A Natural, Gentle Approach You May Not Have Considered Yet

Have you ever noticed a child repeatedly blinking, twitching their neck, or making unexpected sounds, and wondered what’s really going on beneath the surface? Or maybe you or someone you love has been living with Tourette’s Syndrome for years and feels like there are no natural options left to try.

Over my 40+ years working with tic and Tourette’s cases, I’ve seen a consistent pattern that most people never hear about – and once you understand it, everything starts to make sense.

What Do Tics and Tourette’s Syndrome Actually Have in Common?

Before we talk about homeopathic remedies let us clear something up. Because tics and Tourette’s Syndrome are often used to mean the same thing, but they are actually different conditions.

What Is a Tic?

A tic is a sudden, involuntary, and repetitive movement or sound including things like facial grimaces, head jerking, eye blinking, throat clearing, barking, or grunting. Tics are brought on by anxiety as a way for the body to release inner tension. Here’s what’s interesting: when you have a tic, you experience either an involuntary movement or a vocal sound – not both at the same time.

Tics fall into three categories:

• Provisional Tic Disorder – motor and/or vocal tics present for less than one year
• Persistent Tic Disorder – either vocal or motor tics (not both) lasting more than one year
• Tourette’s Syndrome – the most recognized of the three

What Is Tourette’s Syndrome?

Tourette’s Syndrome is diagnosed when a person has both an uncontrollable movement tic and at least one vocal tic; and has experienced them for over a year. It typically begins during childhood and affects the brain and nervous system. The same kinds of involuntary movements (blinking, shoulder shrugging, facial grimacing) and vocal sounds (barking, throat clearing, sniffing) are present, but together.

So, What Actually Causes Tics to Develop?

This is the question I always start with, because finding the root cause is everything in homeopathy. In my experience, tics always start with an emotionally stressful situation, usually involving anxiety in kids between the ages of 5 and 12 and more commonly in boys. The body starts using a movement or sound to calm down, to release the discomfort inside caused by stress. Over time, that movement becomes a habit, even happening when you are relaxed, like when you’re playing video games or watching TV.

Common stress triggers I see in kids and adults include:

• Family stress. Money problems, parents fighting, siblings arguing
• Parental pressure. Parents being too hard. Expecting too much
• School and peer pressure. Being bullied, feeling anxious, struggling in school, moving to a new school or being left out by friends

Sound familiar?  Let me show you what this looks like in a real case.

A Real Case – How Lycopodium Helped a 9-Year-Old Boy with Tics

I’ve recommended Lycopodium for more tic cases than any other homeopathic remedy. Here’s why:

A mom reached out to me about her 9-year-old son. Over the few months she had noticed him blinking his right eye a lot, while talking to her and while playing video games. When she asked him about it, he said he felt something in his eye. She thought it was dust or sleep. A week later he was still blinking. Now he was moving his neck around while gaming. When she asked him about it, he said, “I am just stretching it. It feels tight.”

Looking for the Stressful Situation

I asked what had been going on in his life four to five months ago, right around the time the blinking started. Her first answer: “Nothing unusual.”

So, I asked more specifically. Any changes at school? In the family? That’s when it came out. Her son, the youngest in his class, had been made fun of by a few boys for how he threw a football. They told him he “throws like a girl.” He had been so excited to play flag football that fall. Now he didn’t want to play at all. She also mentioned that at his church youth group, he was sometimes the last child picked for teams. He’d never complained about those boys before, but after the school incident, it was clearly weighing on him. One-on-one with those same church boys, he was totally fine. In a group, something had shifted.

Why Lycopodium Was Selected for His Tics

The homeopathic remedy, Lycopodium, is a beautifully fitting remedy for those whose confidence takes a hit in group settings, especially after being ridiculed or made to feel lesser among their peers. This boy’s self-esteem had dropped, and it was showing up physically as tics.

His mom made up Lycopodium 6c in a 4-ounce Homeopathic Remedy Solution Bottle and gave it to him every night at bedtime, succussing (tapping) the bottle 10 times before each dose. I also selected the homeopathic remedies, Arnica Montana 200c and Rhus Toxicodendron 200c in 1-ounce Remedy Solution Bottles, taken 1-3 times daily to address his neck tightness, because left unaddressed, that kind of physical tension can deepen into a tic over time.

The Results Unfolded Week by Week

One week later, the neck stretching had decreased. The blinking was still there, but I expected that. The blinking was the first tic to appear, which means it will almost always be the last to resolve. We address tics in reverse order.

I asked about mood, sleep, and energy. His mom said: “He’s waking up hungry in the morning; he hasn’t done that in a long time.” That’s a Lycopodium characteristic. Those who need Lycopodium typically don’t want breakfast right away; they wait two to three hours after waking, then tend to graze every few hours throughout the day. Waking up hungry was a clear sign the remedy was working.

Two weeks after that, his mom called very excited. The neck stretching was now only occasional. The blinking had noticeably reduced, even during conversations and video games. She asked: “Is it possible to see 50% improvement in blinking after just three weeks on a homeopathic remedy for tics?”

Yes, it absolutely is.

What About Adults with Tourette’s Syndrome? Can Homeopathy Still Help?

Here’s something important to understand: the sooner someone begins a homeopathic remedy after a tic starts, the faster the results, especially in children. For adults, or anyone who’s had tics long enough to be classified as Tourette’s Syndrome, results are still very possible. But the process takes longer. The remedy must work through years, sometimes decades of accumulated tic patterns, unwinding back to the original emotional trigger that started it all.

