#tic disorder unspecified

[dreamdropsystem]

it really is

[autisticdreamdrop]

we are allowed to exist as us..

you are too..

[innocent-until-proven-geeky]

Originally we thought my tics were from some sort of immune response just based on my limited research, but I ended up getting a referral to a neurologist instead of an immunologist and that’s how I got my OCD diagnosis. Tic disorders are often linked to OCD among other things (could be comorbid, could be causative, idk how it all works).

What’s cool is the longer I’ve had tics the more I see how they might be related to OCD. If I have a tic that feels wrong, I then have to practice it until it feels right, which is a fairly common compulsion.

Keep in mind that tics are involuntary—they can be suppressed but it’s incredibly difficult and uncomfortable—but practicing the tic, kind of like stimming, is voluntary. I don’t tic and then keep ticcing because it was wrong the first time. I tic and then I am ✨compelled✨ to practice by the feeling of wrongness.

[nagichi-boop]

Sonic Disability Headcanons

This’ll be kinda long cuz I want to cover as many characters as possible and I want to include both mental and physical disorders. Spoilers but I made everyone neurodivergent.

Sonic — adhd, Tourettes; chondromalacia patella, chronic migraines (post Frontiers), narcolepsy type 2

Tails — autism, anxiety, cptsd, ocd, morsicatio buccarum (cheek biting); chronic migraines, arthritis (mostly in wrists)

Knuckles — autism, adhd; cfs/me (when away from Master Emerald)

Amy Rose — adhd, bpd; near-sightedness

Shadow — autism, ptsd, cptsd, bpd; unspecified chronic pain (caused by chaos energy, mostly affects knees), cfs/me, chronic migraines, insomnia

Rouge — autism; fibromyalgia, pcos, ibs

Omega — autism

Silver — autism, adhd, anxiety, schizophrenia, chronic motor tic disorder; asthma, pots, eds, fibromyalgia, insomnia

Blaze — autism, ocd, depression, trichotillomania (hair pulling); endometriosis, ibs, lactose intolerance

Cream — autism, anxiety, ptsd; celiac disease, epilepsy

Espio — autism, ocd, ptsd, dpdr; chronic migraines

Vector — autism, adhd; ankylosing spondylitis

Charmy Bee — adhd, dyslexia, dyspraxia, Tourettes; hard of hearing, asthma

Metal Sonic — autism, npd

Sticks — autism, adhd, schizophrenia; eds

Whisper — autism, dyspraxia, depression, ptsd, cptsd; cfs/me, fnd

Tangle — adhd, dyslexia, ptsd; eds, arthritis

Surge — autism, adhd, cptsd, npd, aspd, dpdr; type 1 diabetes (hypoglycaemia), fibromyalgia

Kit — autism, anxiety, depression, dpd, Tourettes, stuttering/stammering; chronic migraines, pots, eds

(I may tweak this as I change my mind or adopt other people’s headcanons, but I wanted to have all my thoughts in one place.)

[sonic-4-episode-ii]

heres a "quick" list of some hcs regarding physical disabilities, mental illnesses & other stuff that can impair function or is "odd" physically but i dont know the proper term for

might update this every once in a while but for now thats it

spoiler alert: its all chronic pain!

Sonic

Fibromyalgia, big-time. Uses massively thick socks to stop his feet from hurting too much while running.

DID, which starting developing when he was like....4. now that he's (mostly) gotten over his "just push everything down" era, inter-system communications are pretty strong, and he's friends w/ a lot of his headmates

doesnt have the best eyesight (in fact its p awful) but hes convinced he can still see well enough so he refuses to wear his glasses. WILL NOT wear contacts

has NPD

autistic. contrary to popular believe, he doesnt have ADHD

schizophrenia. idk which type or whatever. hes got the hallucinations.

has auditory and visual (???) synthesia which caused him to. make the sonic CD us sountrack. yeah

Tails

HoH, but doesn't like using hearing aids. A bad habit inspired by Sonic's refusal to wear his own glasses

OCD, huge-time. his paranoia can get so bad sometimes that he doesn't even trust Sonic. doing much better in that regard nowadays, though.

tic disorder, hits themself or has their neck turn the other way violently (hurts!!!!!!)

