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Could this be a form of Tourette’s?

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sharkattacka · 05/08/2025 15:41

Dd (7) does something continuously for a few weeks and then she’ll do something else, each time it’s completely compulsive and every few minutes.
it could be a scream, a word, a movement or just opening her mouth and shutting it or touching the floor every few steps.
At the moment it’s a very high pitched noice which goes right through me and even though I tell her to stop that, she doesn’t seem to know until after but the strange part is the way she’ll repeat it for weeks and then suddenly start a new compulsive repetitive motion.
She’s always done this.
Does this sound like Tourette’s?

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sharkattacka · 05/08/2025 16:11

I did think it was stimming but she says she can’t stop it and she does it all day every day. I read stimming can be controlled but she says she can’t make it stop.

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TSW12 · 05/08/2025 16:08

Not necessarily, but I'd definitely get her an appointment at the doctors as you're concerned. Has her school, form teacher, or a friend's mum noticed this?

ThreePointOneFourOneFiveNine · 05/08/2025 16:07

Could also be a form of stimming.

Cinnamonx · 05/08/2025 16:06

I go GP for this one.
I cant say it is or its not i really dont know.