BellesMom

Thank you for your reply Nancy! I did contact Dr. Murphy and I'm waiting to hear back for an appointment. I'm thinking of printing out information on PANDAS along with the type of test that need to done and what to look for so that I can get my Pediatrician to start looking into that as a possibility.

Hi, my 8 year old daughter has developed several tics over the last 10 days. They may have started months ago but I thought the facial (nose & mouth kind of twitch) movement was due to allergies. She would shrug her shoulders when I picked her up from school but I thought it was a habit or tense shoulders from sitting all day. I had no idea what tics were! Early last week she woke up and was shrugging and jerking head every few minutes. I made an appointment to see her pediatrician and by the time we went her hands (wrist & fingers) were also jerking and flexing. It's gotten so bad so quickly. The soonest appointment I could get with a pediatric neurologist is in September (10 weeks from now). Should I start seeking out holistic MD's? I plan on changing her diet and I'm reading Sheila Roger's book Natural Treatments for Tics & Tourettes. I read on PANDAS but she hasn't ever had strep throat, should I still have her tested for it? I'm just not sure where to begin or who to turn to. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Maria