so obviously autistic they get a little embarrassed abt it sometimes

c-ptsd haver

Knuckles

Undiagnosed chronic pain, has no idea what's causing it. Fully believed it was emerald stealing karma for YEARS.

gets weird pinched nerves alot because of some of his old scars being close to nerve endings. ow

has bad eyesight but genuinely didnt realize for years

has a sort of? processing disorder thing? i dont actually know what it is. when you try to talk but actual gibberish comes out n you cant think. someone else had the same hc but i forgot what they called it. but he has that

does actually have a lot of trauma due to being alone for most of his life and being raised by nothing but a rock and maaaaybe some birds. crazy ik

Amy

Horrible, awful eyesight. worst perscription out of ALL of her friends

Hypermobile joints, which is part of why she has such a horrible posture (along w her dysphoria).

abandonment issues due to. yk. being abandoned by her parents, which ends up leading into her getting unhealthily attached to anyone who gives her the time of day (and she arbitrarily decides is totally the one for her)

Shadow

PTSD (canon)

mobility issues (canon)

NPD + maybe borderline...?

Rouge

pretty much 100% deaf, uses hearing aids.

has some kinda smt going on because of the way she grew up but fuck if anyone knows what it actually is.

Blaze

Had anorexia for years, which has caused a lot of muscle weakness. Now that she's in recovering, things are a lot better, but she still uses a cane most of the time.

has depression, anxiety and self-worth issues due to being bullied as a child. not just for her flame powers

double anxiety bc of people trying to take her shit

Silver

similar to Blaze, weak thanks to a really bad diet as a kid.

due to genetic mutations caused by radiation, contamination of drinking water & food, and extreme changes in the environment, silver has four arms

also a really weird immune system that flip-flops from being disturbingly strong to scarily weak (can eat actual trash somehow but a cold puts him out of the running for weeks)

anxiety + separation issues. tries to be stoic abt it tho

has dyscalculia And dyslexia, struggles with understanding english especially

Vanilla

chronic exhaustion + fibromyalgia from a young age. sort of worried cream will end up having it too

Cream

weak immune system due to lots of childhood illness. might not be able to be vaxxed bc of it

gets ear infections really easily, made significantly worse w all the dirt she kicks up from flying with her ears

unspecified panic disorder due to trauma. tries to stay brave

Charmy / charmie / charmee

constantly low blood sugar due to weird bee stuff + inconsistent diet as a kid

he thinks hes funny :/

might have autism and/or adhd

Espio

undiagnosed mobility issues. can climb fine, but has trouble walking and cant run. uses a cane

anxiety he refuses to talk abt to anyone except the other chaotix and, very rarely, silper

Vector

self-inflicted hearing loss. went to too many concerts

developed anxiety after taking care of charmy and espio for so long. thanks kids

Sticks

OCD. tends to unintentionally encourage tails's delusions. currently getting experimental therapy thats working rlly well

somehow has almost every possible vitamin deficiency

Eggman

tics similar to sonic and tails's

OSDD

NPD

Neo Metal Sonic

transfeminine metal sonic from the main au

chronic headaches after episode metal

joints tend to seize up when chilly for too long. although shes immune to water, its worse when shes cold

tics due to system errors / bugs she and tails cant fix. she doesnt actually mind them since it makes her feel more connected to her bros :]

memory problems also after episode metal

due to her memory problems she has to memorize stuff by repeatedly being given info and it takes way longer for her to learn things compared to other computers so i think she has a learning disability? bc of that?

has weird backwards sensory issues. lack of harsh lighting or metallic noises unsettles and can overwhelm her

might have NPD

has delusions. getting better at recognizing them, which helps her help tails more

Hyper Metal Sonic

second, transmasculine metal sonic from a spinoff au

self-induced chronic pain (wtf bro)

joints also seize up when cold

Sage

doesnt feel much physically, which leads to her getting bad injuries she barely recognizes for ages

autism beast

Scourge

popcorn lung due to smoking several packs of cigarettes daily so his voice sounds more gruff

everything sonic has also

[sulfursystem]

"you cant make ALL of the current ghouls disabled!!" yes the fuck i can, disabled current ghouls under the cut

sodo: bpd, adhd, motor tic disorder, rheumatoid arthritis

phantom/aeon: autistic, adhd, hEDS

swiss: bpd, adhd, asthma, dyslexia

rain: pots, clEDS, dyscalcula

cirrus: autistic, combined tic disorder

aurora: asthma, dyslexia

cumulus: rheumatoid arthritis, bpd

mountain: unspecified panic disorder, autistic, Hard of Hearing

[skys-archive]

AFTER 8 YEARS I HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED FOR MY PHYSICAL DISABILITIES!!!

