According to an estimate from the Tourette Association of America, one out of every 50 kids in the US has Tourette Syndrome or another type of Tic Disorder. But even though it's fairly common, the ...
Tension headaches struck almost daily, and my blood pressure spiralled to levels that medication couldn’t bring down.
In the Neurology Department at Allegheny General Hospital’s Hemlock Building, Abigail Bailey’s body folded forward in her ...
I started having tics when I was 7 years old. At first, doctors dismissed my mom's concerns as me just being a kid. Tourette syndrome can't be cured, but I want to have more control over my tics. I’m ...
Baylen Dupree was officially diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome just ahead of her 18th birthday, though she'd already been experiencing the tics for years. Looking back, her involuntary movements and ...
Last month, a Champion-based author released a novel highlighting the difficulties of living with a neurological disorder.
Yasmin Bartle was 20 when she was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. As part of Tourette's Awareness Month, she opened up about how a shopping trip led to a confrontation. As a child, Ms Bartle said ...
“Quelle étrange petite fille!” said an agitated woman in the grocery store. When my 8-year-old self asked my mother what the woman had said, Mom didn’t reply, even though she knew some Cajun French, ...
In a sense, the symptoms of Tourette’s are situated between mind and body, thought and action. TS commonly emerges with and is considered “co-morbid” with other conditions such as OCD and ADD. For a ...
The son of Travis Barker reveals he's been living with the neurological disorder for as long as he can remember, recalling getting in trouble for one of his tics. After a fan dropped a question asking ...
A basic rule of driving is to keep your eyes on the road—leading to fierce debate after an American influencer with Tourette's Syndrome demonstrated that some of her tics stop her from watching where ...