Nearly constant tic-ing

[Autic-GoodRiddance]

My 19 year old son with severe autism/Tourettes and no speech has recently begun tic-ing almost constantly, preventing sleep many nights. It helps if I lay next to him with my arms and legs across him. One of his most unnerving tics(especially while I am driving) is a "touch tic" He must touch my hand, or put his hands in front of me. I find that if I leave one hand free for him to hold with both of his hands...he is able to control his tics. His tic where his mouth snaps open forcefully seemingly cannot be released until someone touches him. He also literally climbs the wall from his bed all hours of the night. When he has the mouth snapping open forcefully tic he gets very upset if someone does not touch him to release the tic. He has other tics as well. Has anyone else had any experience with this or does anyone have any insight? He is on ALL natural treatments(Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourettes has been a Godsend) including accupuncture most recently which seems to be helping somewhat. Autism was bad enough, but I now find myself realizing that I did not know how good I had it with just Autism. At least the he was making slow steady progress, now ...stuck. Any input highly appreciated. Please email me directly. I am not able to get online much except to clean out my inbox.

Thanks, Lindy/PaulsMom reverseautism@yahoo.com