So I decided to make a full list of every single tic I have at the moment that I can actually recall and put down on paper, or in this case, the Internet. A rough estimate, I think, is that I probably have more than 50 tics at the moment. My guess is somewhere between 50 and 60.
Let’s see how close I am with that. I figured I just wanted to see how many I actually have right now. I doubt I can even list them all there are probably so many. Thank you, Tourette’s! (That’s sarcasm!)
- Eye rolling to upper right corners
- Fast blinking
- Hard blinking/squinting
- Hard blink and hold eyes closed in a squint as hard as possible for 3 or 4 seconds
- Grimace with mouth combined with eye blink
- Grimace with mouth without eye blink
- Pursing lips silently
- Pursing lips to make a slight and quiet kissing sound
- Lifting upper lip
- Pouting lip
- Slight raising of lips into fast smile
- Sticking tongue out
- Chomping teeth
- Opening mouth really wide (looks like a silent scream)
- Twisting lips to the left or right side of face
- Entire face squint (just-tasted-something-really-sour face)
- Slight neck bend to left or right side
- Neck turning which results in neck cracking
- Violent head/neck jerking forward
- Shaking head fast from side to side
- Bending head backward
- Shoulder shrugging, both at same time or one at a time
- Pulling shoulders inward toward sockets
- Cracking shoulders
- Jerking both arms fast outward in front of me
- Cracking elbows
- Stretching arms all the way straight in front of me slowly
- Tilting head backward while taking in a sharp breath
- Tightening muscles in neck
- Tightening muscles in arms
- Arm contortions
- Jerking both arms toward chest vertically pretty hard
- Jerking right arm toward chest vertically pretty hard
- Hitting chest pretty hard with right hand
- Hitting stomach very hard with right hand (sometimes so hard that I feel dizzy and start coughing and gagging as a result)
- Pushing hands against face really hard
- Hitting inside of elbows with hands
- Hitting things (chairs, laptops, desks, tables, anything in reach, etc.)
- Hitting eyes/parts of face or head
- Making fists with hands and clenching them
- Finger stretching and moving
- Bending hands at wrists fast
- Extending middle finger
- Making guns out of my finger
- Cracking knuckles
- Tightening all muscles in hands and fingers
- Tightening muscles in chest, throat and stomach so tight I am not able to breathe
- Lurching neck forward
- Tightening muscles in legs
- Jerking legs outwards
- Stomping
- Rolling ankles
- Standing up on tip toes
- Kicking
- Drumming on tables
- Knee knocking
- Almost constant leg shaking when sitting
- Foot shaking really fast
- Separating toes
- Raising big toe
- Crossing over first two toes
- Jerking entire upper body backward
- Full-body jerking tics
- Rolling neck
- Scratching entire body all over really fast
- Grabbing crotch area
- Hitting back of neck and back with hands
- Full-body muscle tightening, which causes me to slip down in my chair and hold the position
- Rubbing feet together in bed
- Jerking body upward in bed and just jerking all over the place in bed (fish-out-of-water tic) … Oh gosh I haven’t even gotten to the vocal tics!!!
- Screeching sound
- Forceful “Huh” or “Heh” sound
- Bird-chirping sound
- Whistling
- Loud sniffling
- Slurping sounds
- Gasping
- Taking in sharp breaths/breathing tics
- Clicking in back of throat
- Loud high-pitched noises
- High-pitched tea-kettle noise
- Hitting bottom of hands together forcefully
- Hitting feet together
- Forceful coughing so hard that it makes the muscles in my back hurt and gagging as a result
- Clearing my throat
- Grunting noises
- Air swallowing
- Biting my lips
- Licking my lips
- Picking my lips
- Sucking in the side of my lip to make a pucking sound
- Hiccuping noises
- Squeaking noises
And I think that’s it! Wow, 93! Talk about a lot of tics … I way underestimated. I can’t believe that I have that many! Gosh!
Your tics are a lot like mine. Mostly the muscle tightening ones. I don't hear other people mention that often. It's so tiring.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from someone with similar tics! I agree, the muscle tightening is very tiring, especially when you are tightening every muscle in your body....
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