L-carnitine for ticcing?

[mom2ck]

Ok, My son has seen so many dr's and a DAN dr. who wanted to start him on 5 different supplements. We agreed to start him on 2 of them, IP-6 and some time of magnesium. Both have been good for his anxiety/anger issues and defacating.

I also wanted to start him on l-carnitine as I was told it would help with his ticcing too. Does anyone have any experience with this or know what the dosage would be for an 8 year old who weighs 85 lbs.

At this time I am not taking him back to the DAN dr. It is too costly and I still don't have answers I was looking for. He has been seeing a chiro for allergies and thinking about the possibility of seeing an allergist to do testing as the blood allergy test didn't give us many answers either.

Thanks

Christy

[faith]

christy,

who said the carnitine helps with ticcing, the doctor, or from here?

[Chemar]

Hi

my son (now 20yo) was 12yo and adult weight when he took l carnitine for vocal tics. He had 500mg/daily

 

as far as I know it is not a supp for long term use. Rather to be used more "as needed"

 

my son used it successfully back then, but recently when he tried it again, he didnt like how it made him feel

 

If you do introduce it it would be best to start low and see if your child responds well or not

 

usually under 12yo over 6yo get 1/2 the adult dose on supps

[mom2ck]

I don't remember exactly what supplements the dr. recommended but was thinking it was a b vitamin, taurine, l-carnitine and the 2 I already mentioned. However, I can't verify this as they still haven't sent me copies of the dr's notes. I requested copies again and want to review them before deciding on anything. She wants another $400+ test ran which really aggravates me as it seems like it is a money game to me. I already owe almost $1000 of which I am trying to pay.

 

IDK, maybe I need to find another DAN dr. Don't want to keep skipping around. Like all of you, I want to figure out his triggers and give him the supplements he needs.