Omega supplement confusion

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Registered: 02-17-2002
Omega supplement confusion
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Mon, 07-30-2007 - 4:21pm

Our dev. ped. recommended we put Aidan on fish oil last fall when he was first diagnosed with PDD-NOS. I bought some NN Children's DHA and didn't really notice a difference. Lately he's become kind of a handful so I figured it was worth giving another try. I couldn't remember for sure if it was the DHA or 3-6-9 that we used so I dug out the flier the ped gave us and he has both the junior 3-6-9 and the liquid DHA (we did chewables) circled and a lot of the online vitamin places I looked offered 2-fer deals on them. So now I'm wondering if I was supposed to give him both?? They seem to have the same stuff in them but should I be giving him both kinds? I also noticed that the liquid ones seem to have higher doses so are those better? I figured I'd check with the experts here before I order something and find out I'm wrong. If he is supposed to do both that may explain why we didn't see much difference last time.

Thanks!
Trisha

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Registered: 04-28-2007
Tue, 07-31-2007 - 3:27pm

As Aidan is almost 5 I would act as if he is and start on the dose with the high EPA. Anything above 800mg EPA (although many suggesta s close to 1000mg for mood health is optimal). Start on what you found. Keep us posted,

Dee

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