Journalist Requests Interview Re: Children w/ ResolvedTransient Tics

THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPROVED BY MED HELP INTERNATIONAL:

Hello!

For an article in a national women's magazine, I'm looking to interview a U.S. mom whose child had transient tics that have since been resolved (so, not chronic or recurring). I'd like to discuss how the tics affected your child's home/school/social life, and how it turned out in the end.

I'm desperate to interview someone before Monday, August 7. I'm sure it would be no problem to change your child's name if you prefer, and a fact checker from the magazine will contact you after I turn in the article to fact-check your quotes with you.

If you're interested or know anyone else who may be, please contact me at linda-***@****.

Thanks so much!

Linda Formichelli
http://www.lindaformichelli.com
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Note from Med Help International:

While we believe that this article may help many parents of children with Transient Tics, Med Help urges anyone who contacts the journalist to use caution when sharing personal information.

Cindy Thompson
Med Help International, Inc.

[CCF-Neuro-M.D.-SH]

I was not able to find a medical question in this post.  It sounds more like a solicitation.  So, I will just comment briefly on the issue of "transient tics".
  Tics are brief, repetitive behaviors that occur the same way each time (stereotyped).  Tics can be classified as simple motor, such as eye blinking, facial grimacing, and shoulder shrugging.  Tics can also be classified as simple verbal and include, throat clearing, sniffing and grunting.  There are also complex tics that include complex movements such as patting, jumping, touching, etc., as well as complex verbal tics with shouting words (often profanity).  
  Tics often start in childhood and reach there peak in the early teens.  Tics often improve by the late teens and early 20's, but can progress and become chronic in adulthood (only 10% of cases).  
  The concern of parents is often whether their child has Tourette syndrome (TS) or is just acting weird/disruptive.  TS is defined as having motor and verbal tics for 1 year.  These tics can be suppressed with the help of medications such as Haldol or pimozide. The diagnosis of TS is a clinical one and the role of diagnostic tests such as MRI brain and EEG is to rule out other causes of the patients symptoms.  
  As mentioned, these tics generally get better with age and may not require any medications after the late teens.  TS does not affect life span or intelligence, but it has been linked to behavior problems such as ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, anti-social personality, etc that often lasts for a life time. I hope this has been helpful.