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Nervous Tics

emilykristene2006emilykristene2006 member
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Has anyone dealt with nervous tics in their child? We've ruled out allergies so far. They are wanting DD to see a neurologist and/or a psychiatrist.

I was just curious if anyone knew of home remedies for nervous tics. TIA!

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Re: Nervous Tics

  • gibsgibs

    how could there possibly be an actual "home remedy" for a "nervous tic"? 

    ETA:  To elaborate, it's not that someone is "anxious" but rather a disorder of the central nervous system.  There is no cure.  They just suck.

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  • KoriBrettKoriBrett

    Ditto gibs. 

    If it's an actual nervous tic, then the only thing you can do is reduce the stress that's causing it, and/or introduce new ways to let the tension out.  But there'd still be a tic of sorts.  DH has Tourette's, you really can't just stop a tic.  Well, you can, but.. it's like holding in a sneeze.  If it's neurological the person can usually contain it, but they build and build.  Once they let loose, they can tic frantically for a couple of hours until it's out of their system.

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  • emilykristene2006emilykristene2006 member

    The reason I asked is because I read where the neurological system needs magnesium. If the system is low, magnesium *could* help tics. It was a shot, but after I got off the phone with the doctor, I thought of you Kori. I reached for my phone thinking I had your number.

    DH and I talked tonight. I am going to set up a consult with her pedi. We don't think we want her being poked and prodded. We are thinking of waiting it out to see if she outgrows all of this crap. My only concern is when the kids at school actually start to notice. I do not want them making fun of her.

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  • debs1018debs1018 member

    Just my two cents, but if my child was having tics, I would be contacting a neurologist. I understand not wanting her to be poked, but dont you want to know what is going on? At least call a neurologist and have a consult with them, not the pedi.

    My friends son is 16, he has tics. They diagnosed him with Tourettes, but his tics seem to come and go with stress. He gets stressed and he starts "ticking". Also if he is getting sick with strep, he starts "ticking". He apparently gets strep a lot for some reason, and he always ends up with tics. I wish you the best of luck.

    Julian David 8/7/06 and Isabella Mia 5/14/09
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  • emilykristene2006emilykristene2006 member

    debs- I understand what you are saying. Trust me, my first reaction was to get her into a neurologist and psychiatrist right away. I am very much a reactor.

    After talking to my husband, we just don't know if it's the road we want to take with her. These possible tics she is having are basically her doing baseball signals. She runs her whole hand over her nose, with her right finger flicks her right cheek, left finger- flicks her left cheek, down to each shoulder. We really don't think they are too severe to do anything about it right now.

    Her night terrors started back in April (on her birthday) and these baseball signals started soon after. Possibly a sign from a medication they decided to put her on for enlarged adenoids. She's always seemed to have an itch, but it's usually when she is concentrating really hard on something or when she is anticipating something really exciting. But the actual pattern with the itching started in April.

    Now she has moved onto picking and biting her nails when she is excited or nervous along with the baseball signals.

    I'm not going to medicate her. It would be totally different if it were more severe. Tourette's with violent spams, KWIM?

    Making the consult with the pedi is just to put my mind at ease. To make sure that it is okay to wait it out since tics can resolve themselves.I could come out of the appointment completely changing my mind, though. 

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  • KoriBrettKoriBrett

    EK from what you just described, she does need a neurologist to eval her hon.  Really.  You don't have to put her on meds or do anything drastic, but she should be checked out by someone who actually knows about this sort of thing. 

    A pede will not know and will likely just refer you anyway.  Please.  You're being silly.  We are all and were all made fun of and picked on for something.  You're never going to avoid that entirely.  DH decided to embrace it - he makes fun of himself.  Because hell, a grown man ticking and making pteradactyl noises is damn funny!

    To the PP who's son has Tourette's - page me if you ever want to talk about it!  ;-)

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