{"id":1390,"date":"2012-10-05T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2012-10-05T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T12:00:52","slug":"dentists-who-claim-to-alleviate-symptoms-of-tourette-syndrome-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/dentists-who-claim-to-alleviate-symptoms-of-tourette-syndrome-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentists who claim to alleviate symptoms of Tourette Syndrome, part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the past two days (one<\/strong> <\/a>and two<\/a><\/strong>), you likely know all you need to know about Dr. Stack and Dr. Sims, and their mouthpiece for Tourette Syndrome. Let me go on to say that, similar to the controversy over Brain Balance<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0— a $6,000 program that promises to alleviate tics and other symptoms based on rewiring the brain through diet and specifically targeted exercises\u00a0—\u00a0 there is a lot to be skeptical about when it comes to Dr. Sims and Dr. Stack.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not enough substantiated evidence that this works!\u201d people say. \u201cSo what if some people say it works. These guys could be quacks!\u201d<\/p>\n

My response to these doubts is the same I give about Brain Balance, \u201cWestern Medical doctors are quick to hand out pills to kids to dull their brains and their tics, and those sometimes don\u2019t work. In fact, no doctor even knows why a kid develops TS, so why is their pill more valid than an alternative treatment?<\/p>\n

Because folk are more comfortable with traditional methods?\u00a0That might be, but I don\u2019t think Steve Jobs sat around in high school thinking, \u201cYou know, my passion for transmitting electronic information over invisible wires is not something the telephone company understands. I better just give up and sell newspapers.\u201d<\/p>\n

How can we not investigate everything for our children? No one is forcing a gun to my head to buy. I don\u2019t feel desperate for a cure. I\u2019m looking for something that will give my son the best quality of life ever. If something works \u2013 say Brain Balance or this dental device\u00a0—\u00a0does it matter if I 100 percent\u00a0know why?<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s my question to you all: Would you take a chance on something if you weren\u2019t 100 percent sure why it worked but it worked? And it was noninvasive?<\/p>\n

My husband wouldn\u2019t. We are night and day on this issue. While I admit I want \u201ca cure\u201d as much for me as my son (who really could care less) it seems nuts to my darling mate.\u00a0I think often about my experience with my chiropractic kinesiologist<\/a><\/strong>: Rex had no idea how Dr. Carroll\u00a0could place some vials on my kid\u2019s chest and tell me what he was allergic to. But by golly, one traumatic and expensive blood test trip to the doctor confirmed the exact same results.<\/p>\n

Another thing? I can meet someone in two seconds and figure out their basic personality- if they are\u00a0sad, or if they are hyper. I have had to back waaaaay off of relationships with people thanks to their vortex of dramatic energy. (This is why I blog. All you readers would destroy me in person with your crazy mama energy wanting to fix your baby. And yes, takes one to know one.) Do I have a degree from Psychic U? No. But I do have the gift of emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n

Granted, paying someone 6k is a lot and I wouldn\u2019t do it based on emotional intelligence alone. But a combo of \u201cthis feels right\u201d combined with enough testimonials from others and a solid trust in the doctor would definitely sway me.<\/p>\n

Why does my kid have TS? What caused it? Why does this dental appliance, or Brain Balance, seem like a reasonable thing to me? Don\u2019t know. But it does. Until science catches up with the root of TS, I\u2019m going to have to dig into my mama roots and treat my son the best way I can. I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n

Read more from me at Happily Ticked Off<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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