New to this and feeling overwhelmed

[whill2001]

Good afternoon-

 

I'm so glad that I have found this website and forum. My DD (age 9) has had eye blinking tics off and on for 1 1/2 years. It has really only been eye blinking and squeezing her eyes shut. I have started to look into this and feel very overwhelmed by all the information. I had them do allergy tests (pricks on the back) but nothing came up. I've tried eye drops, allegra and magnesium rub and nothing seems to help. There will be a few months that she doesn't have any and then all of a sudden, they are back. I can't seem to correlate them with any stress, tiredness, etc.

 

One interesting thing - she had an ear infection (her first ever) a few months ago and the dr put her on antibiotics. The ENTIRE time she was on antibiotics, she had no tics. When the 10 days were up, they came back.

 

I have heard Natural Calm may be helpful as well as some food changes. I just feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start.

 

We have just moved and she started a new school, so she is embarrassed by her eye blinking and the kids are starting to ask why she is doing it.

 

Would love any/all feedback you have. Are there a few things that I should start out with?

 

Thanks in advance-

 

[Chemar]

Hello

 

If the tics improved while on antibiotics I would really suggest you look into the possibility of infection being the cause of them. Perhaps take a look at our PANS forum as there is discussion there on many types of infections that can result in tics.

http://latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=17

 

Moving, new school etc also has many variables that could be triggers for these tics. Take a look at our helpful threads for more info http://latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2459

 

Sheila's book is also a valuable resource, whatever the root cause of the tics may be http://latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1314