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My daughter was just diagnosed with having tics and I have been stressed for the past 3-4 months. I am trying to make her strong because kids can be cruel and my daughter is a sweet 7 year old. I don't want another child to break her spirit. I love these videos it kinda made me feel a little better. Thank you
Teach her to explain her mental condition in a way that's socially simplified and doesn't impose a disabled view of herself! When I'd be mid-tic and someone in my class would ask why I just did that, it seemed obvious to just tell them I get these weird urges in my body that tell me to "move" or "shift", then I'd compare it to something more commonly experienced such as an itch or a muscle spasm you can't ignore. Then I'd laugh it off and say "I know it's a bit strange, you get used to it." and laugh it off. I don't remember ever receiving any negative comments in return or further harassment over it. It seemed to help the people around me understand what I was experiencing, which was and always is great to bring awareness to peers, as well as helping me practice understanding my own condition and mental/physical health to communicate the "why's" and "what's" through a tool called Introspection.
Everything I read about tics is WRONG, compared to my situation. I remember a bad tic attack happened at 25 years old. I was able to suppress nearly all tics until I hit my 30's. Tics caused some drama in my youth, but generally went unnoticed. I remember complex vocal tics in my 30's, but I was able to suppress nearly all of these (but they did keep me single). Eventually, I got the foot stomping tics, and more complex tics, and these were even more difficult to control, and sometimes totally uncontrollable, especially if ordered to stop (lol). I have had some relief with propranolol, but, it's an awsome partial solution leaving you want for a better solution. I never had adhd, nor any other problems, in fact, i'm an engineer solving unbelievably complex problems. (I'm working on technology for the electrical grid now). I often get a feeling before the tics happen....like a glass slowly filling up with water, eventually it will overflow, and with the tics, you feel the sensation, but you are not aware of the action until it happens. The more you think or focus on a tic, the worse it is. Sometimes I can "walk" and the visual side effect of the tic is not materialized. (or I've suppressed it). etc. Tics wax and wane, and I can control them, until I cannot. (lol), then I need help from meds. I also have tics, which are wrapped around other movements. I have a tic from stepping on or off the curb, or ariving at the top or bottom of the stairs, etc. Something is ticing, and the movement needs the other "locomotion" movement to trigger it. I can tell it's the tics because of the feeling before/after. I am doing better, now that I"m able to identify my tics, and ticking periods (lol, for lack of a better term). If anyone wants to discuss meds they are taking, etc, feel free to email me.
hi .. my nephew was 7 years old and he has tic. From the visit he had with the doctor, he told us that there is nothing to worry about and that he will leave with his age. How do you think according to your own experience? we are desperate. thank u
I am 25 and I believe I have begun to experience complex vocal tics. I never really noticed that I had any tics during my adolescence, I thought I just had a nervous habit of fidgeting and leg shaking. When I notice that it happens, it gets worse and I begin to panic..
My entire life I've had tics! They were under control for a number of years and have recently like within the last few months have been out of control. My anxiety is super high. This video has helped me to finally understand that I wasn't just being a brat or wasn't doing it to bother people when I was a kid. Can't wait to learn more.
Thank u for this video , i didnt understand tics at all. My 6 yr old son does them and i would tell him to try n control them. But after watching this and reading some comments i realize he cant control them and embrace him and stand by him. Thank u so much really!
I would love to see an update to this considering the tics experienced in FND, or functional tics!! In some ways, functional tics are so similar yet so different to other tic disorders!
This is really informative. My son, who is 9, just developed a neck tic at the end of the school year. He is on the spectrum, very high functioning. I hope and pray that his tic is transient because I do worry about the social implications. He told me that his neck feels itchy right before the tic. Thankfully his teacher also had tics as a child and was completely aware of what he was experiencing. Geesh why is life so hard for some kids?
this explains so much, thank you this helps me understand the reason I make some kind of sound in my throat and tense up my arms in the same position out of no where at random times. I have no idea when it's going to happen and it happens out of nowhere and I have no control over it.
I have a very serious case of ADHD and I take the maximum dosage for medication that the company makes and I'm only 13. I'm now realizing that I also am developing tics like gripping my hands or fingers when I am holding something or putting pressure on something when I'm leaning up against it. I also rub my face a lot, and breathe out more forcibly, but I still have an eye blinking tic too. All of these are recurring tics and some occur at the same time. This makes it hard to do schoolwork.
i am 43 and still do it on a regular basis with the same frequency as i did as a child with no gaps. very consistant. i understand that toretts is a spectrum disorder and i may not even have it but, iv never heard of a case quite like mine.
i am so fucking glad this guy made it clear that tics just dosent mean swearing...its so annoying that the media portray ppl with tics as just saying random swear words...I have turrets since I was 8 and now I am 21 and never yell out swear words..and when people see me they think its something else just coz I don't yell out randomly...
It's really crushing me watching this right now. My 5 yo grandson has developed numerous tics. There has been yelling, chewing on his shirt, snorting. I really scared he is going to be dealing with this longer term.
im stuck with ADHD and I keep moving my torso , eye twitching, voice ticks , motor ticks, clearing my through hardly, sticking out my tongue (got me in trouble) and it goes on but it never stops and its starting to affect the way people think about be and the way I act. I just wish it would go away and I wouldn't have to take medicine to control it.
My boarder's tics get bad when he's lost sleep (partydrugs). They are not that noticeable normally, if you don't know about it. The tics range from hic ups, grunts, throat clearing, hmmm and mmm sounds and assorted snorting. They occur one after the other in odd arrangements. I wish he would get help with it, he's 50yrs old. This video was very helpful thank you.
Hi there just asking as I live in a rural town in Tasmania. I have epilepsy, Mild Cerebral Palsy. I have a lot of pain as I have nerves in the spine touching lightly. They put my latest condition down to cluster head achs but I have ticks all the time. I find it hard to type and even hold a knife and fork or cup my hand will have a sharp tick where I can smash the keyboard or hit the cup in to the table. Would epilepsy and other symptoms trigger cluster headaches to have these sharp ticks?
