Tourette's

Hi! My name is Avi, and I live with chronic illness (hEDS, MCAS, POTS, endo, etc.) and mental illness/neurodivergence (OCD, Tourettes, early onset Schizoaffective Disorder (Bipolar 2 type), etc.). I'm looking for a community that understands and empathises with what I'm going through, or I suppose just a place I can share my experience and get real feedback from people who are going through the same things I am. I'm new to Mighty as well, so if there's anything I should know, please tell me. Thank you! #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #MastCellActivationDisorder #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #ChronicIllness #MentalHealth

Tourette’s Syndrome

Tourette's Syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is often characterized by sudden, repetitive, involuntary movements and sounds called tics. These tics can range from simple, like eye blinking or throat clearing, to more complex, such as jumping or uttering words and phrases. On the other hand, symptoms of Tourette’s Syndrome appear in childhood and have no care. The good thing is that there are treatments for this syndrome like medication and behavioral therapy can help manage them.

#SensoryProcessingDisorder

Timeline of the onset of symptoms that I experienced and suffered
• 2012: See R-BO/A-BO(on Indonesian in television)
• 2017: Concerned about mental depictions.
• 2018: Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things, thoughts must be in accordance with thoughts (not OCD).
• 2019: Starting to make illogical thoughts, Concerned about mental depictions of 3D people in real visuals or mental depictions of real people in 3D/animated visuals (not hallucinating and that makes it difficult for me to play games and watch animated films/cartoons).
• 2021: Concerned about People Wearing Skirts in everyday life
• 2022: Mentioning the year (thousands), people say "ya" in Javanese.
• 2023: People Smoking (this year I received treatment from a psychiatrist and my doctor said that I had severe anxiety (not in accordance with what I experienced and suffered) after receiving treatment my condition got worse! • 2024: Having a problem with people wearing watches on their left/right hand (should they be worn on the left or not emotional reactions and illogical thoughts will appear in my mind/brain.

Symptoms of the condition I suffer from:
• Strong emotional and cognitive reactions to the following (triggers):
1. People Smoking
2. Wearing a skirt in everyday life
3. Saying "ya" (engge) in Javanese
4. People speaking regional languages ​​in Indonesia
5. Seeing R-BO on Television (depending on the language used)
6. Seeing gecko droppings
7. Seeing Women as advertising stars
8. Seeing online advertisements
9. Saying thousands of years in Indonesian
10. Wearing a watch on the right..

• Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals are stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things.
• Problematizing visual depictions (not hallucinations) of real people in the 3D visual world or animated 3D people in the real visual world followed by emotional and cognitive reactions.
• Cognitive reactions in the form of illogical thoughts (not schizophrenia, delusions, delusions or psychosis), cognitive distortion.
• Thoughts must be in accordance with certain things otherwise emotional and cognitive reactions will occur (this is not OCD or OCPD disorder) • If faced with things that trigger emotional and cognitive reactions from before then the reaction will not be too much (example: Seeing people smoking in 1991 will not trigger emotional and cognitive reactions as much as in 2024-2025)! (please note: applies to all existing triggers) • Problematizing mental representations • Crying over things like the following: • Dead animals • Lesser known games • People dying • Events (war, disaster, accident) • Thought and cognitive reactions that sometimes repeat themselves in my brain (still not OCD) • If faced with things that are the opposite of the triggers then the emotional cognitive reaction will decrease along with the mind being aware!

• Please note:
1. The symptoms mentioned above are not part of schizophrenia, psychosis, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, multiple personality, autism, Asperger's syndrome or Tourette's syndrome
2. Are the things described above indicative of a rare/lesser known disorder?
3. Triggers that are reacted to by emotional cognitive can be random!

