Also I have a medication which I use only when my tics are really bad. It is called ativan . Although tics are involuntary they can be controlled for a certain amount of time. However holding in tics will just result in having more severe tics when you finally do let them out. So it is best to just let them out and not to try and stop them.
Tics occur more often at certain times then they do at others.
For example if your sitting down watching TV then your relaxed and you will probably have more tics than if you were sitting at a desk doing math homework and concentrating on something. When you are relaxed you tic more because your not really thinking about anything. When your concentrating on something though your thinking about what your doing and nothing else. The more you think about your TS the more tics you are going to have. Some other disorders that come with tourette syndrome are ADHD, OCD, certain learning disorders and certain sleeping disorders.