Regarding Caroline

Before there was Recovering Kids, there was Caroline… my 17 year-old daughter who’s been an inspiration to our family and many others through her journey to heal from autism, PANS and Lyme.

During the first 3 years of our journey with biomedical treatments, we chronicled it all at the website Regarding Caroline (see below for select posts).

As our community grew, I became determined to find a way to help as many parents as possible and so began the Recovering Kids Facebook Group.

In 2024, I began a new blog Diary of Recovery to share my journey to recovery from Long Covid.

All of my treatments have also helped Caroline! So we decided to make it a joint page and hope you find it useful 🤍

We also have a Facebook Page and Instagram account if you’re interested.

Thank you for sharing in our journey!

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Regarding Caroline

| Chronological listing – of select supplements and treatments we’ve used – with links to blog entries:

Note: Some of the below links no longer work, but all posts are accessible from this page (and also are listed in the section below)

Click here for full details on diagnosis & treatment timeline
Behavior balance DMG – improved tolerance, language, transitions, engagement
Digestive Enzymes – subtle changes indicated we needed to change diet
Diet changes – GF then, CF & SF – Excellent TACA page here
Vitamin and Mineral supplements
Treating yeast naturally – calmer, more present, less stimmy
Mb-12 injections – language burst
Cod Liver Oil – increased tolerance and mood
Specific carbohydrate diet – more focus and attention, far better than GFCFSF
Diflucan – language burst, more present, less brain fog
Flagyl – less OCD
Melatonin – dramatically helped sleep
Low dose Naltrexone – initially helped but we stopped – she couldn’t sleep
mHBOT – lessening of all autism symptoms, calmer, happier, more tolerant, better language, less tantrums / anxiety – increased yeast
Andy Cutler Chelation – 85 rounds – more tolerance, improved awareness, focus, social engagement, significant language gains
Adrenal cortex extract – stopped meltdowns
Homeopathy – results didn’t last, but we are trying again and seeing nice things!
Camel milk – more engagement, attention and language
Treating Parasites – reduced teeth grinding, pacing, scripting, verbal stims & fogginess
L carnosine & Seriphos – improved calmness and agility
Herbs for PANS – Goldenseal and others – successfully replaced antibiotics
Nootropics: Get Smart – Dramatic cognitive gains
Thyroid treatments – more present, less need for adrenal support
Removing probiotics – stopped ocd / tics
Neuroprotek – decrease in OCD, calmer and happier
Propranolol – helped with anxiety, but she was more present without it
Galantamine – less OCD, more focus, lifted brain fog
Huperzine A – less OCD, more focus
PQQ – excellent mito support
BH4 & binders – treated ammonia – reduced laughing that presented like yeast
Treating Lyme with antibiotics and herbs – see bottom of [this post]
Detox Support with various supplements – necessary for Lyme treatment
Anti-androgens – calmer, eliminated short rage episodes, more language, more engaged
CBD Oil and Terpenes – reduced anxiety, inflammation and pain from Lyme
Treating mood, anxiety and mild depression naturally