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Patty, Please read the vitamin section on enzymestuff. It talks about what a body can break down or not. Carbonate is the worse form of magnesium one can take. If nothing else it will not be absorb by body. I have heard cases people get kidney stones from taking vitamins that are not absorble to the body,calcium for being one. I use kid's calm which only has magnesium/Zinc in soluable form. Calcium from daily intake of multi-vitamin(Freeda's all natural) and one cup of yogurt a day. During this fall season we started to give hime 2 dosages of culturelle in morning and at night. Again the link below talks about it. Please look through it because I know it will answer most of your questions and will help your child greatly. I also had panic attack. I had medicine/pscho therapy. I know I will never get it again. Why, sometimes you just know. Panicking never solve any situations. It makes the whole situation worse. Being happy and calm only helps. ---- from www.enzymestuff.com, a minor excerpt...I hope you can find the right combination in this website. After looking into magnesium for months, what I came away with is that magnesium comes in two types: - soluble forms/organic (aspartate, malate, glycinate, citrate and succinate etc.) - insoluble forms/inorganic salts (chloride, carbonate, oxide). Overall, the chelated magnesium and magnesium glycinate are often referred to as being very absorbable. The soluble ones are pretty equally absorbed and as a group are much better absorbed than the insoluble group. Of the insoluble group, the oxide is the best absorbed. The insoluble group is far more likely to cause loose stools/diarrhea than the other group. If magnesium nutrition is what you want, go for the soluble group. If constipation is the issue, then some insoluble forms are okay. The loose stool effect (if not wanted) can be minimized by taking the magnesium with food.

All, My child's calcium says dicalcium phospate. I hope we have no problem with this. Thanks

Andy, Glad to be back also. I believe there is a pattern. Kid is not well. Parents come on board to find help. Help works, parents go away to take some time out to enjoy their hard labors. It can be scary and depressing sometimes when reading through these forum. So it takes a lot of time for me to get comfortable in how I deal with crisis in general. I changed my outlook. I lightened up a little. After all that then I can say I am ready to be back on this forum. It is also good to chime in for new parents like I was couple years ago. Patty, He has one vocal tic at one time. He use to make a clicking sound when new teeth was coming out. After a flu a month ago. His throat clearing is immediate after meal and slowly die down during the rest of the day. Before , sugar, potato and gluten were immediate tic triggers. The tics usually manifest or intensify couple of hours later and can last for months(more then 2 I think). There would be a pattern...vocal..then vocal stop.. then leg tic..the neck tic..then back to vocal ... Now majority of the time is minor vocal tics... I want it that way too..well I want no tics..but if ticcing is his way letting go stress then clearing his throat is okay by me..clear away... Also ..knock on wood...he has no allergy medication yet..once snow starts to drop then we can say for the first time in FALL season..no allergy medication..yay... Patty, P.S. The food bath was just an easy way for the kids to asord extra magnesium while he is doing homework or reading a book. I have done reflextology. I can not claim it make me relax. I can claim magnesium did. Please look through this link if you have not. http://www.enzymestuff.com The arthor is a mother whoese 2 kids have autism but are now totally healthy teenagers. In there she talks about Enzyme, Magnesium, Food sensitivity... I also bought the book. Your eyes will be opened to a whole world of understanding of how our guts are so interrelated to our brain. Our health for that matter. THanks

Patty, Our son's stool was pebbled like about a year and 1/2 ago, then he started taking magnesium/zinc combo..calcium comes from multivitamin. He stools were so beautiful we almost cried. We then added Culturelle's probiotic and his smelly breath in the morning turns angel like. Well almost angel like... Thanks

All, The only concern I have seen it is 27% brandy alcohol. I am not sure I want to give it to young children. Thanks

Chema, Aquafina has an interesting 7 steps purifying process. I just visited their website since so many people here buy them. THe last step is called OZONIZATION.. passing oxygen into water..creating h30 then split back to h20...a process that claims to remove purity... Safe?

I have RO and Salt water system for bath. We drink water as well use the RO water for cooking. Should I get Aquafina? Should I buy their stocks :-)? I hope our Culligan RO system is good enough for drinking. I am so afraid it is not for our kids. CHemar?

Claire, Thanks for pasta recommendation. I will tell my chef..err..my wife about it. All our monitors are LCD at home except my bedroom. he watches about 5 minutes of TV per week and 21 hours of LCD on computer per week. All seems to be tolerated. He is okay also on CRT tv at his grandparents house. He can be on it for couple of hours without problem. I understand the flickering affect but with him I think he gets tense watching tv and started blinking..that was a year ago or more..now more relax I guess except scary stuff..which he hardly go near it.. as of this year he loves and tolerate Danny Phantom..boy turns into ghost... Leaves are falling where I live...so far we have not started Zyrtec or Claritin on him yet... It can be all the probiotic..flax oil...zinc..helping him.. I am glad I found this website. Thanks Sheila...are u still checking up on us :-)...

Patty, he is 7. Pretty much he knows he tics when he is near junk. By experience he learns. We discuss with him that it is harder for him to have fun when he tics. So he rather give up junk so he can have a great time with rides in disney world or just one of the guys with classmate and cousins. Actually his neck tic did come back on July during his birthday month. Both and his cousin had birthday on same month. Too much cakes and sweets. His neck tics lasted about a week or less. What stopped it was additional foot bath with ep salt and for the junk to work out of his system. I believe only Claire's child is completely tic free. Other kids have diminish tics so much so it is ignorable. Good luck Patty, Great idea on donations too. Remember ...girl is so much more mature.. My little girl she is 4 1/2 can play and take care herself. I am glad she is tic free.sigh.. Boys...well boys will be boys..crying..clingy..etc..well with my only..not implying other boys

Patty, Yes he has problem with gluten and cassein..wheat and diary. We use to do all those mushy rice pasta. We gave up. We cheated and start using enzyme now we go out to restaurant with no problems. Normal life now except we have to luck those enzymes along. I hope his gut heals soon.

