Tourette’s Syndrome

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Lee Health Pediatric Neurologist Dr. Guillermo Philipps said tics are common in kids. “About one in every five kids may have tics during childhood age, and then a subset of these children go on to have chronic tics, and then about a half a percent of kids have Tourette’s.”

However, Tourette’s is defined by having multiple motor or vocal tics occurring frequently, before the child turns 18, and lasting longer than a year. “There’s a broad number of things that can be tics, it can be blinking, it can be rolling your eyes, it can be making facial grimaces, head movements, neck movements, and other body movements. They can be simple or complex,” said Dr. Philipps.

If you see that your child has tics, take note of what they’re doing. “Does it seem to bother the child? Does it seem like there’s anything that might be triggering or affecting them? Then touch base with your pediatrician.” People with Tourette’s often have coexisting disorders. “These include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, mood disorders like depression, anxiety, learning problems, and other types of behavioral problems. Assessing for those and controlling for those and, addressing those can often help the tics,” said Dr. Philipps.

The tics can be triggered by stress. The severity can be thought of on a spectrum from mild to severe. Dr. Philipps said while there’s no cure, habit reversal training is possible. “That’s where therapist teaches the child to recognize the tics, and then to produce a movement that would essentially replace the tic.”

Tics usually peak from age 7-12 and decline as the child ages; however, some will have tics into adulthood.

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I had a pretty bad tic in my teens into my mid-20s. It was a click I made with my mouth. I knew I was suffering from pretty severe depression but had not sought help. About 3 to 5 months of seeing a psychiatrist and being on meds it slowly went away till there was nothing left. It's never come back either. ❤❤❤❤

Katietrezak
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What is really sick is the medical profession's ongoing denial about the link between Tourettes and diet/environment. There are so many people who can clearly see this link and have successfully reduced or eliminated tics by identifying aggravators in the diet and environment (no, its not easy!), and all a neurologist can recommend is medication.

Lafue
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Behavioural therapy has actually been proven to not work though in most cases and have been proven to cause worse tic and just mental strain. I’ve heard of more people with behavioural therapy finding it much harder to control their ticks afterward because their body starts making the movements they’re supposed to do instead of the tics into new tics.

touretteitup
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I was told by a very good MD that all folks that have Tourette's have ADHD. Some people who ADHD have Tourette's... They are very closely related.

Jerry-bnev
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My brother had tics. We would make fun of him until he stopped and then it would be a different one. He went from making wierd movements with his mouth to eye squinting to others. He eventually stopped and doesn't do it anymore and now I feel bad for making fun of him when I was younger.

beetlejuice
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i don’t have tourettes, but i do tic. i’ve heard it can be from stress? it started way before i even knew what tourette’s was a thing. most of my tics are just clicks, head jerks (THEY HURT) shoulder jerks or winks. I can’t really control when it happens, if i’m not occupied with anything i get a few. not repeatedly thank GOD, or any weird things.

Velociraptor.
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I only realize now that what i suffered from as a child was a real medical condition that has a name, i was blinking each eye separately and I would draw things in the air with my hands, people would make fun of me, i now have peace that i discovered that this condition has a name and many kids suffer from them during their growing.

alexanderlarsen
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Hola, no hablo inglés pero necesito AYUDA sufro de trastorno de Tourette y tengo los mismos tics de ese joven.

jheffersonamorenor
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God, thank you for your goodness. Thank you for your faithfulness. Thank you for healing the hearts of hearts of your creation and today my heart is on those with Tourette’s Syndrome. God, will you heal the land here in Jesus mighty name. Amen 🙏Thank you for healing every nation, tribe, tongue and people and animal and environment and age and generation and moment and place and space and second in Jesus mighty name. Amen 🙏

Rebecca-zrlu
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Oooh so this is what I've been dealing with for about three years or so

monkeylaw
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Clean your toe nails and hand nails with acetone few days. Basically, it could be nail fungus, unexpressed. Explore medical alcohol options, clean your hands from now and then with 91 percent med. alcohol.

MichaelMichael-cm
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Help me tengo síndrome de tourette y no soporto mas los dolores que me causan los tics de mi cuello y los problemas cognitivos que padezco

jheffersonamorenor
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A fiamnak segített az ezüst kolloid és a Flavin ital vitaminkoncentrátum /Magyar forgalmazó/.Előtte szükség volt egy mandula kivételre, mert az adta a streptococcus pyog. gócot, majd antibiotikum!!! FANTASZTIKUS javulást értünk el!!!

IldikoHorvathneCsanki
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This might sound stupid, but i think marijuana can help this.

SSNRFI
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My ticks I say balls longtime I also I have a balls song that I sing opera style thanks

michelle_sea_view
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I have ticks and there terning into torrets

jadelee
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Blessings in an abundance of the faith. I salute you. 😘🙏Grace and peace be unto you and to this place. Thank you. 🤍🌈🤍God bless you. Will you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your lord and personal saviour??? I do. 🤍🌈🤍🫶👏

Rebecca-zrlu
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Ts is not a thing whoever believes this got problems

saffaaalfayez
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You think it’s finally time to listen to RFK jr talk about studying the impacts of vaccines? Yes I think so

jasonwindsperger
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Blessings in an abundance of the faith. I salute you. 😘🙏Grace and peace be unto you and to this place. Thank you. 🤍🌈🤍God bless you. Will you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your lord and personal saviour??? I do. 🤍🌈🤍🫶👏

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