I've struggled with motor tics my whole life and have officially been diagnosed with a tic disorder, unspecified at the moment.

For 8 years I've struggled with chronic muscle and joint pain and while I don't have a complete diagnosis it has finally been medically recognized.

Progress does happen.

[germplush]

Greydancer! he/him, he's a trans guy. he's an age stunted adult. he's an bipolar schizophrenic wolf with BPD. he's in disability program Cheese is in and is crushing on them. Greydancer is heavily medicated and sleeps a lot. even though he's on antipyschotics, he has tic disorder unspecified (like us) he also has an ED... ( like us.. why do we do this to our paras...) he loves Cheese very very much. he loves being near them and spending time with bun. he hates the fact he's shorter than Cheese. Cheese is very short standing in their paracosm furry / a anthro forms 4'8 and Greydancer is 4'6". Greydancer has horrible abusive parents and lives in a supportive housing situation (that we're trying to get into IRL) and he's struggling but he's a a lovely plush para. man we need more posts and video lore drops.. talking about our paras is amazing.. some people actually wanna hear about it?? weird..

[t4tozier]

🦾 🥇😺 for richie :)

yk me so well :))

disability hc:

i love me a richie with forearm crutches/mobility aids in general post-derry. i firmly hold the belief that he fucked up his ankles knees and probably spine when he was dropped out of the deadlights. eddie feels guilty about it because he insists that it was his fault but richie’s like dude you saved my fucking life. there’s nothing to feel guilty about.

also he has an unspecified tic disorder! he’s usually able to function pretty well but on certain days when his tics are really bad he can’t drive bc he has tics where his head snaps and locks to the side so he’s stuck looking to his left. it’s usually not too long but any period of time spent looking away from the road is dangerous especially on the highway so they tend to get deliveries a lot.

what they’re best at:

he can pick up any instrument and play like he’s been playing for years within a few minutes of picking it up. he’s a tactile learner and he never learned how to read sheet music but he has perfect pitch. he doesn’t realize this is a weird skill until all of the losers are like i literally don’t even know what this instrument is and richie’s like bro ur telling me you’ve never seen a glockenspiel before

animal hc:

this was a silly hc that my ex and i came up w but his service dog’s name is ty. short for typewriter.

he thinks it’s hilarious to name pets random words and eddie thinks it’s hilarious to name pets human names so they have a dog named typewriter and a cat named barb.

[sysboxes]

not a request but a question, we saw you had the epileptic user boxes, and we wanted to know if you had a toureettes userbox? we never saw one and didn't know if we overlooked it.

we would also like to see other disability userboxes you all have done if it's okay to ask you to show them off? /nf

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ok I- ran out of spoons 😭😭 but here is a bunch

I tried to semi organize them

-mod weeping ❤️

This user has BPD, OCD, and tourettes.

This user has BPD, OCD, ASD, Tourettes, and is chronically ill.

This user has OSDD, ADHD, ASD, BPD, Tourette's, possibly dyslexia, anxiety, and a sleep disorder.

This system is autistic and has ADHD.

This user has BPD, ASPD, NPD, ADHD, ASD, Schizophrenia, APD, and OSDD.

This system has ADHD, autism, and possible personality disorders.

this system is influenced by being autistic and having adhd and many phobias.

This user has DID, NPD, BPD, ASD, and ADHD.

This system has BPD, polyfragmented DID, and autism.

This user is an autistic system who splits easily, and has a high alter count with a lot of fictives.

This system splits fictives easily due to being autistic.

this system frequently splits alters from their special interests and hyperfixations

this users special interest heavily impacts their system

This system has DID, autism, manic depression, and anxiety.

this user is autistic but their special interests have barely influenced their system.

this system is autistic and has ADHD.

This autistic system needs allistics to stop speaking on autistic issues.

this system has introjects from their childhood special interests

this system is very protective of their special interest

this system has a hard time hearing bad things about their special interest

this users special interest is their source

Multiple POTS userboxes.

