sure if vT helps handwriting.

Anyway, exciting news from us this week is that DS asked to read in bed last night. Said it would help him get to sleep! He then proceeded to read me ( with loads of help) a chapter of a book. This from a boy who has been let off reading since June because it was too stressful.

DD ( with ADD) very stroppy about Where's Wally, but think it is a good thing. It is really drilling into her brain- poor thing!

After 11 weeks finding the plan more manageable now and DS is so so much better, but mornings always manic- trying to fit in cooked breakfast, stairs, teeth, hemi stim and vt before 7.30am.

We are just doing backwards stairs, toothbrush and the last VT exercise which is jump duction (first attempt today and lots of squawking from ds about how tricky it was). New school has been amazing but I have no doubt that without TH he would not have coped with the move.

Ds1s class are having an end of term treat this afternoon for working is hard this term....a pj party and DVD...
He actually took pjs to wear!

Btw, wrt where's wally books. The book people have a whole set of the books for £8!

Bloody jump duction is killing me! Ds has done so well with VT, we haven't had any strops for weeks and now we've started jump and we're back to screaming, crying and keyboard whacking. He hates it with a passion, says he can't see the squares and does his nut which then gets us off to a bad start in the mornings. Three days in and I'm considering saying we won't do it anymore. Words of wisdom would be much appreciated please...
Am seeing Robin this afternoon so will talk to him about it too.

It is tough shopping :(
It's supposed to be.
Of course he finds it hard, his eyes are making movements they have never made before.
The way I explained it to ds1 was like a person who hadnt exercised for months or even years and then making their muscles work again.
Iyswim?
Ds1 never really had tantrums per se but he is finding the word search and hemi t hard and complains quite a bit :)
Hope robin has some words of wisdom for you x

Thanks Badvoc. Great news- ds 'aced' the test at Robin's earlier today and so doesn't need to complete VT! He is delighted and soo proud. So tomorrow we start tracking :)
Robin says ds is significantly ahead of where he had expected him to be but warned us to keep up the hard work. Definitely will. So much improvement in just 4 months, can't wait to see what the next months will bring :)

Yay Shopping. Brilliant news. Tell ds well done from us! Tracking is so much easier to get them to do and it only takes a few minutes.

Fantastic :)
Tracking is a lot easier!!