Tourettes not just a tic disorder

Sorry - I don’t fully understand your post because of the autocorrect.Has your son seen a Psychiatrist?

Maybe you should be making it more obvious that he’s not managing school, rather than dragging him through it. My two are both on medication for severe Tourette’s- which helps - but they’ve both had weeks at a time off school when they’re really not well. Overall they are both doing well academically.

Sorry to hear that, the whole media/swearing thing is a real setback. The ticks are a side effect rather than the main issue, as far as I'm concerned. I have TS and am also a clinician in CAMHS and I find myself having to constantly educate people. I overheard someone in a supermarket saying that her daughter has Tourette's 'but not the swearing kind'. However, every time she was told off for swearing she'd apparently say 'Sorry Miss, it's my Tourette's!'

As an adult male I find the hardest part in public is when parents move their children away from me. My phonic tics are non verbal. While prejudice is difficult, I do also often get more space around me on public transport!

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Hi senior school/high school is a extremely difficult and stress time for all teenagers but more so for someone with Tourettes !! I agree my experience was the same they don’t understand the complete syndrome ! They have no idea about the Co-morbid side of the condition and what problems that can bring . My done has full blown Tourettes as I it . He has Tourettes with associated ADD , OCD and dyslexia . Unfortunately when he got to Year ten (which I guess is where your son is now ) . I had to remove him from the mainstream school in favour of a specialist unit for teenager with medical conditions . Eg . Lukemia, broken leg , self harming . Etc. I did this will help from the schools Education Welfare Officer who helped me put his case forward to the council stating that his main stream school could not provide the learning environment , and specialist staff he needed to learn and progress .

Everything is a battle but never give up . If he is taught in smaller group eg no more than four he will thrive and get his G.C.S.E s he just needs the right learning environment and smaller group tuition or1:1 you just need to get others to help you fight his corner with evidence to back up what you are requesting Re change in the way he needs to be educated to thrive .

Don’t give up ! Ask you G.P to right a letter to support this and his consultant . Then get a EWO Education welfare involved . It took six months of evidence from the school of monitoring his slow progress as evidence for EWO to put forward to local Council Education panel .

But eventually I got the result I wanted and he needed 🙂

I know what you mean! My son dropped out for the same reason. I worry about his future, but at least without the pressure we have more peace.