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Just because itâs not normal doesnât mean it needs a cure.
Delsin Rowe, Infamous Second Son. (via p5anic)
Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder NOT a mental illness. Stop spreading incorrect information! Â This isnât up for debate. You wouldnât call epilepsy a mental illness, because itâs not.
This isnât saying donât support people with mental illness so donât start that, because none of you care about tourettes to begin with besides to make jokes and inaccurate headcanons âŚ.Â
Please reblog even if you donât have TS, spread the word to you non ticcing friends. Â Â
Support people with Touretteâs Syndrome
who have severe motor tics
who scream
who swear
who are random
who need mobility aids
whose tics are barely noticeable
who need help with eating and dressing
who are under eighteen
who are over eighteen
who love their tics
who hate their tics
whose tics exhaust them
who canât work
who have been kicked out of places for ticcing
who are bullied and mocked
whose tics cause them pain.
Support people with Touretteâs.
TFW you social justice so hard you come full circle and make yourself into a huge asshole.
I mean to be honest I wouldnât have known what those were for either but I also wouldnât have made a big deal out of it.
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shoutout to all the kids with tic disorders going back to school right now and having to explain themselves to a whole new set of teachers and classmates
Letâs Talk About Tourette Syndrome
I have Tourette Syndrome.Â
When I was 10 years old, I developed a vocal tic out of nowhere. One week I was fine, and the next, I was making a small vocalization every 3-4 minutes. A couple of months later, I started involuntarily shrugging my right shoulder as well. My tics have changed and evolved throughout my lifetime, but for the last 14 years I have not experienced a single tic-free month, and in all likelihood, I never will again.
Tourette Syndrome is one of those things that pretty much everyone has heard of, but very few people know anything about. When most people think of Tourette Syndrome, they picture an adolescent boy uncontrollably swearing in public, or a little boy consumed by bizarre physical tics. But thatâs not the reality for me, or thousands of other people with Tourette Syndrome. So here are the facts:
- We donât actually know how many people have Tourette Syndrome. Around 0.3% of the population is currently diagnosed, but researchers estimate that about half of all cases of Tourette Syndrome go undetected. Either way, itâs one of the rarest of the neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Boys are three to five times more likely to have TS than girls. Iâve actually never met another woman with Tourettes, only men. It appears in all ethnic groups, but Caucasians are twice as likely to have it as any other ethnicity.Â
- Tics can be âsimpleâ or âcomplexâ. A simple tic is one that includes only a few body parts - things like sniffing, eye blinks, or shoulder shrugs. They usually take place only on one side of the body. Complex tics involve multiple body parts and may be a set sequence of events, like clapping, snapping oneâs fingers and then shrugging.
- The majority of cases are mild. Most people, including myself, experience only simple tics. There are people whoâve known me for years who still donât know I have TS. Tics also tend to get milder as you get older.
- Most of us donât swear uncontrollably. Coprolalia, or random outbursts of swearing, occur in less than 10% of cases. If I swear, itâs because I fucking well chose to.Â
- Tics can be suppressed, but it sucks. Suppressing tics is physically and psychologically uncomfortable. Itâs like trying not to scratch an itch; you can do it, but over time, the urge to do it grows until itâs all you can think about.Â
- Touretteâs almost always comes with a second diagnosis. 80% of people with Touretteâs have a second diagnosis, usually ADHD or OCD. Those three disorders seem to run in families together, and appear to be strongly genetically linked. I was unlucky enough to get all three. Touretteâs also appears alongside anxiety and sensory processing disorders.
- Tics wax and wane. Tics tend to be subtler when a person is calm, and at their worst when a person is stressed out or excited. My tics are usually mild to unnoticeable, but my mother says that when I was filling out grad school applications I was twitching so badly I looked like I was on drugs all the time. Tics will also change naturally over time; an eye-blinking tic will fade away, only to be replaced by a wrist-rolling tic that âfades inâ to take its place.Â
- There is no cure for TS, and itâs largely considered untreatable. People cannot learn to stop their tics through therapy, and there are no drugs specifically designed for Tourettes. There are some drugs that can stop tics, but the side effects are so horrific that they are only considered as a last resort for extremely severe tics.