I am 23 and I have had tics since I can remember, they aren't as severe as some others but they can become suffocating and painful after a while. Recently I keep coughing and I know I don't have a cold and I've been doing it so much that my ribs feel tender and painful. I also have a habit or tic of clearing my throat a lot for no reasons which also causes me to get sore throats a lot. I've been thinking about telling my doctor about the tics but I get worried that she wont believe me since my tics change a lot and can be internal such as swallowing a lot or holding my breath or breathing from my nose in a certain pattern. I'm worried she wont think I have tics cause idk if shes ever seen me have a tic that was noticeable while in her presence.
don't hold your tics in man... find a treatment that works but don't hold them in and don't feel ashamed for sure (just kinda assuming that one) it's like a sneeze... just let it out man :)
I think Wax and wanes tic but I don't remember if I had it when I was younger because my mind has blocked those years do to a bad life, I'm now 19 "My tics" is eye twitching, saying no, head bobbing harshly that it hurts sometimes, head looking to the left or right, kissing noises, bumping my hand on my head, blowing, eyes widening, tilting head, weird word in general, odd noises, covering mouth and extra (all uncontrolled) This happens for 2-1 hours or 3 on a bad day then stops for months or weeks, hella tired afterward.
My chin has been twitching for over a year. It’ll twitch randomly or when someone looks at me/I’m nervous. It’s like my chin scrunches but even if I wanted to do it purposefully I wouldn’t be able to even achieve that type of scrunch in my chin. Happens like 15 or 20 times a day. It’s really annoying when someone is looking straight at my face having a convo with me and my chin randomly scrunches up weird.
I have had this tic ever since I was young and I always thought It made me abnormal but now that I am an adult I've come to accept it and it is easier to suppress. It's a blinking tic.
MrCrazyshots I have the same tic. As a teenager,, my blinking was out of control and even started to develop another one which was turning my wrist when I was very stressed. I'm now 35 and although I still have my blinking tics, I know it's harder for me to try and control it when I'm stressed, tired, anxious, had too much chocolate, things like that. Basically, the better I can handle my stress and nervousness, the more I'm in control. I know I'll have to deal with this for the rest of my life but at least, it's manageable to some extend.
+Alex Matthew As far as I know, no. but if it started only a few months ago, I'm sure you stand a good chance to get rid of it if you see professionnals. I hope for you it won't last. but if it does, it's an incovenience but not the end of the world. :)
Nancy Dumont it started In july on comment on november lol....yep do you feel like a constant need to stretch or tightness and you have to do it kind of thing?
i too have had it since my early teens. First it was eyes blinking then started to have dry lips and now it feels like my whole face feels i dunno how to say it itchy i guess. I started having trouble sleeping too for awhile now too. If i dont take clonidine, my anxiety is really high and i have trouble sleeping if i dont take it.
Its mad, I sort of self diagnosed myself with mild tourrettes or something years ago because I unconsciously stretch my face and eyes and scrunch it up again throughout the day (worse when I'm tired or stressed), I never sought a diagnosis as it doesn't deeply effect my life and everyone close to me knows about them and love me anyway. But its nice to dive in and understand more.
After my deployment to Afghanistan in 2014 for some reason i developed a blinking tic. It got bad enough to where my nickname was blinky lol but now my nose eyebrows and ear tics every minute
I have two bad ticks plus other minor ones. One where i take long hard blinks that last for up to 3 seconds. And constant nose sniffing. I mean really hard loud sniffing, every few seconds. My nose always hurts and i get bloody noses often. Its embarrassing and socially debilitating. I also have one where i hold my arm up and clench my fist for several seconds.
I’ve been having some tics this year lately like the shoulder shrug but my shoulders go back and rotate and my neck goes to the left involuntarily but I get a feeling like it’s gonna happen I don’t know what it is and I’m afraid if I tell the doctors or my pwrents they will think I’m faking it
so, frequent (q.5-10 sec.) unintentional muscle jerks in an 11yo boy, including a mixture of sharp head jerks, sharp abdominal/chest contractions, and leg jerks (or, if standing, an apparent whole-body jerk) that doesn't occur during sleep or while playing the violin could be considered a tic disorder exacerbation - nothing else - not needing an EEG or neuro consult?
Hi my son is 5 years old and he picks his nose all the time, when he was 2 he started with a cough like he had something in his throat...i took him to the doctor and his doc said it was a tic...it remained for about a year and a half....and then he started picks his nose all the time...do u think it will go alway like the throat thing? Ty!
i don’t know if this is a tic but sometimes throughout the day*(this has been going on for about a year maybe now i’m not sure)* i suddenly just all together make a weird face clench my fist and my arm moved weirdly same with my legs and i can feel it coming but sometimes i can make it go away but sometimes i can’t and it just happens and i can’t control it
“Unusual after 9 years old” I really really need a neurologist that is not a stupid military doctor. My daughter had a sudden onset of tics at 16. They are not in the face. They are not small movement. They are full body..arms flail..legs kick out. Head therks to the side then jerks up and to the right. Sometime her body spins like she is dancing. Her chest dips and she is forced to blow out the air in her chest. These are rapid..strong and painful af times. They get worse daily. She is exhausted and once lost total strength in the right side of her body. The ER doctor worried it was seizures, but 2 EEGs have turned up “ Something unusual on the same lead, but nothing we can pin point as epilepsy” she had a recent MRI but still no answers..they are trying to push Klonopin, but I’m not convinced this is something to medicate away. I’m telling you there is way more to this. My daughter is forgetting things, unable to understand simple requests and is overly silly. Which is so far from my child I can’t even explain this. The doctors have said stress..but they know nothing about her. This literally came out of no where a month ago and we have been living a nightmare since. ER doctors take it seriously and worry, but all the peds. neurologist at Bethesda just give meds and don’t even call back with test results, or explain what exactly what is wrong with the EEG. Each day gets worse for my child. She was a straight A student who wanted to work for NIH, now she sleeps most of the time and when she is awake can’t even function. We have videos of her tic..wish someone who actually is a good doctor could see her and tell us what is wrong.
I have an eye rolling and face twitching tic, the eye rolling puts serious strain in my eyes. I’m learning to hide it so it doesn’t make it so obvious tho.
Me and my family cant figure it out, I have a bad grunting nose and every now and then a click. Some times my eyes roll back with out me doing anything. I'm only 12
My 6 year old has had tics for about 6 months to a year, but she just started this one where she throws her head back, sometimes up to 7 times in a row, really hard, she is complaining of pain. How can I help her :(??
