lizbeth

Hi Carolyn Thank you for responding. How regularly do you do the massage therapy or acupuncture? And can you explain a little more to me about the massage therapy - is this the same sort of thing as you would get if you went to a normal beauty parlour for a massage? Is it a head massage only? (I can't see my son being very keen on going to a beauty parlour - but a sports massage would probably be acceptable!). Do you or anyone else find any vitamin supplements especially useful? Liz

Hi My son is now 15; he was diagnosed with Tourette's about 2 years ago. He started out with loud vocal 'grunt' tics, which he has always managed to control fairly well in sensitive situations like school or with friends. However, recently over the last few months he has started more motor tics, and specifically in the last couple of weeks he has started a strong head-jerking (side to side) movement, which can be almost constant. He finds this almost impossible to control, unlike the vocal tics. Also, this is giving him headaches - not surprisingly. The vocal tics are not too bad at the moment. 2 years ago I browsed this forum and for about 2 months we did try a mixture of Bonnie Grimaldi's vitamins and something similar sourced from our own local vitamin shops; however we never found it made an obvious difference. Because he was able to keep things under control acceptably himself, we stopped that regime. I would be very interested to hear latest recommendations on things that might help and that other mid- teens have found useful. We are in the UK, so anything UK specific would be very useful, although I'm happy to source things fron the US if necessary. His diet and general circumstances haven't changed recently, and in fact he eats a pretty good 'healthy' diet in general. He weighs about 140lb. This is so difficult for him - his friends are now all noticing his tic and commenting on it, and I would so like to be able to help him at least reduce the symptoms. liz