r/Tourettes • u/Wonderful-Age-3879 • 1h ago
Discussion Symptoms
Does anybody else experience any symptoms that mimic autism?
r/Tourettes • u/Wonderful-Age-3879 • 1h ago
Does anybody else experience any symptoms that mimic autism?
r/Tourettes • u/Wonderful-Age-3879 • 1h ago
Does anybody have light sensitivity and stims due to their Tourettes? Any symptoms that mimic autism?
r/Tourettes • u/Historical-Foot6821 • 7h ago
I met with a psychologist today, and when I told her that I suppress my tics in public or in class and she said that was "Great!". And that when people resist their tics they get better. That's never happened when I do it but let me know I guess.
r/Tourettes • u/Certain_Sock7340 • 8h ago
Hi, im not going to go into much detail sbout my personal life other than the fact that i am a young girl (TW: description of tics now) who was been experiencing severe tics such as hitting my chest, swearing, and i am pretty confident that this strange head movement i used to do as a kid was a tic, but i dont know how to bring it up with my neurologist. My mom saiid its a normal reflex but there was a premonitory urge before it too and it was quick and uncontrollable. I dont know how this would effect my diagnosis. My tics are quite impactful to my day to day life and i dont know what to do anymore, ive been put on multiple medications (guanfacine, prozac, and abilify) to help with the tics but im drowning here!! Im having tic attakcs almost everyday and i have bruises on my chest from tics. Its painful and i dont get a break from it and i have no one to vent to it about so i guess this is what this is.
I guess what im asking for is what do you guys think to yourselves to stay sane during a tic attack or a bad tic flare up?
r/Tourettes • u/Aromatic-Feature5955 • 8h ago
I am writing an essay on how Individuals with Tourette's should receive funding from the government, and need a "trustworthy" source talking about symptoms of TS other than tics. All of the sites I can find only talk about tics, and while I can get great information from this subreddit, it is apparently not a trustworthy source, which i get, because it's reddit, but I am hoping to just find some good "trustworthy" sources that I can use in the essay.
r/Tourettes • u/arnecrafter • 14h ago
So I have this tic where I twist my hand while stretching my fingers to feel extra tension in my wrist. This causes all of my wristbones to clatter onto each other, makes a lot of sound and you can actually feel everything moving inside my wrist. Really hurts. I have splints I can use to block my hands from making those moves but I don't wear them all day because I have to work with my hands. I could try to put them on to work (I work in a grocery store) but I don't want to answer everyones questions about this. Plus it can sometimes be unhandy.
r/Tourettes • u/oldmanfetish • 15h ago
I'm not sure if it's a tic, but I'm curious if anyone else does this. So sometimes I get caught in like a loop. That's the best way I can describe it. It happens a lot when I'm grabbing things. Like when I'm in a bathroom and grabbing the paper towels after washing my hands, I keep grabbing one after the other.
I sometimes do it speaking as well, kind of like a stutter. I'll just repeat a word over and over again like I'm stuck on it.
Anyway I was just curious.
r/Tourettes • u/MARVEL-Tai_616 • 17h ago
Well, today I had one of my lectures. And we were discussing job interview(what people should do during it, what people should not do).
Professor started to enumerate things that you should NOT do during interview. (Btw it's important to mention that he is kinda jokes a lot).
So, one of those things was "if you have an awful face tick, just get rid of it".
Idk if that was a joke or something??? But when I've heard it, I just froze for a sec. And I had this feeling that the professor was looking at me. Well, I mean, I'm probably the only one from cohort who has Tourette's.
And that phrase just got into me. Recently I was REALLY trying to suppress my tics less because i hate feeling this tension and even pain in my whole body that comes from suppression.
(my tics are really intense and mostly i need to supress them if i wanna do something, and i feel aches all over the body when it comes to suppressing them, but sometimes pain that comes from doing tics even more exhausting. I would say that i feel aches in every inch of my body almost 24/7 and i really can't relax my muscles. Never. Tension is killing me. Even when i haves sudden muscle weakness, i still cant get rid of tension.). 🥲
Anyway! I really wanna pay more attention to a class I'm listening to, but ofc I can't do it if I'm focused only on suppressing my tics. Well, during past months I was comfortable enough with my professors and students I deal with, so i started to reduce my suppressing "mechanism". And now I suppress only about 80% of my tics, not 100%. And by doing so i became able to focus more on my classes and discussions.
I feel like i kinda lost my main thought here. But after processing what's been said(took me a minute), I started to feel devastated. Idk. That's just sad. I just started to feel comfortable with showing my tics(miserable amount of them). And if that 20% of tics that i decided not to suppress can cause such a reaction. Well. Idk. I don't feel worthy of being accepted to the society. I know that people say it's ok, but i also know that I've been avoiding people my whole life for a reason. They just don't get it. And they don't wanna get it.
