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Anyone’s child have or had Tics?

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CocoBean22 · 22/04/2026 15:46

DS 8 years old started blinking hard with both eyes around 2 months ago. Then over the last week he has started shrugging his left shoulder upto his chin like he’s rubbing his chin against his shoulder.
He also had a sniffing tic a few months ago that disappeared as soon as it came.
Ive spoke to the doctor who isn’t worried and said that it’s super common in school age kids and that he will very likely grow out of it.
Has anyone else had or have a child with a tic and they disappeared in time?

Just stressing about it being Tourette’s 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Funnywonder · 29/04/2026 20:59

My eldest has had loads of different tics over the years. Sniffing. Stretching his mouth to one side of his face. Blinking rapidly. Jerking his head as if to shake something away. He has ASD and ADHD and tics can feature fairly frequently with both of these. It took a lot of practice not to tell him to effing well stop it! He grew out of them in his early teens. He just cracks his knuckles now, but not sure if that’s a tic. Drives me up the walls😆

CocoBean22 · 29/04/2026 23:38

So reassuring to hear so may stories of similar children who do weird and wonderful tics and have grown out of them!
haha best comment goes to you FUNNYWONDER ‘It took a lot of practice not to tell him to effing well stop it’ 🥇 😂😂😂
may or may not have been here a few times 🫠

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