No we dont use carnosine, though we do use Acetyl L Carnitine which boosts energy use.
Its an amino and we had our child's amino acids checked via a urine sample. He showed all kinds of problems with aminos and we have a special individualised amino acid complex made just for him. Easy to do via the lab IWDL. You do the amino acid test and then they make up the aminos according to your child's own specifications.
aminos are so very important, they are made from proteins and we cant live without them, the building blocks of our body/brain.
As i said, there is no magic substance. You will hear about DMG or carnitine, or this or that. Its hard to judge what your child will respond to unless you know what is going on inside.
There is no magic machine that we can plug our kids in to get a diagnosis of what is going on. Its a combination of watching behaviours and doing tests, etc.
Have you tried MB12? (methylcobalamin) Have you heard of it? Our child did very well on this for a while, but then we had to stop as he was not ready for it. MB12 is used for the methylation process, which basically helps in detoxification.
Our boy was not ready for it, his body couldnt handle it. He started biting his hands and gritting his teeth. The positives, however, were that his mouth awakened, he realised he had a mouth! He started stamping his feet, he realised he had feet! Parts of his body were "re-awakening". But unfortunately we hadnt prepared a foundation of good nutrition for him so we had to stop as the effects of MB12 were too much. (MB12 is only a b vitamin by the way, non toxic)
Go to wwww.drneubrander.com to see recovered children videos. some kids make miraculous changes with mb12.
We did get some first words with MB12 though. You can only get it on prescription (forget asking your doctor) It has to come from a doctor who works with ASD kids. It isnt expensive, but you do have to inject it into the bum, although there is an oral product and even a trans dermal one.
What i am saying is that there is so much out there, so much that doctors WILL NOT tell you cause they simply dont know.
If you have a computer, biomed is your oyster, read read read, its all there.
Get yourself a practitioner. Talk to a "rescue angel" from the DAN website, there are plenty in the UK. Or phone Dr Heard at the Breakspear Hospital. He is supposed to be very good with kids with ASD.
There is also free funding for biomd for kids with autism who use biomedical interventions. visit the caudwell trust in the UK. They fund it.
now i bet no doctor would have told you that!!!