Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders Support Group

Yes, they change over time. They get new ones and leave old ones. Some are enduring. Most morph, wax and wane.

Hello!

Yes, tics will wax and wane (come and go--get better or worse--change or stay the same) from day to day.

My son is 7 and started ticcing in March (but I suspect he has been ticcing for longer than that but we did't think much of his "habits" till they were coming in clusters. At his worst, we would see about 8 differnt tics in one day.
Here is a very comprehensive list that I found online that shows you what type of tics you might see--or might not...
Motor Tics
Abdominal jerking/tensing
Adjusting crotch/wedgie
Arm movements - including jerking, rotating,touching, flexing, flapping, squeezing
Bending at the knees/waist
Biting self/others/nails
Bladder tics
Body jerking
Brushing hair out of eyes
Chewing clothes, fingers/fingernails/toes
Clapping
Clicking teeth
Clothes pulling/tearing/chewing
Copropraxia
Cracking knuckles/jaw
Extending arms/neck
Eye rolling/blinking/squinting/winking
Finger smelling/pulling/snapping
Flexing arms/ankles/knees/toes
Foot dragging/shaking/flexing/tapping
Hand fiddling/flexing/snapping
Head toss/jerk/banging/turning
Hitting self /others
Hopping
Jaw snapping/thrusting/cracking
Jumping
Kicking
Kissing
Knee bending/knocking/extending
Knuckle cracking
Leg tensing/jerking/extending
Licking lips
Lifting shoulders
Lip licking/popping/ smacking/pouting
Mouth opening/pouting/grimacing
Nail biting
Neck extending/pulling/twisting/stretching
Nose twitching/touching
Opening mouth/eyes
Picking scabs/skin/cuticles/lips/lint
Pinching
Poking
Popping lips
Pulling fingers/hair/clothes
Rolling eyes/shoulders
Scratching
Shaking feet/head/legs/arms/hands
Shrugging shoulders
Skipping
Smelling fingers/objects/hands
Somersaulting
squatting
Squinting Eyes
Stepping Backwards
Throwing
Thrusting tongue/jaw
Toe walking/flexing/scrunching
Tooth clicking
Tossing head
Twirling/twirling around
Winking

Vocal/Verbal Tics
Air Swallowing
Animal Like Sounds - barking/Quacking/Oinking/Meowing/Chirping
Belching
Blowing tics
Breathing tics
Calling Out
Clacking
Clearing Throat
Clicking
Coprolalia - speaking obscenities/socially taboo/inappropriate phrases
Coughing
Echolalia - Repeating others words
Gasping
Groaning
Grunting
Gurgling
Guttural sounds from the back of the throat
Hiccups
Hissing
Holding breath
Honking
Humming
Laughing
Moaning
Muttering
Noisy breathing
Palilalia - repeating ones own words
Screaming
Shouting
Sniffling
Snorting
Squeaking
Spitting
Squealing
Stammering
Stuttering
Sucking inspirations
Throat clearing/clucking
Voice - change in pitch/volume
Wheezing
Whistling
Yelling
Yelping

Hang in there!
Kristin