The only requirement for a tic disorder is that you have tics (and they aren't caused by medication or something).
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For a person to be diagnosed with a persistent tic disorder, he or she must:
have one or more motor tics (for example, blinking or shrugging the shoulders) or vocal tics (for example, humming, clearing the throat, or yelling out a word or phrase), but not both.
have tics that occur many times a day nearly every day or on and off throughout a period of more than a year.
have tics that start before he or she is 18 years of age.
have symptoms that are not due to taking medicine or other drugs, or due to having a medical condition that can cause tics (for example, seizures, Huntington disease, or postviral encephalitis).
not have been diagnosed with TS.
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Myself, I have tourettes, but I would say for myself it happens whether or not anyone is watching. have no control over whether I tic, but I have some control over how I tic - e.g. sometimes I feel a sweary tic, or a complex phrase tic and I can turn it into a whistle tic instead. But like you said no one can diagnose you.
15 May 2014, 5:53 am
