Comments on: Nervous Tics in a Nine Year Old Boy http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/ parenting tips, tricks and commentary Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:03:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jackie http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25852 Jackie Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:23:20 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25852 My son has ADD. When he was 3, he blinked his eye alot. I thought his eyes were tired. It stopped after a week. It started this year that he was daignosed with ADD. He stop taking the meds, cause he had lost 3 lbs for less than a month. I noticed for the last 3 months his he kept opening his mouth in a wierd way. He is about to start school soon and I am afraid that this won't go away. My son has ADD. When he was 3, he blinked his eye alot. I thought his eyes were tired. It stopped after a week. It started this year that he was daignosed with ADD. He stop taking the meds, cause he had lost 3 lbs for less than a month. I noticed for the last 3 months his he kept opening his mouth in a wierd way. He is about to start school soon and I am afraid that this won’t go away.

]]> By: Bonnie C. http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25836 Bonnie C. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:18:43 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25836 At about age 12 my son developed tics including involuntary head twitching and blinking. After combing the Internet, I came upon something mentioning tuna and mercury with regard to the muscle twitching thing. My son (at that time) ate tons of tuna. At least a can a day, but often much more. We completely cut out the tuna and the symptoms got better and then eventually disappeared. According to the EPA and the FDA kids should only be eating tuna once ever few weeks: http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/tuna.asp I am not saying this will cure all children of tics, but hey, it certainly can't hurt to stop poisoning kids with mercury! At about age 12 my son developed tics including involuntary head twitching and blinking. After combing the Internet, I came upon something mentioning tuna and mercury with regard to the muscle twitching thing. My son (at that time) ate tons of tuna. At least a can a day, but often much more. We completely cut out the tuna and the symptoms got better and then eventually disappeared. According to the EPA and the FDA kids should only be eating tuna once ever few weeks: http://www.nrdc.org/health/eff.....y/tuna.asp
I am not saying this will cure all children of tics, but hey, it certainly can’t hurt to stop poisoning kids with mercury!

]]> By: trish http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25826 trish Tue, 12 May 2009 20:05:21 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25826 thanku 4 that.. my son has now stoped the throat clearing, it lasted bout 4weeks.. he woke up 1 morning and the grunting had gone.. its been weeks now.. i hope it wont cum bk.. good luk with ur wee girl.. trish x thanku 4 that.. my son has now stoped the throat clearing, it lasted bout 4weeks.. he woke up 1 morning and the grunting had gone.. its been weeks now.. i hope it wont cum bk.. good luk with ur wee girl.. trish x

]]> By: carole http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25817 carole Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:29:05 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25817 Please do get this checked out. My 6 year old daughter has been having tics since she was 3. Our family doctor said it was stress and to deal with it. I have found a wonderful pediatric neuro in California. He is absolutley wonderful. He performed a high tech eeg on Katie. There is only one other doctor in the united states that performs such a test. He found that her brain is short circuiting and and that is what is causing her tics. We just returned home today from our trip and I look forward to trying the medication he has prescribed. If any of you have any questions in regard to this, please do email me and I will try to help. Carole Please do get this checked out. My 6 year old daughter has been having tics since she was 3. Our family doctor said it was stress and to deal with it.

I have found a wonderful pediatric neuro in California. He is absolutley wonderful. He performed a high tech eeg on Katie. There is only one other doctor in the united states that performs such a test. He found that her brain is short circuiting and and that is what is causing her tics. We just returned home today from our trip and I look forward to trying the medication he has prescribed.

If any of you have any questions in regard to this, please do email me and I will try to help.

Carole

]]> By: trish http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25816 trish Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:09:02 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25816 my 6yr old son has just started grunting,throat clearing, i asked him wots rong with his throat n he replied it was dry, this has been goin on now for 3wks now.. is this vocal tics? xx my 6yr old son has just started grunting,throat clearing, i asked him wots rong with his throat n he replied it was dry, this has been goin on now for 3wks now.. is this vocal tics? xx

]]> By: kimberly gross http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25815 kimberly gross Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:26:32 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25815 Hi everyone! My son is 13 years old and has had these ticks since he was about 5 years old. We took him to our doctor who in turn says that boys have ticks more so than girls. He goes from one extreme to another. First it will be blinking, then he will make noises, now he is doing these flip thing with his middle fingers and people are starting to notice it more. He went over to a friends house recently and the mother called me and told me that dan had given her the finger!! I then got very defensive and had to tell her about his ticks. It was very emotional for my son and me also because you don't like to see your child made fun of. I was thinking about getting a second opinion from another doctor. What do all of you think? Hi everyone! My son is 13 years old and has had these ticks since he was about 5 years old. We took him to our doctor who in turn says that boys have ticks more so than girls. He goes from one extreme to another. First it will be blinking, then he will make noises, now he is doing these flip thing with his middle fingers and people are starting to notice it more. He went over to a friends house recently and the mother called me and told me that dan had given her the finger!! I then got very defensive and had to tell her about his ticks. It was very emotional for my son and me also because you don’t like to see your child made fun of. I was thinking about getting a second opinion from another doctor. What do all of you think?

