0

I don’t have anyone like me in my life

My grandma, who is one of my best friends, showed me this website. I was excited that people like me can share stories and talk about our experiences together. I longed to have a spot on the website so I can do the same!

Tourette’s Syndrome affects my life because when I was about 6 years old, my mom noticed some eye blinking and throat clearing behaviors, not knowing they were tics. It’s stopped for a while, but resurfaced when I hit about 12.

Ever since I was in third grade, I stuttered. My speech was sometimes so bad I couldn’t get out sentences. That also stopped for a while, but has always found a way to come back. Around the time my tics appeared again, my stutter was in full swing, and hasn’t stopped since. I am now 14.

My mom was worried about me and was always looking up possibilities that could be causing these tics and my stutter. She thought it might be Tourette’s Syndrome, and I was in denial. I didn’t know what to do. This went on for years — no diagnosis, bad stutter, and tics. I’ve always had Tourette’s like symptoms as well — couldn’t ever fall asleep, OCD, as well as general anxiety and depression.

All still impact my life, and it’s very hard to deal with. So this past November, I went to University of Michigan to find out what’s happening to my body. The neurologist told us that I had Tourette’s Syndrome, and having a name to what was going on felt relieving, yet, I also was at a loss for where to go from there.

The neurologist also told me that my stutter was something along the lines of a vocal tic. It’s all connected in some way. So, being on this blog website would be a release for me to talk to other people like me, since I don’t have anyone like me in my life.

SHARE THIS POST

BridgetS

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *