### symptom | cramp:

Tic
* Most tics disappear within a year or so.
* Some tics disappear by early adulthood, and some continue
  - start as true spasms
* affect males three times more frequently than females.
* always disappear during sleep.
* appear to get worse during emotional stress and are absent during sleep
  - with emotional stress and are absent while sleeping
* are about three times more common in boys than in girls.
* are also a manifestation of catatonia
  - diverse in where they occur, anatomically
  - difficult to treat in any case - either with or without medications
  - involuntary motor movements of the neck, head, body and limbs
* are involuntary movements in the body
  - or vocalizations, of a repetetive nature
  - twitch-like movements involving groups of muscles
  - involuntary, rapid, sudden movements or sounds that occur repeatedly
* are more common in boys than in girls
  - than many people think
  - movements or sounds that are repeated over and over
* are often worse when a person feels stressed, tired or anxious
  - is stressed, tired or anxious
  - poor cousins to condominiums
  - reversible when the medication is terminated
  - spasmotic movements similar to chorea in form
  - uncontrolled, repetitive movements or speech
* are very common in children and usually last less than one year
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* become worse during periods of stress.
* can be simple twitches, more complex movements, or even complete phrases
  - verbal or physical
  - include inappropriate words and phrases
  - increase and decrease in severity, and change in number, frequency, type, and location
* can occur in any body part, such as the face, hands, or legs
  - such as the face, shoulders, hands or legs
* commonly become more severe in the evening and in the presence of family or close friends.
* contain decimal degree longitude and latitude values, and are present at all quad corners.
* normally start at the age of six and regress as the child matures.
* occur more often at certain times then they do at others
  - three to four times as often in boys as girls
* often become milder as patients age
  - wax and wane in severity and can sometimes disappear for weeks and months at a time
* periodically change in number, frequency, type and location.
* tend to be aggravated by emotional stress.
* tend to decrease with age, allowing some patients to lessen or discontinue their medication
  - enabling some patients to discontinue using medication
* usually become exacerbated during periods of stress, excitement or sleep deprivation
  - begin in early childhood
  - decrease during sleep
  - diminish during sleep
  - escalate to a peak during the puberty years, then taper off
  - last less than a year
  - worsen with stress and are absent or improved during sleep
* worsen in stressful situations.

### symptom | cramp | tic:

Motor tic
* are also symptoms
  - movements of the muscles
  - the twitches and movements
* can occur in any part of the body.

Vocal tic
* are the noises and sounds.
* can be as simple as throat clearing or coughing
  - include sounds such as grunts, barks, sniffs, snorts, coughs, and obscenities
* extend over a similar spectrum of complexity and disruption as motor tics.
* tend to appear later than the motor tics.

Twitch
* are evident throughout the embryo.
* is cramp

Depressive symptom
* are common in hospitalized older persons
  - people with psychotic disorders
* are the most common neuropsychiatric manifestation of folate deficiency
  - of folic acid deficiency
  - usually of less intensity and duration than diagnosable depression
* occur on a spectrum ranging from normal to abnormal.