Patty, My son has very low tolerance for pain so no needle. He will faint. His neck tic I have not seen since last year. I am sure it is still there lurking in the background. I would say he is 99.9% neck tic free. Knock onWOOD!!! We do EP salt bath every night plus foot bath with Ep salt. About 10 minutes each per bath.

Patty, We went around the problem via enzymes. Go to google and search Houston enzymes; u should find it. Kim's children are on it(low dosage I believe) We do low dosage too but we never skip a meal without it. I believe Claire was the one that started on enzyme and ice cream:-) The only stuggle is how long will we keep him on it. He love pasta and cheese. He now can eat them with no tics. Sometimes we are caught between a rock and a hard place.

Patty, My son's neck area can be tender at time. Last year it is often the focal point of his neck tics. This year we added foot bath with epsome salt and body bath with epsome salt. Epsome salt is magnesium sulfate; I am sure you already knew. That has helped him relax his muscles and advoid a lot of motor neck tics. I have done epsome salt bath too; I can literally fall asleep in it. Read instruction on box please. It also helps him with sleep , especially after a nice bath. We stop chiropractor about a year ago. He hates being popped on his neck by the chiro. I wish I can find the type Chemar was talking about, but I don't find them where I live.

Good luck patty, kids now adays are smarter. He might smell a trap. :-) To Claire's point, you are very lucky to able to convince a teenager to eat no junkfood. Throughout the years I have also learned he is doing very well. I guess it is a celebration of sort. The funny story to the whole thing was, I could not help it and I took one snicker. I have not had one for 2 years since the whole new diet. Would not you know it the next day my throat hurts and started coughing. My whole family knew something was up. They counted the candies and it was one shy. I confess along with the coughing.

To both my kids, I told them each candies they get I will give them 25 cents. At end of night both got 15 bucks. None of the candies when into their mouth. Whew!!!

Patty, That pretty much sums up what my son was/is doing now. The throat thing does not bother me. I know it is sensitivity and especially after cold/flu/allergy. Lemon water helps but otherwise let him be. We have talked continuously about ghosts or stuffs that scare him. He is improving and as a result of that his waxing a very infrequent. We also encourage him to be in a crowd of people. We tell him people don't bite. Kids that are highly sensitive need a lot of space. He gets shy about people looking at him. He is learning. Most of all enjoy your kids, they are precious no matter what. That love alone is worth more than any supplement. Most kids are afraid that their parents don't except their tics. We parents keep on picking on their tics like cold sores. Encourage the kids as much as possible and hope for the best. Most of us in this board just afraid the tics that can heard the kids.

Firm_believer, Congrats!!. I truly believe in PH of the body can heal if balance properly. However I have never heard of alkaline water, what is it? Can you give the brand name? My son does throat clearing after eating then settles down. This happens for 2 months now and right after his stomach virus. Thanks

Deagar, Besides supplement my son also does enzyme with food since he has problem with breaking down Gluten and casein. If he eats offending food without it he definitely tics(wax). Food coloring is another thing which enzyme can not help. So no matter how much supplement you take, but without proper diet one can still get tics. Daniel

Chemar, are we saying your son is not taking Omega 6 now. I have given only Omega 3 flax oil and not borage thinking he gets a lot of omega 6 from olive oil or other food source. Am I wrong in that thinking? Thanks

Kim and others according to this link. http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/child-schedule-color-print.pdf Menningitis is the last vaccination for my child whose age is 7 years old. By the time the child is 18 months old, most kids would have gotten most of the vaccinations. Some poster here says u can get the Menningitis shot before college or during college, does this means elementary/middle/high school do not requires that shot??? I am trying to figure out if he can get away from anymore vaccination. You truth-sayers have really woke me up on this matter. Thanks

Carolyn, I have cuppings and accupunture done on me for many years only last 3 years I have stopped since I too started taking mag/cal for last 2 1/2 years. The most tense area usually results in dark bruises. The day that I am relax my bruises are very light. I do get skin rashes from cupping and accupuncture. So beware.. cupping relaxation usually last 2 days for me than I am out of wack again. However with mag/cal it seems to build on my body. I neglect to take sometimes for weeks and I am still relax as long as I don't deplete it. My child with negligible tics has not done it. I do not have tics.

http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/fa...c/zinc.html#rda

Fitforit, First of all, I would not call him my poor little boy. I also called my child when he started ticcing. I have since then seen a pschologist myself in being a more optimistic person. Really pessimism never help in any situation. Actually prayers and optimism does heal the body and have been well documented. You can always encourage him that he will be fine and also describe to him that you too have the same problem. Did u ever tell him that you have TS? We can not win all battles in life and sooner or later we too will succumb to our destiny with a higher being(God)..or what ever your belief is. Try to live life fullest and be happy all the time. Like that little boy of 9 that had cancer and passed away. From what I read on Kim's posting, he was full of life and that is the way we should live life.

Remember, We are the NORMAL ones and they are the weird ones.. eating all those pre-packaged chemical filled foods. Their comments and opinions do not make me pause one beat. They just made me a little sadder does all. Sad because these people are not aware of what they are doing to their bodies and environment. If we consume these products we are indirectly endorsing them. If you go shopping at most grocery stores now, there are more aisles of whole/orgainc foods for sell. Americans are speaking up. No more transfat in Disney world...YAY

Wow..snicker.. Wow.. My child only eats ice cream cakes on birthday and holidays..no candies allow.. In times they don't seem to crave them anymore, but the ice cream..they are like a packof wolves!!! Just swallow the whole ice cream cake..