Author: Sheila Rogers DeMare, MS

After nearly 50 years of effort and many millions of dollars, major organizations and researchers focused on tic disorders have not found the cause or cure for chronic tic disorders, including Tourette syndrome.

Why? Because they’ve been looking in the wrong direction. Conventional medicine has historically blamed genetics, while recommending strong drugs to subdue tics. That’s not the answer.

A new direction is needed to explain and curb the tic epidemic. We need to focus on the role of the environment and the immune syem, stand focus on integrative approaches that find the actual causes underlying the tics.

Let’s fund research that breaks new ground and leads to safer and more effective approaches to tic disorders that what families have been offered.

Please see how you can help. It’s easy to get involved!

This common plea from children, teens, and adults dealing with tics is heartbreaking.

Loved ones want so much to help, yet feel so powerless.

Conventional medicines typically prescribed for tic conditions has a poor track record. The drugs used are notorious for their side effects, and they often are not effective.

But there is new hope and help! Our nonprofit organization, Association for Comprehensive NeuroTherapy, has been sharing information on advanced and natural therapies for tics since 1996. Many families and doctors now know that there are biomedical and natural approaches that can get to the root of the problem—and successfully treat tic disorders.

We focus on those on www.latitudes.org and in our best-selling book, Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourettes

We need research to better understand tic conditions and guide reform. We hope you will join our effort to fund research to stop tics today.

Did you know that there’s a relationship between toxic chemicals and tics?

Research documents the affect that toxins can have on the central nervous system. Our organization has collected reports from parents and adults about how chemical exposures triggered tics.

Included in these reports are agents like chlorine, formaldehyde, scented plug-ins and candles, fabric softeners, paint, pesticides, perfume–and phenols, such as those found in Lysol cleanser. This is a short list. We are surrounded by man-made chemicals, most of which have never been tested for safety.

Environmental physician, Dr. Albert Robbins, told ACN that both aerosol and plug-in air fresheners may contain p-dichlorobenzene, a recognized toxin. New carpeting also contains off- gassing chemicals. Moldy homes and offices can release VOCs that give the air a musty odor and can affect the nervous system. Cigarette smoke is also a serious offender. Many chemical products, particularly when used indoors, make the environment dangerous for the environmentally hypersensitive—those with allergic disease, asthma, and chemical hypersensitivities.

Patients with tics are advised to avoid exposures to indoor chemical agents. Some patients have a marked decrease in symptomatology when they avoid these agents completely.

Unfortunately most families, not to mention doctors, are not aware of this critical connection. Many are suffering needlessly because they don’t know the importance of avoiding exposure to toxins.

We need to spread the word on this important connection and fund research focused on the link between toxins, Tourette syndrome, and tics!

Won’t you help our effort by donating, volunteering, or spreading the word?