is there a mild form of Turrets syndrome?
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I believe that there are varying degrees of all mental disorders. I have OCD and sometimes it gets really bad, almost debilitating. Other times it is ok to deal with. Check out this website for more Tourettes information.
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Please find out what the name of the syndrome is and email me at avaisfree@yahoo.com   I would like to know so that I can search it out on line and I'll let you know what I found out and direct you to the site. Also if I were you I'd take my child to the doctor.
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Not everyone who has Tourette Syndrome swears.  According to the Tourette Syndrome Association, only 10% of sufferers utter obscenities.  A person with Tourette's might clap, laugh, repeat certain words, etc.\n\nTourette Syndrome "is a neurological or neurochemical disorder characterized by tics: involuntary, rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way."
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No.  \n\nThis is the biggest misconception about this disorder.  Did you know that fewer than 15% percent of people with TS ever display this symptom?  It is not a required symptom for a TS diagnosis.\n\nIs having an epileptic fit a sin?  PLEASE!
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Since the others answers are packed with information, I'll address the last part of your question.  There was a fascinating breakthrough at Harvard last October, by Dr. Matthew State.  You can read about it here:\n\nhttp://www.tsa-usa.org/\n\nand click on the link "Genetic Breakthrough Yields Clue to Tourettes"
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TS usually doesn't disappear entirely, but I've heard plenty of times that it can decrease in severity.  I was absolutely awful until about 22 or 23, with the peak tic time being at around 19.  Now at 30 I no longer need to take medication.  I still have tics, but they're minor compared to what they were 10 years ago.  Blessed be!
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You can learn something about it online.  Try starting here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome
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A vocal tic is one where a person with Tourette's cannot control what comes out of their mouth. Often, they will swear or use obscene language at inappropriate times and not really direct it at anyone in particular. I'm not sure what you mean about 'repostory' tic. I think you are referring to the physical tics, like, head shakes, eye blinking, shoulder shrugging, etc. Again, this is not controllable in the person with Tourette's. As in the vocal tics, it has to come out and the harder the Tourette's sufferer tries to control it, the worse the tic is when it erupts.
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im not sure but ive got a syndrome that has affected my whole life!!! its not contaigeos but i dont want to talk about it
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Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics. \n\nThe early symptoms of TS are almost always noticed first in childhood, with the average onset between the ages of 7 and 10 years. TS occurs in people from all ethnic groups; males are affected about three to four times more often than females. Although TS can be a chronic condition with symptoms lasting a lifetime, most people with the condition experience their worst symptoms in their early teens, with improvement occurring in the late teens and continuing into adulthood.\n\nTics are classified as either simple or complex. Simple motor tics are sudden, brief, repetitive movements that involve a limited number of muscle groups. Some of the more common simple tics include eye blinking and other vision irregularities, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, and head or shoulder jerking.  Simple vocalizations might include repetitive throat-clearing, sniffing, or grunting sounds. Complex tics are distinct, coordinated patterns of movements involving several muscle groups. Complex motor tics might include facial grimacing combined with a head twist and a shoulder shrug. Other complex motor tics may actually appear purposeful, including sniffing or touching objects, hopping, jumping, bending, or twisting. Simple vocal tics may include throat-clearing, sniffing/snorting, grunting, or barking. More complex vocal tics include words or phrases.  Perhaps the most dramatic and disabling tics include motor movements that result in self-harm such as punching oneself in the face or vocal tics including coprolalia (uttering swear words) or echolalia (repeating the words or phrases of others). Some tics are preceded by an urge or sensation in the affected muscle group, commonly called a premonitory urge. Some with TS will describe a need to complete a tic in a certain way or a certain number of times in order to relieve the urge or decrease the sensation.\n\nTics are often worse with excitement or anxiety and better during calm, focused activities. Certain physical experiences can trigger or worsen tics, for example tight collars may trigger neck tics, or hearing another person sniff or throat-clear may trigger similar sounds. Tics do not go away during sleep but are often significantly diminished.
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My son has mild Tourette. It really bothers me that everyone thinks it's a "cursing disease." (Thanks so much, LA Law and Ally McBeal). Less than 10% of people with TS have copralalia.  \n\nAnther misconception that I find upsetting: that most kids with TS exhibit violent behavior (a myth spread by some MOMS of kids with TS and behavior problems--some have it, and some don't, but please don't tell people they ALL do!!)\n\nAlso, it's very hard for people to understand that the condition ebbs and flows. Not just the tics, but the ADHD and obsessive-compulsive symptoms that tend to come with it. Just because a child's symptoms were mild one day doesn't mean that he can control them on another day.
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No, not unless you already have it in which case it can make it worse...but it will not give you Tourettes.  Most likely your outbursts have been caused by the sheer idiocy of your managements ideas, statements, proposals etc.
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it could be a case of a simple anatomic asymmetry. however, it may also be a case of cranial nerve pathology. it may involve your facial nerve which is mainly responsible for your muscles for facial expression. also, it may involve your trigeminal nerve which supplies sensation to the anterior part of the head and skin of the face and some muscles for mastication. \ni suggest you see your doctor soon so that you can be evaluated and advised regarding your problem.
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That sounds like what is often called " a nervous tic"\nIt is often brought on by stress or strain such as over-\ntiredness,anxiety, not enough sleep etc. not allergy.
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absolutely, I have a son that has avery high functioning form of autism known as pdd-nos or pervasive develpoment disorder non otherwise specified. There is also Aspergers and other Autism spectrum disorders. try the National autism association or a local autism association in your area. The NAA is holding a march on April 6th to try and rid all immunizations of Thimerasol (mercury) . This has been shown for many years to be a cause of autism and autism spectrum (high functioning ) disorder. The fda has been aware but has not made the proper changes. It is now in the flu shots. for mor info check with the National Autism Association e newsletter.
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independent tongue movement?  Groin scratching?  Change thoughts?
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The number of Tourettes cases that have accompanying coprolalia (saying obscenities) is very small.  Although Coprolalia is the most widely known symptom, coprolalia occurs in as low as 5-15% of patients and 5-30% in some clinical series.\n\nI hope that you are not making a joke.  I'ts not funny.  \n\nInsensitive hollywood types have grasped this and made it the most popular symptom, even though MOST PEOPLE WITH TOURETES DO NOT HAVE THIS SYMPTOM.\n\nSo what is your point?