Sick of Tics "Literally!"

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been on in a couple of days, but I have been really sick, like throwing up sick. I threw up twice, and I could only eat jello and gatorade for a whole day! Oh well. But my shouting tics are getting much worse and I can't control the volume of my voice that much. I hate this tic more than any other tic that I have ever had before! On a brighter note, on Saturday I am going on vacation! But I am not looking forward to being stuck in a car for twelve hours with people who don't want to hear me shouting. This is such a hard tic to manage, my sister is already up my neck about even being near her, but this whole shouting thing now really annoysher. I can't be anywhere where she is, and that's kind of impossible because we are twins. It's so hard to go out in public without being able to really let go! Today I was out at a theatre and all through the play I had to bite my lip to keep from ticcing, and at the applause I looked like an idiot, shouting and ooing like a drunken voicebox. Well I guess I'll have to make due! But I have acupuncture tomorrow, so that is good! Till next time, see ya!

New school, New friends, New teachers!

Hi again! I had a fantastic time at the new school, and I barely ticced at all. I think it was because all the kids were so nice, it totally took my mind off of my tics. Every person wanted to meet me and get to know me, and all of them wanted me to come back and go to there school. I think that I want to go there next year, but I haven't decided yet. Although I think that all the students at the new school are such nice people, whereas the ones at my school now are jerks, I don't know about the teachers. My school now has great teachers but jerk students. And the new school has great students and mean, strict teachers. I still don't know what I want to do, so I am going to meet with the seventh grade students to see what they are like! I hope they're nice! Oh and guess what! They have lockers!! Well, till next time, see ya!

Dealing With It

Hi again, I've got some cool news! Remember how I said that my teachers and school really suck, well guess what! Tomorrow I am going to get to shadow someone at a different school, to see if I would want to transfer there next year in seventh grade. I'm a little worried about my tics getting in the way, but I guess I will have to deal with it, after all it is part of who I am. I really hope that I will like it there, because right now it is my only option, and I definitely don't want to go back to my old school! Well, I'll tell you about it after my day there tommorow, see ya!

Shout Out Loud!

Guess What! Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life, when I discovered that I have a shouting tic. Everytime I talk, I shout a lot, and I can't help it! But on the upside, my hissing tic that makes me sound like I have a lisp is mostly gone. But I would rather have that than this. I have to cut myself off from most people, and take sleeping medicine at night. I asked my mom about medicine for my tics, but she said that there aren't many and that they all have side effects, like drowsiness and weight gain. If anyone has had a shouting tic, can you please tell me, and if there is any good way to deal with it please let me know. I'm desperate!! Thanks, till next time! See ya!

My "Sixth Grade Experience"

Okay, so about me. My story with tourettes starts in kindergarten, with a teacher named Mrs. Gibbs. At the time I had a really bad eye tic, rolling my eyes, and it was getting hard to hide it. Now being 5, naturally I had no idea that I had Tourettes, and figured that it was normal. That is until my teacher started to tell me to stop rolling my eyes at her. That's when my mom told me that I had Tourettes, and I've had school trouble ever since. This year though, has been horrible. Those of you with tourettes out there know that when someone asks you to stop ticcing it only gets worse, I got to experience that firsthand. But first, this is to get you to understand the kind of teacher she is. Around the middle of the school year, I had and still have a bad hissing tic, and some of the students were mocking me. So I asked my Language Arts teacher if I could move seats. Now I explained Tourettes to her and she claimed to have already known all about it, but she sure didn't show it. I had told her before I didn't want to conference with any student about it, and yet she still made me do it. She sat me down with the kids who were mocking me, and tried to get me to tell them all about my tics. But luckily I was able to pursuade her to not make me tell them and she let me go. A few weeks later and something happens again. We are taking the Sat tests, and I am trying to suppress my tics as much as possible when lone behold, my teacher walks up to my desk, puts her hand on my by, and asks me to stop ticcing. Like I said before, it only gets worse. She made me feel so bad that after a lot of talking with the school, I dropped out. I only had 14 days of school left though. So here I am, writing this blog, every day is a new entry...Till next I write, see ya.

My Book on Tics

I mentioned in my previous entry that i am writing a book on Tics, and now i would like to know maybe some of your experieces with tourettes, whether you have them or not. I am going to hopefully be able to write about them into my book. Basically this book is about Tics from my point of view, and ways to deal with them. But more than anything it is about me being able to help any kid with tourettes get through his life easier, or any parent understand their child more. I also want to add my own experiences as well as yours to be able to maybe have the reader relate, or just see that they are not the only ones with Tourettes. I hope that it might make them feel better about themselves. Oh and also there is a chat room link at the bottom of the page for people with tourettes, or parents who want to know more about tourettes. Why don't you check it out, I might be on sometime. Please can you leave your email or im on your comment if you want to so i can get in touch with you! Till later, see ya!

Tourettes

Hi I am Elliot, and this is my Tourettes blog. I am 12 years old and wanted to make a blog where people with tourettes could exchange emails with me and other people with Tourettes. I have had Tics all my life and believe me it has not been easy. Right now I am writing a book on Tics and would like to know some of your experiences. This blog is about things that happen in my life about Tourettes, and I hope that you will be able to relate to them. I will try to update this blog daily. Hope to hear from ya!