Comment by monkeydreams
2 years ago
My daughter suffers from functional seizures due to FND and we do something similar with counting. When she is suffering from a complex motor tic we will ask her to count at a "comfortable speed" - which is always 100+ counts per minute. She will then slow down the counting until we reach 60 counts per minute at which point she has usually transitioned to a less intrusive tic or she has ceased ticcing altogether.
> I just hammered a solution like any Ape with the shakes would need!
This is an underrated approach. Following hunches and suspicions often leads to solutions that a pure evidence-based approach might miss or delay; especially if your suspicion goes against the prevaling wisdom.
Really interesting to learn about your solution for you daughter, great to see it works and appreciated the comment of my approach being an underrated one.
My case isn't anything as relevant as yours and maybe that's why I did not much of research, easy going for a crude trial.