I cannot access it either through the board or the above link. Once in a while this sort of thing happens to me here at WTM - hopefully this one is temporary.

So I had this little leak under the sink the other day. :glare: To make a long story short, due to a broken faucet, there was water under the sink cabinet, out of view, maybe a few gallons, maybe more than a few. That was Wednesday. Today, after removing the base trim, we drilled some holes in the wood board at the base to see about getting some air flow to the compartment underneath the bottom of the sink cabinet, in case it was still damp. I can't see much through the tiny holes and we don't want to take apart the cabinet. But, we think the sides of the sink cabinet (probably made of particle board) and probably the back wallboard, had gotten wet. Shortly after we drilled the holes, I happened to notice that there was some minor buckling in some floorboards a few feet away. And the bigger problem in the same general area (about 18 or 24" distance from the sink), there is buckling along a seam in the granite. I have never seen such a thing. Is it likely that the buckling in the granite will settle down if and when the particle board (somewhere) dries out? Or is this a big deal? We will need to repair the seam in the granite eventually, though it doesn't seem urgent, just annoying, as long as we avoid wetness on that seam.

If you don't mind picking through medical journal articles, go to https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ and type adhd in the search bar.

I'm still trying to figure it out myself. It would seem far more complicated than a glutamate supplement. All I can say is that for my kiddo, glutamate and dopamine are probably more directly connected to his issues than, say, serotonin. I did happen to come across another interesting newly-published journal article, A Dopamine Hypothesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (I hadn't seen that about D3 before, even though I'm very familiar with high CamKII) That article goes on to discuss the role of dopamine antagonists in ASD: I wonder whether the contradictory data might be due to the misunderstanding discussed in the OP article about quantities of dopamine released and how that is determined. I'll have to read this over again tomorrow - long day. I still need to read more on the histamine angle.

I haven't quite gotten to it yet, but a certain doc is connecting this to the histamine angle and H3 receptors(?) (which in turn involves the alternate fever response). It will take me some time to understand what he's trying to say...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319033.php (news): http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(17)30686-4?_returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0896627317306864%3Fshowall%3Dtrue (journal article) https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uops-rms081617.php (news article):

It's annoying me that the rule on possession of a turned-off cell phone isn't clearer - turned off under desk vs possible denial of admission, big difference. I think I'll have her leave it at home even though I have no idea what time she'd be done with the essay - I will get there at 1:00 and wait, I suppose. Read the forums in the car on my phone, lol. (Lockdowns - and more typically lockouts - occur in our area with some frequency, usually because there's a suspect being pursued by police within some sort of radius that is miles big; this happens at least a couple of times per year. Ds11's school had a lockdown already this school year due to an unauthorized salesman. Doesn't worry me.)

Hmm, CB seems a little ambiguous on phones: Seems safest to not bring it at all. We will just choose a pickup location out front.

Really dumb question: so, you put the snack in the backpack... where does the backpack sit during the test? At the front of the room or near the student? Maybe a lunch tote would be better instead - I think the calculator should fit inside. And no phone at all in the backpack; what time to pick up, 12:30-ish ?

It's been a while, but the vibe I've gotten reading threads over at CC is that it may be a slight positive. (I'm sure my twins will end up on opposite coasts.)

90+% here, sunny. The peak is right now. The sky looks a bit weird, as though a storm is about to blow in, but it's much brighter outside than I thought it would be. I thought I read that it would look a bit like dusk - it doesn't at all. Looking through the glasses, the sliver looks like the moon. I don't think y'all are missing much if you can't see it.

You could have him do the second half of Jacobs Elementary Algebra. He could skip the first half entirely (there's a review assignment at that halfway point, if I recall correctly.) The exercises include an element of discovery but far gentler than aops.

It may be hard to judge how much struggling is too much. Is he upset about it? Taking longer than expected? How are you handing the lesson problems - is he trying them completely independently, or working together with you, etc.? It doesn't really matter if you come back to the ratios later. Or, have him do the Alcumus topic on ratios under Prealgebra to refresh his memory.

I would greatly prefer ibuprofen to tylenol. Tylenol is not anti-inflammatory and is much, much harder on the liver (depletes glutathione in a heartbeat). (I can't overstate this; some people are even of the opinion that kids with issues should never, ever get tylenol. I'm definitely not that extreme for my kid with issues - I gave it post-surgery when ibuprofen wasn't an option due to bleeding - but I try to avoid tylenol whenever possible and when I do give it, I try to add in a little liver support.) Anyway, if there's swelling to go along with the bites, I'd definitely give ibuprofen a try instead, at a decent-sized dose. If you want to try other antihistamines, our doc likes xyzal, which is now available otc. (Weirdly, my kiddo does poorly on antihistamines - exacerbates something)

Insulated lunch boxes. They put the lunch in their backpacks. (There might also be microwaves in the cafeteria, though there might be long lines for them. And there are definitely long lines to buy lunch.)

