Vocals

[mylittleangel]

Hi all,

My sons vocals have gotten really bad over the past few weeks (he has even started a really high pitched loud noise). The only thing I can think of that has changed for him is that he has been eating a ton of cherries and I started him on flax seed oil. Is it possible that cherries and/or flax seed oil could cause an increase in tics?

 

I want to give him L-Carnitine. He only weighs 37lbs (he's a little guy). Any idea how much to start him on?

 

I really can't take much more of this. It's a good thing that he's on summer break right now because he would be very distracting in a classroom.

 

I am supposed to go and see Dr. Sims in 2 weeks. 2 weeks seems like an eternity right now.

[CSP]

My son's vocals went from a loud yelping to a scream after trying L-Carnitine. Try to hold out for the 2 weeks, I would want the doc. to see my son when he was at his peak.

 

CP

[Chemar]

my son had a screeching tic that was stopped almost immediately when he started taking L-carnitine

 

he was 12yo and weighed over 100 lbs and took 500mg a day

[faith]

mylittleangel,

I understand how you feel. If you say he has had "a ton" of cherries, I would go with that and eliminate them for now and see what happens after a week. I know that cherries are probably high in salicylates and I do not let my son have them or strawberries or blueberries. In the past, I have seen that time after time, they seem to aggravate my son's system and set off tics (with these, mostly the eye type). Whatever the cause, I do believe that certain foods (or rather the offending ingredient it containts) does have the ability to aggravate one's system and cause symptoms to flair. (p.s. just curious if he is having alot of ice-cream now that summer is here?)

 

Faith