Comments on: Tourette Syndrome: It’s Not About The F-Bomb http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/parenting-family-bliss/tourette-syndrome-its-not-about-the-f-bomb/3362/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:46:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Maija Haavisto http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/parenting-family-bliss/tourette-syndrome-its-not-about-the-f-bomb/3362/#comment-10159 Maija Haavisto Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:44:08 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=3362#comment-10159 One of my best friends has TS. You couldn't tell, though, because he's been on medication for over a decade. Only if you know he has it you can notice he has some slight motion tics involving his mouth and throat. I don't think he ever had tics where he spoke something, though I'm not 100% sure, but he felt like it really ruined his life until he got on the meds - to the point that he counts the date he started the meds as his second birthday. Sadly meds don't work that well for everyone, and some people get too many side effects. Of coure it's a personal choice whether to try meds or not. Some people feel like TS is a part of their personality, but I think most people with TS are bothered by the condition. One of my best friends has TS. You couldn’t tell, though, because he’s been on medication for over a decade. Only if you know he has it you can notice he has some slight motion tics involving his mouth and throat. I don’t think he ever had tics where he spoke something, though I’m not 100% sure, but he felt like it really ruined his life until he got on the meds – to the point that he counts the date he started the meds as his second birthday.

Sadly meds don’t work that well for everyone, and some people get too many side effects. Of coure it’s a personal choice whether to try meds or not. Some people feel like TS is a part of their personality, but I think most people with TS are bothered by the condition.

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