Been awhile!

[ilovedogs]

Hello everyone! I rarely post here, but started posting here over 4 years ago when my then 9 year old son exploded with tics. He is now 13 1/2 and still tics. I have never medicated him and usually I find that the tics wax and wane and don't seem to give him much discomfort. We are currently on vacation in FL and I noticed that he has developed 2 new facial and neck tics since we got here. I can't figure out what the trigger is, though, and it's driving me crazy, LOL! Usually I can attribute it to something but maybe it's just the vacation stress and excitement. He is here training for a tennis tournament that starts on Sunday so we've been here for 10 days already and he's progressively gotten worse. Nothing in the diet has changed as far as adding or taking away from anything he used to drink/eat. Maybe FL has some allergens that he's not used to?

 

Anyway, just wanted to come on and say hello. MY son was also diagnosed with ADHD and we have seen a few docs who say he has a brain injury from birth and that his learning difficulties and tics may be as a result of his birth. Honestly, who really knows, right? Over these past 5 years since it all started I have come to realize that no matter how bad it seems, the tics do change as they continue to wax and wane. I get great comfort in just knowing that it's not forever. Once we get back from our travels(we are going to Dallas after we're done here for tennis again) I plan on working with some more diet restrictions, some allergy blood food testing, and working with some essential oils and supplements again to see if we can get the ADHD and tics under better control. As I said, the tics aren't 'awful', they're just tics but at 13 my son is not as open to diet restrictions as he used to be, LOL. He just says, "Aww, come on mom, just let me have the Powerade. Who cares if it has red dye." UGH!!! Yep, this is what happens and then you bend to them and see new tics and wonder why. DUH.

 

I hope that some of the new folks on here will gain some hope that all will be well. Our journey isn't over, obviously, but I always feel more confident in dealing with his tics and issues as time moves on. It's never as bad as may think.

[starlygirl]

Thanks for the post. From someone who is very new to dealing with all this (and hasn't handled it too well thus far), I really appreciate hearing your perspective.