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Obliterate Facial Tics And Social Embarrassment
Facial tics are characterized by impulsive, seemingly reflex muscle contractions of entire muscle groups in the face. These contractions are regularly repetitive in nature, and appear to have no valid purpose. Common tics are exaggerated eye blinking, squinting, nose wrinkling, facial grimacing or even vocalizations such as throat clearing or grunting. Tics often show up during childhood, and often resolve as a child ages. This is not always the situation, though, and many people continue to exhibit tics as they enter adulthood.
Tics often increase in rate as a sufferer feels stress or discomfort. Victims who suffer from tics tell us that they are able to feel a tic approach. It’s often described as an overwhelming feeling of tension and the compulsion to perform the tic to eliminate the tension; somewhat akin to the approaching urge to yawn or sneeze which relieves the victim. Controlling a tic can cause stress, which can lead to the beginning of another tic. Tics are often described as being uncontrolled but research and reports from victims indicates they are indeed voluntary motions that can be controlled by the sufferer.
A tic can manifest itself as a simple tic, as in grunting, mouth twitches or facial grimaces or it can be more complex such as is seen a lot in Tourette syndrome. Simple tics are more usual than complex tics, but they can be just as devastating to the sufferer; while a facial tic does not cause physical pain to the sufferer, it can often cause social problems or mental distress. Read the rest of this entry »
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Is Tourette’s Syndrome A Neurological Disorder – A Dissenting Viewpoint
In 1885, the French physician Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette published an account of nine patients, under the title “Study of a Nervous Affliction,” with severe tic disorders. Jean-Martin Charcot, an influential French physician and Dr. Tourette’s mentor, agreed with Tourette that a new classification for patients exhibiting such symptoms was in order and named it for his protégé whom he had assigned to study patients with such symptoms.
Thus, “Tourette Syndrome” entered the canon of medical afflictions. However, the search for the cause of the affliction proved elusive, as all sorts of fanciful theories were put forward ranging from: hereditary organic causes to repressed sexual desires of the Freudian variety; to obsessive mothers and poor parenting skills. Until the mid-sixties of the Twentieth Century, no real consensus emerged beyond that Freudian psychoanalysis was the preferred path of medical intervention.
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Dealing With Motor Tics In Children
Some people have a problem with their muscles making sudden spasms or movements that they cannot control, otherwise known as motor tics. They do not appear gradually but all of a sudden the involuntary movements strike. As you can imagine, these types of spasms are very frustrating and can wreak havoc on your social and work life.
Adults often have to deal with motor tics but they are much more common in children. In certain cases, they show up in early childhood and then continue into the adult years. Controlling them can be extremely difficult and frustrating. You can easily control it to trying to hold off a big sneeze that really wants to come out. Some of the things you might expect to see are uncontrollable blinking, your face making grimaces or your extremities moving suddenly and with no warning.
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