sharonkevin

Hi- I know you are worried about your son. My daughter developed a tic early on (around that age) and was mostly head nodding (so bad some times that her neck hurt). We took her to many doctors and nothing seemed to help. I noticed her tics were worse when she was overly tired or stressed. She's 16 now and very rarely do I see any tics. It's hard to watch, but hang in there.

Thanks for the insights. I have read your posts as well as others and it seems like you have to see what works for each child individually. I haven't tried the epsom salt baths but will give it a shot. He's still ticcing alot and now has some itchy rash on his trunk and arm. Guess I need to back off on new things we're trying and see what is causing the newest reactions. He was on NAC and perhaps I should start that back up again. I just want to help him but am afraid of harming him and making things worse.

Hi- I have two out of our four children diagnosed with TS. My son (10 ) also deals with anxiety, OCD, anger, tics (mostly motor some verbal but those seem to have gone for now). My daughter (almost 9) only has motor tics that we can tell. Between the two of them we've been to pediatrician, neurologist, psychiatrist, environmental doc, and now a lady who does biofeedback. According to the biofeedback, both kids are high in metals and viruses. My son in particular is low in serotonin, which makes sense with his OCD, sleep and mood problems. We're getting conflicting recommendations on supplements and would like some input. This is what my son is currently taking: B complex (2 x a day), probiotic, zinc, chelated Magnesium (800 mg), Taurine (1000 mg). He was taking NAC but we have stopped simply because I didn't order more and now the biofeedback lady said not to take. We've recently started Metal Free to detox the metals, I've started adding liquid minerals to water (only about 2 tsp a day), and started using Flax oil in their diet. Of course I've cleaned up the diet (no artificial colors, preservatives, organic where we can, no dairy for my daughter,etc). We'll try a footbath next week to help with the metals. My doubts are coming in on the 5-HTP that was recommended for my son by the lady doing biofeedback. I ended up getting L-Tryptophan (500 mg) and he has taken only for one or two days only. He seemed to be ticking more than ever for 2 days afterward but I don't know if the L-Tryptophan is the cause or something else. I've read a bunch on this forum tonight cautioning about the use of it. Any feedback on what we are doing and about the L-Tryptophan for the serotonin levels would be great. Thanks.