After any advice or experience -
So... I'll try and start at the beginning for anyone kind enough to read to the end!
My beautiful 7 year old started with an "eye roll" tic a little over a year ago! It happened after she purposely rolled her eyes at me and I was a little shocked and pulled her up on it, asking her not to do it again - well, they were then constant! She apoeared seemingly unaware they were happening. A few months later, a little "squeak" appeared! It wasn't all the time and just happened to be around when we were reading a story or she was watching TV. Fast forward a few weeks and they disappeared for a good 6 months!!
In January of this year, the eye rolls started again - this was accompanied by a little throat clearing and the occasional squeak! I presumed they'd just disappear again like they did before!
She then had a near chocking experience and 6 weeks later, started refusing all food (this was after initially being fine with food). It was a battle to get her eat again. She lived on soup and yoghurt - but bless her heart, gradually started introducing food again and a few weeks later, after a family trip to Turkey, she returned with normal eating habits! However ... the tics intensified!!! She started head shakes, eye rolls, coughs, squeaks, little grunts, shoulder shrugs, mouth stretching, skips - it was very intense!! I started her with some magnesium gummies (but to little avail).
Out of nowhere, she then started saying she felt sick and refused to eat again for a few days! Now, every night before bed, she gets upset saying she's scared she's going to be sick - but never actually gets sick! This has come in waves and she is generally off food for a few days before picking up again! (However, the night time upset continues) this has been going on since May!
Today - she started spluttering and coughing and crying whilst eating lunch - she wasn't choking but a quarter of a grape had felt funny going down which resulted in a meltdown and an entire afternoon and evening off food again!
Om top of this - she WILL NOT leave me alone! She follows me to the toilet, round the house, cries to come in the car with me when I nip to the shops!
There just seems to have been A LOT going on in short amount of time! I keep thinking or hoping it's a phase - but things just seems to be getting worse rather than improving!
Any advice out there??
Thank you so much for reading!