| Biomedical treatments for Autism, including methyl | | | | stopped. |
| B-12 injection therapy, have helped many children. | | | | When I have the opportunity to treat adults or |
| Throughout my years in practice, I have met | | | | older children with Autism, I am always amazed |
| many people who have been helped by methyl | | | | at what they can tell me about their physical |
| B-12 injections so when I met a mother and her | | | | symptoms when they begin biomedical |
| young son with Autism about a year and a half | | | | treatments. Often times they will report relief |
| ago I was not surprised when she asked for | | | | from head pain after starting methyl B-12. I even |
| methyl B-12 injections for her son. Her son was | | | | had one child who tapped his head when it was |
| experiencing typical attention issues and also had a | | | | time for his methyl B-12 injection. As I thought |
| language delay. But then she also told me that she | | | | more about this I realized that the visual cortex is |
| had trouble with attention for years herself and | | | | located in the back of the head. As visual stimuli |
| wanted to try methyl B-12 injections for herself | | | | enters the eye, it is transferred to the back of |
| as well. | | | | the head. |
| At their six week follow up appointment I | | | | This could explain why this mother was having |
| checked with them to see how things were going. | | | | headaches associated with eye contact. And we |
| Her son was progressing fine and she reported | | | | can begin to understand why many children with |
| little in the way of increase in attention but what | | | | Autism avoid eye contact, if it is causing physical |
| she did report was interesting. She mentioned | | | | pain it makes sense. We know that eye contact |
| that it relieved her head pain when she made eye | | | | is a very important way we connect with others |
| contact with people. For years she suffered from | | | | and pick up on expressive and non verbal cues. |
| head pain, in the back of her head, when she | | | | We can begin to understand a little more of the |
| made prolonged eye contact with others. Once | | | | behavioral issues in Autism and how they are tied |
| she started the methyl B-12 injections that pain | | | | to underlying physical issues. |