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Originally Posted by angels4kali
Hello,
I just read something about Tourette Syndrome today, had never really heard of it before, and said omg that sounds like my Tony. When he was a late 3 or early 4 year old I took him to the ped to have his vision checked because he would uncontrollably blink. She said it was a tic.
She later sent him to a neurodevelopmental specialist because this combined with some ritual behavior and speech concerns, fearing something on the autism spectrum. His speech has since caught up. His rituals are fewer and less disruptive. The neuro wasn't concerned with his development and said it was probably just OCD gave us the number of a behavioral specialist if it became disruptive enough. I didn't follow up at the time.
The blinking carried on for months probably closer to a year and faded off but he although he will still do it on a rare occasion. They replaced themselves with other interesting behavior. He gasps, wheezes, sniffs or I don't really know what to call it and is always making some sort of noises. I don't know if it's related but he also has his hand nearly glued to his little boy part, if you know what I mean. I ask him to stop, but it seems so subconcious, he's doing it again in no time.
Could it be Tourette Syndrome, if so what sort of doctor would I want to talk to about it?
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You need a neurologist. My son was reffered by our eye doctor because she thought it may be ts. He's ten now, at the time he was 6. He was diagnosed almost immediately. If you get a diagnosis early, you will be better prepared. I had to order some ts books from borders, its hard to find them. Good luck!!