And i'm from Indonesia

#NeurodevelopmentalDisorders

Timeline of the onset of symptoms that I experienced and suffered
• 2012: See R-BO/A-BO.
• 2017: Concerned about mental depictions.
• 2018: Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things, thoughts must be in accordance with thoughts (not OCD).
• 2019: Starting to make illogical thoughts, Concerned about mental depictions of 3D people in real visuals or mental depictions of real people in 3D/animated visuals (not hallucinating and that makes it difficult for me to play games and watch animated films/cartoons).
• 2021: Concerned about People Wearing Skirts in everyday life
• 2022: Mentioning the year (thousands), people say "ya" in Javanese.
• 2023: People Smoking (this year I received treatment from a psychiatrist and my doctor said that I had severe anxiety (not in accordance with what I experienced and suffered) after receiving treatment my condition got worse! • 2024: Having a problem with people wearing watches on their left/right hand (should they be worn on the left or not emotional reactions and illogical thoughts will appear in my mind/brain.

Symptoms of the condition I suffer from:
• Strong emotional and cognitive reactions to the following (triggers):
1. People Smoking
2. Wearing a skirt in everyday life
3. Saying "ya" (engge) in Javanese
4. People speaking regional languages ​​in Indonesia
5. Seeing R-BO on Television (depending on the language used)
6. Seeing gecko droppings
7. Seeing Women as advertising stars
8. Seeing online advertisements
9. Saying thousands of years in Indonesian
10. Wearing a watch on the right..

• Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals are stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things.
• Problematizing visual depictions (not hallucinations) of real people in the 3D visual world or animated 3D people in the real visual world followed by emotional and cognitive reactions.
• Cognitive reactions in the form of illogical thoughts (not schizophrenia, delusions, delusions or psychosis), cognitive distortion.
• Thoughts must be in accordance with certain things otherwise emotional and cognitive reactions will occur (this is not OCD or OCPD disorder) • If faced with things that trigger emotional and cognitive reactions from before then the reaction will not be too much (example: Seeing people smoking in 1991 will not trigger emotional and cognitive reactions as much as in 2024-2025)! (please note: applies to all existing triggers) • Problematizing mental representations • Crying over things like the following: • Dead animals • Lesser known games • People dying • Events (war, disaster, accident) • Thought and cognitive reactions that sometimes repeat themselves in my brain (still not OCD) • If faced with things that are the opposite of the triggers then the emotional cognitive reaction will decrease along with the mind being aware!

• Please note:
1. The symptoms mentioned above are not part of schizophrenia, psychosis, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, multiple personality, autism, Asperger's syndrome or Tourette's syndrome
2. Are the things described above indicative of a rare/lesser known disorder?
3. Triggers that are reacted to by emotional cognitive can be random!

I have consulted with four doctors and they said that what I am suffering from is schizophrenia even though the condition I am suffering from is different from common psychiatric conditions and I have felt it since I was 3-7 years old?

Timeline of the onset of symptoms that I experienced and suffered
• 2012: See R-BO/A-BO(on Indonesian in television)
• 2017: Concerned about mental depictions.
• 2018: Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things, thoughts must be in accordance with thoughts (not OCD).
• 2019: Starting to make illogical thoughts, Concerned about mental depictions of 3D people in real visuals or mental depictions of real people in 3D/animated visuals (not hallucinating and that makes it difficult for me to play games and watch animated films/cartoons).
• 2021: Concerned about People Wearing Skirts in everyday life
• 2022: Mentioning the year (thousands), people say "ya" in Javanese.
• 2023: People Smoking (this year I received treatment from a psychiatrist and my doctor said that I had severe anxiety (not in accordance with what I experienced and suffered) after receiving treatment my condition got worse! • 2024: Having a problem with people wearing watches on their left/right hand (should they be worn on the left or not emotional reactions and illogical thoughts will appear in my mind/brain.

Symptoms of the condition I suffer from:
• Strong emotional and cognitive reactions to the following (triggers):
1. People Smoking
2. Wearing a skirt in everyday life
3. Saying "ya" (engge) in Javanese
4. People speaking regional languages ​​in Indonesia
5. Seeing R-BO on Television (depending on the language used)
6. Seeing gecko droppings
7. Seeing Women as advertising stars
8. Seeing online advertisements
9. Saying thousands of years in Indonesian
10. Wearing a watch on the right..

• Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals are stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things.
• Problematizing visual depictions (not hallucinations) of real people in the 3D visual world or animated 3D people in the real visual world followed by emotional and cognitive reactions.
• Cognitive reactions in the form of illogical thoughts (not schizophrenia, delusions, delusions or psychosis), cognitive distortion.
• Thoughts must be in accordance with certain things otherwise emotional and cognitive reactions will occur (this is not OCD or OCPD disorder) • If faced with things that trigger emotional and cognitive reactions from before then the reaction will not be too much (example: Seeing people smoking in 1991 will not trigger emotional and cognitive reactions as much as in 2024-2025)! (please note: applies to all existing triggers) • Problematizing mental representations • Crying over things like the following: • Dead animals • Lesser known games • People dying • Events (war, disaster, accident) • Thought and cognitive reactions that sometimes repeat themselves in my brain (still not OCD) • If faced with things that are the opposite of the triggers then the emotional cognitive reaction will decrease along with the mind being aware!

• Please note:
1. The symptoms mentioned above are not part of schizophrenia, psychosis, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, multiple personality, autism, Asperger's syndrome or Tourette's syndrome
2. Are the things described above indicative of a rare/lesser known disorder?
3. Triggers that are reacted to by emotional cognitive can be random!

And i'm from Indonesia

Hi, my name is Nashnest. I'm here because our 11 yr old autistic son has recently been diagnosed with Dysautonomia. We want to know more about it and how best to support him along with his other diagnosis of ADHD & Tourette's.

#MightyTogether

Its been a while since ive posted but i thought that i wiuld just answer some of my FAQs that i get :)

1. Does everyone with tourettes swear?
The swearing tics are actually called coprolalia and coprolalia only occurs in about 10-12 percent of people with tourettes syndrome!

2.can people with tourettes control their tics?
Not really. Some of us can supress for a short time but its like breathing. You can hold your breath for a short while but you cant just stop breathing.

3.Do tics ever go away?
Yes, alot of tics, especially the ones that children commonly develop, actually just go away, but tourettes syndrome is a chronic condition (tourettes is a type of disorder that causes tics, you can have tics and not tourettes) and whilst the tics can wax and wane, as well as you can pick up some tics and some will go away, You cant just temporarily have tourettes syndrome.

4.is tourettes rare
Alot of people dont believe me when i say this, but to have tics is quite common, especially in childhood years. But Tourettes Syndrome itself is more common than people think, it is estimated that 1 in 100 people have tourettes syndrome but it just goes commonly undiagnosed.

5. Do you tic in your sleep?
Yes, i do, although this may not be the case for every person with tourettes syndrome

Recently diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, PTSD, Bipolar Depression, Tourette's. I hate me. I've been doing fairly well at staying out of the darkness but today my tics are out of this world, and it is giving me this constant reminder of how not normal I am and how I will never live a normal life. I can never go in public and be comfortable. And when i am uncomfortable, they are worse. So, then I am stuck in these four walls, looking out the window wishing I wasn't trapped. It's a cycle. The worst.

Hi,

I've recently been diagnosed with ADHD, Bipolar Depression, OCD, PTSD, and Tourette syndrome. -I know, I am a walking dumpster fire-

I can tell that both my neurologist and psychiatrist are very unsure how to go about medicating me. I can't take ADHD meds without setting my Tourette in HIGH GEAR, and my bipolar meds work to stabilize my moods and "suppress" my Tourette's, but they don't do anything to help my ADHD which drives me bonkers. I can't focus on anything, and when I do I hyper fixate on one thing for days at a time and everything else is in the shadows and neglected.

I don't honestly know why I am even posting here, maybe I'm looking for something else to hyper fixate on or maybe I'm just looking for someone to relate or give me tips on coping skills. I hate being medicated in general, I'd rather feel intense emotions than nothing at all.

I keep looking for ways to make my tourettes worse, and i keep looking for ways to make my life worse, wondering if anyone knows whats wrong with me? Or can relate?

im constantly watching videos that trigger my tics and i dont know why, its like im addicted to it. I am always not drinking, not eating properly, but on purpose to hurt myself. Does anyone relate?