TS and RLS Any connection?

[kim]

I have read similiar things regarding an increase in receptors when there is a deficit in presynaptic neurons. The body will compensate with additional receptor production. If there are more receptors or more "dense" receptors, couldn't tics be the result of too little dopamine at some point, in at least a subset of TS people?

 

 

It just doesn't seem like tics, restless leg syndrome, and ADD/ADHD should be seen as comorbid conditions, if you are looking at excess dopamine in TS, and hypoactive dopaminergic neurotransmission in ADHD and RLS.