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C.P, and all I can only document what has helped my son. I have not used or found a Alt Med Practitioner. I do think if you find one keep that doctor. They are hard to come by. Dragging the kid to see many diff doctors also contributed to doctor phobia for my son. He is now 7 but started ticcing at 4 1/2. The last year I would say minimum waxing at best. We know what triggers his waxing. THe predominent is stress. He has a lot of fears in ghosts. He is shy specially in front of stranger. He has sensory issues from low noises. For the last year I have worked with him on all these issues such as talking him through situation and encouraging him. Most night we would close the light for 10-20 minutes for him to acclimate to being without light. Of course what helped him the most would be the following: MAG/ZIN from kids calm. Houston Enzymes for food sensitivity(I don't think he has allergy like peanut but he has gluten/cassein issues per testing) Probiotics for immune system. Omega 3 from flax oil. He is sensitive to fish oil I think. 1 natural (not synthectic) multi vitamin. 1 foot bath (epsome salt) 20 minutes and one body bath (epsome salt) 10 minutes. All these have helped him to stay calm and relax. The kids calm I give 3 times a day. -------------------------------------- Supplement Facts Kid's Calm Serving size: 1/2 Teaspoons 2 - month supply Amount Per Serving % Daily Values Magnesium (elemental from magnesium citrate)....85 mg 65% Vitamin C (as magnesium ascorbate).......... 200 mg 444% Zinc.................2 mg 20% No sugar or artificial sweeteners added. Ingredients: Magnesium Citrate, Magnesium Ascorbate, Zinc, Stevia and Natural Orange Flavor. Contains no yeast, dairy, egg, gluten, soy, wheat, sugar, starch, preservatives or artificial colors or flavors. -------------------- Concerns... Prolong use of enzyme...Kim, I hope you can help me out here :-) Zinc how much to give once reach teen year , claire and chemar perhaps u can help. Who knows by then , we might have found a good Alt Med Doc. Our immediate family or close relatives do not have TS(FYI only and not for boasting). Thanks

Great article CKJ!! I wonder what happens to kids with allergies and kids exposed to vaccination. Would the same logic applies. What in Strep causes OCD and tics? Can someone answers that already? It is needlessly our kids are suffering for no reason. Our kids are sickers now a days. I think partly our environment is dirtier and our food sources and mass produced with chemical added. My children's ped says it the best, "A group of fishes in an aquarium and the aquarium is polluted. Surprisingly some of the fishes are striving and some are sick.". This just means with all the vaccination and pollution out there most kids are able to tolerated but weaker kids are having a hard time thriving. As long as the majority (more than 50%) of the kids are not sick from vaccination, we will never see a new movement in limiting the amount of vaccines we give our kids. We still have mercury in our vaccines in most states. Sigh!!

Yay... Can you tell me why you stop Vitamin B and Royal Jelly during this incident ? Separate thread, any goodies/solutions for excessive phlems in throat? Thanks

Chemar, I think I found it. Corning VISION WARE Pyrex Visions cookware 7" FRY PAN. I hope this is the one. Plus wife found Veggie wash for cleaning veggies and fruit to be okay. Supposedly removes wax,chemical ,etc.. Any suggestions on that?

All, What about skillets, frying pan, etc...? They don't have glass for that right? Thanks

Very interesteting video segment. The video starts by telling us that there are about 300 plus chemical in our environment. The reporter was able to get tested on all the chemicals costings about thousands of dollars and 14 viles of blood. 130 plus chemicals were found in him. PCP, Mercury..etc.. Even stuff found from NON_STICK FRYING PAN.. The reporter had a below level of mercury before test and within 24hr later after eating tuna and halibat..his mercury level shot up more than normal.. I immediately went out and bought a stainless steel skillet ; it is more expensive ;4 times for than a non-stick.. I feel better though.. Imagine our kids that can not passed out these harmful chemical from their bodies.. sigh.. Styrofoam cups..etc..

Wow.. that is what my son was doing couple of months ago..now both of his canine teeth can clearly been seen, he has stop with that noise, but a cold couple of weeks ago left him clearing his throat so often..sometimes it can get to you.. The fact is he does have phlems in his throat but for you and me , it might be throat clearling every hour or so but for him every half hour.. He is also extremely ticklish more ticklish then tickle me Elmo. I have read from Handle.org that you can massage him to get use to these sensatiions. Lately I will close all lights and in the dark..I would rub his tummy.. he would hold it..then his whole body shakes like from a sensory overload.. I told him to take a deep breath..he does..but only a little better..from shaking so instead of laughing his head off..he tries to hold the laughters in and resulted in whole body shaking.. Luckily we were in the dark...otherwise..I would be uncomfortable seeing him shake..and he would also be embarass about it..I learn the trick of snuggling with him in the dark from sheila roger..only recently I see the wisdom. I am lot more comfortable with him and he is lot more comfortable with me.. He seems to be more relax with human contacts in the dark..maybe he is less conscious about the tics(however minor) I hope this will help with his sensory issues. He is also scare of the dark..but now he is learning to like the dark.. as well as some moment of fun with his dad. Good bonding.. Happy halloween...I hope he does not get scare by a vampire like last year..

