The Genetics of Tourette Syndrome

I made this video to answer a question about genetics. Because of my tics, the question took a bit longer to answer than I had anticipated. Sorry about that. I will be refilming soon with graphics and more planned topic progression. But please comment and rate so I know there is interest.

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The Advantages of Tourette Syndrome

I made this video primarily for my fellow Touretters out there. Some of you may have, have had, or will have bad days. When you do, keep this in mind. There are advantages, and remembering them will help you get through the bad days. If you have TS, please post how it has been advantagious in your comment.

And please rate and subscribe.

The Book: “Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat,” by Oliver Sacks.

For more great educational videos on Tourette Syndrome, check out my other videos and those by IsThisTourettes.

Thank you for watching!

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Something is Ticcing Me Off

Tic tic tic tic tic tic tic tic CHIME!

So, if any of you have any questions, or any particular topics you’d like me to cover in a video, please let me know. You can send me a message through YouTube, subscribe, Friend me, whatever. And if you have any videos of you doing your tics, you can even post them as a video response to this video.

Thanks for watching!

Duration : 0:3:18

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As requested, some recommended reading in the form of a book called ‘Tictionary: A Reference Guide to the World of Tourette Syndrome, Asperger Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for Parents and Professionals’ by Becky Ottinger.

The second half of the video is some important advice to all parents and carers of any children who suffer from rage attacks. I speak from experience as the sufferer. (When I say ‘for the rest of their lives,’ from my own personal experience I obviously can only say ‘for many years’ but it has had a deep impact on my and keeps haunting me when I feel really down.

Sorry the lighting isn’t very good and that my head is half cut off!

None of my videos are for sympathy, just for education.

This is not a comedy. If you are looking for something to laugh at, please go elsewhere.

If you have any (polite, respectful, genuine, mature) questions, please go ahead and ask and I’ll do my best to try and answer them for you :)

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I’ve wanted to do this for a while - a visual represenation of what I feel (not see) all the time and how I touch things (or ‘distance touch’ things - see videos ‘Complex phantom tics’ and ‘Synesthesia relating to Tourette’s’) in order to ‘even things up’ and try to get rid of the ‘patches of tension’ (phantom tics).

Please note: this is an overly-simplified version. It’s far, far more complicated (and uncomfortable) than balancing circles!

I would have done a much better job of showing the ‘patches’, but this is as good as my video editing software will allow me to make it.

(But why did I do it on an Airwolf DVD boxset? lol)

This is not a comedy. If you are looking for something to laugh at, please go elsewhere.

If you have any (polite, respectful, genuine, mature) questions, please go ahead and ask and I’ll do my best to try and answer them for you :)

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There’s always someone else

Just another video of me blathering on about tics and stuff lol

This time I’m saying thank you to the two people who told me that they ‘distance touch’ things too and telling everyone that there’s probably always at least one other person who has the same odd tic/compulsion as you and that you are not alone!

Now that I’ve said that, there’s not much point in the video! lol

This is not a comedy. If you are looking for something to laugh at, please go elsewhere.

If you have any (polite, respectful, genuine, mature) questions, please go ahead and ask and I’ll do my best to try and answer them for you :)

Duration : 0:2:31

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Tonic, clonic, dystonic

Sounds like an advert for floor cleaner!

It’s actually a video with descriptions and demonstrations of tonic, clonic and dystonic motor tics.

This is not a comedy. If you are looking for something to laugh at, please go elsewhere.

If you have any (polite, respectful, genuine, mature) questions, please go ahead and ask and I’ll do my best to try and answer them for you :)

Duration : 0:2:49

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It takes time to balance the brain, strengthen the weak areas and eliminate tics, hyperactivity and attention deficits.

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Inside Tourette Syndrome (movie trailer)

In this documentary, the inner symptoms of Tourette syndrome are revealed and openly discussed by people who experience them every day.

How does it feel to tic? Why can’t a person stop ticcing? What causes vocal outbursts and other extreme tics? Are motor and vocal tics truly involuntary? What is going on inside one’s mind during obsessions and compulsions?

These questions are answered in detail and much more is revealed about this mysterious disorder as six individuals with TS take the audience far into the Tourettic mind.

Film website: http://tourettemovie.info

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Facial tics a year ago

Some of my facial tics a year ago while playing on my Game Boy.

This is not for sympathy, just for education.

This is not a comedy. If you are looking for something to laugh at, please go elsewhere.

If you have any (polite, respectful, genuine, mature) questions, please go ahead and ask and I’ll do my best to try and answer them for you :)

Duration : 0:0:21

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