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Well, when I was younger I had a few, I would open my jaw wide and kinda scrunch my nose. This was years ago though. What My dr think nows, Dr Cantilliian is his name, hes a great phys, thinks now is that the old meds I was on, Wellbutrin XL actually made the tic resurface. I have an app with him on thursdy. Im going to ask him about tennex or topamax. I was told those work well for tics. and on Friday with the eye dr. Ill ask the eye Dr about the eye allergy thing. I figure It couldnt hurt to try. As far as the allergy testing goes, ive had the testing doen already and the only thing im allergic to is nickel. Now get this people, I have a app with a spinal surgeon on the 2nd to talk to him about my back. ANother one I had seen had mentioned somethign about musscle movements when you have metal rubbing against metal ala, the stuff in my back!!! So anyway, once I hear from them ill post some updates. Take care everyone!!!! Thanks for the advice !!! Hmmmm and im curious, anyone heard of this candida thing??? is it worth a shot to clense my system. I was tested for parasites (that was fun let me tell ya lol) and the stool test came up negative I said I've had a few cigarettes here and there but never noticed an effect on blinking. That's what I'm thinking too but I won't know for sure until I get tested by the neuro. Side question: isn't dopamine one of the "feel good" hormones? So shouldn't people with too much dopamine always be happy? Interesting. I've also read that alcohol increases dopamine (altho I read one source that says it has the opposite effect), and alcohol seems to help a bit, sometimes. I'm familiar with the homeopathic principal of "like cures like," but doesn't that only apply in infinitesimal amounts? I haven't studied homeopathy in a while. I've kind of given up on it. I've tried quite a few products from Boiron, colloidal silver, etc. (not for tics, but for sickness in general) and never saw any difference vs. when I didn't use them. The internet is full of stories from people who cure strep throat in 5 minutes with colloidal silver, tho. Maybe I'm doing it wrong Perhaps a coincidence, but my blinking tic started a shortly after I started getting allergy shots when I was 17. What is NAET and bioset? Now that I think about it, yes. I had the following: - for a short while in 6th grade I had this thing where I would always look at my watch. It wasn't preceded by any premonitory sensation, I just had some fixation with always knowing exactly what time it is down to the second. This went away shortly after someone asked me "dude why are you always looking at your watch?" I'm pretty sure this was a tic cuz it was a repetitive movement, altho it went away when I was doing something (like in gym class). - for another short while in 7th grade, I had a transient vocal tic. In certain situations I would make an almost inaudible "nnt" sound, except it was just a millisecond of vocalization and then a glottal stop. I wouldn't even open my mouth to do it. I think it was OCD... I had to do it a certain number of times or until it "felt right" in certain situations "or something bad would happen." Now I recognize that as OCD. Anyway, after a short while, this went away. On that note, I've always been OCD since about middle school (6th-8th grade). I've always had rituals. None of the super long ones like you heard about on TV, but maybe 10-30 seconds in duration. I was then tic free (altho still OCD, altho I didn't recognize it as such), until I was 17 when the blinking started. I have recognized now that occasionally I will still do the "nnt" thing, except there's no premonitory sensation... I just do it in certain situations, like after I read a certain type of sentence... I'm about 99% sure it's OCD related because it's always the same type of situation in which I'm reading something that it occurs. I've never tried to quantify it before but I would say that it's after I read a sentence that hold significant information (I make the "nnt" sound to acknowledge and let the information "sink in") or after I read something that would evoke laughter in a crowd of people (I make the "nnt" sound to represent people laughing). I'm sure there are a few more but that's it. It never just like comes out on it's own, which is why I think it's OCD-related. If I ever accidentally do it around people, I can disguise it as a small laugh. Sometimes I'll do it in conjunction with the blink, however, and that scares me. It makes the blink "feel more effective." This fact really scares me that there's something seriously wrong with me neurologically. re: smoking - if I want to try this, can I use a nicotine patch instead? I don't like the smell of cigarettes.

