I’ve gotten sudden tics at 19
One week ago i started getting these little tics at first it was nothing but through the week they’ve gotten more intense, they happen a lot sometimes it’s like 10 seconds between tics and 30 minutes is kinda the maximum time i go without having a tic. when im in public the tics are mostly just head jerks, making a pop or click noise, doing the middle finger and punching one side of my chest. in public i try to suppress it the best i can because im a very shy person but when i’m alone it’s a lot more frequent and intense. in public i only punch myself in the chest one time with my tic if i can’t control it but when im alone it’s multiple hits. i also have vocal tics a few times a day, like saying swear words, and i don’t normally swear when i normally talk, i never have really. it was really sudden for me to get these because it happened overnight. i’m 19 and ive never really had tics before, ive had that building feeling that you get before you tic for a while but it felt like i didn’t know what to do with that feeling yet and id just have to sit with that uncomfortable, sick feeling of not having anywhere to get rid of it so id just shake my hands but the feeling would still stay, and i just told myself it was stimming even though i know what it feels like to stim and i know its not like that.
i have convinced myself many times that im faking it and ive tried sitting there and not have any tics but
i cant keep it in, despite all this i still manage to convince myself im faking it even though i can’t help it. i get this rising feeling that feels like im about to cough and it feels uncomfortable before it comes out. i feel anxious and sick if i hold it in, it feels like trying to hold in tears after someone hurts you.
ive searched up a bunch of stuff to see why this is happening but i cant find any answers. ive been on all my medications for over 6 months and i haven’t tried anything new, i haven’t been sick for a while, my sleeps been fine, i haven’t hit my head recently and i haven’t been particularly stressed or anxious either. i assume this will all eventually go away because it just doesn’t seem like a thing i could just permanently develop at my age. ive booked in a doctors appointment but id still like to get the opinion of people who have more experience with it like the people on this subreddit.
thank you if you respond and thanks for taking time to read this :)