This might be helpful for some families - Getting diagnosed

[Lorie]

First I'd like to thank everyone who has helped me understand tics. The knowledge I have gained about nutrition, enviornment and health has been and will continue to guide me as I mother. We would not be doing our jobs if we didn't look at all possible casues for our childrens behavior. As some of you know last month our doctor lead us down this path ( tics and ADHD). Each day his symptoms got worse but always focused on the eyes. He seemed aggitated and wiggly all the time. Even though the doc said these were tics and I was researching this area in depth I still wanted Baker to see an eye doctor. He had never had an eye exam so I thought it couldn't hurt and maybe they could also provide some insight as to why his symptoms were worse while watching TV. I was able to get an appointment at Children's hospital in Seattle on Tuesday. They did a very in depth exam and listened to all of our family history. Within seconds of looking at Bakers eye the doctor said "it's a miracle this kid is not pulling his eyes out" he has very severe allergy symptoms on the inside of both eyelids. She said most of his symptoms "could be" from the eye irritation and b/c he's 5 some of this pulling behavior could be habit. So, long story short she gave us some eye drops and three days later Baker is 90% better.

 

He may still have an eye tic but we really won't know until the eye drops take full effect and we calm down his allergies. Still moving forward with allergy testing and a NP doc. But I just wanted to say you can't take everything your family doc says at face value. To all of the families who are looking for answers I wish you the best of luck finding the "needle in a haystack". I will report back and let you know how the drops worked and if any eye tics continue.

[mommyof2]

That is wonderful you were able to find out the root of the problem. It is amazing how determined a mom is to help their child. So glad you continued with your gut and went further. Good luck and hope this is the end for Baker!!!

 

Mary

[guy123]

I have a blinking tic and was first sent to an eye doctor who determined that I had acne rosacea (possible spelled wrong) in my eyes. She said that's what was causing my eye blinking (tic). She gave me two medications (eye drops, forgot what they were called, they were designed to clear it up) which I used for a year to no avail (may have cleared up the rosacea, who knows).

 

10 years later I went BACK to an eye doctor to rule out eye conditions again, including blepharospasm, and then my neurologist confirmed it was a tic.

 

Just a similar experience.