This system has overlapping chronic mental illnesses.

This system has a lot of mental illness holders.

This system can’t feel pain and is willing to bite.

This system has introjects who hold pain and symptoms.

This user is a Tweek Tweak fictive so they may twitch sometimes.

This alter tics a lot while fronting.

frequent fronters depend on the systems current hyperfixation

this system constantly reblogs things related to their hyperfixations and interests

This user has a hard time telling introjects from kins from delusional attachments

This alter is an ADHD symptom holder.

This user has ADHD.

This user is an autism symptom holder

This alter is an autism symptom holder

This system is autistic.

This system is type 1 diabetic

this system is epileptic / this system is a left temporal lobe epileptic / the system is a right temporal lobe epileptic

this user has insomnia

This system has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

This system struggles with chronic fatigue.

This alter struggles with chronic fatigue.

This system struggles with chronic panic.

This alter struggles with chronic pain.

This alter struggles with chronic pain and chronic fatigue.

This system struggles with chronic pain and chronic fatigue.

This system has chronic pain and it causes them to split. / This system has chronic pain and it causes them to split. Please be patient.

This system struggles with chronic pain.

This system is chronically ill.

This system is physically disabled.

This system has a disability.

This system is disabled.

This system has an unspecified disability.

This system is a walker user. / This system uses a walker

This system is an electric scooter user. / This system uses an electric scooter.

This system is a wheelchair user. / This system uses a wheelchair.

This system uses a cane. / This system is a cane user.

This system uses a rollator. / This system is a rollator user.

This system uses a powerchair. / This system is a powerchair user.

This system has alters who need mobility aids always, sometimes, and not at all. Please ask first.

This users ability to speak fluctuates.

This alter cannot speak or type.

This user is semi verbal. / This system is semi verbal.

This user is nonverbal and upset they don’t know BSL.

This user is nonverbal and upset they don’t know ASL.

This system has difficulty talking and is doing their best to talk to people

This system struggles with hearing. Please be gentle.

This system has a hard time masking.

This system is having a hard time again.

This user is sick.

This system is quick to cry and feels a lot of emotions.

This system is tired in a way sleep can’t fix.

This system struggles with empathy, sympathy, and compassion.

This system is on the struggle bus

This system struggles to remember things and apologizes in advance

this user struggles with severe paranoia, please do not vaguepost around them

this system needs tone tags

Please be patient with this system, they’re struggling with a lot of their symptoms.

This system is easily scared

[dreamdropsystem]

our tics are not our fault.

your tics are not your fault.

[autisticdreamdrop]

12/4/23 hidden disability lanyard + our card we emade

[mischiefmanifold]

An Explanation of the Diagnostic Criteria of Tourette Disorder (Tourette Syndrome)

Tourette Syndrome is one of five tic disorders (including Other Specified and Unspecified tic disorders), and the five tic disorders are the only disorders that can cause tics. In order to be diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, one must meet all four criteria (A, B, C, and D).

A. Both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics have been present at some time during the illness, although not necessarily concurrently.

A tic is defined by the DSM-5 as "a sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization." Tics can be as simple as blinks and coughs or as complex as elaborate body positioning and long phrases.

Individuals who have tics occasionally experience a "premonitory urge" that happens before a tic occurs. Premonitory urges are difficult to explain because they differ from person to person; some describe them as an itch that can only be scratched by letting the tic out. Premonitory urges and suppressability of tics are what make tics less involuntary and more unvoluntary.

Tics can be difficult to differentiate from motor stereotypies and other involuntary movements, so consultation with a doctor is recommended if you suspect you are experiencing tics.

B. The tics may wax and wane in frequency but have persisted for more than 1 year since first tic onset.

Children with tic disorders often start ticcing in early childhood, but tics can be easily ignored or misdiagnosed depending on the tic (OP's tics were missed because it was assumed that he had a chronic cough for most of his childhood).

Tics come and go (wax and wane) in frequency and intensity. This does not mean a person's tics have "gone away," and mentioning that someone's tics have been less intense can actually make their tics worse. The only requirement for diagnosis is that tics must be present for more than a year (intensity and duration are not specified).

An example of this is a person who started ticcing around age 8, whose tics were extremely subtle and mostly motor until about age 15, when they became much more intense and numerous (OP's experience).

