Hello - I am new to this site. My DS is 9 years old, chronic vocal and motor tics (probably un-dx's TS). I am very interested in what I am reading here about natural therapies, but I have a very difficult time getting my son comply with diet changes; he already has a very limited repertoire of healthy food he will eat, and is VERY resistant to trying new foods of any kind (such as Almond Milk as a supplement for cows milk), let alone eliminating entire food groups like Dairy or Gluten. He is also unable to swallow pills whole at all, so introducing pills has been impossible so far. We found a video online about how to teach kids to swallow pills whole, but he could only get up to a tic tac size before gagging repeatedly and getting agitated.
I have been using Kids Calm liquid for Omega3/megnesium/mulit and giving him a chewable pediatric probiotic; I also limit exposure to sugars and dyes/colors, and eat whole foods as often as possible. Thats about all I have been able to achieve so far.
Can anyone offer advice as to how they overcame struggles like this relating to complying with diet changes and swalowing pills? I would really appreciate it.
