Can the protocol help my child with oppositional defiance disorder (ODD)?

Yes, children with oppositional defiance disorder (ODD) often see these symptoms resolve.

Does this protocol work for Learning Disabilities?

Yes. The protocol seems to be very effective for most learning disabilities.

Can leucovorin be used with the protocol?

Medications and supplements such as leucovorin, iron or Vitamin D are allowed with the protocol when they are prescribed by a physician and used to address a deficinecy.

For the past few weeks my child has started to put her fingers in her mouth constantly, licking things and playing with her saliva. Why is that?

After the awakening period, many children will have an emotional/developmental age much younger than their chronological age. So yes, I’ve seen this many times before. It’s important to try to gauge your child’s emotional age and reset your expectations for that age. Allow them to work through the levels of normal development. This approach helps put their behaviors into context and allows the parent to align expectations with the emotional ability of the child. Some parents will over-focus on a smaller issue (constipation, bowel movement characteristics, giggling more, waking up earlier, holding hands over ears, moodiness, etc.) and interpret such an event as bad or negative instead of a phase in healing. Parents want their children to talk, but the lack of rapid speech improvement is also not an indication that balancing of the intestinal tract failed. Over-focusing in this manner may cause a parent to miss the bigger picture: this is just one step in the child’s gradual improvement.

Since starting the protocol my child is chewing on everything. Why?

The increase in chewing is part of the underlying developmental issues and anxiousness that becomes more apparent after the propionic acid levels are suppressed during awakening. Some will describe persistent chewing as “sensory-seeking.” Regards less of its exact origin, this typically resolves on its own as the child recovers using the protocol.

What is Linolenic Acid?

An omega-6 fatty acid that is part of the inflammation-producing process. Commonly found in plants and in high concentrations within a wide variety of cooking oils such as soy oil, corn oil. safflower oil and sunflower oil.

I wanted to know where we can find recordings of the live events held by Dr. Nemechek

Live Events can be found in the Community Chat forum by clicking of Forum in the main menu.

My son’s liver enzymes are elevated after being on continuous Rifaximin for a year. Could the Rifaximin be causing this? Or the high dose fish oil?

Neither rifaximin nor fish oil is associated with elevated liver enzymes. Any abnormal laboratory results should be shared with your physician.

My child is having symptoms of long COVID. Can the protocol help?

Yes, it can. Long COVID or PASC (post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2) often involves injury of the central nervous system from the inflammatory surge triggered by COVID infection, overlapping issues from small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), and often chronic infections such as chronic sinusitis.nnThe Nemechek Protocol is effective in helping to restore nervous system functioning through the reduction of inflammation and the reversal of SIBO.nnThe chronic cough needs to be evaluated by either a pulmonologist or an ears, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist.

My child had loose stools prior to the protocol. When should I see improvement?

Generally, loose or frequent stools (diarrhea) will improve within the first few weeks. In some children with underlying inflammation of their intestinal tract (e.g., colitis or esophagitis), it might take 1-2 months before diarrhea ultimately resolves.