You are compound heterozygous, along with about ten percent of the population, IIRC. Two of my kids are also compound heterozygous. Try to avoid folic acid (synthetic folate that you may not process well); it is in nearly every non-organic food that contains processed wheat flour. It is even in many brands of rice. Non-organic cereals are the worst, with huge amounts, sometimes 50% of the RDA. I would not use cyanocobalamin for a B12 supplement. It is very complicated and we haven't really found a good supplement plan yet. Do not assume methylcobalamin is what you will need, though it may be. Hydroxycobalamin is another option and may be easier to tolerate. Dose is hard to figure out; same also for supplementing 5-MTHF (methylfolate). Lots of trial and error! Another interesting site: http://www.heartfixer.com/AMRI-Nutrigenomics.htm See if you can upload your results into http://geneticgenie.org like you can with 23andme - not sure whether genetic genie accepts ancestry.com results. There are a number of other polymorphisms that are good to know about.

For GF cake, I would use Pamela's *cake mix* for sure. (I get it at my local Kroger grocery or a natural food store. Some Pamela's mixes contain almonds and/or milk. But the cake mix contains neither. If I am baking dairy free, I use water with extra olive oil to substitute for milk.) ETA, I might throw in a quarter or half cup of applesauce if I remember, one of those little cups that come in six-packs. For a general flour substitute, King Arthur GF is a good bet. However, lately I prefer plain brown rice flour and/or brown rice flour mixed with Maseca, depending on what I'm baking. (Also, for example, my banana bread recipe calls for "1 or 2 eggs" and I choose 2, especially if I'm not adding xantham gum, which I prefer not to do, mostly because I think it adds a little weirdness in flavor.)

Homeschooling gives you some flexibility with the transcript. My two cents, if you want to know what typically happens in schools: students who take physical science in 8th do not earn credit for it. Others take physical science in 9th (with credit) and then bio in 10th. Bio in 9th is the more advanced track. I would think selective colleges don't care one way or the other about physical science; the advantage of the more advanced track is the chance to take AP (or a correspondingly impressive DE course) later in high school. ETA: students who take high school bio in 8th typically do get credit for it, but this isn't offered in most schools around here, only a few. Levels of CC courses - I happen to know a student who took chem at the CC during the summer to replace his regular high school chem course. He is planning to take AP chem and the CC course will fulfill the prerequisite chem course. My older kids attend a private high school with no associated middle school. I don't think the high school will give credit for anything from middle school, not even math. (And I don't think anyone cares, as long as the students are placed in advanced courses as appropriate.) But, I haven't confirmed this. Then again, these students are presumably compared to each other by the regional adcom, whereas homeschooler transcripts will be much more variable? (Sorry, it has been a ridiculously long day and my words aren't coming out right. :tongue_smilie:)

We avoided the scope - so far. My kiddo was having nausea and general GI issues increasingly over years. She does not have the genetic haplotype for celiac, which put the odds for that very low. GI doc put her on a trial of Reglan. It helped, so she is on it for a while as long as she keeps it to once or twice per day (apparently there is a risk of bad side effects with taking it more often for a long period of time). Based on the Reglan helping, the GI doc diagnosed gastroparesis, said it's very common, and added something about post-viral neuroinflammation as a likely cause. Kiddo also feels much better GFDF (especially DF) though occasionally there will be meals causing nausea where we don't know why. Anyway, since she seems to do ok as long as she is careful about GFDF and takes the Reglan with dinner and often lunch, we skipped the scope. Someone (not the doc) also mentioned FODMAP to me as a possible option. (Weird how common this situation is.)

If you haven't already, I would go over each problem with him - have him redo them - and try to figure out why he got them wrong. It could be that (1) he forgot pi on one problem, (2) made a careless mistake on another, (3) couldn't figure out what the language meant on another.... and so on, so that there are different issues that added up to the failure, rather than one single conclusion that he doesn't know algebra. This can often be a language processing issue or reading comprehension issue rather than a math issue. I vaguely recall a lesson in Jacobs and perhaps also Foerster where the student must turn words into expressions, immediately followed by a lesson involving turning words into equations. I would go back to those lessons, particularly turning words into expressions, even though he may scoff at the simplicity. I second the suggestion to ask over on the Learning Challenges forum.

Just another random piece of info as a PSA or just to stash in the back of your mind, there is a certain portion of PANS kids whose symptoms get worse on regular dose SSRIs. The usual advice is to start at a small fraction. (Glad the strep titers were negative though checking for PANS can be way more complicated, as many will not produce a titer rise or be responding to an entirely different issue; long story.) Good luck getting to the bottom of things. Are the tics worse or the same?

Probably off-topic for your kiddo, but interestingly, histamine is also a neurotransmitter in the brain. I could go on and on about that... (many kids like mine do well on antihistamines, especially ones that do not cross the BBB so much, though weirdly he is the opposite, does worse.)

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Something interesting just turned up in one of my many (lol) FB groups on health stuff. This might interest you: http://www.rccxandillness.com, about overlapping syndromes associated with chronic illness

Jean, how long have you been on the LDN? Is it still working?