Comments on: A Tourette’s Testimony by Garry

By: brian

brian — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:19:38 +0000

A very well written story Gary…You’ve been able to remove your mask and reveal yourself to the world as a person with tourette’s. I’m glad this makes you feel more confident and comfortable with yourself. I actually didn’t know I had tourette’s until I self-diagnosed myself later in life. My tic’s weren’t all that bad or noticable until recently, so it wasn’t a major issue with me or my family. Although I was struggling inside, I was able to conceal it or cover it up most of the time. These days I have a much harder time dealing with it, and believe stress in my life had made it worse.

By: April

April — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:47:07 +0000

Just want to say that it was great to hear your story and for reasons such as those in your story is precisely why I have already begun teaching my son to embrace his TS and not be afraid to talk or tell about it. He (and his twin brother) are eleven now and up until last year he didn’t know what he had or why he does what he does. I’ve seen a great change in his happiness and confidence since he began learning about other children and people like him. He even started a tiny blog. If you care to he would be thrilled to get any comment or messege on his weblog http://tourettesandme.wordpress.com