Have you talked to a doctor about your CMS?
What did they have to say about it?
I talk to all my therapists and psychiatrists about my CMS. Often, they either don’t understand it enough to give good insight (one therapist even told me it was a copping mechanism when I was telling her about the urges to stem. However, I can cope without stemming and can sometimes get the urges when I don’t have any reason to “cope”.) or they actually come up with insight into it after doing some research. In fact my psychiatrist has helped me with my movements even though I am the only patient she has ever had with CMS.
My diagnosis came from Doctor Harvey Singer at Johns Hopkins. |
I talked to the doctor that diagnosed me, and basically they just said that I had a stereotypy, it meant that I did the thing I did with my hands automatically (which I already knew), and told me I’d grow out of it (which I never did).
I was diagnosed by a pediatric neurologist. You could also probably see a movement disorder specialist. |