Breathing tics

[Rmy953]

Hi. I am new to this board. My niece who is 7 years old has TS. She has vocal and motor tics. Mostly they do not affect her day to day life. She is a gymnast and is still able to enjoy that. Her newest tic is breathing. It's like she breathes out. Sometimes she says she feels she can't get enough air? Anyone experience this type of tic and any suggestions? She has been seen by a pediatric neurologist.

Thank you!

[911RN]

My DS13 had a breating tic for many years. When he was about 7-9 years old.He has since outgrown it or stopped doing it-- not sure what the proper term is here for that or there even is one. It affected his speech such that he was very breathy trying to speak. He attempted to speak on an inhale and would run out of air and his speech died out. Very difficult to understand. The speech therapist said she had never seen anything like it- trying to speak on an inhale--try it!! It's hard. The speech therapist used a voice recorder like they use on crime shows that give a visual of his speech patterns and breathing exercises and it seemed to work.

 

Not sure if this would work for your niece since you haven't stated that her speech is effected but that's what worked for us.

[Cj60]

My son had a breathing tic when his tics were at their highest point, just as we started getting help from an environmental practice that helped us with some food eliminations and a rotation diet, along with a couple of other things. And on other ocassions, even when the tic wasn't noticeable to me, he mentioned having the feeling of not getting enough air, which I considered to be the same issue as the noticeable tic.

 

It was probably the first tic to go away once we adjusted his diet. Perhaps the regular supplement of magnesium (Natural Calm and epsom salt baths) helped, too.

 

 

Chris

Edited April 15, 2014 by cj60

[Pilbara]

The breathing tic is not an unusual one, we have also gone through it. It's only lasted a couple of weeks each time. There is no logic to the tics, some last longer than others, thankfully it was short for us as it did affect my sons speech.