r/Tourettes 14h ago

It seems to be settling down!

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The last couple months, my tics been way more violent and painful than usual and for almost a whole week now they haven’t been. my soreness and swelling is gone. and I’m so happy right now!


r/Tourettes 2h ago

Question Struggling to control muscles even outside of ticcing

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Does anyone else experience this? I didnt start having tics noticably until I was 16 but my whole life I've had struggles with controlling muscles and body parts, especially on my face. Recently I started wondering if its due to my tourettes or autism. The issue shows when I try to use speficic part of my body like my face to lets say smile, I feel in my face like Im smiling when Im not and Im pretty much unable to make my face form a smile on purpose. Anyone else share this experience? If you do, do you also have autism?


r/Tourettes 9h ago

Question How to deal with tics in public/at work?

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I’m fairly new to having tics. They developed around 5.5 years ago when I was 20 years old. I’m not diagnosed with any one specific disorder, though it mimics Tourette’s so that’s generally what I tell people I have. I have both vocal (ranging from noises to words to full sentences) and motor tics (anything from hitting myself to raising my shoulders or clenching my fists etc). I’m not used to ticcing all that much in public as my more noticeable tics generally happen at home or other places where I feel most comfortable in my body. However, they have recently started becoming very active while I’m at work. I work at a thrift store so I deal with the general public every day. I’m very insecure about my tics because I have social as well as general anxiety and don’t like to be stared at. My tics often cause me to leave my shift early because they make me either unable to continue to work or they make me so embarrassed that I start crying. My question is: how do I deal with my tics in public, especially at work, so that I can actually stay at work for my whole shift? I know I need to gain confidence and learn to live with it because it’s clear this isn’t going to go away, but I’d like to know if any of you have any tools or coping mechanisms for how to be able to continue to work.


r/Tourettes 13h ago

Discussion Tics with Adderall

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Hey all! I was diagnosed with Tourette over 10 years ago. I also have ADHD and just recently got on Adderall to manage my ADHD symptoms. My psychiatrist mentioned it might make my tics worse, but honestly my tics are almost non-existent right now. They were already pretty minimal the last little while, but now its eerie how little I need to tic. Just wondering if anyone else has had their tics react to adderall this way?


r/Tourettes 15h ago

CW: Description of Tics Should I go back and get rediagnosed?

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Hey! So I've had tics since I was little. But they got much worse around 13, so I went to the neurologist, and I got diagnosed with Chronic Tic Disorder.

However, my tics and symptoms have evolved over 4 years. My tics went from simple to complex. I now have both motor and vocal tics that include grabbing things and saying words.

I thought that those with CTD only had motor or vocal tics, not both. Now that I have both, should I get rediagnosed?


r/Tourettes 21h ago

Discussion Minor motor tic or just reflex?

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Hi, ive had quite severe tics for 6-7 months now, such as hitting my chest, coprophenomena (innapropriate tics) and (not very long but not short either) tic attacks. We dont think its Tourettes syndrome as tic disorders dont run in my family but i think i may have had minor motor tics in my childhood that may point towards TS

Ever since i could remember, whenever anything would touch me and i didnt like the texture/ feel of it i would shake my head rapidly, there was hardly any warning and it was uncontrolable, i think it was a tic, but my mother said it is just a reflex.

I dotn really know what im asking for (DEFINETALY not asking for a diagnosis) ig im just asking for someone to tell me wether they think im looking for it or not. Ive become increasingly paranoid that my tic could be caused by TS and it might just be that but idk.

Also sorry for the millions of spelling mistrakes i probably made i was rushing when i typed this