Messages By: cynlou

My son was @ 5 yrs. old when I started noticing his tics.  I did as much researching as I could the problem was there just was not much ( 6yrs. ago) out there.  As time went by I did take him to a neurologist in Dallas TX who felt tha he did have TS.  The doc gave us Clonodine ( a blood pressure med.) that helped a little.  While taking this he was always tired no smiles , no silly comments so he (my son ) and I chose to take him off the med.  He is a class clown,  has the best batting average in the whole county in which we live.  Grades are A/B and I want complain about that.  However , he jerks: arms , neck, head,legs, feet and a few vocal.  No stress good or bad can be placed on him if at all possible.    To this day nothing I have tried has helped other than the horrible meds,  except one thing -- taking away ALL video games.  Play Station wil trigger his jerking quicker than anything.  Computers ( especially games ) will also ,one problem, it is mandatory that he take computer in Texas school systems and every where else probably.   I hope that maybe the video game may be someone elses relief ( it has helped but not to a calm).