The OCD, ADHD, and Tic Disorder Triad

Many individuals, including children and teens, experience a combination of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in addition to tics. NYU Langone psychologist Dr. Michelle Miller explores the biological underpinnings that connect OCD, ADHD, and tics. She also discusses how they can impact behavioral and psychiatric treatment and presents recent research in this area.

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[GraysBlue]

my diagnoses in order are social anxiety disorder, general anxiety disorder, major depression, panic disorder, insomnia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, seasonal affective disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (mainly inattentive), and rejection sensitive dysphoria (part of adhd i think but im not completely sure tbh). i've never been directly diagnosed with tourettes syndrome even though i have an extremely large amount of motor tics and rapidly increasing vocal tics(for well over a year), so i assume i'll be diagnosed soon, but i havent yet so i will not say i have it bc self-diagnosis is bad.

my team of therapists are also considering the potential of post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder. i honestly feel like a freak most of the time bc 99% of my time is taken up my these illnesses and its so exausting. i lose motivation to live a lot. i'm a 17 year old girl, and have no idea how i'm going to survive in the "real world" as teachers call it. i think the best i can do is try to learn as much as possible about these illnesses to help me cope and learn new techniques. i greatly appreciate this video because i never knew there was a correlation between OCD, ADHD, and tourettes, so thank you!!!

[apyles]

Tysm for this.
I've been extremely hypervigilent and triggered lately and found myself saying intrusive thoughts outloud.
Both my psychiatrist and counselor brushed it off as, "YOU THINK YOU SAID IT OUTLOUD, BUT DID NOT." Except I know that I did.
Going to share this info with them this week. It surprises me that they aren't aware of it since they both have ADHD and OCD. But hey, the more you know 🌈

[fullmoonfury]

So I have adhd, and I didn’t start thinking about my behaviors as tics until recently when I realized that I’m never cold and the shoulder shrug can’t be shivering and my other tics have no explanation, I’ll like shrug my shoulders and move my head in a certain direction usually left (I was born with Torticollis with the muscle on the right side, which would make a lot of sense. My hands will tense up and or open, and I do tend to grimace uncontrollably on occasion, and I occasionally I do tend to have pitch change occur while speaking but it’s more common when other tics are present. I never noticed that behaviors like this weren’t normal. It’s crazy, and like it’s been happening my whole life, I just notice things like this more now. I’d also like to point out I have dysgraphia

[nautica]

I was diagnosed with all 3 when I was 7. My ADHD has remained kinda the same through the years, I feel like it’s just like a personality at this point. My OCD has worsened and turned into BDD and I can get very very neurotic. Sometimes I dissociate if it gets super bad, I’ll just numb out. And my tics were bad when I was a kid, motor and vocal, but now I only do the shoulder thing, and scrunching my fingers.

[djovak]

Not sure if I have ADHD, but I can't study easily at all, my attention goes all around
But for sure I got OCD and some kind of tics on my head and face

[GraysBlue]

i'm a 16 (17 in few weeks) year old girl suffering from all three of these disorders in addition to severe depression. i've been recieving therapy for 4 years and been on medication for 3. i've seen a plethora of different practitioners etc., even went to a mental health hospital for a month due to suicidal ideation and all that jazz, and nothing really helped. i'm beginning to feel even more hopeless, which i didnt know was possible. i did love how informative this video was though.

[jatinsharma]

I have OCD of Intrusive images. I aIso have slightly Tik toureette syndrome. My OCD is not severe. I already knew about the side effects of SSRI's and benzodiazipenes.
Before I go to Phycatrist, I wanna try treatment in Ayurved .
What should I do ?

[goofball]

I have been diagnosed with ADHD and OCD. My doctors originally thought I had Tic Disorder but it turned out to be the compulsions from my OCD.

[Scorch]

I have OCD, ADHD, Tic Disorder, and High-Functioning Autism. My tics come and go, but every other condition that I have is ever-present. Before GPS became widely available, I had great difficulty driving to unfamiliar places.

[diozlives]

Apart from MDD and dyslexia, I have ADHD, mild OCD, and a tic disorder that my doctor and I are trying to determine if it’s full on Tourettes. This video was very informing. Thank you.

[graysoncraig]

I want to go in the forces. But my ADD & OCD are slowly becoming uncontrollable. But recently like a year ago I started noticing my right eye lid would start blinking. I honestly thought I was crazy and imagining it. But then I started to turn my head to one side. Then if course it gets better... I started to hit my chest/sternum area, then my wrist decided to move. It's kinda of like the movement of when the one hand clap was popular in 2009. (The best I could explain). Idk if my sniffling is relevant because I have bad allergies.
My ADD is ridiculous and a pain but I've always had a form of ADHD (I'm just not hyper anymore).
My OCD is getting worse. I have this thing with opening & closing things but it has to he done in three. And apparently when I touch things in stores I have to touch them with both hands. (Like right hand hold body wash and puts it back then left hand repeats.) My boyfriend noticed it but waited to tell me to see if it was a constant. If I fail to do my rituals karma beats me up. Literally ignored the door one once and I stumped my toe and cut it open. (I usually walk the opposite side of the couch when I do my ritual & I didnt)

[Gorkisittrue]

When I'm playing video games sometimes my tics just get active where I would close my eyes idk why and then sometimes I die on the game

[makoshark]

I felt unable to listen to this due to the sound of the audio .

[sophiaetka]

Wow. My problems explained. I got adhd which makes me get tics if I am not moving for too long and then my ocd makes me keep fidgeting and I don’t even know what I’m doing. I have no vocal tics only motor tics but seriously this is why I can’t focus in school.

[inhighdefinition]

I can’t find anything on toes curling or toe “stretching” (don’t know how to describe it). I’m guessing cause people can’t tell when we’re doing this. Anyone else with adhd do this ?

[saff]

i have ocd and tic disorder (really frequent simple and complex motor tics for as long as i can remember, few simple vocal tics every now and then)

[AngstyRat]

Does anyone else ever feel like they have a bat flying around in their head? Like that's how it feels for me. I'm 90% sure I have adhd and I hope to get diagnosed soon so it could be relating to that, not so sure about OCD but I think I may have a mild version of it for various reasons. I blink and shrug uncontrollably a lot. The way I feel it is theres a bat flying around in my head and every time it hits the wall around my brain I get a tick. Does anyone else feel like this?

[CameronTharp]

I have ADHD and I have tics. I do not have tourettes. I have a specific tick where I make a popping sound with my mouth

[tanukondahari]

My son 4 years eeg shows generalised epilepsy. And Adhd, tics happened only on nighttime while on sleeping. Please tell me treatment from India. Medication is now we are using that BREVARACETAM, AND METHYLE PHENEDATE HYDROCLORIDE. is it ok but not controlled sice 7 moths.