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Autism and Vitamines?

Autism: Dr. Bernard Rimland

Dr. Bernard Rimland of the Autism Research Institute in San Diego, cautioned parents about the use of mega-vitamin treatments, citing examples of children who were poisoned from an overdose of vitamin B-6. He also discussed studies done in which "children showed a remarkably wide range of benefits from the vitamin B6. There was better eye contact, less self-stimulatory behavior, more interest in the world around them, fewer tantrums, more speech, and in general the children became more normal, although they were not completely cured...(however) The children who showed improvement under B6 improved because they needed extra B6. Autism is thus in many cases a vitamin B6 dependency syndrome". The Autism Reseach Institute advocates the usage of 60 to 2,000 mg of DMG per day, depending on how fast an individual metabolizes the food supplement. It has been suggested that folic acid (250 mcg per lb of body weight per day) has been seen to work in some cases. Vitamin C was also cited as a useful dietary supplement which might help the body regulate systems and might improve concentration and awareness. Rimland suggests using a B-complex vitamin and magnesium to attempt to control some of the more physically apparent symptoms of autism. However, although many websites advocate the use of various vitamins and minerals to treat autism, none portended to have found a cure, or even plausible reasons for the benefits.

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