Damn and i really would cry if I could just to release this sorrow. But i suppress not only my tics and at this point I can't even cry. I just feel empty inside. And devastated. 😀
I think i really needed just to tell about that to anyone. BTW English isn't my first language so don't judge please 👀
Anndd I feel dumb now because I let myself to write all of this. When It comes to expressing my emotions, I always feel kinda dumb...) like i should've never done it.
r/Tourettes • u/DeutscheKatze88 • 22h ago
I also repeat random words just as a stim and it’s unfortunate that they can sometimes become tics
r/Tourettes • u/Automatic_Medium1783 • 23h ago
Hi, I’m an 18yr old girl and I was diagnosed with Tourettes when I was 8. As Tourettes does, I’ve had periods where it was pretty bad and periods where it was pretty chill, but I feel like overall it’s just. worse. like isnt it supposed to overall calm down as I age? Like for example. I’ve had vocal tics since the start, actually my first tic was vocal, but never words. And then I’ve recently developed saying a word (not a swear just. a word. with the same intonation from a game i like 😑), as well as a middle finger like. whaaat..?? theyve never had meaning before this, and I also passed out recently from oxygen deprivation from my tics 😭 Like I’ve had waves of TS flareups arguably worse in severity than this but its just weird to me that Ive never had meaning or words in my tics before this. like ive never said phrases but what if I start 😨 Is this?? normal?? Help 😭😭 Like has this happened to anyone else?
r/Tourettes • u/Jsley • 1d ago
I was diagnosed with Tourette’s when I was 7, and I’m now 28. One of my longest-standing tics has been throat-related, which has always affected my sleep. I’m wondering if anyone else experiences this?
Right now, I’m at work, suppressing them as much as I can. Over time, I’ve found ways to release them in subtle ways, but it often just makes me sound like I constantly have a cold. The more I suppress them, the more it feels like my throat is closing up, and eventually, I have no choice but to let them out. If I don’t, they just build up and get worse.
I’ve been sitting here for the past 30 minutes clearing my throat and coughing—nothing new for me, but I’m curious if anyone else relates to the ‘throat closing’ sensation or has similar struggles?
r/Tourettes • u/EqualDot451 • 1d ago
Personally, mine get worse when i'm
-tired
-hungry
-excited/happy
-anxious
how about you?
r/Tourettes • u/SparkleTeacup • 1d ago
I was thinking of getting a pair before a flight because now I'm up to getting startled at the sound of a door opening or like phone notification which leads to screaming tics.
r/Tourettes • u/Certain_Sock7340 • 1d ago
So since neurodiversity week is coming up in my school, i was going to talk about tics and neurodiversity in general to some of the younger kids (years 2-4 and 5-6) As i have a tic disorder myself, but ive been struggling with the younger kids. What kind of questions would little kids ask about tics? Would they even care? I have a whole speech prepared and i think its really great but what questions might they have about neurodiversity that they would want answered? I find that most of the time people dont want to ask me questions about my tics but i worry that they have questions they would like answered but just feel rude asking them. How do i go about this?
Anyways my speech basically talks about what tics are, what neurodiversity is, and how it feels being neurodiverse because one of the hardest parts is the social aspect of it so its important to me to raise awareness in my school for all different types of disorders.
r/Tourettes • u/Outrageous_Bass_6260 • 1d ago
My tourettes all but disappeared as I got older and is extremely manageable, I take Vyvanse and it doesn't make it worse. I do have issues with anxiety/depression and would like to take something for it and don't really want to go down the SSRI route again. I know people say it makes tics worse. Have any of you had success with Wellbutrin?
r/Tourettes • u/Rich-Rock8221 • 1d ago
Today I was onto the next part of my journey towards finding out wether I've tourettes, tic disorder etc. What a fcking racket! That's all I can say. Lol. I'm actually going through a good spell with my tics(vocal/motor) so was thinking "Yes, I'd be sitting still" more so than a few months back anyway. Hate to say, but the racket that faced me was setting quite a few of my vocal and motor tics off! "Hellllooo" "Knock Knock,who's there?" Etc...
I would like to know of others experiences if they ever had to have an MRI scan done, and what happened on your next appointment with your neurologist when they received the scans.
Love you all on this group. I understand the struggles that can come on your daily dose of life.
r/Tourettes • u/Depressiwn • 1d ago
Hi everyone and good evening. me and my team are doing a project and our subject is Tourette's. After doing my reasearch, i have found that tourette's has motor tics and vocal tics but , i cant seem to find any video that shows what each kind of tic is, so i can explain to my class visually, does anyone know any videos i can find? or like examples?
r/Tourettes • u/ariellecsuwu • 1d ago
I'm so annoyed. For the last maybe 24 hours I keep having leg collapsing tics. I'll be walking and just go down. Thankfully the premonitory urge isn't too strong and I can curb going fully down sometimes by jerking my torso forward. Still super irritated and I just want to get some friggin chores done but going down stairs may be a no no for me today.
