just tourettes or more?

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A couple of years ago my DD then aged (8) started showing sign of tourettes. At first it was mild twitching then vocal tic and motor tics. It comes and goes and seems to have settle down to hardly anything. I took her to the doctor but as it was mild by then and she tries to hide it we took no further action so at the moment it is undiagnosed. That isnt the problem I have at the moment. She also displays alot of strange behaviour. Seems midly ADHd at times tho is a wonderful pupil and nothing has ever been brought up in school. It seems at home tho she is comfortable to be her 'herself'. She will hum, sing, wiggle and jiggle one minute then another she can sit and colour with no fidgeting. She is very immature for her age (10). An example of her 'strange' things: she wont wear buttons. not because she doesnt like them but because other people will see them! she walks up the road cartwheeling and skipping. has to measure how far she can reach a high wall on tiptoes everytime we pass and do a somersault on the bar. If she reads us a poem or song and she is interrupted she HAS to start over. from the beginning. these are just some of the things, there are plenty more. she is a very co-operative child and loving and bright. Just these strange traits. Don't know if I should just leave her be or get the diagnosis for tourettes and find out if she has any associated illness.
Any advice would be great.

My ds has many of these traits. He has high functioning autism.

What do they say at school? See your GP?

Some of what you say sounds OCD like, many conditions can & do overlap. I would say it is worth getting a dx if it is impacting or impeding her daily life (or yours) the other thing is OCD is treatable with the right therapy. We have to keep on top of ds2's OCD otherwise it becomes a huge problem.

How does your dd feel about it? Is she happy & OK with herself? Does she control all theses behaviours at school in an attempt to "fit in", if so this may be why you see more of it at home??

thanks both for your replies. At school nothing has been mentioned. When the tics first started they were more severe and I did mention it at school but no-one really noticed anything. She must hide it very well, although as I said they have been very mild of late.
Her everyday behaviour has not been talked about. She thinks she is perfectly normal and no one says anything to her. I havent been to the GP yet because she gets on so well in school and up until the tics started and we pieced together some of the stuff she did I always just thought she was quirky but normal. It seems as she gets older its becoming more apparent but I think thats just because of her age and it seems odd coming from a 10 year old.
when she is in her own little world she will pull faces (non tic) and do strange squeaky noises and grimaces. but wont do this so much if she thinks someone is watching her. shes a happy little thing so im unsure weather or not to draw attention to it but also worried about her going to comprehensive and other kids realising she is different. She gets very embarrassed if someone laughs at her for just tripping up.
I have wondered if she has some form of high function condition but its like little bits of lots of conditions not particulary one. and its all very mild as she can function daily at school with no notice from teachers. just so unsure what to do for the best.
Maybe i should just talk to my GP on my own and see what they say?

ladolcheryvita.... You say your son has high functioning autism. what is that like? would anyone know he had it if they didnt know him very well. My dd is doing well in school, has friends and in company no one would think she is different except maybe immature for her age. she still sits on my lap and snuggles in like a 2 year old. but no one would know she has really strange behaviour. Could it be possible she has high functioning autism? i dont really want to 'label' her but if i could get a diagnoses she could get some help.
Its her future im more worried about than now.

My ds was diagnosed aged 4 with autism.

He attends mainstream. He has a good reading age. Is artistic and utterly hopeless at maths.

Until last year he was just quirky. Now, with an additional diagnosis of OCD, he is very very obvious.

OCD and Tourettes are co morbids with ASD. It has turned his world upside down.

I'd speak to your GP and the teacher. You're not labelling. My ex husband left me 4 weeks after ds was diagnosed, aged four, with the words "you're happy now are you? Now he's got a label?". My son has gotten help because of that label. God knows where he'd be without it, now.