lmkmip67 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) Ian's latest compulsion is to copy sounds or gestures that we make. Not everything, just things like clearing the throat, or copying us if we scratch our nose, or something like that. It appears to be limited to those types of things. It is drying me batty, but I think it has turned into a compulsion he can't help. He is a goofy kid anyway, and loves to be a comedian, so I think he used to do it on occasion just to be silly, like copying things we would say, etc. But now if I clear my throat or sniff (often since I have cold) he does it right after. Maddening but I was just curious if anyone else has noticed anything like it. It is constant and even during homework or any time, so I really don't think he realizes it... Edited October 24, 2012 by lmkmip67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayzoo Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 My kiddo does it, but she has autism as well, so not sure which is the culprit there . If it helps any, I will vouch for the fact that hubby and I eventually got used to it except on low patience days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mar Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Yes I see this at home a lot. If ds makes a loud sound or noise dd will start at times and it becomes a loud game. I ask for them tk stop and eat and it's a struggle. And ds who is older has told me he can't control it at times and when dd starts up his eyes widen and he is happy to let it all out. Yes it's a mad house around here at times and I have to intervene at times and send them upstairs until they calm down. The funny thing is they will do it ag hind but be fine at other people's houses during dinnet because they hold it in. Sometimes I feel like they love to drive me crazy!!! But j know they cant control it at times and once they get started I am doomed until I ask dozens of times and have to seperate them. I know being at home and being able to let things out is good for them. I guess I am able to tolerate it to a point but it drives DH crazy. He thinks they have no respect and don't listen but I know it's not on purpose and once I seperate them and give them a chance to calm down things are better. When I have one at home it's fine but when they get together it's a different story!! Mar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmkmip67 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Interesting all around. This is the ever changing disorder, I will tell you that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dut Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Hi - could it be ticcy rather than compulsion - like echolalia? there's a term when it seems like the compulsion/tics merge.. tourettic OCD? not sure if that's it. I maybe see a touch of it in one of my kids repeating what's said on tv sometimes. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kos_mom Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Dut, Brought back memories. My DS's ERP therpiast wrote an article in 2005 in which he coined the phrase toutrettic OCD. Am providing the link below. My DS is case number 2. Some inaccuracies. We had to do the ERP for nearly two years (article says six months.) He started shorly before a dx from NIMH--he was rejected for the study because he was too chronic and we were given no advice on how to treat, so all we had was ERP. Also, thee article plays up the benficial effects of Tenex--it slowed him down so much we had to drop it quite quickly. KO's Mom http://focus.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=52419 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dut Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Yeh, I find for us the line between tic and compulsion can blur a lot. Not always easy to see where one becomes the other. Thanks for the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmkmip67 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 I suppose it could be a tic, but it is only triggered by someone doing something first. It sure is confusing sometimes trying to figure out what is what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dut Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 There is a specific type of tic called echolalia. Here's what wikipedia has to say (altho not always the best source) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia where the ticcer copies others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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