]]> By: Michelle http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25603 Michelle Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:17:11 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25603 thanks all for your comments I will try that website that you have mentioned nancy and will let you kno regards thanks all for your comments I will try that website that you have mentioned nancy and will let you kno regards

]]> By: Nancy Matera http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25602 Nancy Matera Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:37:14 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25602 sorry...I should have mentioned to google 'Pediatric Autoimmune Nuerological Dysfunction Associated with Strep' (If you google pandas you might get the black and white bear!!) sorry…I should have mentioned to google ‘Pediatric Autoimmune Nuerological Dysfunction Associated with Strep’ (If you google pandas you might get the black and white bear!!)

]]> By: Nancy Matera http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25601 Nancy Matera Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:29:05 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25601 Yes! Yes! Yes! I've had so far eight years of going through this with my two sons. My now 12 year old is almost completely gone with them and my nine year old, as I sit here and type, is behind me banging his fist into the couch as he watches tv. He has had the 'blinkies', the throat clearing, the sniffles, the banging of the elbows, fists, feet, the grunts.....etc. I took him to a nueroligist and had all the tests done, mmr, cat skans, everthing just to make sure nothing was seriously wrong with his brain. After no concrete answers from any doctors I started seriously investigating this on my own. Five years later I've realized two things. This is becomming more and more common. A lot is blamed on vaccinations we give our children. The answer though, in my opinion is something called P.A.N.D.A.S. Try googling that. Please write me if you want further info., and please, please, please, don't put him on any medication. Kids are so over medicated these days. I've used lots of things the homeopathy way and they've seemed to help a bunch. Please write. It weighs so heavy on a parents mind. Nancy Yes! Yes! Yes! I’ve had so far eight years of going through this with my two sons. My now 12 year old is almost completely gone with them and my nine year old, as I sit here and type, is behind me banging his fist into the couch as he watches tv. He has had the ‘blinkies’, the throat clearing, the sniffles, the banging of the elbows, fists, feet, the grunts…..etc. I took him to a nueroligist and had all the tests done, mmr, cat skans, everthing just to make sure nothing was seriously wrong with his brain. After no concrete answers from any doctors I started seriously investigating this on my own. Five years later I’ve realized two things. This is becomming more and more common. A lot is blamed on vaccinations we give our children. The answer though, in my opinion is something called P.A.N.D.A.S. Try googling that. Please write me if you want further info., and please, please, please, don’t put him on any medication. Kids are so over medicated these days. I’ve used lots of things the homeopathy way and they’ve seemed to help a bunch. Please write. It weighs so heavy on a parents mind. Nancy

]]> By: Patti http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-25597 Patti Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:54:50 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2007/06/15/nervous-tics-in-a-nine-year-old-boy/#comment-25597 Michelle, I wrote a while back about my daughter and her eye... before the eye, your message has reminded me, she was a serious sniffer. Now, post-snif, post-blink, 10 years old, she has a severely chapped chin because she licks it incessantly. Before ALL of this, she sucked her thumb until about 7 years old. I think what I am seeing in her is simply a tendency to have a "tic" as a "crutch"- especially when insecure, but she IS growing in her ability to stop. (She is working hard at keeping cream on that chin). She is a brilliant, sociable child in every other way and I am no longer disturbed as I know each tic will end! If your child is otherwise happy, and you are told by a doctor not to worry...DON'T worry. Michelle,
I wrote a while back about my daughter and her eye… before the eye, your message has reminded me, she was a serious sniffer. Now, post-snif, post-blink, 10 years old, she has a severely chapped chin because she licks it incessantly. Before ALL of this, she sucked her thumb until about 7 years old. I think what I am seeing in her is simply a tendency to have a “tic” as a “crutch”- especially when insecure, but she IS growing in her ability to stop. (She is working hard at keeping cream on that chin). She is a brilliant, sociable child in every other way and I am no longer disturbed as I know each tic will end! If your child is otherwise happy, and you are told by a doctor not to worry…DON’T worry.

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