Dr. Ticcy is a pseudonym for the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada National Office, which draws on information from experts across Canada and beyond to answer questions from the TS community. Please send your questions to tsfc@tourette.ca with the salutation… Continue Reading
It’s four days before Christmas. My mom broke her hip, so we’re not doing the holidays at her house this year. Instead, we’ll have our normal Christmas Eve tradition here, as well as a few merry surprises for the kids,… Continue Reading
We met with Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ2) on November 19 with the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) to discuss TS and the H.R. 3760 federal TS legislation. We are thrilled with how the meeting went!… Continue Reading
After the past two days (one and two), you likely know all you need to know about Dr. Stack and Dr. Sims, and their mouthpiece for Tourette Syndrome. Let me go on to say that, similar to the controversy over… Continue Reading
Yesterday I introduced you to Dr. Stack and Dr. Sims, dentists who claim to have invented a mouthpiece device that can cure the affects of Tourette Syndome. Another blogger has written about their appliance and tics in more layman’s terms. I’ve taken the… Continue Reading
Someone in my private Tourette Syndrome group asked what I thought about Dr. Sims, a dentist on the East Coast who claims to cure TS through a mouth piece similar to a retainer. I likely know as much about Dr. Sims as she… Continue Reading
I am steaming mad tonight, and it’s not that Stink’s tics are pretty nonstop. Quite the contrary, I am really taking on my mantra: “If you can’t fix the tics, fix yourself.” I am exercising, relaxing, off the wine (in an… Continue Reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the finale in a multipart series that first appeared in the March 2010 edition of the Journal of Clinical Psychology Practice and also can be found on Life’s A Twitch, a website run by Canadian psychologist… Continue Reading
Today, while having a conversation about Tourette Syndrome, my son brought me to tears. As most parents of TS kids can imagine, this was not the first time I have been brought to tears with regards to his TS. I… Continue Reading