Is it tourettes?

[leahcarachael]

I am seeking support I guess, and maybe some validation. I am a 30 year old female who has suffered from what I have always called "jerks" for years. I saw a neurologist 10 years ago with no luck. And recently saw a second neurologiest after my General doctor refurred me to see him for a left hand tremor, and these "jerks"

 

With these "jerks" typically my head will jerk to the right and one or both of my arms will "jerk" a LOT of the time when this happens I will scream or holler...if I am successful in supressing the holler, I will usually keep it down to a slight grunt. These episodes often seem painful, even through they are not your traditional pain. It is just "shocking!"

 

I have been known at times of intense jerk to sometimes hit myself on the forehead, or unknowingly smack the person usually my husband across the arm. These are sudden, somtimes violent tics.

 

These "jerks" started about the time I was 15. They seem to be increasing though.

 

Does this sound like tourettes?? or is it more likely somthing else.

 

I tease that I have a movement disorder, because I also have issue while I sleep with movement as well.

 

The only thing that came out of my neurology exams the past 10 years is that I have some kind of short frequent seizure like things that occur while I sleep.

[guy123]

Are your movements/shouts in response to a physical discomfort that you have to move in order to relieve, or in response to an inner sensation of unrest, or are they completely involuntary and without warning?

[leahcarachael]

Are your movements/shouts in response to a physical discomfort that you have to move in order to relieve, or in response to an inner sensation of unrest, or are they completely involuntary and without warning?

 

 

It is physical. feels electrical. I can feel it start in the back of my head, and it almost explodes. I absolutely have no control over it. The holler is generally a response to the painful or uncomfortable feeling I have.