I have it and it is like taking over my life, does anyone else have it and want to talk, or know anything about it that will help me out (i know pretty much out of it so if you know anything that would help)...Thanks!
2006-07-16 13:38:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
i had an assignment on Tourettes at uni, I'm not sure that an academic paper would help, but my suggestion is like what someone else said, go to the Tourette Association in your state and get help from there...Tourettes is like OCD (which I suffer from) it takes over and makes you feel like a freak, which your not and I'm not. so go to the professionals...I have also found that laughing at myself has helped.
Good luck xxx
2006-07-16 14:32:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I'm pretty sure I have Tourette Syndrome, but I've never been diagnosed. It's not that serious in my case and I've learned to live with it. It was a relief to find out what it is though, I only found out a year ago, at age 23. Before that I wondered what was wrong with me, why I had those strange tics.
I've heard that medicines help some people and that symptoms often decrease with age. I'm afraid I don't know of any magic solution though.
2006-07-17 03:12:07 · answer #2 · answered by undir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have Tourette's, but used to work with someone who did. I just want to say, try not to let it stop you from doing anything you might want to do. The gentleman with whom I worked was a Correction Officer (and still might be) at a large prison facility. Despite muscle tics and profane outbursts, the inmates were, for the most part, pretty accepting. Also, I'd like to note that this guy, for some reason unknown to me, was able to keep his muscles under control when qualifying on the firing range. He didn't let Tourette's stop him.
2006-07-16 13:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by Sels 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure you were diagnosed correctly? The reason I ask is because a friend was diagnosed with tourettes when he was a child and medicated all those years. Then at 22 years of age his shrink decided he didn't really have tourettes. I remember him at emergency several times from adverse reactions to medications.
2006-07-16 13:44:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect you're going to end up with a lot of cut and pasted answers from Wikipedia to that...
The best thing to do is to visit the Tourette's Syndrome Associations site - they can tell you all you need, and put you in touch with people.
Link here:
http://www.tsa-usa.org/
2006-07-16 13:42:23 · answer #5 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was younger i had tourettes syndrom for 7 years and my parents refused to admit it they didnt tell me about it until i was 14 . it upset me because i would blink my eyes at 5 times normal rate at the point where i coulndt see and twictch my hands somehow i must have grown out of it because i finally learned to control it now my parents would yell at me when i twitched and told me it was a bad habbit
2006-07-16 13:43:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a scary experience with a guy with Tourette Syndrome.
He pulled a knife on me.
In a park.
On a sunday.
It wasn't much fun.
I guess my advice to you is...don't do that.
2006-07-16 13:42:15 · answer #7 · answered by JimmieHendrix05 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a friend who has Tourette's. Support is imperative with any disease or illness.
2006-07-16 13:43:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know much about it I know you cant really control it on your own medicines may help There is a guy in my town with it and I sure feel for him.
2006-07-16 13:46:08 · answer #9 · answered by turtle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check it out at www.mayoclinic.com. Hope this helps.
2006-07-16 13:41:55 · answer #10 · answered by ricardocoav 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