TABLE 1.

Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale (PUTS)

Item #	Item Content
1	Right before I do a tic, I feel like my insides are itchy.
2	Right before I do a tic, I feel pressure inside my brain or body.
3	Right before I do a tic, I feel “wound up” or tense inside.
4	Right before I do a tic, I feel like something is not “just right”
5	Right before I do a tic, I feel like something isn’t complete.
6	Right before I do a tic, I feel like there is energy in my body that needs to get out.
7	I have these feelings almost all the time before I do a tic.
8	These feelings happen for every tic I have.
9	After I do the tic, the itchiness, energy, pressure, tense feelings, or feelings that something isn’t “just right” or complete go away, at least for a little while.