As those of you who have been members of my Facebook page and blog for a while know, I wasn’t diagnosed with Tourette’s until I was 16. They thought of my tics as habits resulting from my anxiety and they… Continue Reading
This winter break, I have spent some time thinking about why I wasn’t diagnosed sooner and why my mom did not see the early warning signs as warning signs as part of the larger picture for a TS+ child. For… Continue Reading
Hey guys! One thing I really haven’t written about on here yet is about my general anxiety. I guess I was busy blogging about Tourette Syndrome and OCD! Anyway, I have a lot of generalized anxiety since I do have GAD… Continue Reading
I discovered something new lately: I often find it very hard to sleep at night because of my tics, and getting in bed and trying to fall asleep at night often feels too forced and doesn’t feel very good at all.… Continue Reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part 2 of a three-part series on back-to-school anxiety by the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada. Part 1 was published on Wednesday, and part 3 will be published on Friday. As always, in order to understand how to combat the… Continue Reading