Hi. My son is 6 years old. I hadn't even heard of SPD until a few weeks ago, when I read a poster in the OT office (we were there for an initial visit). One of my son's major problems is that he is still not potty trained. I have been taking him to a GI specialist for a year now, and he has been treated as a Withholder (a behavioral problem where the child holds in bowel movements). He has been on laxatives since he was 3. The pediatrician has told me that his urinary incontinence is a withholding problem too. But all along I've told both of them that he doesn't know when he has to go, and they said that the rectum/bladder get out of whack from chronic withholding, and with scheduled sitting/laxatives, he will get better. Well he hasn't. Now I'm wondering if SPD is at the root of his toileting trouble. Anyone else deal with this?

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I'm also wondering if a food intolerance is part of the problem, and perhaps that is related to SPD too??? It's hard for me to believe that they are not connected, but I can't seem to find anyone who knows about it. The GI doctors don't know anything about SPD, and the OT doesn't know anything about toileting issues!