what kind of tics? | ADHD Information

It is hard to tell the difference.  We had to take our son for a complete ENT eval to rule out the allergy thing--and then we realized he had been ticking for the past 2 years!! He changes them though, so you don't always notice them as much.

Before meds, he did a lot of grunting, throat clearing.  Since beginning Vyvance last August, we've seen sniffing, throat clearing, shoulder shrugging, and now this weird head and neck bobbing thing. 
Mine has the eye blinking (i'm assuming we're all talking about med induced tics) and this nose thing...kinda moves his upper lip down to move his nose like its runny...My son (4 1/2), in the last 6-7 months, seems to have to have something in his mouth.  I am continually telling him to get his fingers out of his mouth or toys out of his mouth.  It's driving me crazy (we are just new to this ADHD scenario).  Any suggestions on how to get him to stop or at least make it minimal?  Maybe it's more that he has to have his hands moving all the time so that's where they end up???  Maybe I should try a stress ball?  Help. 

this doesnt sound like a tic. More sensory.

Search the board for the thread on "chewy tubes".

Jacob has had these tics at various times...

a. sniffing his hand
b. sucking the neck line of his tee shirts
c. clicking his teeth[QUOTE=KidsInSpace] He does this  (He also chews on his tongue or the inside of his cheek but I think technically that is not a tic- it seems related though)[/QUOTE] This is exactly what my son does. The only time I ever notice it is when he is concentrating on something which is when he is playing his DS. He only does it when he has his meds. he does not do it on the days he does not have his meds. I am afraid that it will soon turn into a habit and not just a tic from the meds. It is kinda wierd cause I will notice him doing it and I will poke him on the lip and tell him to quit chewing on it and he says "I'm not" He don't even realize he's doing it.My five year would constantly snort as if he had horrible post-nasal drip and was sucking it up. It drove us nuts. We would get onto him and tell him to quit and he always said that he wasn't doing it. He wasn't even aware of it. Praise the Lord, he finally quit doing it on his own. It was just as bad as someone scratching their fingernails on a blackboard to me. I am not ADHD but I used to bite the inside of my cheek until it was almost bloody. I found out from my dentist that a lot of people do this when their anxiety level is high. Now that I take an anti-anxiety drug I have stopped doing it. Perhaps your sons are high anxiety.

what are some tics your kids have, 6 year old dd is constantly pulling her shirt and wiping her mouth, or just pulling at her shirt at the neck area, and always placing her bangs back, so if she's not puling on her shirt she is pushing her hair back, i trimed her bangs so maybe this will help, but it just seems conpulsive!

 

Could these be tics?

yes I think it could. My daughters biggest tic is an eye roll or a blink. But others have been jumping, rubbing her nose, scratching.....

My son, who had ADHD and Aspbergers had a tick with picking his nose and having something in his hands at all times.  His fingers have to fidling with something.  The nose is about to be my end, he's 9!!  But our doctor states it falls under "tick"s...At school they gave him a squishy ball to keep his hands busy.  It helps but doesn't stop the picking.  But it helps him to focus or helps him when he's having an anxiety attack. 

My son who is 5 has a winking tic and also a snorting tic -like when you have a ruuny nose and no tissue and you suck really hard through your nose so your nose doesn't run.  He does this  (He also chews on his tongue or the inside of his cheek but I think technically that is not a tic- it seems related though)

My daughter use to clear her throat constantly- a really gruff, almost growling noise.  She did this for about 14 months (1st and 2nd grade)and it went away on its own.

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My son, who had ADHD and Aspbergers had a tick with picking his nose and having something in his hands at all times.  His fingers have to fidling with something.  The nose is about to be my end, he's 9!!  But our doctor states it falls under "tick"s...At school they gave him a squishy ball to keep his hands busy.  It helps but doesn't stop the picking.  But it helps him to focus or helps him when he's having an anxiety attack. 

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She  is always mouving and doodling in class, she is still paying attention and doing her work fine, but teacher said she can't stop mouving, and doodling on anything ( seat, paper, desk) do you think giving her a squishy ball might work?

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My son, who had ADHD and Aspbergers had a tick with picking his nose and having something in his hands at all times.  His fingers have to fidling with something.  The nose is about to be my end, he's 9!!  But our doctor states it falls under "tick"s...At school they gave him a squishy ball to keep his hands busy.  It helps but doesn't stop the picking.  But it helps him to focus or helps him when he's having an anxiety attack. 

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She  is always mouving and doodling in class, she is still paying attention and doing her work fine, but teacher said she can't stop mouving, and doodling on anything ( seat, paper, desk) do you think giving her a squishy ball might work?

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He was given the ball around 7 1/2 - 8 years old (3rd grade) but with strict instructions from the school (it was the school's suggestion) what the purpose was of the ball.  If it was used to be played with (throwing, bouncing etc) then it was to be removed from his desk.  He had it taken away once in almost 2 years.  This year he takes the ball to his specials (music, art, PE etc) to help him there.  I know if i would've talked to him about this, because I'm mom, the rules wouldn't have been followed  but because the school said it then it's written in stone..LOL  They also give it to him during anxiety attacks which is amazing.  I have tried it at home during a stressful time and I can see a calm come over him.  I hope it work, if not maybe something else could be used to keep her hands busy to stay on task. 

 

My daughter's tics are throat clearing, nose sniffing (without a runny rose), eye blinking.  I was told by the MD that when tics can become much more severe, involving the whole body (not sure what??).  My daughter does with the eye blinking things or she'll blink and hold her eyes shut for a second of two.    Both have improved on tenex, but not totally gone. [QUOTE=KidsInSpace]

My son who is 5 has a winking tic and also a snorting tic -like when you have a ruuny nose and no tissue and you suck really hard through your nose so your nose doesn't run.  He does this  without a runny rose- but this tic comes and goes. He will do it for a day or 2 and then we won't see it again for 2 weeks.(He also chews on his tongue or the inside of his cheek but I think technically that is not a tic- it seems related though)

My daughter use to clear her throat constantly- a really gruff, almost growling noise.  She did this for about 14 months (1st and 2nd grade)and it went away on its own.

[/QUOTE] One of my sons (we have five sons) had a coughing, snorting tic. He was in 2nd grade at the time and his teacher said that he was disturbing the entire class and her. I took him to the doctor and it turned out his uvula was enlarged and tickling his throat. When he had to have his tonsils removed several months later, they clipped his uvula (ughh) and the problem went away.That is interesting.  Definitely something I should check out as my daughter does both the snorting and coughing on strattera (the eye blinking stopped with the stims...).  thanks!...I wonder if the snorting couging is sinus (post nasal drip) related opposed to it being a tic? I have wondered the same thing.  Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.  This has been going on all winter long.