Some clients see complete resolution of their tics. Others see meaningful, significant improvement. And for most, especially those who’ve been self-conscious in public for years, any measurable reduction in tic gestures is deeply meaningful. Fewer visible gestures often mean less overall stress, which in turn means fewer tic triggers. It can become a genuinely positive cycle. Each case is unique. In homeopathy, we follow the individual, not a one-size-fits-all protocol.

A 50-Year-Old Man with 42 Years of Tourette’s Syndrome – Here’s How We Approached It

A 50-year-old man contacted me about Tourette’s Syndrome he’d had since the age of 8. Could homeopathy still help after 42 years? He was skeptical, and honestly, that’s fair. I explained that yes, homeopathic remedies can address Tourette’s tics, but with four decades of history behind them, we needed to be patient and methodical. He filled out my Chronic Health Form, and what came back was a rich, detailed picture, not just his tics, but his personality, his sleep, his food preferences, his childhood, his emotional patterns. In homeopathy, all of it matters.

His Daily Tic Picture:

• Laughing at inappropriate times, even during serious conversations or at funerals
• Stuttering when stressed in social situations
• Muscle twitches, including spasmodic eye squinting and blinking
• Barking when stressed
• Compulsive counting – how many steps from one place to another

As a child, he would repeatedly lie down in bed and suddenly sit up and lie down again over and over in bed. And he admitted, somewhat embarrassed, that he used to take his clothes off and run through the house.

His Mental and Emotional Landscape:

• Easily irritated, especially when unable to control his tics
• Mental sluggishness and difficulty processing tasks when fatigued
• Tendency to overreact
• Very easily distracted where something catches his eye and he completely loses track of what he was doing
• Loves to travel but grows restless once he arrives and is always ready for the next destination
• Feels better when moving

SLEEP: Drowsy during the day, but unable to fall asleep until 2 – 3 a.m.

FOOD: Loves bacon, potatoes, rice, sausage, and BBQ/smoked flavors.

Finding the “Never Well Since”

In homeopathy, we call the original triggering event Etiology or “Never Well Since.” When I asked what was happening just before the tics began, he described 3rd grade: schoolwork was getting harder, especially reading and writing. He couldn’t comprehend what he was reading. Then came classroom presentations and as a shy boy, the anxiety was overwhelming. He began stressing about grades, then came the stuttering, then the facial twitching, then more tics building from there.

Looking back, he reflected that he likely would have been labeled ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) or OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) as a child. That’s not uncommon. Anxiety, learning differences, ADHD, and even ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) often appear alongside Tourette’s Syndrome – all rooted in the same emotional terrain.

Why Hyoscyamus Niger Was Selected

After completing his full health history, I selected the homeopathic remedy, Hyoscyamus Niger 6c, made up in a 4-ounce Homeopathic Remedy Solution Bottle, taken every other night at bedtime with 10 succussions. Hyoscyamus is a remarkable remedy for this picture, the inappropriate laughter, the compulsive behaviors, the muscle twitches, the vocal tics, and the deep underlying anxiety in social situations.

Before we’d see tic changes, I told him to watch for early signals the remedy was working:

• Increased energy
• Falling asleep earlier than 2–3 a.m.
• Waking more refreshed
• Less irritation over small things
• Improved mental focus

Why Not Start with Calcarea Phosphoricum (Calc Phos)?

Some people may notice that several of his characteristics such as the restlessness, the ADHD tendencies, the school anxiety, the irritability which point toward the homeopathic remedy Calcarea Phosphoricum (Calc Phos). And you’d be right that Calc Phos will be needed… eventually.

When we use homeopathy, we treat the symptoms that are happening right now. His current symptoms, like counting, laughing at times, stuttering in social situations, muscle twitches, and barking all point to Hyoscyamus Niger. So, we started with that homeopathic remedy, and we will work our way back to other homeopathic remedies later.

In the meantime, when he feels restless or easily distracted, he takes a dose of the homeopathic remedy Calcarea Phosphoricum 30c in pellet form for in-the-moment support. Once he needs it four or more times a week, that’s his body signaling it’s ready to shift layers, at which point we transition to Calc Phos 6c daily at bedtime to address the “Never Well Since.”

Early Progress – Weeks In

A few weeks after we started Hyoscyamus, he was sleeping better and waking up more easily. He was also able to focus. His tics were not completely gone; they were not as bad in the mornings. I reminded him that it takes time to get better. He had been dealing with these symptoms for 42 years, so it was not going to get better overnight. Any improvement was a start!

Weeks after that, he called excited about how well Calc Phos 30c was helping with distraction. The tics were still present, but more manageable in lower-stress family settings. As the months continued, we made dosage adjustments along the way, and his healing process continued to move forward.

What Is the Final Outcome When Using Homeopathy for Tourette’s Syndrome?

This is the question everyone asks, and the honest answer is: it depends on the individual. Some clients fully address their tics with a homeopathic remedy. Others reach a meaningful level of improvement that lets them move through the world with greater confidence and less self-consciousness. Many adults tell me that any reduction in visible tic gestures is transformative, because when you’re not as visibly ticking in public, your overall stress level drops, and your quality of life improves considerably.

For clients who have been dealing with Tourette’s Syndrome for a time, it takes time to unwind all the years of symptoms. We must work to find the original emotional trigger. This takes time, patience and regular follow-up appointments. Some people stay on their remedy for years, continuing to make progress. Each case is truly individual. And in homeopathy, we have a saying: You never know what a homeopathic remedy can do for you until you take it.

In over 40 years of practice, I’ve seen conditions improve that others had given up on. If you’re ready to explore what homeopathy can do for tics or Tourette’s Syndrome, I’m here to help you take that next step.

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