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How is your son doing?

@nicklemama How is your son doing? We are still struggling after 4 years with our psychiatrist. Everyone we talk to says he is the best in Atlanta. He now thinks my son is bipolar. We are still on a host of meds ( trileptal, abilify, amantadine, saphris, gabapentin ) and his tics are awful right now. They come and go and doctors say it's not anything like tardive dyskinesia. It is really hard to watch him blink, shake his head, pull up his shoulders ... and all the other tics that come and go. I am just really worried about my 9 year old boy. He is struggling so much. We ran this methylation pathway analysis recently: http://www.holisticheal.com/health-tests/nutrigenomic-testing which is from this site: http://www.dramyyasko.com/our-unique-approach/ It is just a very complex regimen to follow. Perhaps what I really need is an Integrative MD. Everything is just so crazy expensive ... I feel a bit lost at the moment.

My Son, now 7 has a long history detailed in this thread: "Tourettes + Bipolar diagnosis for 6 year old". In the last year we've been trying meds and are currently on a regimen of zyprexa, abilify and tenex. We are still having behavior issues and aggression and I feel that we need help trying to rule out some underlying issue. Does anyone have a suggestion for an Integrative MD / LLMD in or near Atlanta? Thank You Mark

His recent blood tests show all vitamin levels to be "normal". How did you determine that you needed b12? We plan to try gluten free. We are going to try herbs now that he's going off Intuniv. My brother is a physical therapist and has studied Chinese medicine/herbs. I also bought a fitbit and I plan to track his sleep as related to meds and supplements. BTW he's bouncing off the walls again .... not sure how to stop this in the interim. What do the abbreviations DS4 and DD8 mean?

We are in the process of getting a second opinion. Our Dr recommended adding Intuniv back since we've had 2 months of *constant* irritability. We started at night for 2 weeks of 1mg with no change. Dr decided that adding 1 mg in morning as well would help. He's now had trouble sleeping again and his behavior at school has been some of the worst all year. Previously we tracked that the intuniv ( without abilify ) helped him. We are unsure if it's the intuniv + abilify ( 5 mg 2x day ) being too high is the culprit here. My son is VERY sensitive to meds. I saw Kelly Dorfman speak recently via a group in Atlanta called Healthy Foundations: https://www.facebook.com/healthyfoundations Kelly wrote "What's eating your child, The hidden connection between food and childhood ailments", $10 e book: http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Eating-Your-Child-ebook/dp/B0051NHJEG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1354367135&sr=1-1&keywords=what%27s+eating+your+child