Tic Disorder is usually the spasmodic contraction of muscles. It is usually irregular, uncontrollable, and repetitive movements. Tic disorder usually starts at a very young age. Although the symptoms, causes, and treatment are pretty much similar still. This neurological disorder has certain types, some of which are described below.
Types of Tic Disorder:
There are three types of Tic Disorder
- Transient Tic Disorder
- Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic disorder
- Tourette’s syndrome
Transient Tic Disorder:
Transient Tic refers to a disorder in which a person makes many repeated movements and involuntary noises.
Causes:
There are no such causes of Tic disorder revealed till now. But experts believe that genetic makeup may be the one factor that determined it.
Despite genetic makeup, a head injury could be the cause of transient tic disorder.
Symptoms:
The symptoms linked with transient Tic Disorders usually occur when the victim suffers from a stressful situation or is not in a complete sense of mind. Tics never happen during sleep. Tics occur repeatedly without a specific rhythm.
Clenching fists, jerking limbs, sniffing, moaning and throat clearing are some of the reasons for Transient tic disorders.
Treatment:
There are various possible treatment processes for Transient Tic disorder, as we have seen that stress plays a part in inducing its symptoms, then it is necessary to manage stress-related complications. Effective anti-depressant medicine can help in reducing the stress level.
Some medications lessen the dopamine level in your brain, Dopamine is the neurotransmitter in your nervous system which is responsible for tics. While medications help to some extent. A complement of cognitive behavior therapy can work better to explore more positive outcomes.
Past research shows that a proper therapy session helped many individuals to manage their tics.
Cleveland Psychiatry Associates, a leading center for addressing Tic disorder believe that a psychotherapeutic-based treatment would be the best approach rather than a medication-based approach. We have the assistance of highly experienced staff with an excellent track record. For more inquiry call us at 440-630-9426
Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic disorder:
Chronic Motor refers to a prompt uncontrollable movement with a vocal outburst.
Causes:
The cause of chronic motor vocal tic disorder is still unknown but researchers believed that it might be due to the irregular chemical disruptions in the brain, which generate uncontrolled repeated signals resulting in tics. While some believed that this disorder is a form of Tourette syndrome.
Symptoms:
The symptoms of the motor disorder are not much different from transient tic disorder. The signs are excessive blinking, jerking, shrugging, face grimaces, sudden uncontrolled movements of legs, arms, and body. Creating sounds like groans, throat clearing, grunts. An explosive condition can cause fatigue, excitement, fever, stress, and sleep disruptions.
Treatment:
Comprehensive behavior intervention for tics is the most effective treatment for chronic motor tic disorder. While other options like medication-based treatment are also an option. There are various side effects like movements and unconditional thinking that are linked with it. So the best option is to have scheduled behavior therapy.
Tourette’s syndrome:
Tourette syndrome is not different from the above-explained types of tics, this neurological disorder can cause uncontrolled and repeated movement and vocal sounds.
Causes:
It is still a mystery about the reasons behind Tourette’s syndrome but various genetic researches suggested that there are heredity factors that may provoke tics and maybe the
Chemical disruptions in that part of the brain that control the movements of the body. Some studies also suggest that gender can also play a significant role, as males are at higher risk for developing the symptoms of tics as compared to their female counterparts.
Besides multiple gene variations, an environmental factor could be the reason for Tourette syndrome.
Symptoms:
Symptoms of Tourette are very similar from rare to complex, typically uncontrolled movements and abrupt changes in the behavior, grunting, moaning, bending, or twisting. The symptoms may vary from individual to individual but they may get worse when a victim suffers from stress.
Treatment :
Various drugs may be used to deal with Tourette’s disorder like one of the main causes of this disease is stress. So medical experts suggest antidepressant medications. Besides antidepressants, several other medicines are also used to control stress, these medications work with your adrenaline gland. But you should avoid medicine and control stress with excercise. All these drug treatments play with your hormonal chemical, which may induce negative side effects.
Why choose negative side-effects or drugs treatment when you have other best options available like having behavioral treatment by a trained psychologist. Research suggests that these nervous disorders can effectively be managed by psychiatric consultations rather than injecting hormone-inducing drugs. So, be avoid hormone-inducing drugs.
A planned therapeutic session of Cognitive-behavioral intervention for tics helps to control the severe conditions of tics. On another side, we have learned that stress might enhance the complexity of this disease so a good psychotherapy session can help further to control the adverse signs of this disorder.
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