how can i tell if dd has tic/tourettes

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hello, my dd has this thing were she raises her arm, squints her eyes to look through the fingers on her raised arm. if she`s not doing this shes twitcing her face. this will happen more than 50+ times a day.we have talked about it ie is she feeling nervous apart from this she is extremly confident and outgoing. she is 11yo and it seems to be getting worse, her friends have started to notice. i wonder if anyone has any advice.

I think you probably need to take her to a doctor and get a referral to a specialist

I looked into this earlier this year with DS who is autistic. The Paediatrician's verdict was he has more OCD-type behaviour. I find it quite hard to work out the difference when you read about both but Paed seemed to know! There is a Tourettes Society, I think you can join their webgroup without joining. Maybe try grazing there for a while. I would also go to GP and ask for advice and a referral to Dev Paediatrician.

mm ive been toying with going to the doc i guess i dont want her to think there is anything wrong with her.

davros does that mean that ds dosnt have autism? i used to work with adults with autism and ocd and would agree that some mild symtoms of autism are simular to ocd.

Oh no, he is autistic, no doubt about that, and has learning disability which is actually a co-morbidity with ASD, not necesarily integral. He developed all sorts of weird touching things, grimacing, squeeks etc very quickly earlier this year and went back to some horrid old behaviours like emptying stuff down the sink, ripping up paper etc. The Paed says OCD and has given medication for it and DS is SOOOOOO much better so the meds must be the reason I suppose.
Can you go to the GP without her and talk about it first? I know it sounds weird but I sometimes find that seeing a Dr or professional without DS can help, especially at the beginning when they spend a lot of time asking YOU questions about them. WIth this issue though the GP or someone would obviously have to observe it but they might have a good idea of how to do that discreetly.