Do you have Tourette's syndrome?

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as far as i know the only treatment for tourette's is medication (usually ssri's and antipsychotics). mine isn't bad enough for me to bother with that but if the symptoms are bad enough that you don't mind going on meds then i'd go for a diagnosis.

ok i was just going to ask that, and that's exactly what it feels like, your voice just slips, great explanation

I found out my brother has tourettes when I was learning about AS for myself. Sometimes I wonder if he is also AS becuz he is very obsesive with his special interests (aliens, conspiracy theories, home made bombs), but I think he also has siezures and hallucinates, but for all his obsessiveness when talking (he WONT shut up, and I saw how annoying that was to other people & I stopped doing it myself) he does not seem to have any of the social problems related to Autism, he has a lot of friends and people think he is brilliant.

But they also make fun of him a lot for stuttering, and he kind of hops and twitches and bobs his head while jerking his shoulders up. *edit* also I forgot to mention I think he has coprolalia? The only time he totally stops twitching & seems quite calm & "normal" is when he is spouting the most astounding obcenities. Strangely enough he seems to be able to control that except around certain trigger (mainly me & also someone mentioning my best friends name). He's always cursed at me so it's not a big deal, but when he started getting so odd about my friend I actually warned her to not go near him, becuz I couldnt understand why he is so mad/agressive to her, but she says she ran into him the other day & he was super nice and normal, so maybe it is just the sound of my voice saying her name that sets it off? triggers are wierd...

My only tics are sometimes I will start making kissy/whistling moves with my lips and make squeaky bird type noises. When I'm on medication I get an eye tic/twitch & flap a lot, but spastically.

I have full body tics several times a day, usually when I feel stressed. No vocal tics though.

I've had mild motor tics since childhood. I do the blinking one most of the time, teeth clicking a lot, and often a breathing one. There's also sometimes a compulsive brushing of the feet against the ground, trying to get it just right. It would be interesting to set up a camera to see just how much of this (plus stimming) goes on while occupied with something.

Greyhound - Awesome video! My son has TS and has very similar tics. Is it okay if I forward that on to family/friends? So many people could benefit from seeing it.