Big sucess with L Carnitine and Vitamin C and a question about STUCKNE

[Christina2023]

Hi guys, thank you so much for sharing and giving me hope for your experiences.  I am wondering if anyone can help me for my 2 questions please 🙏 

1. Acetyl-L Carnitine OR L carnitine 

(My son's dr. was tellingme that Acetyl-L can enter the brain but L carnitine can not)

 

2. Are you guys saying that carnitine (whichever format you said works) is helping tics but bring more stuckness?

 

Thanks a million!!

[Chemar]

Hi @Christina2023

Others may have different experience but

for my son only the L-Carnitine worked to help his loud vocal tic. This was recommended by his Integrative physician. He recommended short term use, 500mg L-carnitine daily. However my son had a very negative reaction to acetyl-L- Carnitine when we tried it some years later, and so we went back to the L and again it worked quickly and well.

Also my son never had any problem with an increase in OCD symptoms (what you refer to as stuckness) using L-Carnitine. If anything, his OCD diminished as the stress of the vocal yelling tic was removed!

Some people with Tourette Syndrome, including my son, have a form of what is called Tourettic OCD, where obsessive-compulsive symptoms tend to morph with tics and so a tic can become obsessive or compulsive and also an OCD issue can become a tic. We always found that as there was relief for one, so the other waned as well.