Hello, my name is Helen, and I am married and have four sons.\u00a0 Our first son was diagnosed with TS at the age of 9.\u00a0 No one in our family has TS that we know of.\u00a0 We were lucky enough to only have one son with TS.\u00a0 We were told 50\/50 one of our other sons would have it.<\/p>\n
Anyway, my son Billy is now 29 years old.\u00a0 From nine years old till about 16, Billy was on meds.\u00a0 He decided in high school he didn’t want to take meds cause they made him tired.\u00a0 Billy, at the same time, started experiencing with marijuana and alcohol.\u00a0 Billy graduated from HS and got into the school of engineering at Rutgers University after making quite a number of outstanding schools.<\/p>\n
Freshman year went fine.\u00a0 Sophmore year Billy decided to join the engineering fraternity.\u00a0 His graes declined and he was put on academic probation.\u00a0 At that time he started dating a girl named Kat.\u00a0 She was a grade ahead of him and studying psychology.\u00a0 Their relationship ended after three years because of Billy’s temper and drinking.<\/p>\n
Billy then graduated and moved into the city for five years.\u00a0 He had another girlfriend Tara that last almost three years with lots of fighting and drinking.\u00a0 Billy has anger issues.\u00a0 That relationship ended.\u00a0 Billy decided he wanted out of the city and to buy a house.\u00a0 He moved into a houser closer to me and my husband.<\/p>\n
Billy had some problems with the house but also started dating a new girl named Gabby.\u00a0 That lasted a few months when she broke it off because of Billy’s anger issues.\u00a0 Billy came over for dinner Wednesday night and admitted he was depressed and ruined three relationships because of his anger issues.\u00a0 He realizes he needs to see a TS doctor.\u00a0 He is in the process of finding one.<\/p>\n
My heart goes out to Billy.\u00a0 I fear of suicide since he has used the term numerous times through the years.\u00a0 He’s also hating his job at this time.\u00a0 The word hate is used constantly in his language.\u00a0 His brothers are afraid of him when he gets angry.\u00a0 I believe his drinking is out of control and a way of medicating himself.\u00a0 I have alcoholism in my family and I am very afraid that Billy is succumbing to alcohol.<\/p>\n
It breaks my heart to see my son like this and feel like there is nothing I can do but be supportive of him.\u00a0 Let him know we love him and will be there for him no matter what.\u00a0 To come to us no matter what he feels.\u00a0 I hope he finally\u00a0 takes advantage of the TSA and joins blogs and talk to other people about his issues.\u00a0 I wish he could only see how bad TS is for others.\u00a0 His is mild compared to some adults and children.<\/p>\n
I just read about “rage” on Facebook and that totally describes what Billy is going through. It is good to know that he can control it, if he puts his mind to it.\u00a0 Then again, I wish he would stop drinking until he can control his rage.\u00a0 I look forward to participating in this blog about TS. I should’ve done it years ago instead of sweeping the problem under the rug.<\/p>\n