Guest guest Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hi Everyone, My six year old son has developed a vocal stim/tic. It is kind of a cross between throat clearing, a cluck and a nose snort. He is very verbal but has apraxia (speech path says he is 85% intelligible) so it is difficult to understand him. We just finished a round of penicillin a week ago (that is when it started) for strep. The tic comes and goes. His titers are being checked this week to rule out the possibility of PANDAS. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? A knowledgeable friend of mine (has son with ASD) suggested it could be related to seizures because the tic is combined with apraxia, and low muscle tone ( he has very weak upper body strength). I am hoping there is a simpler explanation. Could it be an allergy? My same friend suggested to try singuliar first and see if the tics subside. Does anyone have experience with Singuliar (good or bad). Any advice would be so appreciated. Thanks In Advance, Dayna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 I don't have any experience with Singulair. My son takes Claritan, BUT, a friend of mine just this week took her 2 year old son off of Singulair because he was having severe nightmares at night, waking up and crying unable to be consoled. When she took him off the Singulair, he stopped the nightmares. She said she read that one of the side affects can be hallucinations???? Perhaps review with the doctor about possible side affects. I am only passing on what a friend of mine said she went through this week with her son, plus he is 2 years old and maybe for 6 year olds it may not have that impact. Good luck, From: Dayna Sable <Dgrundland@...> Subject: [ ] HELP! Vocal stim (tic) Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 2:22 PM Hi Everyone, My six year old son has developed a vocal stim/tic. It is kind of a cross between throat clearing, a cluck and a nose snort. He is very verbal but has apraxia (speech path says he is 85% intelligible) so it is difficult to understand him. We just finished a round of penicillin a week ago (that is when it started) for strep. The tic comes and goes. His titers are being checked this week to rule out the possibility of PANDAS. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? A knowledgeable friend of mine (has son with ASD) suggested it could be related to seizures because the tic is combined with apraxia, and low muscle tone ( he has very weak upper body strength). I am hoping there is a simpler explanation. Could it be an allergy? My same friend suggested to try singuliar first and see if the tics subside. Does anyone have experience with Singuliar (good or bad). Any advice would be so appreciated. Thanks In Advance, Dayna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 My 9 year old son with PPD-NOS, PANDAS and Apraxia also develop a vocal tic after a strep infection. His titer was extremely high. That is when we found out he had PANDAS. He is has been taking penicillin for over a year so he would not have another strep infection. He has a titer every 3 months to see what his levels are at the time. It took over a year for his vocal tic to almost disappear. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 OMG! My dd started doing this like crazy I had no idea it could be related! I am so greatful for all of you! > > My six year old son has developed a vocal stim/tic. It is kind of a > cross between throat > > clearing, a cluck and a nose snort. > > > At my house, usually this meant yeast overgrowth. > > http://www.danasview.net/yeast.htm > > > >>We just finished a round of penicillin a > > week ago (that is when it started) for strep. > > > Definitely increase the yeast protocol. > > [i eliminated strep with OLE.] > > > >>low muscle tone ( he has > > very weak upper body strength). > > > I used carnitine for this. > > Dana > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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