My son was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome when he was just 5 years old. For 6-7 years we struggled with different pharmaceuticals that either kept him up for days or sleeping for days and did nothing for the tics he had. He suffers from motor and vocal tics. Most days he barely made it through school, holding his tics in so kids wouldn’t make fun of him, and when he came home he would feel comfortable enough to let his tics out and while I know he can’t help it and I never would say stop, my house sounded like a circus at the end of every day.
He suffers from many co morbid conditions, severe anxiety, OCD, social phobia. He is also a truly intelligent child, knowing how to program, fix computers and he has a memory that is only second to a written list.
At the end of 6th grade his Tourette’s got so bad he managed to curve his spine and gave himself a severe case of whiplash, enough to be taken out of school for five weeks! This was enough! He was almost 12. Something had to change, drugs didn’t do anything but make things worse. See the rest of this incredible story »







