Tourettes Syndrome facial tics

This is a series of clips of some facial tics my 8 year old some makes. They are pretty mild, non of them except the upper lip rolling up is very repetitive. His facial tics change according to what he is doing, reading, watching TV, eating, concentrating.

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Education

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• Tourettes
• grimaces
• squint
• blinking
• eye rolling

[mysarip]

Thanks everyone. To all of you who have similar tics or kids with tics the best you can do is record it while you think they are most active. He has been on 2.5 MG of Clonidine for quite awile now and the majority of his large tics such as his neck rolling and the wrist and finger hyperflexion have stopped

I notice he gets much worse when under stress and when he plays the Wii. Or DSi both of those things cause adrenaline surges.

During really stressful months ( for him usually the end of th

[CommandShiftH]

i remember when i was in elementary i would blink a lot and do a not so noticeable head nod...tell you the truth i had a hard time with it for various reasons but then i just didn't have a care for what people thought...now I'm 21 and i guess I'm lucky that my tourettes was so minor from the beginning that the only thing i do and its very rare now is bitting down as if I'm chewing gum but i catch myself very quickly and stop.

[ukgreaterlondon]

@TheEmpowered787 i have aspergers syndrome and i am telepathic, there is telepathic tips in the youtube site HOWWORKS .

i take risperidone and my twitching is stopped .

the sanskrit vedic religions, indian, chinese, japanese, german/danish all contain human behavior skills .

sid gautama is a buddhist god in the sanskrit vedic holy book .

[TheEmpowered787]

@jacg0812 Hi! I also have Tourette tics and I also possess an extreme ability; I am really good at languages, social sciencies, and life sciences. I'm only 23 (almost 24) and I already speak 4 languages fluently and I'm working on more. I think that so much intellectual power is forced into our brains that it just goes crazy! =)

[TheEmpowered787]

@ukgreaterlondon

You are so wrong on so many levels. Do you have this condition? It is caused by a chemical imbalance and your homeopathic remedies cannot change it. In fact, these tics make life so stressful so that achieving the Buddhist state of meditation is practically impossible.

[TheEmpowered787]

Always remember to be supportive of your son and speak to your close friends and family about his condition so that they don't draw attention to the tics or ask "what's wrong with him?" Sorry for the long posts, I just hope your child has a better life dealing with it than I did.

[TheEmpowered787]

Now I'm getting a Masters in International Relations and National Security and Foreign Policy (mouthful) so I want to assure you that just because your son is afflicted with this HELLISH condition, doesn't mean he will lead a bad life or be unsuccessful. The most important thing is that you don't draw attention to his tics, just ignore them. My father was an abusive alcoholic so he'd constantly make fun of me when I had a tic, which made me more self conscious and worsened the tics.

[TheEmpowered787]

Sorry for all the posts, but I have a lot to say about this because I know your child's suffering well. If you have any questions or just need to talk to someone who has dealt with this for all 24 years of his life, feel free to send me a message and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you may have to the best of my knowledge. In my undergrad years I did study a lot of pharmacology and anatomy because I wanted to be a doctor (before I found out I'm squeamish lol).

[TheEmpowered787]

I'm now almost 24 years old and just finishing up my Master's Degree in grad school so it's important not to let it slow you down. I also have OCD which is controlled mostly through Sertraline (Zoloft) at a very high dose of 300 mg. How is the Clonidine working? Do you find he is extremely sleepy? I doubt he'd have sexual side effects at that age but these drugs are very strong and it concerns me that he's on them at such a young age.