Hi - I am Izzi126 and have posted on her for the last several days. My daughter has some form of tic/TS/nervous behavior. The reason I write is that a doctor who post on this forum has indicated to me that perhaps my daughter has nervous behavior rather than actual TS. You can read my post it is the very first one when they opened this forum last week I think. Sounds to me that your son also has this nervous behavior and it is more of a release of anxiety rather than tics/TS. I am not a doctor by any means but especially that you say he does it when he is by himself, indicates he is releasing anxiety, many of us probably have habits that we act upon when alone. I would watch and journalize and read as many forums as you can, there are several good ones out there. Again I am not a doctor but my research had lead me to believe that it is more of a jerking motion controlled or uncontrolled - doesn't seem that you are describing that. However I could be wrong. The good news is that it seems that of the 65% of the kids that get this a good majority of them it goes away by adolensces. Good luck
hi
i saw your posting while following various threads in search of help for my youngest who is autistic.
since she came along, 5 years ago, with the development of her 'ways', i chose to find out (at 42 years old) if what i had always thought i might have, which is tourettes.
after all of the tests, most of which are multiple choice oral and written questions about my behaviour both mentally and socially and of course, the tics, i was diagnosed as mild TS.
i made it through life mostly hiding my tics as i am able to move them around my body. for example, if i really needed to satisfy a mouth half grimace tic i have, but am speaking face to face with someone, i will do a different tic, probably one in my right foot/toes.
it sounds like your son is also able to do this to a degree, hence really letting go when he thinks that nobody can see him and hence ticcing like crazy.
i should say that your son is very lucky that you have noticed this about him as my TS went unnoticed or atleast unacknowledged throughout my life. thats not to say that i have had to juggle my tics constantly to fit in with my life of 'denial'. when i was diagnosed, less than 2 years ago, i texted evryone i know to tell them. most of them were oblivious to it, mostly because i had hidden it so well, but it was a release for me nonetheless. i have yet to tell my parents about my diagnosis because i think that my father also has TS but also hid it away. i do remember my father saying 'Don't do that!' - when i was a child, doing odd obsessive noises or behaviours.
What i do know is that tics generally get more intense when under more stress. the more chilled out you can keep your son, the less he will tic or potentially, tic more lightly and more discretely.
if it is any consolation, i have made it through life. i have had various successful businesses, ...some not! i have written and produced music for various international record labels and am a singer.
i have a wonderful wife and two amazing daughters, a 5 yr old autistic with little or no speach communication and still in nappies who doesn't sleep ever and possible also has tourettes, and i have a 10 yr old who is just very naughty!
rather than playstation, get your son some drums or a piano!
get him assessed. he will be relieved that he doesnt have to hide it, from his parents at least, anymore.
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