Foods with a higher acidity level - peppers, citrus fruits (including juices) and tomatoes... especially tomatoes, all seem to intensify my tics, especially for the first few hours after ingesting them.

Certain sounds - alarm clock beeping, fire engine/police/ambulance sirens, someone scratching dry skin will set off lots of facial and eye tics for me as well as certain vocal beeping

tags on clothes, and the toe line on socks (thankfully lots of clothes now have the label just printed on the clothing)

Being in a place where i know you are supposed to be quite (movie theatres, musuems, church, my univ classes)

i think i have touretts because i tic quiet alot, i swear by accident and i get angry really easy can someone help ne with this

Hi Luke.
I'm not sure how old you are, but am thinking it would be good idea to talk to your mum or dad if you are concerned. How long have you had these tics?

Hi Luke and welcome

has a doctor ever diagnosed you with Tourette Syndrome, or do you have any family members who do have it?

There are other tic disorders that may not be TS, and so it is a good idea to have a clear diagnosis before beginning any form of treatment

if you read through the list of things that others have reported as tic triggers for them, you may find things that affect you too
here is the link again
http://www.latitudes.org/articles/finding_triggers.htm

there are both natural and pharmaceutical ways that one can try to minimise the impact of severe tics and other TS symptoms, but until you have a clear diagnosis, it is best to just try to eat healthily, avoid artificial coloring and artificial sweeteners, MSG etc and try to keep yourself as unstressed as possible.

My son and husband both have TS and have found that the natural forms of treatment work best for them

Let us know if you have any specific questions and we can try to answer them for you

hi im 15 but i say im 16 because my birthday is only a week and a half lol any way i will tell you what i do i swear when i dont mean to i find it really hard to consantrate {especially at school} lol my jaw tics quiet alot and i get angry quiet easaly and it is so hard not to get streesed out at school the teachers are so annoying lol

Luke
have you asked your parents to take you in for an evaluation by a neurologist?
Coprolalia (swearing unintentionally) and tics can be manifestations of Tourette Syndrome and their are also some peoppe who have anger/rage disorders along with this

but honestly, where we can give general info and share our experiences, only a qualified docotr can diagnose what is causing these tics and behaviours in you

once you have a diagnosis, then we can maybe point you to some helpful information. It would be irresponsible of us though to try to recommend things to help you when you dont yet know for sure what is underlying these things

Just know that you can always come here if you need to talk......I sure no how hard this can be as my own son has had a TS diagnosis since he was 10 (He is now 17)

my mum said shall we go to the doctors so we mite be going soon and how do they check for touretes

Luke
neurologists are usually the best to diagnose TS

they know exactly what questions to ask and observations to make

before you go. be sure to write down the things that are bothering you so you can tell the doc

let us know how it goes!

in the meantime, try to eat healthy and stay as unstressed as possible..