Am I the only one who doesn't think much of it and kinda forgets about it, I blink a lot and sometimes hard blinks where i hurt my eyes but that doesn't happen often, the one that happens a lot is my nose crunches and even then I don't care, It doesn't affect me, no one notices, it's not distracting, I also don't know if what I have is actually tics because all the videos I watch are people who have tics every few seconds or minutes and it's pretty noticeable and I can kinda control mine so I'm not sure if what I have is just a habit or something
So basically I have always had a habit of wanting to shake my hand round and sometimes my leg will do I little moment about one of twice a day but now i feel the need to short of do this grunting thing and once a start I keep going! It's gotten a lot worse now I have gone to a new school and I am very stressed
Im just confused because my eyes twitch sometimes and every day i have these tic like movements in my shoulder and my neck i dont have ticks when it comes with my face but with my shoulder neck Edit dose that mean i Tourette’s or something else my mom is worried about me she dont know what to do
I put my toung out for less then a second,I shake my had around and find a open place without any obstacles and swallow,And breath out for no reason l,Are any of these tics?
mine is not noticable unless you know me and spend a lot of time with me. i flex my arms. heres the interesting part: i have had this tic all my life. my mom said i did it in the craddle as a baby. heres the thing though, its 100% voluntary. my arms look like a body builders even though, i have never lifted a wieght. the best i can discribe it, is i feel an urge to flex my arm muscels like restless leg syndrome. gosh its so embarrasing. do i have torretts?
Please help me I started taking Paxil For my anxiety sickness in the morning and ever since I started taking it, I’ve been having weird things that I do which I believe are ticks and I hope I don’t have Tourette’s . I’m too scared to say anything to people because it’s embarrassing. I used to make faces, and now I just have urges to yell I have urges to snort other strange doings. I know that I’m doing them and I can control him. I just have urges to do it.
Are all tics related to tourettes? As a child my parents and grandparents got so mad at me, because i had this horrid sounding chronic "throat clearing" thing i did, and i didn't realize i was doing it until it was pointed out, or my throat started to physically hurt. This video i'm watching now, is the first time i heard of "throat clearing" particularly in childhood as being a tic. However i do remember my grandma always saying "stop that before you develop a tic" i never knew what that meant and always thought she meant "before it becomes a habit" Until now i never realized that could have been an indicator or the beginning of what i am experiencing now. anyway after a few years i eventually stopped clearing my throat. but than i started to get violent twitches in my neck and shoulder. That was at age 10. i'm 25 now and i still have the same twitches. I choose not to drive as i feel that could be dangerous, but there have been times where i have accidentally broken stuff or even thrown scalding hot coffee in my own face burning myself. Sometimes it comes out of no where and is embarrassing as people definitely notice...also it can be so sudden and intense it cracks my neck quite loudly and can hurt. I can go days or even weeks without it happening but when it does happen it usually has no warning the first time or two but than comes with the "urge" you describe here, usually in the form of a jolt or electric tingling feeling going up my spine into my head. The more i resist the worse it is when it inevitably happens. I have seen several Dr's about this, but they have never personally witnessed it, as it is not constant, and has never happened in a Dr office. So it is usually brushed off, and i am just given a weird look...i have other health issues and chronic pain i have been dealing with for many years. The separate pain issues i feel are so devastating that i never put much thought into this "twitch or tic" i experience. Honestly it always seemed like the "least if my worries" however now that i am connecting my childhood symptoms to my adult symptoms...i am wondering if i could have a mild version of tourettes or if tics can be separate from tourettes.. either way i don't know if i should just ignore it, or try to ask another dr. though i have so many other problems they don't take serious i'm worried if i pushed this issue they might just think i'm a hypochondriac. anyway i never would have thought to even look this up except my twitches or possible "tics" have been so frequent this past week my partner of 5 years asked me what i was doing...turns out he has noticed this twitching for years but never mentioned it. now that it happens more he has asked, and i just said it has always happened. but now i don't know what it all means. I saw someone else do the same twitch i do. i never knew other people had the same problem. does anyone know if this is serious?
i groan ....every now and then a head shake - or mouth grimace ...only about 1/8th of time i do the head shake and mouth grimace . The groaning though can ...last for hours . Only started though a couple of years ago - i am nearly 52 .
I used to have very bad nervous tics, which affected my face & hands. I noticed that it got very bad when I STARTED TO DAYDREAM or any loss of concentration. As I grew older, I noticed these tics would also startup when I got anxiety say with exams or interviews etc However, in the last few years, these tics have got much less admittedly my time for examinations is over & so is my work interviews. I have never had any medical treatment for these tics although many people at the time said I should.
For years I have had a physical tic where my arm straightens and like stiffens and my fingers curl in or straighten out and now I’m 20 and on of my tics is to hit my face with my hand.
Hailee kroner babes it’s from stress my bro gets this...when I comes you worries about what people not knowing life will eventually plague you when this
i would blink my eyes like how he was saying but i dont really do that anymore. But i would make random noises after i would get off my phone. Its like im concentrating and then ill forget about the problem. But when u get off moter tics start happening.
Do you know why I am 13 and have had a vocal tic since I was 7/8? It is starting to affect my social life in school, and I am beginning to be made fun of. I need something done and I don't know what to do.
How do I solve my tics issue...i think I have tics..cause I always nice my forehead...its like an urge that you need to release before you feel better. If you control it you will be very stiff..how do I cure this?
We just had to take our 10 year old to the ER because of what they say is a motor tic. She's developed a couple in the last 4 years (ie throat clearing, jaw stretching, neck stretching, etc.) but this one made her actually cause herself some physical harm. She bears down and pushes really hard at her tailbone area, while holding her breath until she's nearly purple in the face. This just started a few days ago. On day 3, she caused a blood vessel to burst in her eyeball. I was terrified and so was she, so we took her in to be assessed. I should probably mention that this new tic seems to have arisen as a sort of substitute to using her finger and checking to see if she completely emptied herself after a bowel movement. She is seeing a more specialized therapist in 4 days, but is there any direction you can offer in the way of which diagnosis we should explore first?
I keep having symptoms like theses not vocal of corse but the eye blinking and the licking of the lips and weird face movements i was taking new meds and another type of tic is when i swallow i put my hand over my mouth
i’m 17 and recently i have been twitching and making noises and i sometimes blurt out random things i got diagnosed with adhd when i was 7 can this be tourette syndrome?
I had one as a kid, a neck jerk, it felt like I was cracking my neck but only I could hear it. I’m an adult now, the neck tic is still here, but I’ve developed another, my body will jerk, almost like I’m trembling or cold. That one is annoying
I had it the opposite, since I was around 16, my body would tense up once or twice a day, but now, I've got a severe head jerk that developed a little over a month ago and I'm 21.
