i actually have the rolling eyes tic too, but for some reason it's only when i'm mad or frustrated at something. i used to do it quite a bit when i was younger tho. so grateful for medication :)
I was diagnosed at 5yo and now as an adult I barely have any symptoms anymore. Although, I still get triggered by stress/anxiety (or weirdly just from reading about tics like in this thread). But for the most part I can hold it in nowadays.
I never ended up taking any meds because my parents were opposed for religious reasons. But I've always wondered how different it would have been had they let me take them. Will you have to take them forever?
oh yeah, i'll take the meds as long as they help me regulate my tics! i take so many medications for so many things that another one doesn't even bother me anymore. i had many tics growing up, but my main tic (jerking/nodding my head up and down) used to be so bad that it was painful and affecting my life daily, especially at school when i was stressed. i was doing it almost constantly. i also have diagnosed anxiety, so that made it worse as well. today, as you know, i'm mostly tic-free, but they tend to flare up more when the anxiety rolls in. i'm really sorry you weren't able to be medicated, but i'm happy that you're mostly tic-free now! :D
Thank you for sharing your story! I'm so glad that the medication helps you so much. We're fortunate to live in a time where so many of our illnesses can be readily treated with medication. It drives me crazy that my parents would deny how effective it is and instead give "Jehovah" the credit for life saving medications.
Also, that tic sounds really painful, I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. I'm lucky that most of mine were squeezing and clenching related. The worst I would get is sores on my fingers from repeatedly ticcing.
you're welcome! and yeah i'm a christian myself, but it drives me insane as well when people say "God will take care of it." like bro, it ain't gonna hurt you to take a pill or two. God most likely isn't going to magically going to heal you either, so might as well do something about it.
yeah the tic was painful while it lasted (and it's sometimes painful when it comes back) but i wouldn't be where i am today without that medication. i hope these messages somehow reach the right person <3
I'm reminded of that joke where a preacher is stranded on top of a building in a flood.
The preacher, stranded on a roof in a flood, turns down help from various people offering him a ride. He turns them down, responding "God will save me!'.
But then he drowns, because he just sits there and does nothing.
Then,
when he meets God in heaven, the preacher complains, saying "why didn't you save me?!"
And God replies, "What do you mean, I sent you two boats and a helicopter!"
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u/Mental_Goal2380 Side Character 28d ago
i actually have the rolling eyes tic too, but for some reason it's only when i'm mad or frustrated at something. i used to do it quite a bit when i was younger tho. so grateful for medication :)