Tourette Syndrome is a silent intruder disrupting a persons life until death. Imagine what happens
when your brain doesn’t work quite right and it is not regulating your body's movements, when we lose
control of our speech and involuntary sounds such as barking, screaming, grunts, and even words spew out.
Tourette Syndrome is the disorder- it is not a disease but a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is misdiagnosed and many people go
untreated through out their life usually deemed “weird, strange, or odd”.
Tourette ‘s is the second most common genetic disorder producing involuntary tics and
behavioral problems. Depression, sleep disorders, common compulsive behaviors,
and ADD -H- (attention deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity )are all under the “umbrella” as part of Tourette’s
There is no actual “test” to perform ,a neurologist familiar with Tourette ‘s will recognize some of the
symptoms. To recognize the disorder sometimes sudden changes in behavior, increased tics can occur with anxiety, emotional stress, tension and even excitement.
There are drugs that will help with treatment of a Tourette’s keep in mind this syndrome is
complex with a multitude of symptoms. So one kind of treatment may not work for another.
Usually Tourette’s shows it head in the early stages of a child's life around 5-6 years of age, nevertheless it has been diagnosed in the mid twenties such as the baseball player Jim Eisenreich.
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