Hey man, whats up? Yea its a conscious blink. Like an ure to do it ya know, their not automatially closing. The Dr ruled out the Bleph. And yea same thing with me man, alcohol tends to reduce the blink and im not sure why lol All i know is that it does. Same thing with sex and masterbation. The restasis seems to make them less dry, which is a good thing. But the urge to blinnk is still there. For example, I can resist it more bcause of the restasis but the urge is still there ugh. I was told that to about the wellbutrin Xl, strange how the Docs dont tell ya all this when ya go see them. And its the same with the smoking. I asked my Shrink about this and he said though nictoine is a Stim, it has a soothing effect when smoked, ala less tics. No idea but possibly. There are a lot of meds that can have an effect on tics. Download the document in my research link I provided. There are 12 pages of medicines and their classes/names/methods/notes/side-effects. Tennex (Guanfacine) has some studies suggesting it may reduce tics. Most importantly you want to look at the class of drug and the side-effects. Personally, I am going to avoid any medicines that are classified as "neuroleptic/antipsychotic" or "atypical antipsychotic" because one of the side effects of that class of medication is tardive dyskenesia, which is irreversible, involuntary muscle movement and I've seen incidence reports as high as 20% of users developing tardive dyskenseia after 1 year of use. Since I plan to be on medication for the rest of my life, that's entirely unacceptable. I've heard a PET Scan can tell you if your levels of serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, etc., are messed up. Me too. Some people report this as a tic trigger. They say that LCD screens are less bothersome than CRT screens. I don't notice a difference. Good luck. Welcome to the board.

Hey Eveyone, My names matt and IM 23 Years old. It all started for me last October. I woke up one morning and I noticed I had this strange sensation to blink my eyes. So far, its been almost a year and its gotten the best of me. I gets to the point sometimes where in order for me to concentrate on something I have to actually do something else to get my mind off the blinking. I my case its rubbing the side of my face with my thumb. I know this is tic, but I cant see how it just started in october. I mean, I had a several small tics as a chilin, nose schruncghing and mouth widening. But that was over 15 years ago. Ive had tons of tests done. Blood tests, allergy tests, Thryroid Tests, Cyliac Tests, MRI of my brain, CAT Scans and everything came up normal. Im on restasis for dry eye as well to see if that helps out at all.Now I do know I have an allergy to Nickel, which is is the stainless steal rods that are in my spine. I had back surgery 8 years ago. And im prob going to have them removed snd replaced with titanium because i kinda wore em out from going to the gym. I also have severl Tattoos and i Know some ink can contain Nickel in it. I was on Wellbutrin xl for a while which was prescribed by and old shirnk, and my new Shrink ( great Dr )believes that the wellbutrin xl I was on for like 3 years might have brought out the tics. Also, Im a pretty heavy smoker, about 15 cigs a day, not a quite a pack but close. So I need some help here people. Ill sum it up.. 1) Anyone one know if a Nickel allergy Can cause motor tics such as Blinking? or any type of spinal problem? 2) Are their any meds other then clonzepan that help for tics. I heard Tennax works rather well? anyone? 3) If anyone has any other ideas what this could be, please let me know, or anythign else to get tested for? 4) Also, IM on the Computer Alot, Basically 8 hours a day at work then some when I get home. So thast it really, I really would like some help here people. I really am getting to the end of my rope with this becuase it is quite uncomfortable. IM trying to be positve about it but its just so hard after so many tests have come up negative. In need of help matt My email address is Tollitollz@gmail.com

Hey Eveyone, My names matt and IM 23 Years old. It all started for me last October. I woke up one morning and I noticed I had this strange sensation to blink my eyes. So far, its been almost a year and its gotten the best of me. I gets to the point sometimes where in order for me to concentrate on something I have to actually do something else to get my mind off the blinking. I my case its rubbing the side of my face with my thumb. I know this is tic, but I cant see how it just started in october. I mean, I had a several small tics as a chilin, nose schruncghing and mouth widening. But that was over 15 years ago. Ive had tons of tests done. Blood tests, allergy tests, Thryroid Tests, Cyliac Tests, MRI of my brain, CAT Scans and everything came up normal. Im on restasis for dry eye as well to see if that helps out at all.Now I do know I have an allergy to Nickel, which is is the stainless steal rods that are in my spine. I had back surgery 8 years ago. And im prob going to have them removed snd replaced with titanium because i kinda wore em out from going to the gym. I also have severl Tattoos and i Know some ink can contain Nickel in it. I was on Wellbutrin xl for a while which was prescribed by and old shirnk, and my new Shrink ( great Dr )believes that the wellbutrin xl I was on for like 3 years might have brought out the tics. Also, Im a pretty heavy smoker, about 15 cigs a day, not a quite a pack but close. So I need some help here people. Ill sum it up.. 1) Anyone one know if a Nickel allergy Can cause motor tics such as Blinking? or any type of spinal problem? 2) Are their any meds other then clonzepan that help for tics. I heard Tennax works rather well? anyone? 3) If anyone has any other ideas what this could be, please let me know, or anythign else to get tested for? 4) Also, IM on the Computer Alot, Basically 8 hours a day at work then some when I get home. So thast it really, I really would like some help here people. I really am getting to the end of my rope with this becuase it is quite uncomfortable. IM trying to be positve about it but its just so hard after so many tests have come up negative. In need of help matt My email address is Tollitollz@gmail.com