Hello, how are you now? Do you still have tics? It says online that if you were to have tics, they start before the age of 18. But I'm 18 right now and it's been exactly one month since they started and they never left. Can someone help me?
i have complex vocal tics(causes me to say things over and over again), Vocal tics( i have to scream), and Motor tics(shoulder shrugging, eye jerking, nose twitch, bite hands/fingers, throat clearing, tongue sticking out/licking lips, jumping,) :(
I really dont want to self diagnose myself but also i dont wanna go to a hospital or wherever to tell me what i knew lol and waist money but i think i have motor tics. Ive been noticing that for years ive had head jerks like idk im like not doing anything or im in the restroom like not really distracted then my head automatically jerks i dont do it but i welcome it it doesnt bug me. Ive noticed whatever it is if it is tics ive noticed that i distract myself and i dont do it i rarely do it or it happens less noticeable. At work my tics happen but my coworkers are atupid/ignorant & they wont understand whats happening. But literally idk if it is a motor tic but i dont do it it does it on its own. Somebody answer me this plz! Im a very young adult. The tic is twist my head or my head touches my shoulder
I have the same thing with the head plus nose and eye twitching l as well as shoulder movements. I went and saw someone about it and I got told they were all motor tics so I'm pretty confident you can just self diagnose yourself with it.
Smoke weed, trust me I was pulling my eye lashes from around 8 years old to 10. I had several other things playing with my head with anxiety. Once I started smoking weed when I was around 15 or 16 I’ve never had any problem with anything ever again. I almost forget what is used to be like but believe me it was hell.
You need to talk to your doctor in PRIVATE. And tell your doctor that your mom asks you to hold it in and stop them. If you have a good doctor he will talk with your mother (probably while you are not there) and explain to her that it is not good to say that because it will make you afraid or ashamed to be in public, and that is not right. Life is tough enough.
Well the tics are niether of yours fault so there's no reason for either of you to be ashamed... You should be working together to fight this not trying to hide it :) you can feel free to use that, btw ;)
there is medication but it makes you dreary and very restless i choose not to take the medication they said i would grow out of it but im older now and i still have mild tics when i was younger i had severe tics.
To help reduce or 'put off' tic time episodes... It seems tic time inhibits ones breathing... that is- one is often holding the breath as opposed to fluid-normal automatic breathing. It seems one's anal sphincter muscle is cramped closed. That can be let loosed at will. Then, the muscle group behind the small-lower of the back. And of course a tight constriction of the muscles right above the eyebrows. if the anus is relaxed.... the small of the back will be more easily relaxed... and then the brow muscles. This along with deeeeep belly breathing... the diaphragm ...slow and rythmatic... disallows the tic time and /or lets it go.... until next time. which may be soon or off in time for a spell. It seems a big key to relief is deep, relaxed breathing. Never hastened... not rapid breathing. Was informed years ago that one cannot have an anxiety/panic/pts attack and be breathing at the same time. Indeed, the breath is being held or at least greatly minimized... very shallow.... not a wanted thing to do. Hope this helps.
to everyone that is calling tics a disease IT IS NOT A DISEASE IT IS A DISORDER!
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Moriah Fowler it's actually a syndrome
It’s fucking fake!
Dude, fuck off
Gina Kirkland 100%. If only you were here before the neurologist diagnosed me
My daughter was just diagnosed with having tics and I have been stressed for the past 3-4 months. I am trying to make her strong because kids can be cruel and my daughter is a sweet 7 year old. I don't want another child to break her spirit. I love these videos it kinda made me feel a little better. Thank you
Hello maam
I am also facing the same problem..
Pls guide I ll do..
My 5 years old daughter facing the same problem
My 10 year old has just got tics come out of no where
@@andeelakram6319 My grandson was just diagnose with tics, he is ten years old. It came from nowhere also.
Teach her to explain her mental condition in a way that's socially simplified and doesn't impose a disabled view of herself! When I'd be mid-tic and someone in my class would ask why I just did that, it seemed obvious to just tell them I get these weird urges in my body that tell me to "move" or "shift", then I'd compare it to something more commonly experienced such as an itch or a muscle spasm you can't ignore. Then I'd laugh it off and say "I know it's a bit strange, you get used to it." and laugh it off. I don't remember ever receiving any negative comments in return or further harassment over it. It seemed to help the people around me understand what I was experiencing, which was and always is great to bring awareness to peers, as well as helping me practice understanding my own condition and mental/physical health to communicate the "why's" and "what's" through a tool called Introspection.
@@carolanne9450 research PANDAS
Thank you for raising awareness about these issues.
Everything I read about tics is WRONG, compared to my situation. I remember a bad tic attack happened at 25 years old. I was able to suppress nearly all tics until I hit my 30's. Tics caused some drama in my youth, but generally went unnoticed. I remember complex vocal tics in my 30's, but I was able to suppress nearly all of these (but they did keep me single). Eventually, I got the foot stomping tics, and more complex tics, and these were even more difficult to control, and sometimes totally uncontrollable, especially if ordered to stop (lol). I have had some relief with propranolol, but, it's an awsome partial solution leaving you want for a better solution. I never had adhd, nor any other problems, in fact, i'm an engineer solving unbelievably complex problems. (I'm working on technology for the electrical grid now). I often get a feeling before the tics happen....like a glass slowly filling up with water, eventually it will overflow, and with the tics, you feel the sensation, but you are not aware of the action until it happens. The more you think or focus on a tic, the worse it is. Sometimes I can "walk" and the visual side effect of the tic is not materialized. (or I've suppressed it). etc. Tics wax and wane, and I can control them, until I cannot. (lol), then I need help from meds. I also have tics, which are wrapped around other movements. I have a tic from stepping on or off the curb, or ariving at the top or bottom of the stairs, etc. Something is ticing, and the movement needs the other "locomotion" movement to trigger it. I can tell it's the tics because of the feeling before/after. I am doing better, now that I"m able to identify my tics, and ticking periods (lol, for lack of a better term).
If anyone wants to discuss meds they are taking, etc, feel free to email me.
Its fear.
Had it all my life.
No biggie for me.
hi .. my nephew was 7 years old and he has tic. From the visit he had with the doctor, he told us that there is nothing to worry about and that he will leave with his age. How do you think according to your own experience? we are desperate. thank u
I am 25 and I believe I have begun to experience complex vocal tics. I never really noticed that I had any tics during my adolescence, I thought I just had a nervous habit of fidgeting and leg shaking. When I notice that it happens, it gets worse and I begin to panic..
