trust the process

Dear Families,

I want to speak to you openly and honestly, as a physician—and as someone who understands how emotionally difficult this journey can be for parents.

First, I understand how you feel. When you see other children improving faster, it can be painful, confusing, or even discouraging. These emotions are human and natural. But I ask you to remember one essential truth:

There is no single timeline for improvement.

Each child enters treatment with a different starting point:

●       different severity of symptoms,

●       different infectious load and spectrum,

●       different levels of inflammation,

●       different immune, metabolic, and neurological dysregulation,

●       different genetic and epigenetic vulnerabilities.

Because of this, children do not improve at the same speed and not in the same order.

What many parents miss in the early stages

In the beginning, improvements are often subtle and easily overlooked, especially when behavior becomes temporarily more difficult.

Parents frequently focus on:

●       hyperactivity,

●       increased sensitivity,

●       anxiety,

●       emotional instability.

These are real and important—but they are not the whole picture.

At the same time, many children begin to show early positive signs that are often missed:

●       emergence of cognition (new awareness, curiosity, problem-solving),

●       improvements in motor coordination or posture,

●       longer moments of attention,

●       changes in eye contact or facial expression,

●       new attempts to interact with the world.

These signs may appear before behavior improves. In fact, temporary behavioral worsening can accompany brain activation and recovery. This does not mean the treatment is failing, it often means the nervous system is beginning to respond.

About “correcting” the protocol

I must be very clear here.

Some parents, with good intentions, begin to:

●       remove medications and leave only supplements,

●       change dosages on their own,

●       add medications or supplements recommended by other doctors,

●       combine different treatment philosophies at the same time.

This breaks the protocol's logic.

Our approach is not random. It is built on treating triggers and promoters of disease—infections, inflammation, immune dysregulation, metabolic imbalance.

If you remove key components or add uncontrolled ones, you change the entire system response.

Even more concerning are situations where:

●       improvements are not reported,

●       protocol changes are not disclosed,

●       complaints are emphasized in hopes of accelerating treatment.

Please understand this clearly:

Acceleration without biological readiness can lead to regression.Lack of transparency makes safe and effective treatment impossible.

Responsibility and partnership

I always say this:

If we start treatment and the protocol is followed honestly, I take responsibility for the outcome.

But this responsibility is shared.

It requires:

●       openness,

●       patience,

●       accurate observation,

●       and respect for the treatment principles explained to you.

This is not a race.This is not a competition between children. This is a biological recovery process.

One important reassurance

When we truly treat the underlying causes. When triggers and promoters are addressed correctly and consistently, there is no scenario in which improvement does not occur.

The path may be uneven. The signs may appear in unexpected ways.The timing may test your patience.

But progress happens.

Please trust the process, communicate openly, and remember that sometimes the most important changes happen quietly before they become obvious.

I am with you. And I remain committed to every child whose treatment we have started—as long as we walk this path together, honestly and responsibly.

Dr. Ken Alibek,

MD, PhD, ScD