Anxiety induced tourette's

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Hi all,

A parent in my local group has had her child identified with "anxiety induced Tourettes Syndrome" as well as Asperger's. Her doctor suggested medication, though the symptoms (I'm assuming some sort of tic) is occasional. Does anyone have experience with that and has medication helped? If so, what?

Theresa

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My Aspie has been dx with tourette's due to his tic's, they do become more obvious when he is stressed out or anxious. His doc has prescribed Intuniv ER 3 mg, now it has taken my son some time to get to the 3 mg, he was on 4mg but he was complaining of being dizzy as 4 mg was causing his blood pressure to be low, so the Doc went back to 3 mg and we have not had issues. I believe that the Intuniv has been used to treat other dx such as ADHD, but it does help decrease my son's tics.

Dawn

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That's interesting bc my son's tics have not been helped at all by Intuniv. They're pretty darned bad right now. I wonder if we upped the dose?Pax in sapientia,E.V. DowneyOn Feb 2, 2011, at 7:05 PM, azucarmama68@... wrote:

My Aspie has been dx with tourette's due to his tic's, they do become more obvious when he is stressed out or anxious. His doc has prescribed Intuniv ER 3 mg, now it has taken my son some time to get to the 3 mg, he was on 4mg but he was complaining of being dizzy as 4 mg was causing his blood pressure to be low, so the Doc went back to 3 mg and we have not had issues. I believe that the Intuniv has been used to treat other dx such as ADHD, but it does help decrease my son's tics.

Dawn

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That is how we started out on the 1 mg regular tab, then moved up to the 4 mg extended release. We have been through several meds to try and relieve the tic's, it seems the Intuniv has been the best when it comes to slowing down the tic's.

Dawn

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Hi Theresa,

My son has (now mild) facial tics when he gets upset or anxious. He is on Zoloft 25mg a day and it has helped a lot. He still has it but now it is mild and hardly noticable. ne

From: @... <@...>Subject: ( ) Anxiety induced tourette's Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 2:15 PM

Hi all,

A parent in my local group has had her child identified with "anxiety induced Tourettes Syndrome" as well as Asperger's. Her doctor suggested medication, though the symptoms (I'm assuming some sort of tic) is occasional. Does anyone have experience with that and has medication helped? If so, what?

Theresa

[Guest guest]

My son had symptoms of Tourettes when he first started school - lots of throat

clearing, humming, little coughs when he became anxious...But he grew out of

most of the vocal tics as he hit puberty. The little noises he made caused him

lots of problems at school with teachers and with classmates. The school

district had me get him tested for speech and hearing problems, but we decided

that he didn't have hearing or speech problems and that traditional speech

therapy would not work in his case. At home, where he was safe, the tics were

hardly there and would disappear altogether over the summer when there was no

school. We didn't try medication until much later when he had more problems with

anxiety. Once we moved him to a new school that he absolutely loved, he refused

to take the medication anymore.

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So how is your son doing now with no medication?? And what was different with the new school as opposed to his old school that helped improve with anxiety and all that? I assume he is still doing well , without the medication? If so , thats great to hear , must make you feel alot better knowing he is happy again at school!!! :)MeaghanFrom: <tamaoki_s@...>To:

Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 11:24:08 AMSubject: ( ) Re: Anxiety induced tourette's

My son had symptoms of Tourettes when he first started school - lots of throat clearing, humming, little coughs when he became anxious...But he grew out of most of the vocal tics as he hit puberty. The little noises he made caused him lots of problems at school with teachers and with classmates. The school district had me get him tested for speech and hearing problems, but we decided that he didn't have hearing or speech problems and that traditional speech therapy would not work in his case. At home, where he was safe, the tics were hardly there and would disappear altogether over the summer when there was no school. We didn't try medication until much later when he had more problems with anxiety. Once we moved him to a new school that he absolutely loved, he refused to take the medication anymore.

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my son coughs all the time and especially at night when it bed time. his

teachers have called and sent him home due to it. he has seen his reg dr and no

allergies. his therapists are working on relaxation tips but he refuses to do

them. he takes zoloft for his anxieties anyway but nothing seems to help right

now. he has also tried other meds as well.

any suggestions?

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> So how is your son doing now with no medication?? And what was different with

> the new school as opposed to his old school that helped improve with anxiety

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> all that? I assume he is still doing well , without the medication? If so ,

> thats great to hear , must make you feel alot better knowing he is happy again

> at school!!!

