Crystal

Rue, Holly and Beth,
My son has the tics associated with TS. He has eye blinking and it's
remained the same since he was younger. He does not have the vocals, so I
can't really call it Tourette's. A doctor noticed it when he was about 3
and sent us to a behavior therapist, but luckily after our initial meeting
she was going on a three month vacation and told us to book an appointment
when she got back. We never did. She had planned on all kinds of testing
and then who knows what after that. He was on Neurontin for an unrelated
matter and his tics completely disappeared. He didn't need the medication
for the other matter anymore, so he went off it and the tics returned. I
wish he would stay on the Neurontin, but he is 14 and he doesn't want to
take any medications for it. I had transient tics when I was a kid, but
they're all gone now. Sean's haven't changed at all but they have gotten
more pronounced.

My kids could have so many labels, I couldn't stand it. Erica, sensory
issues and Aspbergers. Sean, sensory issues (to the other extreme),
Tourette's tics, physically handicapped--he walks with a limp and a crutch,
asthma (which he hasn't had an attack since he became handicapped and
inactive). Huge scare and deformed leg where they did surgery. The poor
kid even wears glasses! The lists can go on and on if I let it.

Crystal

Holly Furgason

--- In [email protected], "Crystal"
<crystal.pina@v...> wrote:
He does not have the vocals, so I
> can't really call it Tourette's.

When doing a history for Abba after her onset of PANDAS, we realized
that what we thought was an allergic post nasal drip throat clearing
was her vocal tic. We had even gone to the dr. for allergies to
clear it up and nothing worked. :-)

Now it seems to be *singing* at inappropriate times! I can live with
that.

> My kids could have so many labels, I couldn't stand it.

Thank goodness for homeschooling! Our kids just don't have to deal
with any that.

Holly