WORDS TO LIVE BY

[mmazz]

Hi All:

 

Well we had a MAJOR set back this month and it includes vocal tics. Since vocal tics are new to us, I seemed overwhelmed, and full of stress. Being on vacation, which included an airplane trip, hocket games and junk food galoure, this chirping/squeel thing started to occur with high frequency. Noticable to everyone. THe poor thing got stares and being little could of cared less. In his words "noone cares Mom about the noise I make". With that said we enjoyed our time and there was only one person on the plane that was turning around and cutting looks, but my older son was bothering her more by popping his gum. THe more she looked at my little one, the more he popped his gum. It was actually funny to annoy a person like that.

But anyway I will clean his diet again, and hope that this tic will go the way of the others. I am hoping school goes well today and pray that his words are words to live by that noone really cares about the noise...

 

Since I have not done testing and read so much about PANDAS, I thing I will start testing this month. At least blood work to test for strep and the IGG. Any other suggestions?

 

 

 

Be Well:

 

Marie

[Chemar]

Hi Marie

sorry to hear of the set back .

 

Even tho my son has been in what we would call very very mild TS/OCD for a number of years now, yet, if he binges on junkfood (at sleepovers) or is exposed to any of the his other known triggers, we almost instantly see tic or OCD waxing...granted, never as intense as before, but still enough to be noticeable

 

hope all stabilises quickly.

 

(((HUGS)))

[kim]

Marie,

 

Tell your gum popping son I said "way to go!" Love that.

 

We have had one period of vocal tics that was loud and so upsetting, but it was like most other tics, and lasted a couple of weeks or a little longer, and never returned. I think I was way more upset about it than my son too, so try to stay positive.

 

If your going to have a blood draw done, you might want to get zinc/copper. That seems to be a biggy, and pretty easy to get Reg. Dr. to order, if that's who your using.

 

Kim

[mmazz]

Thanks for the words of encouragement. We are hopeful that this too shall pass. Until then we hug him more and more.

 

Be Well:

 

Marie

[Andy]

We had one set back after another until we went to chelation treatments.

It might not be the issue for your child but for anyone lurking it may be for yours.