Son with tics | ADHD Information

Hi 2 u all, a big thank u forst off for responding...yes, this is difficult watching your kids go though this. My DS has not been diagnosed with anything, our GP said tics r common and he should outgrow them and if he wasnt experiencing pain or numbness or doing it in his sleep there are just that...tics. We will get to see a dr though a neurologist to rule out the seizures. yikes that is scary...i will also hav to speak with my mum to see if tics ran in our family.

cfa3 - thanks i wll have to see what magnsium is out there, we live in hong kong, so i havnt heard of the ones u mention. anything to try and help him, bless.

I have my own issues to deal with too like lip biting and twirling hair which i hear are tic relation, whoo ooooo...
My DD has ADD and has had blinking tic for the past 4 wks. Do you all find
it hard to keep from asking them "How was school today?" and dreading a
response that might mean they were made fun of?     We are awaiting an
appt w/ neurologist to try to figure this thing out. In the meantime, I watch
her blink so much it hurts my own eyes.
I feel SO helpless with this tic issue. It is new to us and I keep waking up
each day, reminding myself of this new thing we're dealing with and hoping
this is the day it will vanish.

Hi there, just wondering, is he diagnosed with adhd and has tics in addition? but no meds?

Is there tourettes in the family history?

mine? if youre talking to me, mine is Dx with ADHD, PDD NOS, OCD and Tourettes. he is on NO meds. there is supposedly Tourettes or at least tics on bio fathers side but im not positive, this is word of mouth info, if you werent talking to me, sorry! :)

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Hi there, just wondering, is he diagnosed with adhd and has tics in addition? but no meds?

Is there tourettes in the family history?

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sorry, I was asking shaz18, however, you sure are a busy momma cfa3!! How are the kids to him in school?

It is just such a struggle with what our children have, that the life in school adds to their stress. It really breaks my heart.

My son is on concerta, had the throat clearning tic for a while, but we ignored it long enough that it has stopped now that I think about it.

I don't mean to be personal, I am just sooooo sensitive to our children and it breaks my heart!

I think it is unfair that our children suffer in social circles and some are bullied and have no friends, that is just plain wrong!!

I am no expert by any means, but do know that tics can sometimes be related to seizure activity...so too can processing/focus issues.  If he were my son, I'd get him evaluated by a neurologist, at bare minimum, to rule out seizure activity.  If there is some there, meds may be prescribed to control it, and you may be lucky enough to find that managing them, might also resolve some other issues as well.

I'm sure that you've googled, but here's some godd general info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic

Glad to have found this board.....

Well I am starting to realise my DS who is now 8 has tics....I am trying to think back to when they started...they were not that obvious and started as a vocal tic..he had a squeuk...they went away and came back in the form of a motor tic...they come and go..he has them quite bad at the moment...driving me mad. I am trying to let them be but it has come to a point where its becoming too repetitive. I am worrying about how others who notice them may treat him,  mainly at school.

His tics are: blowing, smelling objects, the main one is facial where he stretches his neck and jerks his mouth...hard to explain..sometimes he moves his head .

I know school life makes it worse but he has been off this week sick and not st school but his tics have been quite bad at home.

I dont want meds for him..are there any suppliments that could help? i hear magnesium may help...thanks  

shaz18 -

my son has had tics since about 5-6 years old. my sons also started as vocals and i had no idea they were tics. when the tics became physical and lasted more than a year he was diagnosed with Tourettes, which led me on a whole OTHER journey and search. he is now 9. During last Feb when he was 8 i was soooo desperate as his tics were unbearable for all of us and i searched and searched for info. i found one great forums call Latitutes forum, i dont have the link on this comp, i can post it later or google latitutes ACN forums and then go to the tics section. You may or not be interested, but it is all about all nature and alternative therapies and vitamins and ideas for tics. alot of it i found useful or at least interesting. it will also lead you to some doctors that specialize in tics and some books.

anyhow, last Feb i read more and more about magnesium. i decided to try a strict magnesium regimen with my son as nothing else had helped moch (i had cleaned up his diet, removed wheat and allergens, colors, artificials which i am in support of tics or not, limited yeasts, tried some vitamins etc). he seemed a little better but still had tics of all kinds, like the ones  you describe, jerking, breating, hooting, spinning and on and on. I bought a HIGH QUALITY (that is KEY KEy KEY) of the most absorbable (another KEY) types of magnesium supplement and began giving 250 mg in the morning BEFORE any food or drink. i also gave 200mg at night. i did this religiously and perhaps it was a coincidence and his brain just went through some changes, or someting else kicked in biologically, I DONT KNOW but his tics ceased. he has had about 4 tics TOTOAL VERY mild in a year since last Feb. I STILL have  him on the magnesium as i dont know and am not sure how to know if that did the trick or not, as i fear any day the tics could re appear and are probably likely to, if he really has tourette's. but for now, the most i have seen in a year is some spinning lately (also having a BAD time at school high stress) and a few blinks. thats it. im not holding my breath but this break from those awful tics has been great.

if youd like to talk i have read a lot on this topic, feel free to message me, we can email or converse somehow. if you are going to try the mag, i think its important to follow the guidelines of a high quality one with NO junk or added vitamins in it (i used Floradix pure straught magnesium liquid, also Kids Calm is good but it has calcium too, i didnt start with that one though i use it now) and do it in the morning before food and some at night. good luck, the tic thing was HARD for me to deal with too.

 

http://www.latitudes.org/forums/index.php?s=d389eb445e589de4 6ad48fdbb3eb439d&showforum=1

 

this is it, if youre not into meds you may love this site, and as the other poster stated do make sure its not siezures.  with my son it was so often that it didnt seem like seizrues but we did an EEG anyway, came out negative.