Eric_LordTwitchAlot

I got ripped off- I nearly chained smoked for 10 years-- little did I know I was keeping the majority of my tics down by smoking... PLUS!!--it also treated my ADHD--and calmed my OCD tendencies.... well, it is certainly a logical theory--- 1. when I finally quit smoking---I had to re-learn how to deal with stress---- 2.plus--I was nolonger was treating the hyperactivity(ADHD) I had--so, when the hyperactivity fired up--soo, did my tics naturally! 3. smoking was the way I treated my stress also of course.... soooooo, little did I know.... that smoking was self-medicating alot of the TS/ADHD/OCD whose to say--I may have saved myself some trouble smoking all those years(of course It caused alot of other problems)-- but---I had to test this theory!! I have been cigarrete free for 1-1/2 year---however--I wanted to see if I was right-- sure enough---(not a moment of weakness) I took 4 drags (of course now that I did not have a ten year tolerance, nicotine effected me a lot more effenciently) off my friends cigarrete-- I was almost tic free for an hour or sooooo---within that time I must have sighed 367 times---again, when I had a HUGE tolerance I was probally getting 15-20% desirable effects for my tics---but--this time of course I got to see how much it worked---without a tolerance-sooooo, it was a better representation of what it does--- my hyperactivity went away, and my tics really calmed down---of course(Curse the irony--lol!!) again, I truely believe --combined with the natural progession of my TS---(which was well on it's way ---well before I quit smoking) and quiting smoking---contributed to the intensity it is now today--- SIGH, I have not/nor will I every smoke again---it was almost as horrific of an experience as my disorders(lol!!) to quit----but---I just lost my girlfriend, my mother was on her 3rd bout of cancer(it was also mother's day and her birthday that week), I lost my job(due to TS interfering) and had to drop out of college(due to my TS being soo bad) so, I thought what better time to "take it to the hilt"(which I did mostly for my mother's birthday/mother's day gift)--and quit a drug harder to quit than most streetdrugs--in the middle of very unpleasent times(after all I wanted to add insult to injury--lol)--ha ha---man---if I with TS,ADHD,OCD can quit---ANYONE can!!!--man---my friends all know they have no excuses around me--about them not being able to quit, or "its not the right time" thing.... well, I did it at a time I needed to the most( the worst time)---ha ha---anyway---IT will be the one of the most/or the most hard things you(I) ever had to do--and not a single second of it was easy to deal with--and--still is hard to deal with-- anyway--what a darn shame--my doctor even asked --if I would consider smoking again---to help with the tics---I said--I consider it everyday, but I wont------good for me my TS---tends to teach on lots of willpower--lol---sure quiting was pure trama--but--I had 100000 tics a day to distract me-- anyway---TO answer the question--IN my non-professional expert opinion---smoking does help!!--to bad--it kills you......ha ha ha--going back to it would be like going back to a abusive relationship---that you think is heathy for you..... ha ha -- Eric-

I failed to mention-- that during this pinning tics pattern--my eyes are pinned up and back into my head---while my eyelids sqeeze together as hard as they can---during the duration of the pin----so, during that time---I can not see or breath until it releases---after the release--I will usually have a rage bout after/during it to encourage release--like Im struggling against being drowned--very flight or fight response---for example--I performed this wonderful act at the dinner table--few weeks ago---when I came back from it--I had broken plate/glass shards stuck in my hands/palms/arms----all within a matter of 10 seconds---I have switched to plastic items---I am more than curious if anyone elses has similar bouts/Tics--- again--this is only a small and isolated pattern of tics--I have bothered explaining--I have many many other very severe/violent/self-injuriuos responces and modes of TS---If asked would be delighted to go into further.... (I have posted other threads in the past in regards to them) If you saw me coming you would think I was on streetdrugs.... add severe ADHD for fuel--and severe ODC to add a bit more color to it all--plus the fact I punch my self all day in different degrees of impact--and yell/curse---and light increases/multipies everything to even more crazy levels--- anyway--of course my list goes on and on and on...... lol

I have a simultaneous body pinning tic—that will twist me into an abstract and awkward posture--such as my head will contract until my ear hits my shoulder, then my arms and hands will assume the mummy position if you will…---then I will have a deep torso twist—then at the same parallel moment---I will have a hard vocal tic/yelling uteruses---that will force all my breath out----so—I’m locked in this ridiculously form—I can not breath, until the pinning tic is over—any where from—3seconds to an entire 2 minutes---I am left gasping—but—knowing full well---it will sooner release out of flight or fight syndrome basically---it is just really bothersome—I have blacked out before---I will begin to violently strike/punch hit my chest usually---or my head if I am ever so lucky---this encourages the pinning to release---a counter strike literally that is also a very very frequent tics that I do independently from the pinning bout-----this will happen at least 50 times a day(the tic not the blacking out)—beyond that my breathing is haltered by many of my tics---usually a lesser more internalized version of the tic pattern I just described---my breathing pattern and rate is very irregular---I will stop breathing in my sleep for 30 second to full minutes of time—I discovered this by freaking out a few girlfriends in the past-“LOLâ€â€”due to this grasping/pinning tic—anyway… this is a minor irritation to my more violent, explosive tics, and bouts of rage… but that’s another long story…

Marinol helps the vocal tics that I have--which are very minor to severe- However, nothing helps my severely violent/self-injurious motor tics- Marinol may not be a proper approuch for younger age groups-however--plus---very very expensive- http://www.marinol.com/patient/pat03.html anyway--worth looking at---

a good way to judge---is if vocal tics are present with motor tics--- such as, sniffing, throat clearing..... with say, a neck tic-- the combination is crucial in determining if it is TS---be very observant---alot of TS stuff is mild--so, it may slip your attention... (eye blinking, facial tics)- some ADHD has slight motor tics(only)--or motor tics--from the use of medications---but--TS---must have both forms of tics- perhaps--you already are aware---anyways...............