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[quote=Anonymous]My son (Asperger's) started with throat clearing, went to sniffing, and then eventually developed some really debilitating tics. At that point we turned to meds (Zoloft) and the tics disappeared after 15 days. That was 3 1/2 years ago and the tics resurface occasionally during periods of higher stress. We went off Zoloft for a few months due to a different issue and the tics came back with a vengeance. When it was "just" throat clearing, it was annoying to me, but he didn't really notice it and most other people didn't either. In the end people were actively making fun of him for the tics (including adults at school) and when I told him there was a medicine that could help, he cried and begged me to let him take it. Bonus is the Zoloft definitely helps with the anxiety and depression we deal with with Asperger's. Oh, and tics are definitely co-morbid with the whole autism spectrum and it's not necessarily Tourette's though it could be.[/quote]
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