[header] How to prepare for a tourette syndrome diagnosis [title] Examine your family history. [step] Since tourette syndrome is genetic, ask yourself, " have any relatives experienced symptoms? " sometimes, tourette syndrome appears to arise spontaneously without any family history of the condition. Therefore, someone might have the genes, but not experience any symptoms. 
This is called' shadow tourette syndrome'. Whether or not relatives have experienced symptoms does not influence the outcome of a diagnosis, but is helpful information for the doctor to have.