Hello Norman, so what did you do , My son is only 8 years old , we are kind of clueless where to start
Norman Graham can I email you with a question about your comment about stairs and curbs? Thanks so much
My entire life I've had tics! They were under control for a number of years and have recently like within the last few months have been out of control. My anxiety is super high. This video has helped me to finally understand that I wasn't just being a brat or wasn't doing it to bother people when I was a kid. Can't wait to learn more.
Thank u for this video , i didnt understand tics at all. My 6 yr old son does them and i would tell him to try n control them. But after watching this and reading some comments i realize he cant control them and embrace him and stand by him. Thank u so much really!
I would love to see an update to this considering the tics experienced in FND, or functional tics!! In some ways, functional tics are so similar yet so different to other tic disorders!
This is really informative. My son, who is 9, just developed a neck tic at the end of the school year. He is on the spectrum, very high functioning. I hope and pray that his tic is transient because I do worry about the social implications. He told me that his neck feels itchy right before the tic. Thankfully his teacher also had tics as a child and was completely aware of what he was experiencing. Geesh why is life so hard for some kids?
this explains so much, thank you this helps me understand the reason I make some kind of sound in my throat and tense up my arms in the same position out of no where at random times. I have no idea when it's going to happen and it happens out of nowhere and I have no control over it.
most helpfull even after all these years ty DR
I have a very serious case of ADHD and I take the maximum dosage for medication that the company makes and I'm only 13. I'm now realizing that I also am developing tics like gripping my hands or fingers when I am holding something or putting pressure on something when I'm leaning up against it. I also rub my face a lot, and breathe out more forcibly, but I still have an eye blinking tic too. All of these are recurring tics and some occur at the same time. This makes it hard to do schoolwork.
i am 43 and still do it on a regular basis with the same frequency as i did as a child with no gaps. very consistant. i understand that toretts is a spectrum disorder and i may not even have it but, iv never heard of a case quite like mine.
i am so fucking glad this guy made it clear that tics just dosent mean swearing...its so annoying that the media portray ppl with tics as just saying random swear words...I have turrets since I was 8 and now I am 21 and never yell out swear words..and when people see me they think its something else just coz I don't yell out randomly...
God i am glad to cause I have motar tics and adhd and I cant control it😥
It's really crushing me watching this right now. My 5 yo grandson has developed numerous tics. There has been yelling, chewing on his shirt, snorting. I really scared he is going to be dealing with this longer term.
Thank you for this.
im stuck with ADHD and I keep moving my torso , eye twitching, voice ticks , motor ticks, clearing my through hardly, sticking out my tongue (got me in trouble) and it goes on but it never stops and its starting to affect the way people think about be and the way I act.
I just wish it would go away and I wouldn't have to take medicine to control it.
UnlimitedPixel XL For me it is my torso and eye twitching
@@Lucifer-zl8sn yes!!
For me it’s moving torso, face scrunching, rapid eye blinking, jaw click, eye rolling, neck moving, vocal tics, shoulder shrugging, humming, etc.
For me my adhd makes me jerk and twitch my head along with me just saying random words like MEEP, meep use to be a word I’d say a lot not I say E
Chorea could be something you can look up as well.
My boarder's tics get bad when he's lost sleep (partydrugs). They are not that noticeable normally, if you don't know about it. The tics range from hic ups, grunts, throat clearing, hmmm and mmm sounds and assorted snorting. They occur one after the other in odd arrangements. I wish he would get help with it, he's 50yrs old. This video was very helpful thank you.
Hi there just asking as I live in a rural town in Tasmania.
I have epilepsy, Mild Cerebral Palsy. I have a lot of pain as I have nerves in the spine touching lightly.
They put my latest condition down to cluster head achs but I have ticks all the time. I find it hard to type and even hold a knife and fork or cup my hand will have a sharp tick where I can smash the keyboard or hit the cup in to the table. Would epilepsy and other symptoms trigger cluster headaches to have these sharp ticks?
Thanks for explaning!
I am 23 and I have had tics since I can remember, they aren't as severe as some others but they can become suffocating and painful after a while. Recently I keep coughing and I know I don't have a cold and I've been doing it so much that my ribs feel tender and painful. I also have a habit or tic of clearing my throat a lot for no reasons which also causes me to get sore throats a lot.
I've been thinking about telling my doctor about the tics but I get worried that she wont believe me since my tics change a lot and can be internal such as swallowing a lot or holding my breath or breathing from my nose in a certain pattern. I'm worried she wont think I have tics cause idk if shes ever seen me have a tic that was noticeable while in her presence.
don't hold your tics in man... find a treatment that works but don't hold them in and don't feel ashamed for sure (just kinda assuming that one) it's like a sneeze... just let it out man :)
Thank you my gf had a melt down because she's been having tics that are capable of giving her whip lash. This video might help her.
I think Wax and wanes tic but I don't remember if I had it when I was younger because my mind has blocked those years do to a bad life, I'm now 19
"My tics" is eye twitching, saying no, head bobbing harshly that it hurts sometimes, head looking to the left or right, kissing noises, bumping my hand on my head, blowing, eyes widening, tilting head, weird word in general, odd noises, covering mouth and extra (all uncontrolled)
This happens for 2-1 hours or 3 on a bad day then stops for months or weeks, hella tired afterward.
i raise and shake my hand in a shaking motion involuntarily very often i didn’t realize it was possibly a tic
I have Motor tic disorder and my head jerks forward a lot and my ears "perk" up. It is so annoying during school.
My chin has been twitching for over a year. It’ll twitch randomly or when someone looks at me/I’m nervous. It’s like my chin scrunches but even if I wanted to do it purposefully I wouldn’t be able to even achieve that type of scrunch in my chin. Happens like 15 or 20 times a day. It’s really annoying when someone is looking straight at my face having a convo with me and my chin randomly scrunches up weird.
Thanks for the information.
what if I only get tics as an adult? Is that abnormal?
I have had this tic ever since I was young and I always thought It made me abnormal but now that I am an adult I've come to accept it and it is easier to suppress. It's a blinking tic.
MrCrazyshots I have the same tic. As a teenager,, my blinking was out of control and even started to develop another one which was turning my wrist when I was very stressed. I'm now 35 and although I still have my blinking tics, I know it's harder for me to try and control it when I'm stressed, tired, anxious, had too much chocolate, things like that. Basically, the better I can handle my stress and nervousness, the more I'm in control. I know I'll have to deal with this for the rest of my life but at least, it's manageable to some extend.
