My 6 yr. old son started focalin 5 days ago and has since started wetting his pants and blinking his eyes. I looked for a list of tics and I was amazed at the movements that fall under tics. He has been on Adderal, Metadate, and Ritalin so far. I was very unaware of what behaviors are considered tics so I am not sure which behaviors were present with which meds. He has seen many Drs. and no one has ever mentioned tics. I figured I would post a list for others to view. Does anyone no of any other meds that might work for extreme ADHD?
MOTOR TICS
Abdominal jerking, abdominal tensing
Adjusting crotch area, adjusting wedgie
Ankle flexing
Arm extending, arm flapping, arm rotating, arm touching, arm flailing,
arm flexing, arm jerking, arm squeezing
Banging things, banging parts of the body against something else
Bending at the waist, bending at the knees, bending
Bite mouth, bite arm
Biting self or biting others, biting nails
Bladder tics
Blinking eyes
Blocking, Freezing (on movement)
Body jerking, body slamming
Bowel tics
Brushing hair out of eyes
Bulging eyes
Chewing clothes, chewing fingers, chewing fingernails, chewing toes, chewing things
Chin touching
Clapping
Clicking teeth
Clothes pulling, clothes tearing, clothes chewing
Copropraxia
Cracking knuckles, cracking jaw
Crotch adjusting
Cuticle picking, cuticle chewing
Dragging feet
Echopraxia
Elbow – touching together behind back
Extending arms, extending neck
Eye blinking, eye rolling, eyes toward ceiling, eyes bulging, eye squinting, winking
Facial grimaces, facial contortions, facial grimacing
Finger smelling, finger pulling, finger snapping, finger movements
Flapping arms
Flexing ankles, flexing wrists, flexing arms, flexing knees, flexing toes
Foot dragging, foot flexing, foot tapping, foot shaking
Glutial tensing
Grimacing – mouth, facial
Groin thrusting
Gyrating
Hair brushing out of eyes, hair tossing, hair twisting, hair pulling
Hand fiddling, hand flexing, hand snapping
Head toss, head jerk, head turn, head shaking, head banging
Hitting self or hitting others
Hopping
Jabbing
Jaw snapping, jaw thrusting, jaw cracking
Jerking head, jerking neck, jerking body
Jumping
Kicking
Kissing
Knee bending, deep knee bends, knee knocking, knee extending
Knocking things, knocking body parts
Knuckle cracking
Leg tensing, leg jerking, leg extending
Licking lips
Lifting shoulders
Lip-licking, lip popping, lip smacking, lip pouting
Mouth opening, mouth pouting, mouth grimacing
Nail biting
Neck twisting, neck extending, neck pulling, neck stretching
Nose twitching, nose touching
Opening mouth, opening eyes
Palm touching
Picking skin, picking scabs, picking at lint, picking lips, picking cuticles
Pinching
Poking
Popping lips
Pouting mouth
Pulling clothes, pulling fingers, pulling hair
Punching
Rolling eyes, rolling shoulders
Scratching
Shaking head, shaking feet, shaking arms, shaking legs, shaking hands
Shivering
Shoulder shrugs, shoulder lifts, shoulder rolls
Shrugging shoulders
Skin picking
Skipping
Smacking lips
Smelling fingers, smelling objects, smelling hands
Snapping fingers, snapping jaw
Somersaulting
Squatting
Squinting eyes
Stepping Backwards
Stomping
Stooping
Stretching neck
Tearing clothes, tearing things
Tensing abdominals, tensing gluts, tensing legs, tensing muscle groups
Throwing
Thrusting movements, thrusting tongue, thrusting jaw
Toe walking, toe flexing, toe scrunching
Tooth clicking
Tongue thrusting
Torso thrusting, torso twisting
Tossing hair out of eyes, tossing head
Touching elbows behind back, touching palms, touching chin,
touching nose, touching people, touching objects (haphemania)
Turning head
Twirling, Twirling around, Twirling hair
Twisting neck, twisting torso
Walking on toes, walking backwards
Wedgie adjustment
Winking
VOCAL TICS, PHONIC TICS, or VERBAL TICS
Air swallowing
Animal sounds, animal noises, animal-like sounds
(dog, cow, cat, pig, duck, frog,
barking, chirping, quacking, meowing, oinking, braying)
Barking
Belching
Blocking tic (unable to get sound out)
Blowing on fingers, self, objects, others
Blowing sounds
Braying
Breath holding
Breathing tics
Burping
Calling out
Chirping
Clacking
Clearing throat
Clicking
Coprolalia - speaking obscenities or socially taboo or inappropriate phrases
Coughing
Echolalia - repeating other's words
Gasping
Groaning
Grunting
Gurgling
Guttural sounds from back of throat
Hiccups, hiccupping
Hissing
Holding breath
Honking
Humming
Laughing
Making unintelligible noises
Meowing
Moaning
Muttering
Noisy breathing
Oinking
Palilalia - repeating one's own words
Puffing expirations
Quacking
Repeating phrases, repeating words, repeating parts of words
Screaming
Shouting
Sniffing
Sniffling
Snorting
Spitting
Squeaking
Squealing
Stammering
Stuttering
Sucking inspirations
Swallowing air
Talking to oneself
Throat clearing, throat clicking, guttural sounds in back of throat
Voice – change in pitch, change in volume, change in intonation
Wheezing
Whistling
Yelling
Yelping