Hello all to whom stumble upon this.
I would like to introduce my self. I am Beth a 25 year old single mom and disabled veteran who happens to have Tourette's Syndrome. I was diagnosed at the age of 15 with Tourette's by time I was 19 my Tourette's was mostly gone, and I was able to successfully join the Army. I served for 3 1/2 years before I was discharge. Now at the age of 25 my Tourette's has come back with a vengeance. Last Saturday I found myself in the ER with an episode so bad, the paramedics, who responded to my neighbors 911 call, thought I was having a seizure. I have been given a new prescription for anti- muscle spasm drugs and I have been given a referral to a neurologist. This is somewhat depressing for I've been able to stay off all medication for 7 years and have not been under a neurologist's care in 8. My new boyfriend of one week has been great through all of this, even driving 110 miles an hour to get to the ER to see me after he got the news. My sons ages 3 1/2 and 5 have done well with all of this. They no mommy's "hiccups" don't hurt her, so they aren't to concerned about all the goings on.
I'm scared though, I have the feeling that it isn't going to get any better for awhile and that my tics or my "hiccups" as my sons call them aren't going to be disappearing again any time soon. If anything I am developing new ones, my old ones are becoming more frequent and my poor disabled body (I have neuromuscular scoliosis as well the disabilities I developed while in the Army) is becoming worn out.
I would like to introduce my self. I am Beth a 25 year old single mom and disabled veteran who happens to have Tourette's Syndrome. I was diagnosed at the age of 15 with Tourette's by time I was 19 my Tourette's was mostly gone, and I was able to successfully join the Army. I served for 3 1/2 years before I was discharge. Now at the age of 25 my Tourette's has come back with a vengeance. Last Saturday I found myself in the ER with an episode so bad, the paramedics, who responded to my neighbors 911 call, thought I was having a seizure. I have been given a new prescription for anti- muscle spasm drugs and I have been given a referral to a neurologist. This is somewhat depressing for I've been able to stay off all medication for 7 years and have not been under a neurologist's care in 8. My new boyfriend of one week has been great through all of this, even driving 110 miles an hour to get to the ER to see me after he got the news. My sons ages 3 1/2 and 5 have done well with all of this. They no mommy's "hiccups" don't hurt her, so they aren't to concerned about all the goings on.
I'm scared though, I have the feeling that it isn't going to get any better for awhile and that my tics or my "hiccups" as my sons call them aren't going to be disappearing again any time soon. If anything I am developing new ones, my old ones are becoming more frequent and my poor disabled body (I have neuromuscular scoliosis as well the disabilities I developed while in the Army) is becoming worn out.
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