#functional tics

[disjournaled-scrolls]

"I have anxiety tics" "I have anxiety seizures" You have Functional Neurological Disorder. Doctors avoid telling you the actual name because they don't feel like explaining it or just don't believe in it, but if you're getting tics from anxiety, it literally can not be just anxiety. It's a full system of symptoms and causes. You need to have a tic disorder in order to have tics*. Doctors can still spread medical misinformation to their patients, especially with highly stigmatized conditions. Please stay safe and be careful with what you're presenting as fact because your doctors are capable of being wrong and lying.

*I'm including transient tic disorder in this statement even though it is sort of a catch-all diagnosis. This includes tics caused by medication. In some cases, muscle spasms and stims can be referred to as tics and can even cause a misdiagnosis of TTD. Spasms and stims can be caused by anxiety. This does not mean that they are tics/functional tics. Anxiety is not a tic disorder.

[asexual-amanita]

“People with Tourette’s can’t be in public places because I have sensory issues.”

Congrats? Nothing makes your access needs more important than mine. They’re equally important. Trust me, when go into a public space where I know I’m supposed to be quiet in, I do EVERYTHING in my power to make it so that my vocal tics are calm and won’t bother other people. I manage my disability on my own and do my best to make myself manageable for everyone else. You can at the very least recognize that, and try to manage your own disability without telling me I need to leave. Bring earplugs, bring headphones, bring ear defenders, listen to music, heck, I don’t care. Just don’t yell at me for being too loud when I’m try my hardest to be as silent as possible.

[arcticduckie]

Shoutout to people with Functional Neurological Disorder

Shoutout to people with functional tics

Shoutout to people who have dystonia

Shoutout to people with Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

Shoutout to people with paralysis and or weakness

Shoutout to people with tremors

Shoutout to people who shut down/unresponsive episodes

Shoutout to people who have walking difficulties

Shoutout to people who have numbness

Shoutout to people who have speech problems

Shoutout to people with vision problems

Shoutout to people with hearing problems

Shoutout to people with memory loss

Shoutout to everyone with FND

[gutzbah]

Userboxes for beings with functional tics

Obviously is FND exclusive , regardless of diagnostic status. Just make sure you've thoroughly researched the condition and different types of tics.

Flag is by misery fallen. Link to the post here

[queen0funova]

Thinking about that time I was trying to have a really serious conversation with some friends but we just kept ticcing at each other throughout the whole thing

[d1g1t4l-cr1ppl3]

I really hate how some articles present functional tics as some sort of modern day hysteria amongst teen girls and not as a neurological disorder that deserves to be recognised with the same weight as tourettes

[finnslay]

Me: *waiting in a room with 1 other person who's doing work*

Tics: Hi :]

[mxmorbidmidnight]

I developed a new tic which makes me say “I will gouge your skull from your body” and also one that makes me say “that’s an alpACA :D”