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My sons motor tics are bit controlled after i started him on MAg+ cal and other vitamins but his vocal tics are still there and makes him shake his head some times. I was doing some receah and found l-carnitine has helped lot of people with vocal Tics but some people are using Taurine . I will like to to know which one start and in which dose. I am thinking about towards L caritine with 250mg once at night . I will like to have some inputs on that . Chemar it will be great to have your input on this.

Welcome Kitty http://www.outletnutrition.com/183405000056.html these guys do the overseas shipments and there price is kinda cheaper the retail . I bought it for 22$ near a retail store but given the exchange rate difference you might be better off buying it and getting shipped .

Thanks Kim and Cum Passus Will try to find Calcium Citrate in chewable form . from some local Vitamins stores.

patty I am using Lil Critters groovy calcium Gummy Bears with Vitamin D . It says no wheat ( gluten) , milk , eggs ,peanuts , teernuts,soy,artifical colours,flavours or preservatives. I got it from costco http://www.gummybearvitamins.com/products/groovycalcium/ Vitamin D 200IU Calcium as tricalcium phosphate 200mg phosphorus as tricalcium phosphate 100 mg sodium 10 mg Now i am wondering if this is correct product i should use. Can you tell me what you are using or what i should use. thanks

Another Day his tics reduced considerbely both motor and vocal throughout the day in the evening i started his vitamin C and saw some vocal tics returning so was wondering if it was Vitamin C which caused it to come back I will try to observe again tommorow as i start him vitamins from 5 PM to 9 pm . Has anyone seen vitamin C bringiing back the tics. kinda tough too see his days pass by but getting lot of courage from this place. Another thing we are trying to observe is when he's engaged in some thing like puzzle , game or with some friend they kinda go away wondering Why ?

I was doing some more recearch on this line and Found Magnisium is primarily used to form Bones of tooth . http://www.healthvitaminsguide.com/minerals/magnesium.htm

Patty First 2 days i used nature's calm adult supplement with 1 teaspoon for my kid which is around 200 mg instead of 615mg 3 tsp for adults and used Calcuim sours 2 gummy bears from costco ( 200 mgs) . I had to use the Adult one as cause of Easter most of shops were closed and i was able to find Adult one in Henry's . today I bought the kids calm and used approx. 200 mg of that. The difference i found in two is kids calm have extra vitamin C and Zinc but Adult one is only Magnisium. I am keeping my fingers crossed after using the kids calm and hope it will work else i will go back to adult supplement in 200 mg dose . It was just a hunch to use 1:1 as my kid gets more Calcuim supply from milk and cheese. But last 3 days i have given him one meal with spinach and made sure at least one Banana goes in him. In addition i gave him one pill of probiotic today Yum-Yum Dophilus

Chemar This is intersting post as i recall checking my son's mouth some time last month and saw a couple of molars comming out . and His Tics started after a Strep infection. This adds one more factor to my kid's outbrust of Tics. Yesterday I was thinking Why would Magnisuim+ Calcium help Is it beacause body is using too much up for tooths and bones . And If the Tics are caused by defficency caused by creation of toots. It's just a long though in mind.

thanks Ronnas for posting I looked at Blood Test report and his Anti-StreptolYSIN O was .2 but he was still experienceing the Tics . Doctor wanted to go medicine route but i declined as i read the similar artical at NIMH site and my belive that it happened after the Strep Infection which was dealt with Antibiotics. Anyway I started him on MAG + Calcium 2 days back and today his Tics were kinda low. At some intervals absent and some times not as bad as they were 2 weeks back. I also got some high Vitamin C 500mg Tab along with proboitics which i will intorduce tommorow. Today I will still use MAG aron 200mg + Calcium 200 MG ( i am keeping 1 to 1 ratio for some time ) with Multivitamin , 1 teaspoon fish oil around 1000 mg omega 3 fatty acid and Higher dose of Vitmain C around 800 mg in all and will keep a watch how it goes tommorow. Will intoduce proboitics and may be L carnitine in last resort only if things don't turn around. Saw a second Nuerologist today and He found nothing wrong and adviced against the medicine. I was in his room for 1 hour and He did't Tick a single time in there. After seeing this he adviced for no medicine route and told that he will use meds only in extreme case. We are keeping our fingers crossed and keeping a HOPE it will fade away . Diet wise i have't made much changes as i wanted him to get better on same things he was eating before but will try to make some adjustments if required. though he ate some Cheese Pizza today but I didn't see any adverse change . Thanks alot for reading my posts and posting replying .

Juls I got L carnitine today but not sure If it right. I was able to get the liquid form which is 1000mg in 1 tablespoon so i will give only 1/2 tablespoon only if required. His Tics got much better then last few weeks with the help kids calm and calcium combo . I bought the higher Vitamin C today so will use that before I try l carnitine. I wanted to ask if this is the right thing i bought. http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/mrm/lcarnitine.html

Thanks Patty I will like to know what kind of Diet related changes did you do . I am on the process of stating the vitamins and other things but will like to know more about Diet like what to avoid and what to eat . Eight now i am planning on cutting sugar like cnadies choclate ice cream . Sunshine Thanks for posting about candida , I will look in to it ASAP and will make a trip to Vitamins store tommorow.

He had fever 16 th march so took him to doc on 18th and after checking his throth which was so bad doc gave antibiotics without the culture for 5 days. He got better after antibiotics but 2 days later he started tics . Mutlitple heard jerk with voice ( hmmmmm) and shake of legs and some time shoulders. It went on for 3 days ( 28th march ) and i took him to neurologist where she took the blood for test to check the antibodies for PANDAS. after 29th march we have seen some gradual decline and flareups of both vocal and motor tics. Blood result came out negative for antibodies and nuerologist suggested use of catapres if they don't go away soon . I went to his regular doc again 4th april and he said it's Tics and chances are these to go away with time may be 2 months to 6 months but adviced to get another checkup with different Nuerologist. So got another appointment on 10th april with a different nuerologist . Mean while going through this fourms have started him on fish oil and mag/cal suppliment . Just read about L Carnitine so will get it tommorow. Each day goes with heavy heart after watching his Tics and keeping a hope it might go away as it came.

Hi I am new here but found so many useful experiences here so though of posting my problem for some suggestions. I have a 5 yr old son who started tics around 2.5 weeks back. He had a strep through and was treated with antibiotics for 5 days from 17th of Feb to 22 of Feb and he got better. But after 24th I can see noticeable tics like in legs and little headshake with vocal noise. Some times it has gone worst and some times it gets noticeable better. He’s active kid and able to do all physical activities like cycling and skate boarding. One thing I noticed is when he is really into something like study or making puzzles it disappears. His blood test were negative for anti strep bodies (count was 2 much below normal 200 range) so I guess PANDAS was ruled out. His pediatrician says he has seen cases and this will go away with time but for us each day is difficult to pass and we trying to hang in there. After reading this forums I am starting him on some extra vitamins and Magnesium/Calcium Combo with Fish oil from yesterday and hope will get some positive result. He’s asthma/allergy problem so is in QVAR ( one puff morning and night ) and some time on Zertac depending upon the season. I don’t want to start him ay medicine like ( catapress,clonidine) as suggested by one Neurologist I saw so I am seeking some input from all you about his case. I have a another appointment with another Neurologist tomorrow and will post what he says. some Question 1) Has anoone seen this kind of behavour and seen them gone away . How long will they go away? thanks