ways in the past five years, including learning to play the piano and sing, Spelling 2 Communicate, co-authored a book with me (he spelled that he wanted to do this, and titled it “More Than Meets the Eye”), and are part of the popular podcast The Telepathy Tapes, he was still struggling with medical issues. The most troubling were grand mal seizures, which had

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where they will occur, and everyone around him is hypervigilant and has PTSD because of it. He also was wetting his bed almost daily and having pee accidents almost as if he didn’t know he had to go. His bowel movements were infrequent and when they happened every three days or so, he was in the bathroom for about an hour and it was very large and had to be plunged to flush. Something was not right in his gut. I have been a biomed mom his whole life and have tried all the things, believe me. This was different.

 

We had been working with another functional neurologist when we started the gut balancing protocol, but the frequency of his seizures was not changing. When we started with Dr. Bogner and Alex, we did a consultation with Dr. Bogner, and did a stool test to see what specifically was going on in Trevor’s microbiome. Alex interpreted the test results, and I was pretty dumbfounded, as Trevor has been on a super strict Autoimmune Paleo diet forever and takes gut healing supplements and others daily. The test results showed that he had gut dysbiosis and had an imbalance in his gut. No bifidobacteria, excess of pathogenic bacteria, and many other things. The treatment protocol is specifically targeted to each individual using Functional Medicine, taking supplements, many of them created by Dr. Bogner and Alex Zaharakis called Researched Elements. This is not just another supplement line, these two are both autism dads and have skin in the game, and have spent their lives searching for answers to help all of our kids live their best lives.

 

We ramped up slowly because of Trevor’s sensitivity to adding anything new. He would often have a seizure following a new supplement or detox attempt in the past. So, the week of Christmas 2024, Trevor had two seizures that week, we started on the protocol slowly after that. He did not have a seizure for almost four months. Then he had two in a week in month four. Dr. Bogner and I spoke about why he thinks Trevor is having seizures, and in all my years as an autism mom/seizure mom, this made so much sense to me. I had never heard of LPS (Lipopolysaccharides) and how they can lower seizure thresholds and cause many other issues with our kids. Again, having to do with the gut biome and toxins from bacteria. He sent me this amazing video describing it. Then, I started Trevor on the two supplements to counter LPS. He hasn’t had a seizure in the past month since introducing these two supplements.

 

Aside from less seizures and a hopeful solution there, I have seen so many other improvements in the past five months from being on the protocol. I did not know that fungus in the body releases oxalates that irritate the bladder, and you don’t know when you have to go, and it causes bedwetting and pee accidents. When Alex told me this, again, it all clicked. After starting the protocol, his urine smelled really strong, and was detoxing through his urine, I called it pee-tox. Now, he no longer wets the bed or has pee accidents. This is huge! I don’t have to do so much laundry every day. When I asked him to spell how he is feeling since we started the supplements, he spelled “I feel a lot better.” I asked, “What specifically do you notice?” and he spelled “I don’t have pain in my stomach.” I asked him “You haven’t wet your bed in a while, why?” He spelled “I can feel that I need to go.” This change alone has been life altering.  

 

After being on the full protocol for six weeks, we did a second stool test, and there were some good changes, the gram-negative microbes were cut in about half, and there was an increase in some beneficial microbes. The supplements were changed accordingly, and there were a lot less to give him in round two. It is a targeted program specific to the person’s individual results.

 

We are also using the Thioguard lotions for gentle detoxing, and the Laser that Alex created (Low-Level-Laser Therapy) and have seen great improvements from those as well. When I asked him to spell about the laser, he spelled “I feel tingling in my brain.” He requests it every night, and specifically likes the Fibonacci setting. Trevor learned to play piano and sing five years ago, which is another miracle, even though he doesn’t talk much. This past month, he has requested to play piano (he plays “Puff the Magic Dragon” twice every night and then he and I sing together on the piano to recorded songs on our piano for about an hour). It is amazing to hear his voice every day. He is so happy lately, giggling a lot and very calm.

 

He also used to have OCD tendencies, cleaning up every little thing on the floor, and throwing it somewhere, sometimes almost getting him in trouble in public places, throwing things and hitting people. We also used to have a lock on the front door because he would see a leaf on the sidewalk that didn’t belong there and would open the door and go move it. These OCD behaviors have stopped also.

 

I cannot begin to express the gratitude I have for Dr. Bogner and Alex Zaharakis for their tireless work to improve the outcomes in our children and young adults. They are the Dynamic Duo in my eyes, on the cutting edge of healing. They are both so generous, smart, kind, and genuine. I am honored to call them friends and implicitly trust them with Trevor’s health.

I asked Trevor to spell what he wanted to say to them, and he spelled: