Tick Disorder

Tick disorder NOS sometimes we see kids with patterns of ticks that really don't meet any of the above criteria. It's a neuro developmental disorder so we need to see an onset prior to age 18. Oftentimes the comorbidities the ADHD the anxiety the OCD that is frequent with ticks is more problematic than the actual ticks themselves. Ticks are often preceded by premonitory urges an urges sensation that I'm going to talk about just in a minute.