Allergies, Gone, Once and For All Christopher's Story When our son began E.C.S. in 1997, we were approached by his teacher, who suspected he might have A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder). We made an appointment with our family doctor, who in turn referred us to a pediatrician. In his examination of Christopher, he felt that Christopher was a "very likely candidate" for medication i.e. Ritalin; but that he would prefer to wait until Christopher was six years old before prescribing it. Thankfully, in the intervening months, we tried the allergy elimination diet, and found that Christopher actually had several food allergies: milk, corn, oranges, cane sugar and eggs. Eggs produced the most dramatic reactions by far. If Christopher had eggs, he was hyperactive and unable to concentrate - for three days! The teacher told us that Christopher wasn't even able to sit still in his desk during that time. He had been practicing words for a spelling test all week, and knew them perfectly. However, in the test, which came after eating the eggs, you could not even tell what Christopher was trying to write - it was complete gibberish. Over the next two years, we monitored Christopher's diet very closely. To avoid the foods he was allergic to, we were basically cooking everything from scratch. We made our own ketchup, baking powder, sausage, etc., and for an egg substitute, I would grind a tablespoon of flaxseed, add three tablespoons of warm water, and let the mixture sit for ten minutes. Eating out at a restaurant or at someone's home - became an agonizing attempt at damage control, trying to choose the foods with the least reactions. Then in January 2000, I heard about N.A.E.T. (Nambrudripad Allergy Elimination Technique), from both a psychologist and a chiropractor; and decided to give it a try. The first treatment was for egg allergies, and when we came back for the checkup, Dr. Haycock determined that Christopher had a combination allergy between eggs and stomach acid. He then did a treatment for the combination; and we tried giving Christopher an egg. The experiment was a total success!!! Christopher had eggs each of the next four days, with no reactions, - if anything, Christopher seemed calmer than usual. My husband commented "I thought that N.A.E.T. was 'hocus-pocus', but after watching Christopher eat eggs, there's got to be something to it." We are presently going through the N.A.E.T. protocol with Christopher. I feel that these treatments have given Christopher (and ourselves!) a "normal" life again. Now he will be able to go to a birthday or school party and eat the same things as the other children. And considering where we stared off a few years ago, with a diagnosis of A.D.D. and a prescription for Ritalin, I am so thankful that we were able to follow up with the alternative medicine therapies, and discover N.A.E.T. Dr. Jason Haycock told me of his own family's experience, which led him to the N.A.E.T. procedure. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his foresight and dedication in then studying the procedure, and now offering this therapy to his patients. Sheila Andersen