fitforit, Why did you email her(your friend) an article about tics and tourette? Why can not you tell her you also roll your eyes at times and you can not correct it? Can you share with us if your tics got better when your became a teenager? Just curious. Best wishes

fitforit, I definitely can see your son doing better with the frequency of his tics by reading some of these articles on allergy, food diet, vitamin and other supplements. Most importantly trying to find a good alternative practitioner is key. We were not able to find one where we live, but nevertheless the advices in this forum have helped improved our son's life tremendously. It gave us(family) back a sense of normalcy. One of the key ingredient combatting his tics were magneisum ,zinc,and enzyme. He probably will always have a little flare up here and there or who knows he will outgrow it. Your posting sounded very similar to my posts dated 2004 and since then it seems like a long time ago, so hang in there. daniel

Kim, Does TS-PLUS helps with glutathione? Is your younge child taking it? I remember there is something in TS-PLUS helps with glutathione. Thanks Daniel

Kim, That is a great idea to email Bonnie. I started one dosage of eye q. Supposedly it calms adhd kids, however I notice my child was happier than usual and more hyper. I think his tics increased slightly. I immediately switched back to flax seed. Last couple of days he has been battling multiple nightmares per night usually around 4:58 am..on the dot.. he wakes up..for last 3 night..WEIRD.. take care

Giselle, I think it would be too late to order enzyme for your trip. For more than a year, everywhere we go we carry it. It helps but it can not be guarded against potassium in water or bannana. Sigh..tics are part of life..as long as the child is not hurt physically or mentally.. It is life. We try our best as parents to make them healthier that is all. It is hard to avoid living life, even it means flying... Anyway going to London in this time of crisis is terrible with all the hassels at the airport. Good luck.. I am sure as your child gets older his immune system will mature and probably able to tolerate more..

Kim, I am sorry to here the oldest son is flaring up. I just want to point out everytime he flares up is when he is getting a virus of some sort. Most of time I recall was strep related. I am sure when his body heals so will his tics disappear. I am glad you youngest are doing so well. My child is on enzyme without skipping a meal(AP PEP/ZYMEPRIME) for 1 year and 4 months. During that time he had 3 flare ups. All from SUGAR and excitement which leads to nightmare. He also has slight social anxiety. I put him back on FLAXSEED oil adult dosage. Today I would say it has finally beginning to wane. Total flare up time was about 2 and 3/4 weeks. My EYE Q fish oil finally came from Uk. I will start him on it. I hear so much good things on ADD and Anxiety issues being addressed by fish oil. I am aware some kids tic lot more. I will observe carefully. He was on fish oil then fish oil got spoiled too fast. We stopped giving him any omega 3/6.. My fault..then this flare up..I realized he had no omega/3/6 for a long time. Claire I am glad you checked up on us periodically...wow 27 months and going.. Game boys and TV can take up my son time almost the whole day.. I feel like I need to control that but i am working and wife lets it be.. Although I don't see it as a trigger thank God....slight trigger maybe..not as big as SUGAR.. We were about to take him off enzymes or at least reduced dosage then the flare up fro SUGAR..birthday parties.. I rambled... I hope with all the TSA research we will get a better understanding why kids tics.. Tourette S is a horrible name to label our kids.. More like our kids are enviromentally posioned..and I guess their genes are more susceptible to these posions. Good Wishes to all

Marie, Happy BirthDay to your son.. I wish him the best of health..for years to come.. deep in our hearts he will be fine.. Our kids at least have a head start in eating better and take in better nutritient.. yes once in a while we have to indulge. My 6 years old anxiety has died down almost and his tics..well if you are not the parents.. they are hard to pick up..they are far and between now..whew.. Have anyone here tried enzymes.. I think our kids have 2 main tic producer, food and stress.. I feel enzymes call help with food and good old parenting can help our kids with stress.. I am thinking sending my kid to a group session for anxious kids at my local pschologist office.. anything that helps can go a long way.. ad_ccl I am sorry to hear about the pink eye..but I hear he is also much better.. thanks it is 3:40 am in morning need sleep.. watched HBO on demand on tourette kids and can not fall asleep.. the show does not do justice to the true story..!!

