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All posts for November 2010

Goodbye NHS, we will miss you R.I.P.

Guess what I’m back on my soapbox again which is quite unsurprising considering what the ConDems have been up to. Quite recently they brought out another white...

Guess what I’m back on my soapbox again which is quite unsurprising considering ...

•13 years ago

Not again :(

It was finally starting to look optimistic... me being referred to the Tourettes clinic I mean. But today I got a letter (which someone 'accidentally' opened)...

It was finally starting to look optimistic... me being referred to the Tourettes...

•13 years ago

So you think you’re Funny?

This is a message to all those poor, poor people that find themselves on the internet, mainly Youtube and Facebook following the rest of the crowd and thinking...

This is a message to all those poor, poor people that find themselves on the int...

•13 years ago

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Freak Like Me

I’ve just discovered a new TV programme, in fact after watching one episode I’ve gone the whole hog and watched the whole series so far on BBCiplayer....

I’ve just discovered a new TV programme, in fact after watching one episode I’ve...

•13 years ago

Calling All Midlanders?

Are there any other ticcers like me roaming the streets of the West Midlands? Julie (Tourettes Action Group Support Officer ) and myself are planning a...

Are there any other ticcers like me roaming the streets of the West Midlands? Ju...

•13 years ago

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Is not being able to speak a vocal or phone tic?

Is not speaking or not able to speak a type of vocal tic or phone tic? Is it different from selective mutism? (a question from Tourettes Action's Research...

Is not speaking or not able to speak a type of vocal tic or phone tic? Is it dif...

•13 years ago

Is being thought of as abrupt or aggressive (because of speech difficulties) a recognized part of TS?

As a member of the TS ‘family’ (no diagnosis but my sons have) – I am sometimes very direct in my speech – probably due to speech processing difficulties /...

As a member of the TS ‘family’ (no diagnosis but my sons have) – I am sometimes ...

•13 years ago

How to access HRT (Habit Reversal Therapy)?

How do we access Habit Reversal Therapy – my daughter has painful, damaging tics that are getting much worse – or any other therapies that may help. My GP has...

How do we access Habit Reversal Therapy – my daughter has painful, damaging tics...

•13 years ago

Does HRT just suppress external tics without changing the urge?

Is there a risk with habit reversal therapy that external tic is reduced however the urge [to tic] remains which has no outlet (as reported sometimes happens...

Is there a risk with habit reversal therapy that external tic is reduced however...

•13 years ago

As you can see charlie Turveys picture does not show him completely, just a part of his face can anybody help.

picture not showing charlie properly, Can anybody help.

picture not showing charlie properly, Can anybody help.

•13 years ago

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i cant seem to upload picture to my profile i follow instruction but it dont work

i cant seem to upload picture to my profile i follow instruction but it dont wor...

•13 years ago

I predict a riot

Well at the very least I’m not very happy; in fact I’m quite worried. Being the family thicky I’ve been slowly ploughing my way through the recently published...

Well at the very least I’m not very happy; in fact I’m quite worried. Being the ...

•13 years ago

Alcohol and TS medications - What's the effect?

Can I drink alcohol with all the medication I take, i.e. risperidone, concerta, clonidine? What effects will it have? Could it make me ill – the interaction of...

Can I drink alcohol with all the medication I take, i.e. risperidone, concerta, ...

•13 years ago

Sydenham's chorea and TS

There's a reference in the Times today (12 Nov) to the well-known German playwright Berthold Brecht having had facial twitches and symptoms that sound like TS,...

There's a reference in the Times today (12 Nov) to the well-known German playwri...

•13 years ago

Anger and confrontation

My son (21 and still at home) is easily irritated and is often confrontational with my husband. I suspect this is just regular father son stuff but after the...

My son (21 and still at home) is easily irritated and is often confrontational w...

•13 years ago

Tiredness

My son is 21 and often feels exhausted. Is this just his age and staying out too late or do others do through phases of great tiredness?

My son is 21 and often feels exhausted. Is this just his age and staying out t...

•13 years ago

The LETTER!!!

In my last blog I mentioned that I was being referred to a psychiatrist about my Tourettes which I was NOT happy about. Apparently the doctor was having a bad...

In my last blog I mentioned that I was being referred to a psychiatrist about my...

•13 years ago

Remember You’re A Womble.

Over the weekend there have been numerous news reports detailing plans for us dolescum laid out by a certain politician, maybe it was just me being a bit naïve...

Over the weekend there have been numerous news reports detailing plans for us do...

•13 years ago

Birthday Boy

Surprisingly, I had a great night last night, I was dreading my partner’s birthday as going out and about with him is becoming increasingly difficult and...

Surprisingly, I had a great night last night, I was dreading my partner’s birthd...

•13 years ago

It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

I’m feeling quite positive today, I had a session with my HRT therapist 3 days ago and during the last 3 days I’ve only bitten myself twice and I haven’t...

I’m feeling quite positive today, I had a session with my HRT therapist 3 days a...

•13 years ago

Tourettes is not a psychiatric disorder...

I was told I MIGHT have Tourette syndrome when I was 15 years old. Then I was told it was a 'motor tic disorder' (apparently coughing, sniffing and wheezing...

I was told I MIGHT have Tourette syndrome when I was 15 years old. Then I was to...

•13 years ago

A Message to Dr Stern

I’ve mulling over some of the points that have been made both during the conference and in the TA research blog….basically I seem to buck the trend. At a...

I’ve mulling over some of the points that have been made both during the confere...

•13 years ago

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