Can a twelve year old with tic disorder stop having tics permanently?

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Original Answer: if its torrets no if u mean that he has one then no cause hell come up with another one i hav eone right now is that im shaking my head onetime it was to go forward and back with my head and afther when it stoped i went to shaking it Additional answer from another source: From what I have read, some people with transient tic disorder, do grow out of their tics, but usually when they are older. The 12 year old in question may have phased out of a particular tic at the moment, but may develop another one later on. But it is possible that no other tics will develop. Tics are said to "wax and wane" - or come and go. My daughter has had a variety of tics since she was 2. She is now 7. There are times when she is relatively tic free but she seems to picK another one up eventually. Some people believe that changing your diet can effect tics, but there doesn't seem to be any conclusive evidence on this since tics tend to come and go on their own. Might be worth experimenting with? Here is some basic information from: http://preventdisease.com/news/articles/tics_provide_clues.shtml "A lot of children have transient tics during development, but pediatricians usually tell parents not to worry about it, it will go away, and it usually does." Dure says the tic turns into a "disorder" if it lasts for longer than 12 months. And for tics to indicate Tourette's Syndrome, both vocal tics (eg, grunting, beeping, throat-clearing) and motor tics (eg, shoulder popping, eye rolling, blinking) must co-exist for longer than a year.