Just a thought that may or may not have any relevance to your situation.

I've just had my 10 year old daughter tested for absences as she banged her head when she was 3 and had absences for a few years. The EEG showed nothing. I was pursuing that line because her reading was behind, she never seemed to know what was going on at school, yet her maths, spelling and writing were ok. I've since found out that she, my 18 yr old daughter and I have Irlen Syndrome. It's easy to find in a search engine. I can't explain it in English but coloured lenses are apparently going to help and we've already discovered coloured overlays help us read easily and we didn't know print was supposed to look any different. I gave up learning the piano at about age 10 because the notes were jumping all over the page! If only they'd known in those days...but it was only discovered in the 1980s.

Anyway, in reading the research I saw that those with it can be prone to wheat, dairy intolerances, CFS, immune system challenged, irritable bowel syndrome among other things, all of which I have or have had, and some of which my older daughter has. I'm about to embark on eliminating dairy from my 10 year old's diet (lasted almost 1 day!) and then try her joining the other daughter and me as we are both wheat free.

Apparently 1 in 8 people are affected by it and most don't know.

Anyway...maybe this sheds some light on your son's wheat and dairy intolerance. Who knows?

That's very interesting Anna. Since I posted that, both daughters have had Irlen lenses and there was a distinct improvement in both of them. Our family also did the Cellfield program and had profound improvements in reading. My husband had dyslexia and didn't know it, and after the program, he was reading books for the first time in the 2 years I'd known him.

Now my younger daughter has been diagnosed with Type diabetes a year ago and I found that removing wheat and dairy from her diet reduced her insulin needs by 13% even though she was having the same amount of carbohydrates. Then, more recently, both daughters and I have been to an Advanced Allergy Elimination clinic and been treated for a lot of chemical sensitivities, and the younger daughter was treated for wheat and dairy intolerance and can now eat both with no obvious change in her blood sugar levels or insulin needs. Of course, there are other factors that influence levels, especially in teenagers but I can see the difference. I haven't had my wheat and dairy sensitivities addressed yet as I've been too busy being treated for all my other chemical sensitivities, which have made profound changes in me. I can now fill up the car with petrol, and walk down the chemical aisles in the supermarket without reactions. So it's a very complex business this sensitivity! My older daughter got treated for wheat but it didn't work, so she's addressing food additives etc first, and then will try again. It's very costly but well worth it. There's all sorts of connections going on in our family! Thanks for your comment.