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Thank you so much for your replies. Digestive system problems have always been the last thing on my mind in relation to my son - He is really tall and well built for his age and eats everything (except onions, mushrooms and spinach!). He never has stomach upsets. I just can't believe that diary or gluten is an issue because I can't help feeling I would see at least some digestive type symptom with these. I don't know anything about candida so I will investigate this. Sugar could definitely be the answer. The Naturopath I have booked to see in August has the 'Food Detective' Allergy/intolerance kits. I guess I could try doing this for him myself as a starting point. Has anyone tried these tests and found them to be useful? I feel incredibly tempted to just have a few 'sugar free' days and see if there's any response but I guess it can take weeks to see a result. Also, I wouldn't want to take fruit etc out of his diet just on a whim, so I guess it would just be 'sweets, puddings, chocolate free days' which I'm not sure would really be testing anything. I will investigate sugar threads on the site. . . . .

If anyone could help me with their thoughts I would be so grateful . . . My 8 year old son has had a neck tic for about a year. I have realised now that before that he may have had a coughing tic, but i thought it was just the remains of a cold/cough that went on for a very long time (several months). The neck tic is always there but varies hugely day to day. The coughing stopped when the neck tic started. For the last year I have not done anything, hoping it would go away (as recommended by my doctor), however as it has not I find that I just can't leave it any longer without trying to find out the cause. I have made an appointment with a recommended naturopath but her first appointment is August so I am on my own, at least for a while. I am reading the 'Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourettes' book and am feeling very daunted by trying to identify triggers for his tic, other than the obvious ones - watching tv/relaxing in bed at night. I am starting with buying all organic food/food with no colours, flavourings and preservatives. Before I go further with looking at possible food intolerances there is one question that is really bugging me and I have not seen an answer to it anywhere. I would so appreciate anyone else's thoughts/experiences. Although my son's ticcing varies hugely it is nearly always worse after meals. Do you think this could be related to the fact that he has a neck tic and eating anything at all involves swallowing and moving his neck? And if not, and if you may therefore think it is due to a food that he is eating, how quickly do children react to food. He nearly always tics immediately he is beginning to eat a pudding but is this likely to be from something he is eating right at that moment or something he ate at the start of the meal? Many thanks for any ideas/advice anyone can give. Tabs