I just thought of something while I was doing something else. I'm trying to cut down my time typing to ease some pain I'm having, but I can't help myself lol

Earlier I noticed someone on that thread mentioned the rise in numbers of people being diagnosed with TS or that TS is on the rise, or something to that effect.

(not everyone with TS does get formally diagnosed, btw, but that's a whole book so I won't write that now. lol)

Apart from a lot of other reasons, one particular reason for that would be because the actual Diagnostic Criteria have changed leaving out the distress clause. DSM IV included that. DSM IV-TR, the current edition of the manual leaves it out. i.e. Leaves out... "The disturbance causes marked distress or significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning." There has been a lot of discussion about the benefits or otherwise of this in previous years.