What is Tourette syndrome?

Tourette syndrome is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane.

How do members experience Tourette syndrome?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Tourette syndrome*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Tourette syndrome*

Who has Tourette syndrome on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 15
20s 58
30s 49
40s 40
50s 23
60s 17
70+ 16

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 81
Female 128