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My son is almost 9. His vocal ticks just recently started. His ticks are best described by thinking about that song "Who let the dogs out?...(insert his tic here). Plus he has some body jerking with it now. We let him go to regular service with us every other Sunday. I would like to encourage you to embrace the tics as normal. I know that sounds weird, but I have found that when I treat my son like any other kid I help give him more personal confidence. It also opens up a chance to tell people about Tourettes and educate them. To many people think it is what the media puts in movies that everyone makes fun of. I usually mention it to a few people who are sitting around and then just go about my normal stuff. Kids really pick up on how we feel about things. So if you act embarrssed then he will to. He is not purposely trying to annoy anyone. Just be encouraged you are not alone and remind him that EVERYONE has something that might be embarassing.

Hi Newbie, I'm new here too, but one thing that comes to mind besides the chemicals in the humidifier is the possibility of mold in your home from having a humidifier running all the time. Mold is a pretty common tic trigger from what I've read. We actually have a de-humidifier running a lot of the time and it pulls about 2 liters of water out of our air every day. Since we started using it, there's no more mold growing in the corners of our windows. It's something to think about. Susie Thanks Susie, I don't have any visible mold but this is a very good point I can bring to my husband.

Hi I am new here. My son is almost 8. We have known he has TS for a few years now. All of a sudden 2 weeks ago his tics exploded! He also was diagnosed with a sinus infection. He is a step carrier also. (Ya know no symptoms but he always has it in him) The reg. doc thought the tics would go down after the infection was treated with antibiotics. Instead it has increased. Vocal noise tics with only a few seconds of pause. I saw a few post about chlorine and other chemicals. I was wondering if anyone has seen or heard anything about humidifier cleaner chemicals? My husband fills and runs the thing constantly. I'm just looking at eveything right now.