>

> Meaghan

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> ________________________________

> From: <tamaoki_s@...>

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> Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 11:24:08 AM

> Subject: ( ) Re: Anxiety induced tourette's

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> My son had symptoms of Tourettes when he first started school - lots of throat

> clearing, humming, little coughs when he became anxious...But he grew out of

> most of the vocal tics as he hit puberty. The little noises he made caused him

> lots of problems at school with teachers and with classmates. The school

> district had me get him tested for speech and hearing problems, but we decided

> that he didn't have hearing or speech problems and that traditional speech

> therapy would not work in his case. At home, where he was safe, the tics were

> hardly there and would disappear altogether over the summer when there was no

> school. We didn't try medication until much later when he had more problems

with

> anxiety. Once we moved him to a new school that he absolutely loved, he

refused

> to take the medication anymore.

>

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Yes, if it is truly habitual cough and not allergies, cold. etc, you can do what we did. My son had a habitual cough and we took him to many doctors. Finally an asthma specialist said it was a habit cough only and for us to remind him to stop, because he can control it. So we started with reminding him at home. And we would say, "See if you can go a minute without coughing." Then two minutes, five minutes, etc. And we gave him some kind of small reward when he did it. Eventually, we just had to remind him occasionaly and he stopped altogether. He was 9 at the time, and he is 11 now and has never gone back to it.

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Suzanne

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From: leahmoorefields <leahmoorefields@...>Subject: ( ) Re: Anxiety induced tourette's Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 11:27 AM

my son coughs all the time and especially at night when it bed time. his teachers have called and sent him home due to it. he has seen his reg dr and no allergies. his therapists are working on relaxation tips but he refuses to do them. he takes zoloft for his anxieties anyway but nothing seems to help right now. he has also tried other meds as well.any suggestions?>> So how is your son doing now with no medication?? And what was different with > the new school as opposed to his old school that helped improve with anxiety and > all that? I assume he is still doing well , without the medication? If so , > thats great to hear , must make you

feel alot better knowing he is happy again > at school!!! > > Meaghan> > > > > > ________________________________> From: <tamaoki_s@...>> > Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 11:24:08 AM> Subject: ( ) Re: Anxiety induced tourette's> > > My son had symptoms of Tourettes when he first started school - lots of throat > clearing, humming, little coughs when he became anxious...But he grew out of > most of the vocal tics as he hit puberty. The little noises he made caused him > lots of problems at school with teachers and with classmates. The school > district had me get him tested for speech

and hearing problems, but we decided > that he didn't have hearing or speech problems and that traditional speech > therapy would not work in his case. At home, where he was safe, the tics were > hardly there and would disappear altogether over the summer when there was no > school. We didn't try medication until much later when he had more problems with > anxiety. Once we moved him to a new school that he absolutely loved, he refused > to take the medication anymore.>

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Hi Suzanne,

We are trying the steps you mentioned below. Has has shown he can do this for a whole day. we are working on breathing steps but he is choosing when to do the work. thanks for the suggestion. i know it can work we just have to do more of it for them some times.

From: Suzanne Markwood <suzmarkwood@...> Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 2:34:48 PMSubject: Re: ( ) Re: Anxiety induced tourette's

Yes, if it is truly habitual cough and not allergies, cold. etc, you can do what we did. My son had a habitual cough and we took him to many doctors. Finally an asthma specialist said it was a habit cough only and for us to remind him to stop, because he can control it. So we started with reminding him at home. And we would say, "See if you can go a minute without coughing." Then two minutes, five minutes, etc. And we gave him some kind of small reward when he did it. Eventually, we just had to remind him occasionaly and he stopped altogether. He was 9 at the time, and he is 11 now and has never gone back to it.

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Suzanne

suzmarkwood@...

From: leahmoorefields <leahmoorefields@...>Subject: ( ) Re: Anxiety induced tourette's Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 11:27 AM

my son coughs all the time and especially at night when it bed time. his teachers have called and sent him home due to it. he has seen his reg dr and no allergies. his therapists are working on relaxation tips but he refuses to do them. he takes zoloft for his anxieties anyway but nothing seems to help right now. he has also tried other meds as well.any suggestions?>> So how is your son doing now with no medication?? And what was different with > the new school as opposed to his old school that helped improve with anxiety and > all that? I assume he is still doing well , without the medication? If so , > thats great to hear , must make you feel alot better knowing he is happy again > at

school!!! > > Meaghan> > > > > > ________________________________> From: <tamaoki_s@...>> > Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 11:24:08 AM> Subject: ( ) Re: Anxiety induced tourette's> > > My son had symptoms of Tourettes when he first started school - lots of throat > clearing, humming, little coughs when he became anxious...But he grew out of > most of the vocal tics as he hit puberty. The little noises he made caused him > lots of problems at school with teachers and with classmates. The school > district had me get him tested for speech and hearing problems, but we decided > that he didn't have hearing or speech problems and that

traditional speech > therapy would not work in his case. At home, where he was safe, the tics were > hardly there and would disappear altogether over the summer when there was no > school. We didn't try medication until much later when he had more problems with > anxiety. Once we moved him to a new school that he absolutely loved, he refused > to take the medication anymore.>