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Old 04-17-2009, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaspar View Post

But almost always, the fish oil is helpful
just a word of caution that where Omega 3 EFAs seem to always be very beneficial, for people with TS, fish oil often seems to cause a waxing of tics!
we have numerous anecdotal reports on this at Latitudes and my TS son is one of those. He can eat all kinds of fish with no problem but fishoil supplements cause a rapid intensification of his tics

For these patients flaxseed oil derived EFAs seem to be a better option
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