Anyone else also have Tourette’s? How do you differentiate between tics and compulsions? (I’m not looking for reassurance, I genuinely have both disorders)

I do not have Tourette’s, but I assume the tics are impossible to stop while compulsions can be resisted, it just causes anxiety to do so.

The thing is that my tics are semi-involuntary, which means I can control them to some extent, like my compulsions

Hmmm I’m honestly not sure then. Do you have a therapist you’re working with? They’d be a great person to ask and then you could share the answer here for others.

I would also like to know. I have a lot of movements which seem a like compulsions however I'm pretty sure they are involuntary. Do you mind me asking what your tics are like?

@willow They’re mostly vocal but I have some motor tics as well. It almost feels like an itch or a build up of pressure and the only way for me to relieve it is by performing the tic. I can resist but it’s really uncomfortable and it usually just comes out later worse. I’ve had them since I was six so I’m pretty used to them. It’s just that I only very recently realised that some of them might actually be compulsions, in which case I’d love to try and get rid of

@PureOLife I am working with one but I’m not sure how much she can help since TS is a neurological disorder

I’d still ask! These diagnosis often overlap and your therapist should at least be able to help you sort out which are tics and which are compulsions since they know your history thoroughly.

@Pink Dinosaur I really hope you can get rid of some of them, I'm sure it would make things much easier for you. I find that I have the same feeling as you. It is so difficult to work out whether they are compulsions or involuntary movements because even when I'm sure that it is not a compulsion, I doubt myself until I can no longer remember what it actually was! They have been happening to me for about a year now although I ignored them until fairly recently as I thought they might go away but unfortunately they are showing no signs of going anywhere.

I don't have tourette's but I'm pretty sure I might have had or currently have a tic disorder and I am also looking for information about the disorders being co-occurring. :/