I did research for a friend a while back . I found out that a child presenting with tics should be evaluated for thyroid disease . I had tics as a child and just suppressed them . I was diagnosed with thyroid disease as an adult . Also , check for magnesium deficiency . <| sep |> Sorry if that offends you . Thinking it ' s stupid isn ' t the same as being offended . <| sep |> I am also bisexual . My shitbag father is also a homophobe who said the bisexual man in our church should be excommunicated for being bi . Reading this , I totally related , because your husband is so much like my father . I moved away from my father and haven ' t spoken to him in three years , BEST gift I ever gave myself . I was on the verge of suicide as well , because narcissists erode your selfesteem until you want to die , which is exactly what this man is doing to you . Therapy helped me find myself again . Please , get yourself to a therapist and away from this awful man . Love doesn ' t do the things he ' s done to you . hugs