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Ways & Means - No Cure for Tourette’s, but…

Posted by preciouschild

August 21, 2008 |

The goals of treating Tourette Syndrome should not be to completely eliminate all the tics and other symptoms that a patient has, but to relieve tic-related discomfort or embarrassment and to achieve a control of Tourette Syndrome symptoms that allows the patient to function as normally as possible.

Tourette Syndrome Tics only require treatment when they interfere with the functioning of the patient.

There are holistic medications on the market as well, but there is no cure for Tourette’s, and nothing has been proven to take away the spasms altogether. Some sufferers of Tourette’s, just as ADHD sufferers, will take their medications during the week, but don’t take it on weekends or during times when their creativty is required or during part or the whole of summer.

On A Personal Note:
My son has been on a large dose of Risperdal for over six years. Because he is shy and withers under the teasing of fellow classmates, trying to control his tics was, in a huge part, for social reasons. We just began homeschooling this year (8th grade) with the intent of lowering the dosage or even, one day, completely cutting it out. I introduced him to a local weatherman who has gone public with his personal battle with the disease. More on the weatherman in tomorrow’s post.


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