Sorry for the long post but we are really struggling and I’m needing some objective input. Our 16 yr. old Tourette’s son is in a terrible flare with his facial/vocal tic...every few seconds for much of the day. His flare started before Christmas. Within a week he came down with a terrible virus that lasted almost 3 weeks (high fever, bronchitis, ear infection, conjunctivitis, and a rash in the groin area). When he had a fever, tics subsided and stayed gone until he started getting well. Then they gradually came back and are now worse than ever. We have noticed this same pattern with feve