Adult with TS - Alternative Treatment

[leahsheart]

I am a 57-year-old with moderate to some severe tics since I was 8 years old. Somehow, I managed to hide from family, friends, and strangers all these decades until I was in my 30's. Since then, I have tried alternative medicine but to no avail. I have tried all or most of the meds that are known to improve tics, but they all stopped working and gave me long-term side effects. Recently, I had to stop my medication for tics because it no longer was working, and my tics are now out of control. My body and mind are exhausted "fighting" these tics. My doctor told me I am out of options.

 

Is there any alternative medicine or healing that people are aware of for TS? I am especially interested in hearing from adults, as I believe TS gets more ingrained in the body as we age, and other health problems can show up with age that complicate matters. I am interested, for example, in hearing about NAC.

 

Thank you.

[Chemar]

Hi Leah

my son is an adult now (24) and still doing well regarding tics. (He does also have Crohn's Disease and that is much harder for him than the TS)

 

If you look in my signature below, you'll see a link to what has helped him. We have used only alternative/natural treatments since he was 11 (tried meds for a year with horrible side effects!)

 

I also have a link to the Helpful Threads in my signature

 

There is a lot of info here on natural treatments as that is the focus of this forum

The book by Sheila Rogers is an excellent reference http://www.latitudes.org/book.html