I haven't had to deal much with vocals yet, so I don't have any great insight on that. I do think that changing JT's diet (eliminating artificial color/flavor, preservatives, and MSG... as much as possible anyway) has made a difference. I read about Bonnie's plan, but the amount of pills is overwhelming. I am open to trying Clonidine down the road if necessary. From what I've read, the side effects aren't horrific, lethargy mostly, but if you play around with the timing of the doses (take more at night, less in the AM) it can work well. I'd be curious to hear from others who've had experience with it. Like everything, I think the effectiveness will vary from one kid to another. I do think the supplements help though and will try to avoid medication until the tics become disruptive. Good luck!

My son is on clonidine, low dosage. His tics do interfere with his life, it is a racking cough that can go on every 5-10 seconds frm the moment he wakes up until hi goes to sleep. I don't regret putting him on the meds, very little side effects, sleepiness that evens out (until we need to up the dosage) he has asthma and allergies, and our neurologist had told us that the tics will seem to land in the part of the body that has a weakness....so every cold, allergy or asthma flare up will trigger the tourette, we have to anticipate it and up his meds , other wise, once he starts in a cycle, he is out of commission for about 2 weeks. He also stays away from food dye and preservatives.....I want to get him into some more alternative therapy like acupuncture....this is interesting this Tic Tamer.....keep writing!