What worked for tics?

[Anonymous]

How old? is he on stimulants by any chance?

[Anonymous]

I teased my younger brother about his Tics and he learned to stop after several months, no therapy required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old? is he on stimulants by any chance?

op - 10 and yes.

[Anonymous]

I drastically reduced screens. For the first few months there were no screens at all and now for special occasions. The tics went away. Sometimes if she stares at screens for long enough the tics come back.

[Anonymous]

The guidance is so clear to ignore. But, for my kid, we talked about them. I was pretty sure based on when they would arise/peak that they were related to anxiety and I at least wanted him to name and feel those feelings. For us, identifying the tic was a way to release emotion and discussing the emotion helped (this was about 7.5-9 years).

[Anonymous]

Our DC had celiac. Took us years to diagnose. It impacts kids in a lot of unusual ways, a number of which look similar to anxiety.

[Anonymous]

I completely forgot DS had this when he was younger. He grew out of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Magnesium Glycinate dramatically reduced my daughter’s tics.

Can you post a link to the supplement you used?

[Anonymous]

https://www.amazon.com/BeLive-Magnesium-Gummies-200mg-

Amazon has: BeLive Magnesium glycinate gummies

[Anonymous]

We have dealt with transient tics for several years (10 year old child). I did a lot of research online and this is what has worked for us.

No high fructose corn syrup
No artificial flavors
No artificial dyes

Any slip ups with this, no matter how small, and facial tics will start (usually blinking harder/faster)and it takes about 3 days to clear out of the system. Check every label carefully!

Child takes the following daily (also approved by the pediatrician):
-Four Smarty Pants multi-vitamins (number based on age)
-One B-6, B-12, Folic Acid tablet (KAL brand)
-Two Natural Vitality Calm magnesium citrate gummies (orange flavored)-can take up to four if tics are noticed, but regularly just do two
-Two gummies with L-Theanine (right now takes two Olly Chillax or two Nature’s Way Cool, Calm, Collected gummies or one of each)

For us, the KAL B6, B12 vitamin seems to be the most important not to skip. Kid loves the taste of them, so enjoys taking all these without complaint. 99-100% tic-free with this vitamin regimen and obviously not ingesting high fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors or dyes. I sometimes limit excess sugar if I notice an issue as well, so something else to try that seems to be a possible trigger for some kids. Hope this helps your child!

[Anonymous]

magnesium - Epsom salt baths

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have dealt with transient tics for several years (10 year old child). I did a lot of research online and this is what has worked for us.

No high fructose corn syrup
No artificial flavors
No artificial dyes

Any slip ups with this, no matter how small, and facial tics will start (usually blinking harder/faster)and it takes about 3 days to clear out of the system. Check every label carefully!

Child takes the following daily (also approved by the pediatrician):
-Four Smarty Pants multi-vitamins (number based on age)
-One B-6, B-12, Folic Acid tablet (KAL brand)
-Two Natural Vitality Calm magnesium citrate gummies (orange flavored)-can take up to four if tics are noticed, but regularly just do two
-Two gummies with L-Theanine (right now takes two Olly Chillax or two Nature’s Way Cool, Calm, Collected gummies or one of each)

For us, the KAL B6, B12 vitamin seems to be the most important not to skip. Kid loves the taste of them, so enjoys taking all these without complaint. 99-100% tic-free with this vitamin regimen and obviously not ingesting high fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors or dyes. I sometimes limit excess sugar if I notice an issue as well, so something else to try that seems to be a possible trigger for some kids. Hope this helps your child!

thank you!!!