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1 out of a 100

         I took the medication I was given for the first time last night. After ticing all day my body needed a break from it so I relented and took 1. I have been on the same medication before, but like I said previously it was 7 or so years ago. I hate taking medication of any kind. I can have a migraine and won't take anything for it if I can manage.
         The ticing off and on through out the day only served to make it more stressful. As a college student, the younger students often don't understand my syndrome and poke and prod fun at it. They think Tourette's is the uncontrollable screaming of curse words. Yes, that is one possible symptom of Tourette's but it is a very rare one. 1 out of every 100 people have Tourette's and only 1 out of every 100 people with Tourette's has that symptom. My current symptoms are shoulder and neck tics and my vocal tic sounds like a stutter.
         I am learning to live with their misunderstood mockery, but for a person like me it has been difficult.
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