have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder AND Tourette syndrome? I could tell that she definitely had OCD, but I got kind of confused when they said she had Tourette syndrome.
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"This place is an intellectual wasteland." ~ Angie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Actually i was almost certain myself that Phoebe had OCD and i was quite surprised when the said she had Tourette syndrome. Maybe she had both as it is common for Tourette and OCD to co-exist in one person. However it was not clearly stated in the movie and i am puzzled about it as well.
shareYes, she did have both. The OCD is confirmed in a throwaway line when her mom is filling in Peter on Phoebe's diagnosis. He says "OCD?" and she says "Clearly. Partly."
From what I've read, it's very common for people with Tourette's to also have OCD. God, I can't even imagine the frustration.
"Why is it that every time I need to get somewhere I get waylaid by jackassery?"
Both Tourettes and OCD have tics as a key defining feature. They are so closely related that it seems like a combination of the two should be pretty common. Surely they are both caused by a very similar (if not the same) neurological imbalance. Thus diagnosing Phoebe with OCD would be redundant, as Tourettes itself can often include OCD-like tics.
I know that there are multiple cases of both Tourettes and OCD in my family, and it comes from my mother's side. I have a cousin with a more serious form of Tourettes. My brother and I both have mild OCD, and my nephew has mild Tourettes. I always just assumed that the cases and OCD and Tourettes in my family stemmed from one common neurological disorder.