Really confused... Tic or Stim?

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Okay today was a bad brain day for me, i ended up having a bad coughing/body twitching tic today, and just wasn't very there mentally. Couldn't verbalize anything I wanted to say, every time somebody said something to me, all i did was repeat it, or i would say the same word over and over again, or repeat lines from movies .

Anyways When I came home from what i was doing, i started spinning, but not my usual spinning, spinning over and over and over again, wherever i walked or went to, i spun, couldn't take my shoes off, couldnt do anything, it was horrible, it even started hurting, i didn't know what to do, so finally i forced myself to be on the couch for a couple mins and put weight on me, then put a cold pack on my head to calm me down:huh:. I'm very confused though, because i all I want to do is spin, and i dont know why, my stomach got all upset due to it, and i got a headache, what the heck was it? a Tic or a Stim? As I'm sitting here typing, my head is like turning, like shaking no to the left, which is what direction i was spinning, like i need to spin again, i'm totally lost!

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Being Normal Is Vastly Overrated

hey spinning chica

always love to see you're sigs&signs(&sighs)

are we now expecting a spinning emoticon???

feel really sorry though, and i'll try all day if i can hold you
in my mind (ref spinning lady thread:)
after catching you and turning the spin a couples of times

i know i can by extension

could be rocky ride though

hereby then stand by i will attempt to be extending


love,

O3

I have no idea. But someone I know with AS seems to have something extremely similar to the first part of your post that happens. are trying to figure out what the hell it is.

I am so sorry....but who can know (as per your question)? Have you had a seizure? What you described is indicative of a seizure...unknown. I hope you feel better. I have a weighted blanket too - helps me so much!

I didn't want to mention, or know how, but Saturday evening I had a hideous meltdown, accompanied by a mild seizure. Sunday I spent recuperating. I'm still not feeling well. Meltdowns just derail me entirely....I feel as if I am locked inside a box and thrown into the middle of the ocean. And I'm afraid of water.

Age1600, did this happen to you too?

Let me share with you what helps me immensely; I carry it with me everyday and USE IT! A digital metronome with a visual pendulum. This helps pace me, plus I can adjust the metronome as necessary. I showed my doctor - he liked! Also said he had never known of such a thing. You can buiy a digital metronome (w/ pendulum) at virtually any music store - try it!

I do hope you feel much better soon

That's autism (as far as I can deduce). Spinning, echolalia (repeating words/lines)....

If your environment is overwhelming, this can make your autistic symptoms worse. If I may presume, you may've spun when you got home for it's your comfort zone (and you spun to a greater extent because you were overwhelmed); I tend to rock/punch trees when I get home and away from people, I cannot control it when I get home, but I seem to have the ability to refrain from doing it in the presence of people. The latter part is a complete presumption.

Sometimes my son spins and he can't control it. He doesn't seem to like doing it either. He can't stop unless I hold him in place (and he likes the help). His spinning happens in public though.

Age,
it also sounds like it's just part of autism,as some traits can mimic seizures in many ways,especially through things like not coping and meltdowns-had it been a very busy day? any sensory or information overloading? too many people?

Having scans done might help find out whether these are seizures or seizure like activity or not,the only problem is,unless they actually happen there,it might not show up on the scan,don't let them say it is or isn't without having proper testing,not just a quick scan.
Am have always had full classic seizure traits during meltdowns and had scans done but they said it wasn't seizures,it was overload of sensory/information input rather than electrical activity.

Autistics are often thought to have abscence seizures but can actually be zoning out from too much input rather than electrical activity.

If it's absolutely uncontrollable, then it's a tic (of sorts).

If it can be controlled a bit (may start sub-consciously), then it's a stim.