Hi All!

I am the Mom of a 15 yr old daughter, Annie, with Tourette's. We've been dealing with tics for a little over a year now and are learning everything we can. I am glad to have discovered this forum while "researching".

After an unsuccessful trial of clonadine, Annie is now taking topamax. We're not sure if it's helping yet.

Meanwhile we're exploring options for natural treatments with the help of a functional medicine practicioner. Just today we received the results of numerous lab tests for metal toxicitity, nutritional deficiencies, food allergies, and other metabolic factors. Bottom line is that she has very high allergen levels for dairy, wheat/gluten/rye/gliadin, eggs, peanuts, soy and a fructose sensitivity. That's pretty much accounts for the majority of her diet. So major changes to her diet are the next step. The amazing thing is other than the nuerological issues, she has not exhibited any digestive symptons I would have expected.

I'm sure we'll have lots of questions along the wayand hopefully some learnings to share.