Dont be have him checked out and if he is so what. I am and I got 2 degrees baecame accountant, then ran own business, then was lawyer for 18 years. Not bragging and twos hard BUT I am BP I Aspergers Dispraxic Dislexic etc. Get him tested and then enjoy his specialness spesh ppl change the world.

Thanks very much for your reply. I don,t know anyone else with the same problems as my son, but was reading that around 1 in 30 children suffer. There must be others at his school.
My son is a lovely kind little boy and I treasure him very much. It is comforting to know that it is possible for him to acheive like you I hope. Well done to you.

My son is Aspie Dispraxic Dislexic too. He's 16 and great passed 10 GCSEs.

I HIGHLY recommend reading the book The LCP Solution as soon as possible. By doing so myself right after my diagnosis, I have since become 95% free of my symptoms to all these brain deficiencies.

I recommended this book to a couple last week and their son has already improved dramatically.

You are an adult who has reached 39 years af age and have (I have read about your difficulties) had many problems over the years. Many of the children I deal with have taken fish oils and this has not helped on its own. Following a regular programme which deals with left / right laterality, distance, direction, spacial awareness, perception, gross and fine motor skills they have improved or overcome their difficulties. One of the main difficulties that some had was a high motor activity of which looked like ADHD/ADD to an untrained eye. Following the programme, once their body was balanced the ADHD/ADD ceased. I make sure these children are caught at an early age and they dont have problems as adults as you do.

Cool HazelC. If only someone had caught on to my symptoms 30 years ago. No biggie, I'm still young enough to spread joy around the world. Everything happens for a reason.

i take fish oil every day. i have been taking it for three years. there is a little improvement in my memory. it has not fixed my difficulty's.

I am cool as well and a bit older, and I wish I had got to you earlier. A few years ago a hansome young man of about 20 years of age came to our school to give a demontration. He was a brilliant powerful famous ballet dancer who mesmerised children and adults. He told the children that he was diagnosed with ADHD at school and had problems with learning and behavior. Untill he started dancing and his co-ordination and behavior improved dramatically. I will never forget him, and that is why I believe in my exercise programme

ilovecats - you say you take fish oil every day, though it really depends on how much you take and which type you are consuming. It also depends on how much you weigh (the larger you are the more you will need to take due to your own brain mass).

To clarify my statement: as I am a guy with a high metabolism & large brain mass I take quite a bit of Omega Fatty Acids - 3 capsules of Super Omega 3-6-9 morning and night plus sips off the Carlson lemon flavor cod liver oil during the day. I also eat an average of 3 Omega 3 eggs per day for breakfast.

The Super Omega 3-6-9 does indeed contain fish oil (from sardine, cod & mackerel), though it also contains borage oil & flax seed oil to supply a good dose of Omega 6 & 9.

Most people get enough Omega 6 in their diet, though not nearly enough Omega 3 & 9 specifically DHA (3) & GLA (9).

A couple tablespoons of fish oil a day will do good for an AVERAGE person without ADD / ADHD - for those of us who do not absorb enough from our food, we need to take much more to get the same effects.

Another factor is consumption of Trans Fats - if you do intake trans fats you will get little effect from fish oils or any omega fats for that matter because the Trans Fatty acids block the absorption of the Omega Fats. Thus we are best to avoid processed foods from our diets to avoid the trans fats / hydrogenated oils.

Of course you could be taking as much as me, though I have no way of knowing.

I have supported many daily strength members over the weeks and repled to many personal e-mails I thought with usful information for dyspraxia. I realize that fish oils are effective but I thought this support group was for advice and not as an advertising campain.Maybe you could put in your journal about your personal details which would be very useful. Not every question that you have answered can be cured with fish oils as everyone is an individual.

No advertising coming from me - I offer only solutions. I make no $ off anything I am offering HazelC. A couple years ago I owned an executive fitness coaching company advising CEOs and other executives on fitness and health, including maximizing their moods through supplementation with natural products such as amino acids and the like.

Then when I was diagnosed as ADD, Dyspraxia, Apraxia & Dyslexia I was depressed by all the drug pushing everywhere I turned. So when I found research that purported to have offered a "near cure" to these learning deficiencies I was skeptical. Being one to experiment on myself before ever supporting anything, I tried it out for myself. And my life has never been better since.

In fact, the results have been so amazing that I have added a life goal to eventually start a foundation to reduce the level of these preventable learning deficiences.

Every time someone mentions a DRUG in this forum they are effectively advertising that drug brand to another person (along with all the side effects that come with them). I post to offer another solution for those who perhaps are interested in learning about recent scientific discovery regarding to how our bodies and brains actually work and what we can do to alleviate a large percentage of our symptoms.

I am only one of thousands of individuals of all ages who have responded well to long chain phospholipids to eliminate the symptoms of Dyspraxia & Apraxia. However how often to people who have alleviated their symptoms share this information with others, not often.

FYI: Fish oils are only the starting part of the solution and I suggest people add more than merely fish oil; following a diet that supports Omega fatty acid absorption, keeps stimulants low and obtaining quality sleep and exercise are key to overall well being. Taking Omega fatty acids is a starting point, because for the "majority" of us - that's where our symptoms originated.

I only offer advice from my own experience and in the short time since I have done so I have received numerous emails of thanks from people for said advice, as well as follow up emails from people who have personally experienced improvements after only a few weeks of supplementing.