My son has always had a sensitive stomach and very limited in what he would eat. In 4th grade he did not gain a single pound all year and was falling off the bottom of the BMI charts. Finally our pedi Dx stomach migraines and put him on Periactin. He gained 10 lbs in a few months because he was able to eat again. Now, in 6th grade, he is average/slim. Food choices are still limited, but he eats a normal amount and no pain. Curious, since many ASD kids have stomach/digestive/food issues, anybody… read more
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Wow..... My son does have stomach issues and is under treatment for his autistic crohns/colitis..... But his father had stomach and then eventually head migraines. He suffers both. We did already avoid gluten nitrated, food colorsadditivesin general. But for him it turned ut soy was a big trigger for his migraine.. I would look at all foods that can be sensitive to. By the way a gluten intolerance would not show in celiac test. Mynhusban tested normal on celiac test, but is very reactive to gluten, now that's it's fully out of his system. Gas bloating diareha and migraine all typical reaction. Same for me minus migraine. Gluten will make me very nausea too, but I also tested negative for celiac. Old luck
Stomach/abdominal migraines are headache migraines that manifest in children in their stomach. I know, sounds weird! My son would just not have an appetite. He had mysterious stomach aches, cramps, nausea when thinking about food, combined with a typical ASD limited food choices. One of the few foods he ate aside from McDonalds was hot dogs nad bologna. Turned out, nitrates/nitrites were a trigger! We found nitrite-free hot dogs and that helped tremendously with the pain, but did not bring his appetite back. We did stool tests for h pylori and a blood test for celiac, all negative. Finally the pedi suggested we treat for stomach migraines and put him on Periactin. Wow... he had an appetite and even said for the first time, he felt he could enjoy food, and he gained weight. His weight is now low-normal! :)
One thing about Periactin though is it affects the same serotonin receptors as SSRIs, and can interfere with that,
May I ask , what is stomach migrains? Your son symptoms sounds like my son