Frazer

Yeah its my regular MD...

Okay so I am seeing a doctor soon and I am thinking I have Pyrrole disorder...I am not a doctor but any advice on how to talk to him about this and what to ask/demand/request etc. would be great help.

Thanks for all your advice everyone.... To tell the truth I am not sure about God.... I have found references of Christmas and Easter for example that predate Christianity...I don't know what to believe in this regard.... I have set up a appointment to see my doctor, I got some advice in a yahoo group that sounds like me...I may have Pyrrol disorder I have found out it's common among people with TS and ADHD. I feel very lost right now.... I don't know where to turn...I don't feel I can trust my parents.... I feel violated by how they treat me and then my brother could make their home a wh*re house and get away with it. I mean if I had a car sitting in their driveway I would have them pressuring me to get it running, insured and licensed.... I brought a set of chefs knives home when I was working as a cook and they flipped out...My brother brings unregistered firearms in the house and only one has a trigger lock on it.... and he keeps the key right in it. My heart is heavy right now...I feel so lost...alone and fearful I will never make any friends...the ones I do have I cannot meet up with...I mean I can find friends online but really its not the same as someone to go watch a football game with...I just feel like I need someone to hold...someone other than my family to love me.... I just feel like I have no one. Frazer

The h*ll that is a life with TS gets deeper with age...some parents get it right from the beginning.... others mess up drastically. Kids are a product of their environment...if you let them grow up confused and jump in to screw them over out of nowhere you need to be ready. I have TS.... I have been an emotional mess my whole life. I can't figure out what is going on...I am completely lost. Where did they lose me? From the minute my brother was born.... some say I am jealous...I say they favored him and didn't step in where it was needed. Example...since I was a young kid I wanted to play Ice hockey like my friends...they never allowed me this as it was to dangerous. Why would you let me play football? Then they let my brother play.... When I wanted to again after giving up for over 2 years they said no that was his territory. If that is so why was he playing football in grade 9? That was my turf. They abandoned me when they forced me to move out of their home with the cover of "it being my choice” Like h*ll it was my choice it's just a cover so they wouldn’t feel guilty for forcing their own son who isn’t ready to move out. My brother has brought a dog into the house while my parents where on vacation; unregistered unlocked firearms are in the house. He has a dead car in the driveway... None of this earns him a hard time. My brother is living the natural way...earning the stuff me needs to move out first.... like a car and all that stuff I cannot afford while living on my own. My life was stressed even more when my mom came to my home and used all this as a ploy to get me to show her stuff I wasn’t ready too. Threatening to turn everything off that was in their name. All to see my messed up blogs and confused communications trying to figure out who I really am...She said she was trying to help and that she loved me and all that crap. Forcing me to expose stuff to her that I wasn’t ready to admit to myself wasn’t cool. She had seen it anyway. Why did she need me to show her this stuff? Now I am a mess. I am more confrontational, more stressed, more confused, more lost than ever. I don't know where to turn where to go to get help.... I am completely lost.... I’m scared of what I'll do to myself what I will become. Does anyone know of anything that can help someone in Canada...with TS lost and confused, scared, lonely and depressed? Thanks

School is always hard when it starts...I know when I was in school especially a new school I had massive episodes of tics. From beating my chest to loud screeches. I went through it all. I can say it gets better but not perfect. Tics are brought on by stress more than anything....meaning when there is stress they get worse. School gets easier as you get used to your surroundings. Just remember the little dude is getting stronger than most people ever become. My mom always called me her little trooper...I firmly believe all TS kids are troopers and it gets hard at times and better at others but remember no matter how bad things look your little trooper dude is going to be very strong....It may be later than most kids get to the maturity level they should be at...but they will be very strong adults. I can take more abuse than anyone I have seen in my profession. My days (and nights) are very stressful and I can take it all in stride....where others go home and you can see the tension radiating off them when I can take more abuse, more alarms can go off, more complants can be filed and everything can feel like a catastrophic meltdown and I can get through it better than most supervisors. Once a trooper always a trooper. Remember this can be how strong your little dudes can be and take everyday in stride and help them get through the most difficult problems and melt downs and he will be as strong as they come.

Hey you want a success story I got one for ya...its about me ! Well my teenage years where a living nightmare...tics where awful and being teased drove me absolutely insane. I worked my a## off and got through high school after dropping out for one year after the stress and only needing one credit. So i went back and got it. I moved out of my parents place at 18 and my life has improved dramatically. I sometimes think this may have been better if I wasn't kicked out at 18 and had time to save for a car and stuff. I think for the most part it was good because I gained a better relationship with my family. Now I have virtually no tics and work for an international security firm. I think I am living proof that you can do anything even if you have TS and that things do really get better.

Naaahh she's anal retentive and OCD....so am I. I just call myself anal. I go to work I have to be in a pressed uniform and I have to wear a tie. shes have to be shined and everything as clean as ever. Or else it drives me nuts because some sites don't require it. My Hatch bag has to be completely organized I have to have two sets of batteries for every thing that needs them. I need two spare evidence pads. I have two mag lites in my bag and don't get me started on pens. Two of each style. It is annoying but doesnt negatively effect me so I don't worry about it.

Just tell them flat out no scented products. This is your house.

My grandpa still cant stand me. You said he isnt a big part of your family anyhow...don't let his problems be your problems. I rock...I know it...I don't need grandpas approval. He can go for a walk if stuff doesn't go the way he likes it.

His talking may be like my football. When I was young I played football in organized legues. My tics would disapear while on the feild. There is something about passion. I don't play anymore but I can read anything about football or listen on the radio or watch on TV and I have no tics at all. I can do anything with football and its like i never had TS at all. I have a firm beleif that if you find your kids passion his/her tics would disapear while they are doing it. Take Care,

Lori, I am new here as well, in fact this is my first post I have TS, I am 22 and went through everything you can possibly think of....or at least it feels that way. I had allot of tics that where very similar to your son's. I had allot of throat clearing I would force clear (as I call it) my throat so bad I would force my throat to bleed. I still have trouble concentrating. eg. It took me three takes to read your post. It is allot better and stuff but it still takes me forever to read a book and my writing is very bad. My body tenses up when I write and it is a pain for my coworkers to read my reports (I work security). I sometimes think I may be dyslexic as I tend to type codes (like the security codes to sites) in odd orders like (this is not an actual code) 5235 would get entered "2355" all I see are the fives and they seem to always go together. Mr. bick becomes Mr. ######...really crazy stuff. I have the opposite weight problem I am 6'6" 280lbs. It is normal for him to have these tics and be glad he isn't breaking his clavicle or straining his neck like I was. My tics where really bad and violent. I would hit myself in the shoulder so hard that I broke my collar bone once. I threw my head back so hard it would hurt like ######. I was in a neck brace at one point and they had to take it off and wait until I was in bed (tics don't happen when you are asleep) to put it on. When I drive I have this urge to only turn right. My parents took my licence away once bcz I told them I had an urge to swerve at the time into oncoming traffic. The trick is to learn something that fills the void of the tic that isn't as dangerous or rough. I learned to pull my seat belt to the side instead of the steering wheel. I gotta get going so if you need anything shoot me a line. Frazer