+Nancy Dumont anyway its been like months now I am used to it alry....but is there any medicine to stop this?
+Alex Matthew As far as I know, no. but if it started only a few months ago, I'm sure you stand a good chance to get rid of it if you see professionnals. I hope for you it won't last. but if it does, it's an incovenience but not the end of the world. :)
Nancy Dumont it started In july on comment on november lol....yep do you feel like a constant need to stretch or tightness and you have to do it kind of thing?
i too have had it since my early teens. First it was eyes blinking then started to have dry lips and now it feels like my whole face feels i dunno how to say it itchy i guess. I started having trouble sleeping too for awhile now too. If i dont take clonidine, my anxiety is really high and i have trouble sleeping if i dont take it.
Its mad, I sort of self diagnosed myself with mild tourrettes or something years ago because I unconsciously stretch my face and eyes and scrunch it up again throughout the day (worse when I'm tired or stressed), I never sought a diagnosis as it doesn't deeply effect my life and everyone close to me knows about them and love me anyway. But its nice to dive in and understand more.
to have TS you need to have 2 or more motor tics and at least one vocal tic
@@nomen_est_pluto True say, I'm almost definitely 100% wrong about it actually being tourrettes as I'm not a doctor.
After my deployment to Afghanistan in 2014 for some reason i developed a blinking tic. It got bad enough to where my nickname was blinky lol but now my nose eyebrows and ear tics every minute
I jerk my head and say e randomly is that a tic?
Along with me bouncing back and forth in my chair
Yes could be
im constantly blinking and raising my eyebrows up or down when i focus or just randomly. im not sure if its a simple motor tic, or what exactly it is.
I have two bad ticks plus other minor ones. One where i take long hard blinks that last for up to 3 seconds. And constant nose sniffing. I mean really hard loud sniffing, every few seconds. My nose always hurts and i get bloody noses often. Its embarrassing and socially debilitating. I also have one where i hold my arm up and clench my fist for several seconds.
I’ve been having some tics this year lately like the shoulder shrug but my shoulders go back and rotate and my neck goes to the left involuntarily but I get a feeling like it’s gonna happen I don’t know what it is and I’m afraid if I tell the doctors or my pwrents they will think I’m faking it
so, frequent (q.5-10 sec.) unintentional muscle jerks in an 11yo boy, including a mixture of sharp head jerks, sharp abdominal/chest contractions, and leg jerks (or, if standing, an apparent whole-body jerk) that doesn't occur during sleep or while playing the violin could be considered a tic disorder exacerbation - nothing else - not needing an EEG or neuro consult?
You didn't mention seizure. My daughter says "mom I am OK, I just need to stretch" her eyes, jaw and neck. She's epileptic.
This happens in adults too, not just children.
Hi my son is 5 years old and he picks his nose all the time, when he was 2 he started with a cough like he had something in his throat...i took him to the doctor and his doc said it was a tic...it remained for about a year and a half....and then he started picks his nose all the time...do u think it will go alway like the throat thing? Ty!
i don’t know if this is a tic but sometimes throughout the day*(this has been going on for about a year maybe now i’m not sure)* i suddenly just all together make a weird face clench my fist and my arm moved weirdly same with my legs and i can feel it coming but sometimes i can make it go away but sometimes i can’t and it just happens and i can’t control it
My tics started with jerking my head and then it spread to my feet and vocal because now I make a constant hum
I have muscle spasms in 1 arm had it for 20 years I am fed up with it I was diagnosed with motor tic
“Unusual after 9 years old” I really really need a neurologist that is not a stupid military doctor. My daughter had a sudden onset of tics at 16. They are not in the face. They are not small movement. They are full body..arms flail..legs kick out. Head therks to the side then jerks up and to the right. Sometime her body spins like she is dancing. Her chest dips and she is forced to blow out the air in her chest. These are rapid..strong and painful af times. They get worse daily. She is exhausted and once lost total strength in the right side of her body. The ER doctor worried it was seizures, but 2 EEGs have turned up “ Something unusual on the same lead, but nothing we can pin point as epilepsy” she had a recent MRI but still no answers..they are trying to push Klonopin, but I’m not convinced this is something to medicate away. I’m telling you there is way more to this. My daughter is forgetting things, unable to understand simple requests and is overly silly. Which is so far from my child I can’t even explain this. The doctors have said stress..but they know nothing about her. This literally came out of no where a month ago and we have been living a nightmare since. ER doctors take it seriously and worry, but all the peds. neurologist at Bethesda just give meds and don’t even call back with test results, or explain what exactly what is wrong with the EEG. Each day gets worse for my child. She was a straight A student who wanted to work for NIH, now she sleeps most of the time and when she is awake can’t even function. We have videos of her tic..wish someone who actually is a good doctor could see her and tell us what is wrong.
Breeze H it could be huntington chorea??? Did the dr thought about this?
Breeze H I hope you got some help. Did she have a strep infection?...PANDAS is a disorder brought on by strep.
I have an eye rolling and face twitching tic, the eye rolling puts serious strain in my eyes. I’m learning to hide it so it doesn’t make it so obvious tho.
My 5 year old granddaughter just started with these same tics. Praying she can eventually learn the same.
Me and my family cant figure it out, I have a bad grunting nose and every now and then a click. Some times my eyes roll back with out me doing anything. I'm only 12
My 6 year old has had tics for about 6 months to a year, but she just started this one where she throws her head back, sometimes up to 7 times in a row, really hard, she is complaining of pain. How can I help her :(??
Am I the only one who doesn't think much of it and kinda forgets about it, I blink a lot and sometimes hard blinks where i hurt my eyes but that doesn't happen often, the one that happens a lot is my nose crunches and even then I don't care, It doesn't affect me, no one notices, it's not distracting, I also don't know if what I have is actually tics because all the videos I watch are people who have tics every few seconds or minutes and it's pretty noticeable and I can kinda control mine so I'm not sure if what I have is just a habit or something
So basically I have always had a habit of wanting to shake my hand round and sometimes my leg will do I little moment about one of twice a day but now i feel the need to short of do this grunting thing and once a start I keep going! It's gotten a lot worse now I have gone to a new school and I am very stressed
YES THIS DESCRIBES MY TICS. It’s like a desire or want to do it but not fully uncontrollable triggered by my anxiety or uncomfortable situations.
