Am i haveing tics?

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Im starting to get scared now i didnt want to let this out to anyone but idk what to do now.
Ill start when i was younger i dont remaber the age but i would try to talk to my parents and i would HAVE to stop talking for a seconed and they would be like: Sammy..,, because they had no clue why i just stopped talking out of the blue and i wanted to cry so bad because i just couldnt stop doing it and i didnt know were it even came from. No one took it as anything.
Then i got older: I started rolling my sholder and rubbing my fingers togather (like i do when i stimm but insteed i cant stop this its like i want to stop i try to stop but my mind tells me do it.
Agien i get frustorated...With myself because in my head its like: I know you can stop...But it takes forever. And i even rub my rist on the laptop before im able to type anything or well in the mittle of typeing something out. The strange thing is i have never done this in public only the sholder thing and the finger movements (not sure if its stimming) And i been watching 100s of tic vidoes of other people trying to see but the strange thing is with me avreytime i watch the vidoes it happends agien and i just want to shut it all of but even if i did its to late...Hell im doing it now.
I cant stop myself with the sholder thing it happends avrey few seconeds maybe? its makeing me mad and scareing me if i do have tics they dont look as bad as the vidoes of other people i believe it would be miner but at the same time it depands. The weirder thing is when my anxiety meds were working i stoped doing it some....-.-; Now im freking myself out or am i i keep asking myself that so help what do you think? if you think its not tics what is it do you have any clue if you do tell me thanks! (No affence to anyone who may have them)

No offense taken.

I don't know. A month ago I would've said those are tics, clear and simple. But a few weeks ago I realized I really didn't know how to tell tics and stimming apart. There's another thread I started on that topic that has helped a lot, but I'm not in a position to give an opinion on anyone else.

Regardless, don't stress too much about them. I've got something similar to the shoulder thing you describe, only it involves my entire left arm all the way to my wrist. I don't do it constantly, but several bouts of tics happen throughout a day, with anywhere from a few tens to a hundred or so tics per bout. (I'm guessing here.) If I'm stressed, they happen more frequently and to a greater degree. If I drink too much coffee the same thing happens. This may relate to how yours decreased when your anti anxiety medication was working. I can't say for sure.

When watching videos of tics, or when reading popular literature about tic disorders, keep in mind that it's the extreme cases that make the most interesting stories and videos. So those tend to be the ones that are shown. If you counted up all the people with tic disorders and cataloged their tics, my guess is most of them have tics that are much less severe than what you would find from a Youtube search. This has had unfortunate consequences on the public understanding of Tourette Syndrome and other tic disorders.

If you're concerned about them and are taking medication that might exacerbate them, by all means mention this to your doctor so they are aware of what you're experiencing. Some medications are contraindicated in the presence of tics. It would be good information for your doctor to have. If you're not on any medication, I wouldn't sweat that angle.

And again, don't stress too much about them. Having tics doesn't necessarily mean anything dire. It means you have tics. And stressing about them is no fun at all.