Having issues with tics

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Hey everyone, I've been having issues with tics for over three months now. I make a weird throat clearing noise and have a head twitch. My psychiatrist thought it was a side effect of one of my medications, Risperdal, and weaned me off of it. She then switched me to Zyprexa and I take 1.5 pills every day. I don't see a huge improvement in my tics though. Could this be a sign of an underlying issue that I may not be aware of yet? What else can be done to stop the ticking? I even do it at work and it makes me really self conscious especially since I work in a very small office.

Have you looked into diet at all? I don't know your history, so excuse me if my advise is misplaced, or not news.

I have Tourettes -- I'm 38 and have had it since I was 4. A few years ago I did a dietary cleanse (from the book Clean, by Junger) and sort of backed into a feeling of euphoria and probably 75% less tics (more importantly, a decrease in the urge to tic, which is really what it's all about...). Off the cleanse, everything went back to normal.

Anyways, I was hooked on the idea of diet affecting the brain, and consumed as much info as I could. I've done another cleanse since, but didn't achieve anywhere near the same results (I have ideas why...). I tried the SCD diet (specific carbohydrate), and that great feeling came back again -- calm lucid mind, much less urge to tic. Then it waned. I tried a self-administered Ketogenic diet, and that same great feeling came back.

All diets were experiments, and I gave up after about 3 weeks on each 'cause I was simply getting sick of the regimen. BUT, I've basically come to realize that low-carb eating has a profound effect on my brain, and from internet studies, apparently I'm not the only one.

People with ADHD, tourettes, autism, OCD, epilepsy and all sorts of brain issues are finding relief in low-carb eating. I think it's worth a shot for everyone, just to see how it feels. I'm adding my 2 cents 'cause I just wish I knew more about the effects of diet on the brain when I was younger. I'm still continuing my search and just started a new round on the Ketogenic diet with much more knowledge and preparation.