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Threads of Fleeing Thoughts

Hey, look! I still have a blog! I can even write stuff in it! It's been two months since I posted in here, and it's been two rough months with my TS. I had a toothache a while ago that piqued the interest of my Tourette's, which I'm now referring to as  Freddie Mercury . Freddie started up a new tic where I click or clack or occasionally slam together the teeth just on the right side of my mouth. It feels like the original toothache is gone, but the tic, just like the alien spaceship in Independence Day after President Whitmore ordered a nuclear strike on it, remains.  And it, my friends is a BEAST. Excepting the sharp head nod/jerk I had when I was a kid (and which, like an old friend, pops up from time to time), this is definitely my all-time worst tic. It is freaking ceaseless. It's an all day, every day kind of tic. Most of the time I have a few tic-free minutes when I wake up in the morning, but this thing is on me within seconds of waking up. I must be doing