Premonitory urge staying even after ticcing
Hiya! I’ve been diagnosed with Tourette’s since I was 11, so just over a decade now, and I’ve always had a strange experience with premonitory urges. When I have an urge to tic, I will do it, and the feeling will almost never be satisfied. I have to keep doing a tic until I distract myself enough that I “forget” the urge is there.
This also leads to most of my motor tics being what I think is called “dystonic”, i.e. I have to hold them for an undetermined amount of time. I typically release these types of tics after a few seconds, but if I were to attempt to actually satisfy the urge, I would likely just hold that tic indefinitely.
Is this a common experience? I don’t really mind the tics themselves, but the constant feeling of physical dissatisfaction is genuinely something I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy. Is there anything I can do, or is it just Tourette’s being evil?