Cheri, Thanks for the reply. No, he did not eat candies. But what is interesting is that tics sometimes are always thought of being caused by food allergies but a lot of time it is also stress/anxiety.. finding the trigger helps.. It was not food in this case. To the parents out there..don't give up..once the trigger is found..the tics should go away in no time.. thanks

Hello everybody, just want to update everybody on my child's progress. I have changed to mag taurate from mag citrate. I did not see any improvement. I have then switched back. I still don't see any improvement. I up the dosage a little more. Well, we also know he is suffering from high anxiety. We figure we try to solve his anxiety first and hope the rest will follow. It turns out since after his flu, he went trick or treating and he saw a vampire(a person dressed up as one :-) ) He since then developed a huge anxiety during night time, panic attack..etc.. 5 days after halloween his tics were full flare, so that is nov 5 2005. We were thinking a pschologist for his nightmares.. Wife against it, since it seems a big deal(well to me it was a big deal) I decided to talked to him on his fear. I told him to keep a journal of his nightmares. I also for last 2 nights walk through with him our entire house closet by close to show him nothing was hiding. I also put objects like his Elmo or some objects he trusts inside those closets.. His tics are currently unnoticeable by others.. of course we still notice them slightly..but they are not hurting him anymore. wow, this is completely different when he had potatoe. That lasted 7 days and tics dimished but this lasted a good month. So lesson learned in finding our triggers good luck

Marie, I could not agree more on excercise.. he is not the sportsy type of person and gets ache easily.. yesterday it was the first day..u can see few tics in morning..gradually more in nite. before that it was just ticss...s hope it will diminish over.. carnosine what is that..? Thanks too to AD_CL..

His 2 dreams are..and he is 6 years old.. a stranger pointing a gun to his head.. he kicked a bad and inside the bag is his sister.. 2 nites already..before he sleeps he shakes..panic attack.. wakes up with a nitemare shaking ..eventhough I am sleeping with him.. his tics are not improving.. I am giving him mag taurate instead of mag citrate..no diff.. until he gets over this nitemare..his tics will not diminish..I have seen this in him. it is frustrating..very frustrating.. he has no illness at this point.. some might say yeast overgrowth..who knows.. can be some tv he watched.. who knows.. sad to hear his dreams.. but today he was in a show in front of his parent..and did marvelously no tics..

Ad_cl, kids calm(mag citrate/calcium) 300 mg already..since tics got severe last couple of weeks.. Enzymes from houstonni, peptizyde and HNZymeprime with any thing he eats culturelle once a nite.. fish oil one a day multi lots of fruits.. he got sick..but it was like ticcing once or twice a day.. then nitemare..at 6 am..for last 5 days.. that disrupted his sleep cycle..lower seratonin..(just guessing).. then bam..tics..tics.. so last nite he told us about the nite mare..I immediately this mornign at 5:45..nudge him a little not to awake him..then slept with him til 8AM!!!..he never sleeps passed 7 am..but 8am.. tics once or twice in morning..but I am sure he is ticcing now..with my wife at work..missed school.. I was wishing he would stopped ticcing today :-) wishful thinking..

Hi all, my son was stopped ticcing for 4 months..then all of sudden he had the flu.. 3 days to get over..went back to school.. got the fever again..then after..his tics.. Ah!!! his neck is hurting so much from turning...tics!! don't know what to do.. it is the dam flu virus.. he did not even eat candies..I traded every canides each for 25 cents..he is a good boy.. I am so sad..and scared...

Carolyn, thanks for the inspiration.. keep us posted. thanks again

Please add to this list of food we buy in supermarket that has sucralose. For those who is trying to avoid toxin I think sucralose is one of them. 1)Arnold's Carb Counting Multi Grain bread has sucralose.

kim, Dr Houston said 3 chewables equals 1 capsule. not 2 chewables equals 1 ccapsule daniel

Chemar, started enzyme because we know that he is sensitive to gluten and caesin..per test 1 1/2 years ago.. always wanted to do GCGF diet but very difficult. I have brought Karen Defelice's book and read up a lot on enzyme and feel that the side affect is very short term usually 3 weeks and beneficial is trememdous.. especially for kids sensitive to food..or having problem of breaking down proteins and carbs.

update on enzyme My child has been on zymprime for last 6 days now. Just gave peptizyde on july 27 , 2 days ago. on july 27 his tics were noticeably better. then yesterday his tics were back again. I took one peptizyde myself yesterday. I got gas the whole nite and a slight migrane. However when I took zymeprime I get none of these reaction but felt very hungry and salivating at nite. Peptizyde is very strong I still feel it to this morning. I am cutting down on peptizyde from 2 a day given at lunch and at dinner(bigger meal) I have cut down from 2 bonnies to 1 bonnie supplement. I just want to get a handle on enzyme first and see the reactions and instead of complicating it with bonnie. still taking fish oil and culturelle Dr Houston does talk about peptide withdrawl..I wonder what that is. this morning I think he was crankier than usual too daniel