My grandma, who is one of my best friends, showed me this website. I was excited that people like me can share stories and talk about our experiences together. I longed to have a spot on the website so I can do the same!<\/p>\n
Tourette’s Syndrome affects my life because when I was about 6 years old, my mom noticed some eye blinking and throat clearing behaviors, not knowing they were tics. It’s stopped for a while, but resurfaced when I hit about 12.<\/p>\n
Ever since I was in third grade, I stuttered. My speech was sometimes so bad I couldn’t get out sentences. That also stopped for a while, but has always found a way to come back. Around the time my tics appeared again, my stutter was in full swing, and hasn’t stopped since. I am now 14.<\/p>\n
My mom was worried about me and was always looking up possibilities that could be causing these tics and my stutter. She thought it might be Tourette’s Syndrome, and I was in denial. I didn’t know what to do. This went on for years — no diagnosis, bad stutter, and tics. I’ve always had Tourette’s like symptoms as well — couldn’t ever fall asleep, OCD, as well as general anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n
All still impact my life, and it’s very hard to deal with. So this past November, I went to University of Michigan to find out what’s happening to my body. The neurologist told us that I had Tourette’s Syndrome, and having a name to what was going on felt relieving, yet, I also was at a loss for where to go from there.<\/p>\n
The neurologist also told me that my stutter was something along the lines of a vocal tic. It’s all connected in some way. So, being on this blog website would be a release for me to talk to other people like me, since I don’t have anyone like me in my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My grandma, who is one of my best friends, showed me this website. I was excited that people like me can share stories and talk about our experiences together. I longed to have a spot on the website so I… Continue Reading