lukes_mom

If you rule out everything else, and he does indeed have OCD and bi-polar, take him to a Brain Balance Center. You're not out of options yet. I understand you're feeling overwhelmed, but never give up. The Brain Balance Center are another possibility and if he does have an imbalance in the brain, this program works!!!

Have you considered the possibiity of PANDAS? I don't know, but it sounds entirely possible with the lapse in symptoms and the fact that he gets worse after being sick. There is a PANDAS section on the ACN forum.

Tics can be related to autoimmune. It's called PANDAS (Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with strep). There is a PANDAS section here if you suspect. Tics are absolutely affected, for some, by food. If you have found triggers and eliminated them, hooray!! This is not easy to do. I don't know if it would still be considered TS? Food sensitivities can cause all kinds of horrible reactions in the body, from arthritis pain to tics. I wish I had answers for you, it's so overwhelming. I'm still trying to figure out what to do to. What have you found with food?

Hello. We had a hair analysis done for our son as well. He came back high in whole bunch of metals. Our nuntitionist put him on vitamin E, selenium, and a supplement called Porphyra-Zyme by Biotics Research. All are natural chealators and work slowly. We had him on these for 4 months. We need to have the hair analysis done again to see where he is, but I highly trust out nutritionist. I suggest finding an MD gone alternative or a nutritionist that you trust. What are your son's symptoms?

Are there any tell-tale signs that I should look for or is yeast something that should be tested anyway? Also, my son had an ASO titer of 400. I've been e-mailing back and forth with Beth Maloney (Saving Sammy) and she says, based upon this, now I know what I'm dealing with. But my son has had several bouts of strep throat. I'm just not sure that this titer is enough to base a PANDAS diagnosis on. What do you think or what is your experience? Yeast definitely causes ADHD behavior. My son also gets overly silly, talks CONSTANTLY, and has difficulty staying on task, when he has yeast. You can test for yeast with both urine and stool tests. A mainstream doc won't do this, but a Naturopath or DAN doctor will. Treating the yeast can make a HUGE difference!! Paula

Thanks for your response. My son is GF/DF, which hasn't made a huge difference as far as behavior or tics. We found the dairy and peanut by IGg testing and the gluten by IGa stool analysis. We just did some IGe and a SIP (silent inflammitory panel), which we haven't gotten the results from yet. The alternative dr. ordered these. I feel desperate to figure it out and feel like I'm going in so many directions I'm having trouble keeping it straight. I had checked this book out once from our library but didn't read the whole book. I will check it out again. I've read all the Jenny McCarthy books, Saving Sammy, several nutritional healing type books, and I'm just dizzy! Our ped. just referred us to a ped. psychiatrist who has treated kids with PANDAS. So we'll see how that goes. Do you know how they test a child for yeast? What issues are you dealing with for your child?

I'm new here, so please bare with me. My son has been struggling with tics and ADHD for 3 years. After years of supplements, Brain Balance program, doctor after doctor, homeopath dr., etc, I still feel like we're where we started. We're just at the beginning stages of considering PANDAS. How would I know if yeast were playing a part in all of this? Thank you

Hello, Unfortunately, I'm at the beginning of this process so I can't help with your question. I just wanted to suggest that if your child isn't on a probiotic, that would be a good idea. It'll help with the yeast issue. Good luck!