acne medication causing tics

[Familyof5]

my dd13 has severe acne. in the spring we gave her a teaspoon of flax seed oil, sometimes 2 a day and it made the boils on her back and chest go away. it seemed to be starting to work on her face. then summer came and her acne on her face worsened. i wonder if it was from the pool. despite the acne on her face, the boils on her back and chest did not come back. by the end of the summer i relented and brought her to a dermatologist who prescribed doxycycline hyclate (antibiotic) and a cream called "epiduo". the dermatologist mentioned that the cream contains retin a. dd13 has been on meds for 5 days and today came home from school with an uncontrollable tic happenening constantly....she is tongue thrusting every few seconds. does anyone have advice or experience on which of these two medications may be causing the tic? im guessing the retin a cream as it seems so many kids here find relief from their tics with doxy. any advice is really appreciated.

[Fixit]

Retin A is a derivative of Vitamin A. I am not sure that A or too much a is good for tics.

 

Also, i'm not sure of your whole story but since this is the lymes section(i think crossing information is very relavant), if she is on doxy, she may be herxing to some unknown infection. Herx is commanlly talked about in lymes.

 

Finally, being very familiar with PANS, she may have been exposed to some infectious agent at school. Even teachers could be carriers and not know it. There is also the concern of what the school building contains.

 

So many possibilities.

[Iowadawn]

No antipsychotics in use with your child? The mouth movement stuff can come with those. Wanted to make sure, it would need addressed by the psychiatrist. Dawn

[Familyof5]

well, i took dd13 off of the retin a cream, and the tics are now gone as quick as they came on. beware of this medication in children with inflammatory immune response. i

just cant believe how quick and strong the tics came back within just three days of using this topical acne cream.

[philamom]

well, i took dd13 off of the retin a cream, and the tics are now gone as quick as they came on. beware of this medication in children with inflammatory immune response. i

just cant believe how quick and strong the tics came back within just three days of using this topical acne cream.

Glad you figured it out! Thanks for letting us know.