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5 year old rolls eyes in both directions.

my five year old son started to roll up his eyes(so much you only see the white part of the eyes)first it was only to the right side ( this started about a week ago) since yesterday he is doing it also to the top left and sometimes he also does something like a forced blink. i took him to doctors yesterday  and he gave us app for neurologist in two weeks time.i am sick with worry, any suggestions to what this could be?? he said if he tries to stop is "like something growing inside that force me to do it". he doesnt have any other symptons or changes.please help.
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since my last post i read an advice somewhere in this website regarding a child who was doing same as my son, the advice said to do a test; to give the child benadryl and antihistamine eye drops and observe what happens,also i was advice to try and give magnesium suplements , i have done both and the blinking and eye rolling has gone down from maybe 10 times(or more) per minute to, maybe,two to five times a DAY.
what should i do now?? i am still planning to go and see neurologist.
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There are many causes of this condition.  Please be patient and wait for the appointment with the neurologist.
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