Ed's Tourette's

Hi Gang! Sorry for the unintentional hiatus. I admit that I've been enjoying not plumbing the depths of my soul for content for this blog, but I've definitely missed sitting down and writing. From now on, I think I'll only be posting when I actually have something to say instead of trying to post twice a week. I hope that this way, I'll be able to post more compelling stories and thoughts so reading my blog is actually worth your time. I've had a few lame entries of late. I want to make sure that when I look back on this in a few years time, I'm proud of what I wrote instead of being proud that I stuck to an arbitrary schedule. Also it was silly of me to decide I would post the same nights as prime time NFL games. It's been an interesting experience not posting and mostly not Tweeting. I think we can all agree that there's a relationship between tic severity and thinking about our Tourette's and our comorbids. For the most part, I've been prett

I mentioned in an earlier post entitled  "Meds"  that I'd decided to cease trying to find a medical solution for dealing with my tics. Not long after, someone who I'm not inclined to brush off without a second thought procured some CBD oil for me. I say "procured" like it's something shady, but it's not. Stuff is totally legal. It's like the O'Doul's of pot. I said I'd try it for five days to see if anything changed, so I did. I'm sad to report that it didn't do anything for me, though I've seen people on Facebook and Twitter who'd swear on their lives that CBD oil is the only thing that makes living with Tourette's bearable. It's possible that I was taking too low of a dose or what I was using wasn't concentrated enough, but I sure didn't notice a change. Maybe I just need some of that sweet, sweet THC to take the edge off my TS, I dunno. I happened across a workplace conversation about the legalizat

First, a happy (?) International Disabled Persons Day to anyone who might be taking part. I've met a ton of amazing disabled people online since I started doing this, and I feel incredibly lucky to have been taken in, of a sort. I don't consider my case of Tourette's to be a disability, but one thing I've learned is that you just never know what a person is dealing with inside his head. I have developed no talent for segways. I've been thinking about tic suppression a lot lately. Mostly, I've been wondering if when I'm feeling like I'm having a good tic day, if that's actually a good tic day or if my brain is doing a really good job of subconsciously suppressing them. Is that even a worthwhile differentiation? I know that I can tamp down my right middle finger tic, and also once I realize I'm ticcing pretty consistently, I can bring them under control for at least a little while. I think people with TS develop sort of social survival mechanis