My psychiatrist told me today I have "partial tourettes." I came home and looked up the diagnostic criteria and it looked to me like I have all of it, not just partial. He thought it might all be a component of my ASD. He said if I wanted to fix it, I could go back on anti-psychotic meds... which always make my weight blow WAY up!
So, if you have tourettes or major problems with tics and you do not take meds, what sorts of things do you do instead that work to help you cope?
Do any of you advise taking the med even though it could make me gain weight? I'm just trying to figure out what my options are.
Thanks!
(My tics- letter tracing, clearing throat, blinking eyes, compulsive swallowing, tensing and untensing muscles, constant need to scratch or rub my face, among others)