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As a Child, I had daily temper tantrums at home, school, and almost everywhere else I was taken. I hated that I threw them and hated that they'd become central to my identity, but I couldn't stop. It was like something was always throwing me a curve ball. I couldn't go anywhere without kids yelling "Hey, Mental" at me. Did anybody here have the same problem? Is it Tourette's or Inflexible-Explosive Disorder?

Call for participants: Performance control & motor functions

The study looks at how individuals control their actions and what strategies they use to successfully complete different types of tasks. The study can be completed by adult participants between the age of 18 and 65. Parents with children who are between the age of 8 and 17 years old can also take part.

I've been seeing two neurologists who both work together. I think they're very intelligent and I think they have good intentions in finding the root causes of my symptoms.

But I've noticed that they somewhat dismissed my tics when it became evident that I have the ability to suppress them long enough to get through my appointment. I would be tapping my foot, sniffling, wiggling my toes in my shoes. I explained that this is ...

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I was telling my doctor about these tics I've been having since I was a child. It makes it hard to do a lot of things like write or type because there's a tic with my hands I have to do and it ruins the flow when I'm typing. I have a dozen other tics from around my body (I've counted), and I have flareups several nights per week in which I'm doing all my ...

Hi we are new here. My daughter is 20 and has autism, generalized anxiety, and depression as well as tourettes. Her tics and just about gone away for few years. But, within the last 3 months have escalated from eye-blinking to multiple complex motor tics occurring as the same time and can last for 20 minutes. They are very strong and painful for her. Today, they were really bad and caused her to get dizzy. ...

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I am new here, I literally made my account today so I am a little hesitant about posting what I am about to say. Due to the fact that I do not know anyone that has tourette and that going to see a psychiatrist or psychologist is super expensive I decided to have my good friend "google" help me out a little, and that is how I found this forum! I am 21 years ...

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I need some advice or support from anyone who has TS or anyone in a relationship with a TS person.

I've been with my bf for 3 years now, and currently living together. I've known all along that he has TS but over the years it has gotten worse. And I've had a hard time coping with it all this time so its been an off an on relationship, which of course has made ...

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Some time ago I read experiences of people who improved the symptoms of Tourette with the gluten-free diet, but I did not decide to try, I do not know if I have enough willpower. Have any of you tried the gluten-free diet? Maybe you can give me some advice.

An open access study has just been published that shows the improvement in a group of patients during a year. What has impressed me most ...

Hi guys, my name is CJ I'm 17 and I believe I've had Tourettes Syndrome from about 12 years old. I have very strong OCD too, at first I thought the tics were compulsions which I did however, I did my exams last year and the stress caused me to develop coprolalia. I say the most obscene things, I have incest tics about my family such as "I want to cum in my mam's pussy" ...