Brit

Hi Kim, Britney's waxing and waning varied from time to time for many years. She has gone for months at a time with very minimal tic movements. Nothing very noticable. They at times have been exyremely under control. And just when u think u have made progress, BAM! It blows up in your face and off she goes. When the tics are out of control her anxiety and stress increases, which in turn makes her tic non stop. We are in the process again trying to find a happy medium. It is so stressful, because u sooooooo don't want to do it, but u can't help it. I do beleive that Britney had a MMR booster at age 12. (sorry memory problems). I would have to look at her immunization records. Take Care, Brit's Mom

Thank You all, very well put. I totally agree with what all of u have said. I have a daugher who is almost 17 years old. She was diagnosed with tourettes (motor) at age 13. Prior to age 13 she would have what they called waxing and weaning. They would come and go, but were very minimal and not an issue. At 13 it was full blown to the point of haveing 4 diffrent tics going at a time. As I read about the article that is to be printed I look at it a bit puzzled. If I had read an article such as the one u r telling us about when my daughter was younger I may think ok, it will go away if we just give it time. WRONG. Some people have no idea what some of these children with tourettes endure as a result of their tics. Personally junior high was a living ###### for my daughter. Sorry, I am getting carried away with this. I get like that when I talk about these things. The point I was going to make is that Linda says in her message: something to the effect of the mother taking her child to the doctor because she was afraid it was tourettes. Well if it is tourettes it is better safe than sorry. If the doctor says it seems like tics but r not a problem at the time then it is better to know what u r dealing with and keeping your eyes opened. There is some mom out there somewhere that may read it and say ok so it's nothing it will go away. Oh my that couldn't be more wrong. It is called waxing and weaning it comes and goes. Does not last for months at a time. It is not interfering with their lives. Well that was my daughter from age 2 until 12. Sometimes u didn't see any for a day, a week, a month or more. My point to linda is that with her now at almost 17 it has for the past 4 years interferred with her life almost on a daily basis. To the point that she does not feel normal with the issues that she has. (tourettes among other things). I will save that for a later time. Linda, I know u said that u can't give us all the information and that u need an antidote (something like that)LOL sorry very tired. We are going by the information that u did give. Sorry to vent on ya like this, but I am only going by what u wrote in your post. Personally I think if u want to do a good research article u may find that many people may be interested in reading one about children that had tics that waxed and weaned at a young age and then went full blown later in life. (Just my thought for the night). Thanks for the vent, Britney's Mom

Hi, My name is britney an i am almost 17 and i also have tourettes. I was diagnosed with adhd and ocd at age 6. During that time my tics were not an issue. It is what they call waxing and weaning. I did have very small ones which were clearing my throat and sniffing. At age 13 I started with extreme motor tics. At this time I sometimes had 4 different tics at the same time. (eye rolling, blinking,sholder twitching, and pushing my head foward.)Stress and anxity does bring them on more and being that i would get so stressed over my tics as hard asi would try the more constant it was.I developed severe deppression and anxiety. A lot of it was due to the fact that my junior high school years was a living nightmare because they were so noticable I got called very nasty names. Needless to say this did nothing for my self esteem which i already had little of. I am not a doctor but have been dealing with this for almost 5 years on a constant level. Although there are many meds that can help control it. The problem that i deal with is that because I have more then one issue when one med helps for one thing it tends to worsen something else. At one time they were minimal and not so noticable. Since april my tics have worsened and become more constant. Your story caught my attention because I know what it is like and personaly when my tics have come out one of them is always the eye rolling. My mother has been where you are. Always reading up on those things. Try and keep your eye on it and be awar to see if you notice any new tics. In your letter you mentioned taking away video games ect. If this is motor tics/tourettes belive me it is something that he can not controle. Best of luck to you. Britney