- Tourettes does not impact intelligence. On average, people with Touretteâs syndrome actually have slightly higher IQs than the average population.Â
- Tourettes can cause physical damage to your body. Doing repetitive motions over and over and over again for years is hard on you. Iâve been rolling my right wrist as a tic for about two years now, and I sometimes wake up with a tender or swollen wrist. Thereâs nothing I can really do about it.Â
Touretteâs Syndrome isnât necessarily something that needs to be cured; itâs just the way we are. My Touretteâs, along with my OCD and ADHD, are impossible to separate from my personality at this point. Itâs just who I am. So if you have Touretteâs, or if your child has recently been diagnosed, donât worry! With a little bit of understanding and patience, people with Touretteâs grow up to lead full lives. Weâre just a little twitchy, is all.
How ppl view tourettes: Doesnât have coprolalia: not real tourettes. Has coprolalia: faking so u can swear in public.
The things they wonât tell you when youâre diagnosed with Tourettes
They wonât tell you that you become youâre biggest critic
They wonât tell you youâll never believe someone loves you ticâs and all
They wonât tell you that your tics will feel like a different person
They wonât tell you that youâll be convinced youâre crazy
They wonât tell you that the youâll always feel stared at in public
They wonât tell you that youâll fall asleep crying and wake up ticing
They wonât tell you people will constantly question your disease
They wonât tell you that normal people wonât and canât understand
They wonât tell you that most people wonât even try to understand
They canât tell you about the life time of self doubt youâll have cause they cant imagine it.
When I'm in a quiet space for too long
Tourettes problems
Trying to explain waxing and waning without sounding like a werewolf, especially with twitching or barking tics
Jesus, thank you. Not all of us swear, PLEASE REALIZE THIS. There are some of us who devote ourselves to not swearing because we know if we do we canât stop. Tics are the same though mine are more visible. Itâs called more mild cases. And WE ARE NOT FREAKS. Rant over.
And in that month, I swear, all of the Touretteâs blogs came out of the woodworks and reminded people that they exist.Â
Hey guys! (Kinda lame, I knowâŚ)
Anyways, it is Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month from May 15th to June 15th. I myself have TS, and I want everyone to know what Touretteâs is all about! Wear teal on any Tuesday during the month to show your support!
If you have any questions, check out the official website here, and my ask box is open for questions! Ask me about Touretteâs, or share your stories about living with Touretteâs!Â
since touretteâs awareness month starts next week (May 15 - June 15) i should try and clear some stuff up about us! (heres a small source!)
we cannot help our tics; only suppress them for a short period of time. this can cause some people physical pain...
Researchers find rare genetic cause of Tourette syndrome
A rare genetic mutation that disrupts production of histamine in the brain is a cause of the tics and other abnormalities of Tourette syndrome, according to new findings by Yale School of Medicine researchers.
The findings, reported Jan. 8 in the journal Neuron, suggest that existing drugs that target histamine receptors in the brain might be useful in treating the disorder. Tourette syndrome afflicts up to 1% of children, and a smaller percentage of adults.
âThese findings give us a new window into whatâs going on in the brain in people with Tourette. Thatâs likely to lead us to new treatments,â said Christopher Pittenger, associate professor in the psychiatry and psychology departments and in the Yale Child Study Center, and senior author of the paper.
Histamine is commonly associated with allergy, but it also plays an important role as a signaling molecule in the brain. Interactions with this brain system explain why some allergy medications cause people to feel sleepy.Â
In 2010, Yale researchers showed that a family with nine members suffering from Touretteâs carried a mutation in a gene called HDC that disrupts the production of histamine. The new work demonstrates that this mutation causes the disorder. Mice with the same mutation develop symptoms similar to those found in Touretteâs, the Yale team showed. Also, these mice and the patients that carry the HDC mutation showed abnormalities in signaling by the neurotransmitter dopamine in parts of the brain associated with Touretteâs and related conditions.
Drug companies have developed medications that target brain-specific histamine receptors in an effort to treat schizophrenia and ADHD. While not approved for general use yet, those drugs or others that target histamine receptors should be tested to see whether they can treat symptoms of Tourette syndrome, Pittenger said.
I have TS. And Iâm proud of it. Itâs made me who I am todayđ
Tourettes Things
Knowing if there ever is a zombie apocalypse youâre screwed.
Are you kidding zombies basically walk around making involuntary groaning noises and twitching their limbs all the time we would fit right in
You're right! We'd probably survive the longest. :)