Peters_mom

Hi, of course the doctors will not tell you of natural remedies. When my son was diagnosed with Tourettes he was in pretty bad shape. He would tic in the middle of the night and it would wake him up. He could not read because of the jiggling in his eyes. This was on top of all the other tics and the coughing and gasping that happened many times every minute. For my son, the clonodine helped him to sleep at night so that he could finally get a full nights rest. He had been so irritable which was exacerbated by the tics and the tics made him crabby. He is still on the Clonidine and we had tried Prosaic for the anxiety/tics but this made him too sleepy in the morning. He was a zombie. After three years I have found a naturopath/MD/Psychiatrist who started him on a vitamin supplement. I did not get clear directions on how much meds to taper off and this was a disaster! He is off the prosaic but the tics are much worse. I am starting to look for triggers and will work with the diet. I am trying another vitamin with the same ingredients but is totally organic. I hope that this helps! For us the clonidine was a success for the time being. My son can read and function in school. I am still looking for the natural remedy to help my son be relatively tic free... Kari