Hi, my 6 year old son is newly diagnosed with Tourettes. We actually have been dealing with it for 3 years, but we just didnt' have a name for it at the time. One thing I can agree with my neuro is that the baggage of tourettes is much worse than the tics. My son has many tics (head shaking and lip licking-his 2 biggies!), belching, squealing, spinning, walking in circles....but I think the bad part is the emotional junk. We are dealing with a lot of anxiety/adhd/up and down emotions/moodiness. I know the neuro is going to suggest a mental health eval and I am trying to avoid it. No offense to any mental health proff's on the board, but I just don't trust them. I am hoping to talk to him about some natural remedies for this stuff....what has everyone else used? We go back to the neuro on 4/25 and I would like to go in with lots of ideas! We have a good doc, he is not opposed to any natural stuff, he says "I just would hate to see you spend lots of $$$ for just a small amount of relief." The only med my son takes is CLonidine at night to help him sleep. It doesn't seem to work all the time, but most nights it does. ALso, does any one elses child suffer from leg pain? My son has lots of leg pain mostly at night, but during the day also. We homeschool our kids so we have been able to avoid meds for the tics and adhd stuff. We originally tried some meds when his tics really peaked and the meds were horrible (I basically lost my little boy!) It was horrible. So, if anyone would like to share some info with me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much!
-Lori
