Hi everyone. Hope you all had a great weekend.
I would like to hopefully get some feedback from as many of you as possible.
In June of 2009, at the age of 34, I was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome. I didn't have my first tic until August of 2006. I saw a number of doctors in that time frame. Most of them had no idea what was going on with me, because, technically, you develop Tourette's in adolescence. I was told by a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic that I couldn't possibly have Tourette's.
I was initially diagnosed with Tardive Dyskinesia. But, after watching videos of other folks with TD, I realized that my tics were much different. Finally, a neurologist affiliated with Barrow Neurological Institute diagnosed me with Tourette's. To see a video of the types of tics I had back then, click here.
In the two plus years since, I've had every type of "tic" imaginable. I would smack myself on the back of the head. I would spontaneously speak in an accent. Even my migraines have been called a "tic".
Today, regardless of whether I'm on medication or not, the only tics that I seem to have are blinking, eye twitches, and face scrunches. I do them constantly. Probably over a thousand times per day.
I would like to know if anyone else has exhibited the same type of symptom. I am currently on Social Security Disability because of my "Tourette's", but the more I think about it, I think it might somehow be related to the Chiari.
In the last 31 months, I have been diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, PTSD, low testosterone, carpal tunnel syndrome, a Chiari malformation, and a pineal gland cyst. Either I'm the unluckiest guy in Arizona, or all of these things are somehow connected.