I am not an expert on tics by any means. My DS developed wierd tics last year (nothing "huge", just odd facial movements that he noticed more than we did). He had been on ADHD meds for years and I thought maybe that was causing them. We took him off of meds for other reasons during summer vacation. The "tics" went away. Last fall he developed mild ones again and then he got a very noticable one - he wasn't on ADHD meds so we ruled that out but he was experiencing a lot of bullying/stress so we thought that might be it. During Thanksgiving break they stopped and came back when school started. We determined that his tics (including the ones the previous year) were probably the result of anxiety. He never had a problem with tics until he started this new school and endured a lot of bullying. So anxiety can cause them I think.
I also have heard of individuals developing them as a result of food allergies and sensitivities. I know of one child that developed them when he started taking Omega's (I think they discovered the capsules had soy in them and he is sensitive to soy).
Of course they could also be caused by something within his body being off so talking to the doctor might be a good idea.
Personally I would check for food sensitivites before going to the dr (assuming the tics aren't really bad and interfering with your son's life, if you know what I mean). Sometimes dr's prescribe meds for stuff without looking for easy underlying causes (I am not anti med by the way, I just think that sometimes dr's want to fix the problem without finding the cause.)
Good luck!
[QUOTE=Greyhoundmom03]I am not an expert on tics by any means. My DS developed wierd tics last year (nothing "huge", just odd facial movements that he noticed more than we did). He had been on ADHD meds for years and I thought maybe that was causing them. We took him off of meds for other reasons during summer vacation. The "tics" went away. Last fall he developed mild ones again and then he got a very noticable one - he wasn't on ADHD meds so we ruled that out but he was experiencing a lot of bullying/stress so we thought that might be it. During Thanksgiving break they stopped and came back when school started. We determined that his tics (including the ones the previous year) were probably the result of anxiety. He never had a problem with tics until he started this new school and endured a lot of bullying. So anxiety can cause them I think.
I also have heard of individuals developing them as a result of food allergies and sensitivities. I know of one child that developed them when he started taking Omega's (I think they discovered the capsules had soy in them and he is sensitive to soy).
Of course they could also be caused by something within his body being off so talking to the doctor might be a good idea.
Personally I would check for food sensitivites before going to the dr (assuming the tics aren't really bad and interfering with your son's life, if you know what I mean). Sometimes dr's prescribe meds for stuff without looking for easy underlying causes (I am not anti med by the way, I just think that sometimes dr's want to fix the problem without finding the cause.)
Good luck!
Hi and thanks.
Soirry your son has had to endure bullying...why do kids behave like that...yes, I do think my son gets stressed at school but its more of a toughness of work than bullying...he is mixed, english and chinese and doesnt seem to be coping to well in the more trad type chinese schools in fact we r on a waiting list for an international school now and i hope with a change of environment he;ll be more relaxed... his tic is mild not too bad these days i have notiecd. he was on anti-biotics the other week and i noticed a huge in. in the severity of them.
All i can try now is to elimonate those nasties in the food and see how it goes anf we have just today started him on a natural mulit-vit. do not want him going om meds, im on meds myself for anxiety and i just cant imagine my ds taking any form o f med for this.
how is your ds doing these days?