I saw your post and I wanted to respond since I have Tourettes and have been in your friend's son's shoes. I took clonodine for my ADD and dexodrine for my Tourettes. I started it when I was diagnosed at about 8 years old till about 2 and half years ago at the age 25. The medication helped keep me calm and focus without making me drowsy, but didn't really help with the tics. Honestly, nothing can really help with this (except surgery). It wasn't till after I went off the meds that I realized I had issues with anxiety. For about 10 years now I have done yoga which helped with keeping my mind calm throughout the day and helps with stress (especially at night so I can sleep). A couple of months ago I started with the oils and it has changed my life. The oils help with the anxiety and constant thinking so I can get through my day. Each person is different, but I hope your friend's son doesn't give up hope. He will have a strong future if he's willing to work hard and believe in himself. If it wasn't for having a tutor, psychologist, my teachers, and supportive parents I wouldn't have been able to accomplish as much as I have. Yes, your friend's son will have a lot of hard times, but he needs to choose whether those rough times are going to make him stronger or let him fall apart.
About the bullying… since he is most likely going through puberty, the tics are the worst during this time. The best thing to do is to educate people at the school. I recommend the teachers, parent boosters, and/or student leadership team to create an ability awareness day/week. This will teach about people's various abilities and how it's okay to be different. They can have speakers come that have over-come adversity, centers on what it's like to have various disabilities (physical impairments, blindness, deafness, autism, Tourettes, etc.). I have noticed a huge difference in the schools that have done this. Students and staff are more accepting, tolerant, and less ignorant of peoples' differences at the schools that educate people on others' differences vs. those who do not.
I hope this information helps and that you pass along this information to your friend and her son. He should know he's not alone with this condition. He will have to work harder than most, but he will come out that much wiser and stronger from it. When he gets older I hope he realizes what a blessing it is to have an extra challenge in his life. It makes you a better person in the end. (Posted for Amanda from EverythingEssential.me)
On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 9:34:12 AM UTC-7, skipper wrote:
I thought I would try to ask for help again on the subject of--
Tourettes. Pat was going to try to find a protocol? Kendra I did try
to email you about this at your request but maybe I did it wrong. Any
way here is a recap. My good friends 13 year old son has developed
ticks and posturing and the medication he is on is not helping much.
Being at such a tender age, other kids tend to make fun and it is
really affecting him emotionally it is also starting to get in the way
of his normal daily function. His mother desparately wants help!
Anything? I do have the Frankincense to put on his head. Thanks,
Skipper
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