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Old 08-20-2009, 12:27 PM
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Hi and welcome

my son is now almost 20yo with TS and doing great. We have had him on a supplement/diet program with acupuncture etc for 8 yrs now and it made a very positive impact. We tried meds for a year with disastrous results!
Cleaning out all junk/artificial stuff from his diet and adding supplements he needed, especially magnesium has really helped. We have recently started using the Natural Calm ionic magnesium and find it the very best for fast acting calming of tics.(I get ours at lowest cost from iherb.com) Epsom Salts (magnesium sulfate) baths also work wonderfully at night and promote calming of the tics and good sleep

altho we have never used Bonnie Grimaldi's BonTech products, I did base my son's regimin on her research, and I know many who do use her products with success. I should caution tho that a minority seem to react to the product with more tics, possibly indicating an intolerance of some ingredient(s)

also, be cautious on the fishoil for TS as some people, including my son, get more tics from it, even tho they can eat fish without problem. For those with fishoil sensitivity, flaxseed oil works best

however, the overwhelming response that I have heard to Bonnie's products is very positive

some parents I know have also reported good results with a natural remedy called Tic Tamer, from Native remedies, but again I have no personal experience with this http://www.nativeremedies.com/produc...movements.html

you may also want to consider an excellent book by Sheila Rogers on natural ways to treat TS. It has helped many many people!
http://www.latitudes.org/book.html

as well as her informal research free article on triggers for tics
http://www.latitudes.org/articles/finding_triggers.htm

I have a sticky thread here on what treatments helped my son
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread1145.html

hope that gives some pointers
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