My nine-year-olds record for clearing her throat is 33 times in one minute.
Its a noise so distracting sometimes you cant really do anything else but count how many times it happens.
This has been happening, off and on, since she was six.
At first, my wife and I thought it was allergies or a sinus infection.
What are tic disorders?
Tics fall under the umbrella of Tourette syndrome.
These tics typically resolve themselves within a year.
It went on for most of the winter and spring before we brought it up to the doctor.
If the tic lasts longer than one year, the diagnosis is updated to persistent tic disorder.
Then we will ask them to raise their hand the next time they notice a tic coming.
Bubrick said the goal is to find where the urge to tic begins.
Once awareness is established, doctors make a run at understand the tics process.
The first place to look is the cause of stress and anxiety.
Tics and stress are kind of best friends, Bubrick said.
No one is ticking when theyre sleeping, Bubrick said.
When your body is completely relaxed, you dont tic.
The more stressed out your body is, the more likely its going to tic.
No one is ticking when theyre sleeping.
When your body is completely relaxed, you dont tic.
The more stressed out your body is, the more likely its going to tic.
They would open their eyes widely instead until the urge passes.
And once the urge passes, they can bring their eyes back to normal and then move on.
They just have to be aware of their own patience levels.
I asked Bubrick what to do when my daughters tic begins wearing on my nerves.
He reminded me the tic was not about me or something she was trying to do to me.
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