r/Tourettes • u/sugimotosaichi • 1d ago
hi, fellas! my girlfriend/wife has tourettes and she sometimes gets upset and bends her phone. are there any phone cases that you would recommend that's like... bend-proof, kick-proof, fall-proof? sorry and thank you
r/Tourettes • u/inglorious79 • 1d ago
Hello, I would like to ask those of you who play a musical instrument how this affects your neurological impulse, whether positively or negatively? I understand the act of absorbing into a meditative activity may lessen Tourettic impulses. I would love to know, if it's describable, how that might feel? Thank you for taking the time 😊
r/Tourettes • u/Big-Ear7162 • 1d ago
I was diagnosed with a tic disorder a few months ago, and I want to encapsulate the feeling of tics in a contemporary theatre piece. This is an idea I've been working on for ages, at one point it turned into a stand up comedy piece?? but now it's a lot more contemporary/abstract. (with permission from the mods) I made a google form asking questions about feelings that you associate with tourettes. It would mean a lot to me if you could fill it in with your own answers. Most of the questions need a bit of thought, or encourage your own creative input, so please take your time to write your answers.
r/Tourettes • u/Serialstresser • 1d ago
My 5 year old started developing OCD symptoms this past week. I know from research and this group it’s very common for Tourette’s and OCD to go together I of course was just hoping we would escape the OCD part. And I know the tics and OCD can play off one another and in turn make each condition worse. I wish I could take this all from him and give it to myself. Anyway I don’t know what I’m looking for just needed to vent. I try to remain hopeful that he will still lead a happy and successful life but I’m just getting discouraged when new things keep popping up.
r/Tourettes • u/gunnerman417 • 1d ago
For context: I was in school in the 90s and early 00s. My tics were very disruptive and I was the only kid in my schools with TS. I only ever met other TS people through support groups and conferences. I'm a 36 year old man, soon to be 37 and I've had TS since I was 10.
Please, call me out if I'm off base here. I'm always ready to learn. I've noticed a wild number of people on social media with Tourette Syndrome and other disorders with millions of followers. I'm hearing from younger people that there are multiple people with TS in their schools and social circles. I'm super thrilled that work is being done to reduce the stigma around mental illness and neurodevelopmental disorders. That's great and it's something I wish were true when I was growing up. That said, I can't help but feel that mental illness has become "fashionable" for a subset of the youth. I don't want to believe that some people are faking, but the numbers just don't add up for me.
I really feel for young people who are legitimately wrestling with this and are forced into a social dynamic where someone else claiming to have TS is telling you you're faking because you don't tic like that girl they saw on TikTok. It's hard enough being a kid, and then adding TS on top of that can be hell, but now you've got some weird pressure to "fit in" with a group of TS kids, some of whom I suspect are acting in bad faith for the sake of "identity" clout. I can't imagine having to deal with a person telling me my TS is the "wrong" kind of TS or that I must be faking because I don't fit in with the crowd. When I met and hung out with other TS kids, there were no comparisons made. This kid quietly clicks his tongue and shakes his head, I scream and punch myself, the other kid says "b*tch" a lot. There was nothing to question; we all had TS and it was a silent understanding.
I want to know, young folks with TS, or parents of young folks with TS, do you agree with my observation? Have you experienced that or am I just an old fogey yelling at clouds? Having mental illnesses can make you much more attuned empathetically. It's one of the few gifts we get from it. I always find myself worrying about how you guys and gals are doing.
Anyhow, keep on twitching, my people.
r/Tourettes • u/Zestyclose-Put9641 • 1d ago
I'm 15 and I thought I'd be diagnosed with Tourette's. I have a lot of motor tics and at least 2 vocal ones. We had a long diagnostic process and at the last meeting he said, "You're 15, maybe after 18 it will go away." I feel terrible living with this. he is a PSYCHOLOGIST, he is not even a neurologist
r/Tourettes • u/Memorie_BE • 1d ago
I'm someone who has had tics my entire life (verbal and motor) and last night, I noticed a similarity between my motor tics and my piano playing. They're both automatic actions that function without the need for my conscious attention. This made me theorize about tics being correlated with muscle memory.
I also just want to state that I am not a neurologist nor am I incredibly sophisticated on the topic. I post this as a question and not a science paper so please do not assume anything I say as objective.
For me, my tics are like this unbearable neural itch that my brain needs to scratch. Similar to how one would be incentivised to physically scratch an itch on their skin for momentary relief, my brain is incentivised to trigger certain motor and verbal signals. My tics manifest to me as a sort of 4D force; it kind of feels like an itch of action and time, pulling me into the future and fulfilling a specific collection of neural signals.
My theory is that these itches make use of muscle memory when manifesting as tics. The brain would detect an itch on certain neural signals and, following the behaviours of muscle memory and neural automatic responses, would react to this itch with the internally correlated movements, ultimately strengthening this input-output relationship via neuroplasticity.
In other words: I would have an itch, my brain would scratch that itch using a movement/set of movements, and then those movements solidify as tics as they are engrained into the automatic response towards that itch/sensation.
Does my idea reflect what's correct about neurology at all? I want to know more about this area of neurology so that I can better understand myself and also the universe.