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I'm coming down!!!

Until today, I didn't think it necessary to blog about my recent withdrawal of my Citalopram tablets... I was on 40mg for over 7 years and I have been slowly...

Until today, I didn't think it necessary to blog about my recent withdrawal of m...

•13 years ago

The Camping Trip

I thought today that I might go back to where it all began, not on the Girl Guide camping trip in 1985 in the picture, I’m the one in the background with the...

I thought today that I might go back to where it all began, not on the Girl Guid...

•13 years ago

Bed

Today has been a bit of a non-day, I suppose all the stresses of the last couple of weeks have caught up with me and my female cycles and caused me go off...

Today has been a bit of a non-day, I suppose all the stresses of the last couple...

•13 years ago

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my son has just been diagnosed with tourettes syndrome

my 7 year old has just been diagnosed with tourettes syndrome after a very long process and lots of appointments he was first seen at the age of 4 this was...

my 7 year old has just been diagnosed with tourettes syndrome after a very long ...

•13 years ago

Road to Nowhere

Over the last couple of days I’ve been ploughing my way through the initial draft for the assessment criteria of the proposed Personal Independence Payment. I...

Over the last couple of days I’ve been ploughing my way through the initial draf...

•13 years ago

It’s, Oh, So Quiet

At the moment it’s eerily quiet, it’s just started to rain and the laundry mountain is still dangerously high so I’m just pottering around trying to fill my...

At the moment it’s eerily quiet, it’s just started to rain and the laundry mount...

•13 years ago

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Close To the Edge

Last week I didn’t think that the world would end and hoped that life would carry on as per usual, however this morning my thoughts on the matter where...

Last week I didn’t think that the world would end and hoped that life would carr...

•13 years ago

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Aliens Ate My Buick

I haven’t really had my Buick eaten by aliens, so I have to take the train instead. I never had a Buick in the first place and this little chap on the train is...

I haven’t really had my Buick eaten by aliens, so I have to take the train inste...

•13 years ago

Not Going Out? Stay in and Watch Television.

Whilst our American cousins are in the middle of TS Awareness month, us Brits have something else to look forward to. Yep, you’ve guessed, quite the opposite...

Whilst our American cousins are in the middle of TS Awareness month, us Brits ha...

•13 years ago

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Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)

I’m feeling delicate today, not so much in the physical sense but very much in the emotional sense, since Magpie’s death I’ve been very much keeping myself...

I’m feeling delicate today, not so much in the physical sense but very much in t...

•13 years ago

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Sweet Home Alabama

Although I said that I’d write a blog post every day for TS awareness month, I feel compelled to blog again today. I’m feeling quite angered, angered to the...

Although I said that I’d write a blog post every day for TS awareness month, I f...

•13 years ago

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West Midlands Support Group Meeting

Hello again, yesterday during my little work binge I arranged our next support group meeting in Birmingham. This time it’s a little bit different, we’ll be...

Hello again, yesterday during my little work binge I arranged our next support g...

•13 years ago

Tuck Your Shirt In!

Over the last couple of days my Tourette’s has developed a fascination for mens’ shirts, on Wednesday I was approached by my consultant whilst waiting to see...

Over the last couple of days my Tourette’s has developed a fascination for mens’...

•13 years ago

I love Hawley

This my second pub, I'm on a £10 solo pub crawl, I've reached the famous Hawley Arms and this is the first time I've bogged from my phone. I've never felt so...

This my second pub, I'm on a £10 solo pub crawl, I've reached the famous Hawley ...

•13 years ago

Missing Magpie

I’ve just returned from Birmingham from my regular Habit Reversal Training and aromatherapy session and have been met with some tragic news. Sadly last night...

I’ve just returned from Birmingham from my regular Habit Reversal Training and a...

•13 years ago

London Calling

Its three days into my challenge of writing a blog post each day for a month to mark Tourette’s syndrome Awareness Month in the USA. But today, I’m asking for...

Its three days into my challenge of writing a blog post each day for a month to ...

•13 years ago

Q-Tics

As it’s TS awareness month in the USA I thought I might share with my friends over the other side of the pond a slice of British life with TS and write a blog...

As it’s TS awareness month in the USA I thought I might share with my friends ov...

•13 years ago

The Keyboard of Death!

Why oh why do they keep c oming out with stuff about germs on a regular basis Over the last couple of weeks I have heard of the what seems like trillions of...

Why oh why do they keep c oming out with stuff about germs on a regular basis Ov...

•13 years ago

Waterproof Coating

Without Citralopram, the anti depressant I am on (anti anxiety), I would not be able to face the outside world as much as I do. I am lucky that I have a...

Without Citralopram, the anti depressant I am on (anti anxiety), I would not be ...

•13 years ago

New Dawn

Whilst do one of my regular scrolls through my Facebook homepage the other day I was met by the news that Dawn Willis, mental health campaigner and activist is...

Whilst do one of my regular scrolls through my Facebook homepage the other day I...

•13 years ago

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Wind Up Workin’ in a Gas Station

I’m feeling a bit better; I’ve managed to have a shower. Put some clothes on and eat some cream crackers so I’m getting there. I still need to tackle the...

I’m feeling a bit better; I’ve managed to have a shower. Put some clothes on and...

•13 years ago

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Pyjamarama

I stink, I need a shower, I’m not sure now how long I’ve been wearing these pyjamas for but I do know that I smell. I really should have a shower and again...

I stink, I need a shower, I’m not sure now how long I’ve been wearing these pyja...

•13 years ago

I’m a Woman in the Prime of Her Life who Needs Love Squeezings

For the second time today I’ve been abandoned (off to the pub without me), but I’m getting used to it. The first abandonment occurred outside Wallsgrave...

For the second time today I’ve been abandoned (off to the pub without me), but I...

•13 years ago

Madame Pipoff

Just a quickie, I found this whilst reading through Dawn Willis’s (Rethink) blog, I thought this might be helpful with regards to the Personal Independence...

Just a quickie, I found this whilst reading through Dawn Willis’s (Rethink) blog...

•13 years ago

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Good Times Bad Times

It’s been tough over the last few days, unfortunately my old friend Mr Susan (head jerking tic) is back and I’ve been trying to squash him with a slow nod in...

It’s been tough over the last few days, unfortunately my old friend Mr Susan (he...

•13 years ago

Just say no!

As I'm sure I may have mentioned in the past, I have been advised to consume zero caffeine. Did I listen? Of course I didn't because apparently despite the...

As I'm sure I may have mentioned in the past, I have been advised to consume zer...

•13 years ago

Our Friends in the North

I’m feeling as though I’ve let the side down, policy officer me unfortunately whilst my Facebook friends from north of the border (and just below) will be...

I’m feeling as though I’ve let the side down, policy officer me unfortunately wh...

•13 years ago

Favourite Things

I’m feeling quite melancholic and maudlin today and I’ve only mustered up enough enthusiasm to hang the washing on the line (with some help from Sasha) and do...

I’m feeling quite melancholic and maudlin today and I’ve only mustered up enough...

•13 years ago

Slap and Tickle

I’ve had a week now without Aripiprazole and my tics have been coming back one by one, the one that’s bothering me the most at the moment is the tic where I...

I’ve had a week now without Aripiprazole and my tics have been coming back one b...

•13 years ago

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