DD has developed a tic

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DD(15) has developed a tic. Her tics are quite large and noticeable, e.g., flinging an arm out, a particular roll of the head with a shoulder shrug, clapping.

I don't know how to best support her and have read what I can, and understand we need to manage stress and anxiety, get enough sleep, not focus on the tics, that sort of thing but she was bad over the weekend and yesterday and I can see it is stopping her seeing her friends (the tics are particularly bad on zoom).

She has other health issues and did have a therapist but she recently left the country and decided not to come back during lockdown so zoom is the only option now which is one of the things DD is struggling with.

The school have been great but I'm worried for her. If anyone has any experience, wise words or recommendations for resources, activities or anything that might help, I'd love to hear them.

@Solfege she didn't take the oil for one day and had a small tic attack for around 5 minutes, other than that she has taken the oil every day and she hasn't had a single attack, I thought she may when she went back to school, but there has been nothing. It has 100% worked for my dd.

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That's interesting. How old is your DD?

@Solfege she's 11. I didn't expect it to work at all, but thankfully it has.

Hello, I hope your son is doing much better. Do you mind me asking how soon after his sickness did you notice changes in him? My daughter is showing these symptoms during a strep infection which doctors didn’t treat with antibiotics. They told me they don’t swab as things get better themselves. It’s been 6 weeks and face grimacing etc is getting worse