Living with neurological disorders can be full of challenges for both children and adults. The good news is that life with these disorders can still be filled with joy and adventure. It just takes some creative thinking and flexibility to get there, and that’s what I’m here to help with! Visit me on my own site, brittanyfichterwrites.com, if you want to know more!
Tourette Syndrome, despite all the information we’ve gained in the last 15 years, is still a hard topic to find information on. Unfortunately, the media has chosen to pick out the parts of the disorder that it deems funny, and the rest of the information seems tucked away in textbooks on dusty corners of doctors’ desks.
Well, no more. Here is the 9th of 10 questions that touch on topics I’ve talked about with parents of children (and individuals) with Tourettes multiple times. You want a quick, easy answer to share with someone who doesn’t understand? Hopefully, I’ll have it right here as part of this series!
In case you missed them, here are links to the first 8 parts:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Also, if you want more information about a certain topic, I’ve linked related posts underneath each answer. My related posts will have more sources that you can look up on the topic if you so desire.
Can People with Tourettes have More than One Disorder?
Along with my Tourettes, I have OCD tendencies and generalized anxiety. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell where one disorder stops and the next one starts because they share so many symptoms. Tourettes is often comorbid with other disorders. That means that this disorder is often present with at least one other disorder, or parts of it at least. The Psychiatric Times article, “Tourette Syndrome,” reports that individuals with Tourettes often have ADHD or OCD. (And many people have parts of all of both!)
For more information, see: Comorbidity in Neurological Disorders
Thank you Brittany – this is great info.