C. Onset is before age 18 years.

The individual's first documented or acknowledged tic was before age 18, even if the individual is over 18 when being evaluated.

It is important to note that there is currently discussion about changing the cutoff age to 21.

D. The disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., cocaine) or another medical condition (e.g., Huntington’s disease, postviral encephalitis).

As mentioned in criterion A, it is important to consult a professional to better be able to differentiate between tics and other involuntary movements.

This criterion is mostly self-explanatory, although it is important to note that feminine presenting individuals are often diagnosed with FND instead of Tourette due to medical sexism and biases in diagnosis.

Some other information in the DSM-5 that may be of interest:

Some motor tics can be slower twisting or tightening movements that occur over varying lengths of time (these may be referred to as dystonic tics).

First onset of tics is often between the ages of 4-6; tics often peak around 10-12 years and then gradually decline as the individual gets older (this is a generalization, many people with Tourette Syndrome and other tic disorders will not relate to this timeline).

All information for this post came from the DSM-5-TR as well as anecdotal experiences from OP and others with tic disorders on social media.

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☆ Basics: 地雷 男子 !

☆☆☆ online persona - Rainforest (Raine) ☆☆☆

☆ birthday - 3.17.1998 | (火曜日) ☆

三月にはたくさんの花が咲く.

☆ age - twenty six (二十六) ☆

☆ bi + hypersexual & demisexual | バイ ☆

☆ pronouns - he/him | 男子 ☆

☆ zodiac - ♓𖤓♏☾♌↑♍☊♓☋ | 占星術 ☆

☆ Juunishi (十二支) - Tiger | 虎 ☆

☆ Gogyō (五行) | Wood ( 木材 ) ☆

☆ disabled neet | 障がい ☆

☆ recovering hikikomori | ひきこも ☆

☆ cripple punk ☆

☆ ethnicly mixed & indigenous | 先住民族の ☆

☆ [redacted] but now with a foster family ☆

☆ touched by the tism | 自閉症 ☆

☆ polyamorous | 多ければ多いほどよい ! ☆

不可能を可能にするのは努力だ ! 決意を固め続ける!

☆ More: さらに詳しく

☆ dx with - ASPD ; DID ; schizoaffective disorder ; asthmatic ; superventricular tachycardia ; chronic depression; chronic anxiety ; OCD harm ; motor tics ; unspecified seizure disorder ; Insomnia ; kleptomania ; psychosis ; IED ; misophonia ; synesthesia disorder ; audio processing disorder ; bilateral hearing loss ; arthritis ; disordered eating ; chronic pain ; autism ; adhd ; and cPTSD ☆

七転び八起き! 知っておくことが重要 ! ありがとう !

☆ on disability for several medical conditions that effect my mobility and vision, after surviving a tbi in August of 2019 ☆

決意を固め続ける ! あなたはこれを手に入れました

☆ English is my first language, but I'm currently learning/studying Japanese!! ☆

我慢してください ! 一生懸命勉強してください !

☆ dream destinations: 青木ヶ原 & 歌舞伎町 ☆

☆ - my foster family is currently in the states for the holidays, but we will be going back to Okinawa next year. My goal is to make it to the mainland because I wanna party in Kabukicho and make friends and life long memories as well as visit some historic shrines in Kyoto!!- ☆

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[writing-tics]

who am I? and why do i want to do this?

I am a 20y queer guy diagnosed with an unspecified tic disorder, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dysortographia, and with undiagnosed sensory issues (possibly autism, but i am not going to start diagnostic process for that now, so we will never know for sure).

i am not a medical professional, i am not a professional sensitivity/beta reader, i am not a professional researcher. Everything i do here is out of pure passion. I am not your end all be all. Asking me doesn't mean that you did enough research. I am your helper and consultant, not an oracle.

i am a hobbyist writer and a passionate reader, and i love to see myself in the stories that i read.

i love fantasy and i recently started getting into horror as well, but since i was a child i would read literally any genre.

i find great comfort in reading about characters who are similar to me, but finding stories like that (which are not for literal children, or are about literal children) is very difficult

that's why i want to encourage writers to write more characters with tics/specific learning disabilities! And i want to make writing them easier for you

(i also want free short stories and free attention from you, that's all, bye)