Tourette Syndrome: Stop Your Tics by Learning What Triggers Them Kindle Edition

This is the first book I have read in my quest to find help for my daughter’s tics. It is very well-written, is comprehensive regarding the subject of triggers, and it leaves me inspired to move forward. The excerpts of other families’ struggles helped me to have a better understanding of what is involved. The resources in the book and on the website latitudes.org will prove useful. I will next read Natural Treatments for Tic Disorders by the same author.I have an older son that began showing a bizarre personality change around the age of 7. Under the care of a psychiatrist we tried a couple of the big meds, with terrible side effects. (This was back in the late 90’s...before I was more informed on such matters.) I told the doctor that my mother’s intuition told me we were “barking up the wrong tree”. She said if I wanted to seek a more natural approach, would I please go to a certain local Naturopathic doctor that she knew very well. When we arrived for our first appt, the doctors and nurses assured me they have seen such personality changes before and said they were going to do some blood tests, but in the mean time remove all dairy and gluten from his diet. The difference was undeniable and equally astounding! The tests they performed showed a high sensitivity to gluten. In the months to follow, it was like a light switch, on and off. When he exhibited the behavior, we would typically find he had had some pretzels or cookies at school. Years later he remains gluten free with no return of the symptoms. Sadly the mentioned practice has since closed.I relate that story to demonstrate the effect of gluten, in this case, on his overall system, including his personality, hoping it will inspire others to look for those triggers that are effecting their child with tics.Best wishes to all

My son had tics and Sheila Rogers DeMare's book, Natural Treatments for Tics & Tourettes and her website ACN Lattitudes helped me tremendously in figuring out what I could do to help him. All the doctors said to just wait and see b/c it was too soon to diagnose him with anything. As a parent, when I see my son suffering, waiting and doing nothing is not an ideal solution for me, so I took note of the advice from Sheila Rogers DeMare's book and website resource and made some changes. My son's tics are essentially gone...he has minor ones every now and then, but nothing like the head and eye tics I was seeing a few years ago that made it hard for him on a daily bases. I have not read this new book yet, but I am buying it in support of Sheila Rogers DeMare and the cause. I think it is an important one, one that has directly impacted my family. I am so grateful for her work. Thank you, truly.

I spent my life dealing with chronic tic syndrome, and I grew up watching my brother deal with full blown Tourette. I learned of the author twenty-three years ago when my son showed signs of Tourette syndrome. Back then, the Association of Comprehensive Neurotherapy (ACN), was a life saver. However, that was a time when the Internet was in infancy and the only method for obtaining information was through the monthly newsletter. These days, the ACN website is a wealth of information as is this book.The book goes into enough detail to educate while serving as a comprehensive guide that is easy to follow with lots of charts and reference materials. I was reminded of being a child and hearing my mother crying in the bathroom when the author told her story and said, "If a mother's tears could have cured him, I would not be writing this book." I only wish the author wrote this book twenty-three years ago.

Informative!

This book helped me feel like I can make a difference in reducing my sons tics, instead of trying to simply ignore them which is advice I usually get. We already eat very healthy but it will be interesting to see which foods trigger him that I did not consider. I appreciate this book very much!

As a parent, I find it can be overwhelming to look for symptom triggers. There are ideas in this book that I never would have thought of. I found it reader friendly and very encouraging. Some of the logs and charts look like they were tailor-made for our situation.

Came in great shape since it was a brand new book.

I learned lots of knowledge of Tourette's from ACN website and the first book "Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourette's". Then, I know to find out the tic triggers and avoid them is very helpful to stop the tics. Tics are really not simply wax and wane, that's because something suddenly happened to wax the tics and then gone to wane them. The concept is very important and can guide me where might be the suspect triggers I can detect. After identifying which triggers turned on my child's tics, I removed them and then her tics were turned off gradually.I bought this book "Tourette Syndrome: Stop Your Tics by Learning What Triggers Them" to upgrade my knowledge and to share the concept with friends. This concept help my family a lot and I think it also could help other families. It should not be only in English, I hope it can be multi-languages to help all the Tourette's all over the world.

Only a handful of pages have anything worth while. 99% of it is about how there are no direct studies and parent stories, not how to help your child. When it does get to that part, it’s pages and pages of potential triggers. This lists are too long, it’s more frustrating as there is no way to actually focus on where and how to start. No better off looking for triggers than before. Don’t waste your money

If you know anyone with Tourettes, this should be your bible. The wisdom, experience and sheer altruism of the author Sheila Rogers is immeasurable. Truly a must read which will allow you to find a solution to a condition which doctors say is not curable. It will also empower you to not accept doctor's orders without questioning. Conventional medicine is taught in a way which does not understand the causes of this condition and therefore is unable to find solutions. We did and cannot be grateful enough to Sheila. A wonderful person who has helped so many. This should be mandatory reading for doctors and medical practitioners. Thank you.

Fantastic read and informative book .Highly recommended!!