Re:HELP with vocal and motor tics (sorry for long post)

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Hi Dayna,

My 11 year old son has motor tics, also. (I believe his are due to

chronic strep, aka PANDAS.) I give him Olive Leaf Extract (OLE)

capsules; started low and have increased doses until he is taking 3

grams at breakfast and lunch, and 1.5 grams with dinner. Tics are

controlled if he takes all the doses (sigh) but not eliminated so far.

They disappeared completely -- but temporarily -- when he was on

amoxicillin 2 years ago. I am trying to go the more natural (OLE)

route this time.

HTH,

Posted by: " Dayna " Dgrundland@... dgrundland

Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:05 pm (PST)

My seven year old son just got back from a visit with his dad. His dad

took him swimming in the hotels indoor pool every day he was in town

(three days) and did not take my advice about soaking in epsom salt.

Needless to say, my son has developed a motor tic where he stretches

his neck up as thought he is looking in the sky and then he stretches

it down and tucks his chin into his chest. It has gotten increasingly

worse. It has been five days since he was exposed to the chlorine. I

am assuming this tic is due to the chlorine b/c the my son developed

the same exact tic when he visited his dad in Florida and was swimming

every day this past summer. I have increased Mg and added Taurine to

his supplements and have been soaking him every night in two cups of

epsom salt but things are not getting better. About twelve days ago

our DAN prescribed LDN, Ultrase digestive enzymes and 25 mg of dye

free Benadryl I started with the 3 mg dose of LDN instead of working

up to it. I do not think the LDN is causing the tics but the Benadryl,

LDN and enzymes are the only other changes.

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions for me? My son is verbal

and I asked him why he is doing it and he says that he has " to see if

everything is clean " I have no idea what this means but he it is

obvious that he does not want to talk about it.

Thanks In Advance,

Dayna