I have a eye blinking tic. What do i do it bothers me i am tired all the TIME! Please help me and please reply to this i am really nervous.
Im just confused because my eyes twitch sometimes and every day i have these tic like movements in my shoulder and my neck i dont have ticks when it comes with my face but with my shoulder neck Edit dose that mean i Tourette’s or something else my mom is worried about me she dont know what to do
I keep getting chills and my shoulder goes up like I'm trying to get someone to spot tickling me can someone tell me why I get that?
I put my toung out for less then a second,I shake my had around and find a open place without any obstacles and swallow,And breath out for no reason l,Are any of these tics?
mine is not noticable unless you know me and spend a lot of time with me. i flex my arms. heres the interesting part: i have had this tic all my life. my mom said i did it in the craddle as a baby. heres the thing though, its 100% voluntary. my arms look like a body builders even though, i have never lifted a wieght. the best i can discribe it, is i feel an urge to flex my arm muscels like restless leg syndrome. gosh its so embarrasing. do i have torretts?
Please help me I started taking Paxil For my anxiety sickness in the morning and ever since I started taking it, I’ve been having weird things that I do which I believe are ticks and I hope I don’t have Tourette’s . I’m too scared to say anything to people because it’s embarrassing. I used to make faces, and now I just have urges to yell I have urges to snort other strange doings. I know that I’m doing them and I can control him. I just have urges to do it.
thanks man
I tend to get a twitching feeling in my spine and every time it comes it just made me tic. I want to know are this are a simple tics or something.
That what I feel and like my neck twitches and I saw woo woo
Are all tics related to tourettes? As a child my parents and grandparents got so mad at me, because i had this horrid sounding chronic "throat clearing" thing i did, and i didn't realize i was doing it until it was pointed out, or my throat started to physically hurt. This video i'm watching now, is the first time i heard of "throat clearing" particularly in childhood as being a tic. However i do remember my grandma always saying "stop that before you develop a tic" i never knew what that meant and always thought she meant "before it becomes a habit" Until now i never realized that could have been an indicator or the beginning of what i am experiencing now.
anyway after a few years i eventually stopped clearing my throat. but than i started to get violent twitches in my neck and shoulder. That was at age 10. i'm 25 now and i still have the same twitches. I choose not to drive as i feel that could be dangerous, but there have been times where i have accidentally broken stuff or even thrown scalding hot coffee in my own face burning myself. Sometimes it comes out of no where and is embarrassing as people definitely notice...also it can be so sudden and intense it cracks my neck quite loudly and can hurt. I can go days or even weeks without it happening but when it does happen it usually has no warning the first time or two but than comes with the "urge" you describe here, usually in the form of a jolt or electric tingling feeling going up my spine into my head. The more i resist the worse it is when it inevitably happens.
I have seen several Dr's about this, but they have never personally witnessed it, as it is not constant, and has never happened in a Dr office. So it is usually brushed off, and i am just given a weird look...i have other health issues and chronic pain i have been dealing with for many years. The separate pain issues i feel are so devastating that i never put much thought into this "twitch or tic" i experience. Honestly it always seemed like the "least if my worries" however now that i am connecting my childhood symptoms to my adult symptoms...i am wondering if i could have a mild version of tourettes or if tics can be separate from tourettes.. either way i don't know if i should just ignore it, or try to ask another dr. though i have so many other problems they don't take serious i'm worried if i pushed this issue they might just think i'm a hypochondriac.
anyway i never would have thought to even look this up except my twitches or possible "tics" have been so frequent this past week my partner of 5 years asked me what i was doing...turns out he has noticed this twitching for years but never mentioned it. now that it happens more he has asked, and i just said it has always happened. but now i don't know what it all means. I saw someone else do the same twitch i do. i never knew other people had the same problem. does anyone know if this is serious?
NymphetaminexXxGrrrl my family makes fun of my tics and I actually feel like I hate myself.
i groan ....every now and then a head shake - or mouth grimace ...only about 1/8th of time i do the head shake and mouth grimace . The groaning though can ...last for hours . Only started though a couple of years ago - i am nearly 52 .
Is grunting a tic?
I used to have very bad nervous tics, which affected my face & hands. I noticed that it got very bad when I STARTED TO DAYDREAM or any loss of concentration. As I grew older, I noticed these tics would also startup when I got anxiety say with exams or interviews etc
However, in the last few years, these tics have got much less admittedly my time for examinations is over & so is my work interviews.
I have never had any medical treatment for these tics although many people at the time said I should.
I have tics and I make loud flute like sounds with a few jerks. Why is tics even a disease? I feel like I'm the only one.
For years I have had a physical tic where my arm straightens and like stiffens and my fingers curl in or straighten out and now I’m 20 and on of my tics is to hit my face with my hand.
Hailee kroner babes it’s from stress my bro gets this...when I comes you worries about what people not knowing life will eventually plague you when this
Hii
I have a blinking tic... what is the treatment????
i would blink my eyes like how he was saying but i dont really do that anymore. But i would make random noises after i would get off my phone. Its like im concentrating and then ill forget about the problem. But when u get off moter tics start happening.
I make random noises too plus all of these tics I do I don't know why lol. Is there a way to help this stupid disorder?
I got nervous tics, and vocal tics
Do you know why I am 13 and have had a vocal tic since I was 7/8? It is starting to affect my social life in school, and I am beginning to be made fun of. I need something done and I don't know what to do.
Did your school and teacher provide support in any way?
How do I solve my tics issue...i think I have tics..cause I always nice my forehead...its like an urge that you need to release before you feel better. If you control it you will be very stiff..how do I cure this?
You can take a cattapress patch idk if I spelled it right or ask your doctor for clonodine clonodine is also used for blood pressure
Can playing too much video games bring this on?
I used to take a medication that did that too, but I started using another medication that worked much better.
Oh cool
We just had to take our 10 year old to the ER because of what they say is a motor tic. She's developed a couple in the last 4 years (ie throat clearing, jaw stretching, neck stretching, etc.) but this one made her actually cause herself some physical harm. She bears down and pushes really hard at her tailbone area, while holding her breath until she's nearly purple in the face. This just started a few days ago. On day 3, she caused a blood vessel to burst in her eyeball. I was terrified and so was she, so we took her in to be assessed. I should probably mention that this new tic seems to have arisen as a sort of substitute to using her finger and checking to see if she completely emptied herself after a bowel movement. She is seeing a more specialized therapist in 4 days, but is there any direction you can offer in the way of which diagnosis we should explore first?
