MelindaR930

I have an appointment on Monday with his doctor. And I found a doctor in a larger town 1 hr South of us that specializes in Pediatric behavioral disorders and development so plan to ask her for a referral to her.

Also forgot, because I never have really thought of it as a problem, but we call him our little noise maker. It doesn't seem to be a constant, but perhaps more when he is sleepy or hyper. He will make the same noise over and over with his tongue and make the sound with it, kind of like whirl whirl whirl. Not really sure how to explain it. It isn't the same noise every time either. I appreciate all of the responses. His doctor is out of the office until Monday (the one we just saw about the TIC and I didn't even think to mention anything else going on). I am considering just contacting another doctor in the same practice to see if we can go ahead and get the tests done tomorrow.

So from reading the list Harm to self or Others- * Inability to separate from a parent or authority figure. (Explained in my first post, sometimes I feel like I can't walk he is holding so tight to me) Doubting- * asking permission? DS constantly will ask if he can go to the bathroom even at home. (Didn't ask at all yesterday when he had the 3 accidents, no accidents so far today but he does have accidents multiple times a week during the day, have always thought maybe he was having too much fun and didn't want to stop, but 3 times in one afternoon?!?) Symmetry Urges- * If he wants a pb&j there can't be too much pb or jelly, he won't eat it otherwise. But he refuses to make it himself, he will tear the bread with the butter knife, so instead he throws a fit.

So from reading the list Harm to self or Others- * Inability to separate from a parent or authority figure. (Explained in my first post, sometimes I feel like I can't walk he is holding so tight to me) Doubting- * asking permission? DS constantly will ask if he can go to the bathroom even at home. (Didn't ask at all yesterday when he had the 3 accidents, no accidents so far today but he does have accidents multiple times a week during the day, have always thought maybe he was having too much fun and didn't want to stop, but 3 times in one afternoon?!?) Symmetry Urges- * If he wants a pb&j there can't be too much pb or jelly, he won't eat it otherwise. But he refuses to make it himself, he will tear the bread with the butter knife, so instead he throws a fit.

In your experience, if I go in to the doctor and start asking for all of these tests, aren't they going to look at me like I'm nuts? Don't get me wrong, I don't mind looking like I'm nuts, lol, but if they refuse?

Also the strep culture, this is just the throat swab that they do, but tell them I don't want a rapid test? And the other 2 tests, are those blood draws or what?

I am in North Central Montana. Willing to drive where ever in Montana because specialists are hard to find here.

I originally posted on the Tourette's/TICS forum so I am just transferring the info I posted over there because Chemare suggested I should. Around the end of May my son, now 6, started having a tic. Rapid blinking. It is at times obvious that it is brought on by stress or him being nervous, sometimes it would just happen. I also notice watching TV it tends to increase the occurrence. He had this rapid blinking for about a month when he was 3 1/2 but it went away. Since that time, one of my daughters friends asked him 'Why do you blink constantly??' and I immediately noticed a change in the tic. Instead of rapid blinking he now kind of stretches his face into an oval, making an O with his mouth and looks upward with his eyes. I think this helps him to not blink constantly. He still doesn't blink "normally". He now does "the face" often throughout the day, every day. We took him to see a D.O. yesterday and she wants to put him on Clonidine 0.1mg. We just aren't comfortable putting him on meds unless there is no other option. He starts Kindergarten this year and we really don't want him made fun of, you know how cruel kids can be. One thing I should note if he received his first MMR on 3/17/10. I am not sure if that would have brought this on with that much of a delay between the two. So I am at a total loss at where to start testing, the natural way. My heart breaks for him when we are out around other kids and he starts doing it. I believe he is fairly aware of when it starts happening. He told his Daddy when it first started happening, 'I blink too much' and that it bothered him. I realize his tic is mild but have been wondering about other things he does and whether it is all connected. He also has begun wetting his pants during the day, 3 times just yesterday. He is biting his sister. He refuses to get himself anything to eat and insists that he can't do it and that we have to do it. He throws a huge tantrum if we don't. If we go somewhere in public, he is glued to me, almost to the point that I can't walk, because he is afraid I am going to leave him. I am wondering if this could all be connected somehow? Why does he seem to be regressing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I realize his tic is mild but have been wondering about other things he does and whether it is all connected. He also has begun wetting his pants during the day, 3 times just yesterday. He is biting his sister. He refuses to get himself anything to eat and insists that he can't do it and that we have to do it. He throws a huge tantrum if we don't. If we go somewhere in public, he is glued to me, almost to the point that I can't walk, because he is afraid I am going to leave him. I am wondering if this could all be connected somehow? Why does he seem to be regressing? I am going to finish reading your replies now but wanted to get this out there. Thanks!

Thanks for the info. I have been reading through the forum quite a bit and will continue to. Is there a thread somewhere on what I should do to 'clean up his diet'? He will be starting school this September and they will want him to have 1 more MMR vax before starting, I really don't want to give it to him. He got Chicken Pox naturally. The doctor also said to try and minimize his stress, just wondering how to go about doing that. He gets nervous around new people, when he thinks I am going to leave him, when we get upset with him for misbehaving, etc and that is especially when the tic starts happening.

Around the end of May my son, now 6, started having a tic. Rapid blinking. It is at times obvious that it is brought on by stress or him being nervous, sometimes it would just happen. I also notice watching TV it tends to increase the occurrence. He had this rapid blinking for about a month when he was 3 1/2 but it went away. Since that time, one of my daughters friends asked him 'Why do you blink constantly??' and I immediately noticed a change in the tic. Instead of rapid blinking he now kind of stretches his face into an oval, making an O with his mouth and looks upward with his eyes. I think this helps him to not blink constantly. He still doesn't blink "normally". We took him to see a D.O. yesterday and she wants to put him on Clonidine 0.1mg. We just aren't comfortable putting him on meds unless there is no other option. He starts Kindergarten this year and we really don't want him made fun of, you know how cruel kids can be. One thing I should note if he received his first MMR on 3/17/10. I am not sure if that would have brought this on with that much of a delay between the two. So I am at a total loss at where to start testing, the natural way. My heart breaks for him when we are out around other kids and he starts doing it. I believe he is fairly aware of when it starts happening. He told his Daddy when it first started happening, 'I blink too much' and that it bothered him. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Melinda in Montana