Virastop and Tourettes Syndrome

April 25, 2008

My DS has Tourettes Syndrome complicated by some ADHD and OCD, plus

some mood problems (but he is also starting adolescence, so who knows

what is driving this.) He is intolerant of many many

supplements--they either increase ticcing (HNI did this) or make him

aggressive and weepy. He has done very well on Enzymedica Digest Gold

plus Glutenease at meals. I am also in the yeast fight, more on that

in a minute

I started him on OLE, it was another supplement that he couldnt'

tolerate but in the time he was on it, he developed cold sores and a

wart, both of which we had not seen. The cold sores were gone within

a week, the wart remains. Vitamin C was also not tolerated

This made me think that he might have viral issues, so I decided to

try 's Virastop protocol. We are up to 6 Virastop and 4

Candidase, divided into 2 doses, per day. It took us about a week and

a half to get here. He has been a bit happier, less likely to fall

into rages, a bit more able to concentrate. However, his ticcing and

OCDish behavior has increased substantially and increases more as I

increase the dose. So one issue I have is whether the ticcing will go

away after I stop the enzymes or whether it will fail to reverse.

The second issue is whether or not both ticcing and OCD are yeast

related. This came to a head yesterday when he had a really bad rage

attack. I had been trying to alternate GSE (6 drops twice a day) and

Biocidin (5 drops twice a day). This was on the Biocidin side, and it

sort of appears that either the Biocidin is not sufficiently effective

or is not tolerated.

This is discouraging because so far, of all the yeast fighters,

Biocidin was the only one other than GSE that he could deal with over

time. Biotin, garlic, pau d'arco were all busts. So I gave him GSE

last night and this morning all was happy again.

The advice I'm looking for is should I keep increasing the dose

despite the ticcing, and is it OK to just give him GSE for the entire

Virastop experiment. Any help is greatly appreciated. Wish there

were better street maps in this country of the spectrum!

Lynn

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