I'm going to set up a webcam and try and catch the ticks and post a video. Also as to see a neurologist I have to do it via video at a GP's office.
My face just twitches a little and that's it, is it normal?
I keep having symptoms like theses not vocal of corse but the eye blinking and the licking of the lips and weird face movements i was taking new meds and another type of tic is when i swallow i put my hand over my mouth
I dont think i have touretts i take meds for schizophrenia and bipolar and anxiety
I keep like rolling my eyes up and blinking frequently is that a tick?
indeed.
yes. billie eilish has the eye rolling tik
i’m 17 and recently i have been twitching and making noises and i sometimes blurt out random things i got diagnosed with adhd when i was 7 can this be tourette syndrome?
Nope ADHD can make tics
I have the mortar tic
I have OCD and ADHD and it's very common to have tics with those apparently
So you could have tics with Ocd?
I roll my eyes and shake my hands I am 11 and just hate myself for it Its so embarrassing i want it to stop
I can't stop twitching my feet and legs and then the back and arms. I thought it was normal.. if I think about it I can stop for a bit
I had one as a kid, a neck jerk, it felt like I was cracking my neck but only I could hear it. I’m an adult now, the neck tic is still here, but I’ve developed another, my body will jerk, almost like I’m trembling or cold. That one is annoying
I had it the opposite, since I was around 16, my body would tense up once or twice a day, but now, I've got a severe head jerk that developed a little over a month ago and I'm 21.
Alex Haven Blackburn I wonder why we have them..I honestly don’t want anymore
@@H20fanatic20 I dunno. I wish I knew.
Hello, how are you now?
Do you still have tics? It says online that if you were to have tics, they start before the age of 18. But I'm 18 right now and it's been exactly one month since they started and they never left. Can someone help me?
Imagine having social anxiety, Trichotillomania and tics
Could never be me
i have complex vocal tics(causes me to say things over and over again), Vocal tics( i have to scream), and Motor tics(shoulder shrugging, eye jerking, nose twitch, bite hands/fingers, throat clearing, tongue sticking out/licking lips, jumping,) :(
Are we like twins like holy fuck that's the same as me
+Rayneee BOWZ OMG such a coincidence :3
same here mate, but i don't scream.. I got my ass kicked if i scream all the time. xD
I have all three tics.... I really really hate this part of me I need serious help
MY KIDS ARE 23 & 21 AND BOHT OF THEIR VOCAL TICS HAVE VANISHED....BOOH HAVE TS
when I am nervous I get a twitch in my right cheek, is it normal to have twitches when nervous?
KrustyBenson • idk my eye twitches when angry
Its fear. Nervousness or anger are always fear based.
Yes sometimes you can tell when your doing sometimes you can't
Anybody tried tic tamer tmj treatment or scalp acupuncture?
I really dont want to self diagnose myself but also i dont wanna go to a hospital or wherever to tell me what i knew lol and waist money but i think i have motor tics. Ive been noticing that for years ive had head jerks like idk im like not doing anything or im in the restroom like not really distracted then my head automatically jerks i dont do it but i welcome it it doesnt bug me. Ive noticed whatever it is if it is tics ive noticed that i distract myself and i dont do it i rarely do it or it happens less noticeable. At work my tics happen but my coworkers are atupid/ignorant & they wont understand whats happening. But literally idk if it is a motor tic but i dont do it it does it on its own. Somebody answer me this plz! Im a very young adult. The tic is twist my head or my head touches my shoulder
I have the same thing with the head plus nose and eye twitching l as well as shoulder movements. I went and saw someone about it and I got told they were all motor tics so I'm pretty confident you can just self diagnose yourself with it.
What about suddenly taking a deep breath? I'm making this often,without wanting to. Is it tic or what
I do too, it's horrible and embarrassing.
I do too 😑
All of these tics happen to me. Help please ;-;
Smoke weed, trust me I was pulling my eye lashes from around 8 years old to 10. I had several other things playing with my head with anxiety. Once I started smoking weed when I was around 15 or 16 I’ve never had any problem with anything ever again. I almost forget what is used to be like but believe me it was hell.
do you want to say you do not have tic? Your tic are gone with age? I ask you because my nephew 7 years old has tic
My son's dr. told me that he CAN'T take ADHD meds b/c of his tendency for tics as these will aggravate tics!!!
they do, well for me at least
Are all types of tic's uncontrollable?
That’s a good question I also wonder this
Lauren James you could hold some tics in but it may be hard
You need to talk to your doctor in PRIVATE. And tell your doctor that your mom asks you to hold it in and stop them. If you have a good doctor he will talk with your mother (probably while you are not there) and explain to her that it is not good to say that because it will make you afraid or ashamed to be in public, and that is not right. Life is tough enough.
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Well the tics are niether of yours fault so there's no reason for either of you to be ashamed... You should be working together to fight this not trying to hide it :) you can feel free to use that, btw ;)
ok i have this nervous tic where i shake my head and my friends make fun of me and call me twitch
U have tics? Must be hard living with that disease that occurs in childhoods and usually ends during puberty.
+Clobazam Keyword being usually. It doesn't always.
@@wsxtgbujm581 it's real that tic desapear during puberty? my nephey 7 age has tic.
it is not a disease folks! its a disorder. big difference.
Well fuck... i do ticks or idk how to explain it but i just do it in my mouth/jaw, hands and ankles and ... pretty much most of my body
i have all of them please tell how to stop it
there is medication but it makes you dreary and very restless i choose not to take the medication they said i would grow out of it but im older now and i still have mild tics when i was younger i had severe tics.
To help reduce or 'put off' tic time episodes... It seems tic time inhibits ones breathing... that is- one is often holding the breath as opposed to fluid-normal automatic breathing. It seems one's anal sphincter muscle is cramped closed. That can be let loosed at will. Then, the muscle group behind the small-lower of the back. And of course a tight constriction of the muscles right above the eyebrows. if the anus is relaxed.... the small of the back will be more easily relaxed... and then the brow muscles. This along with deeeeep belly breathing... the diaphragm ...slow and rythmatic... disallows the tic time and /or lets it go.... until next time. which may be soon or off in time for a spell. It seems a big key to relief is deep, relaxed breathing. Never hastened... not rapid breathing. Was informed years ago that one cannot have an anxiety/panic/pts attack and be breathing at the same time. Indeed, the breath is being held or at least greatly minimized... very shallow.... not a wanted thing to do. Hope this helps.