Tourette Canada Support Forum

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Forum for newcomers Say Hi! Let us know you're here.

Off Topic discussions between members of our TS Community. Getting to know each other "across the fence"

General discussions about your issues and a place to vent when you need to.

Symptoms and Causes of Tourette Syndrome and support resources

Questions about medications, therapies, or the various health professionals to treat Tourette Syndrome and related disorders

Descriptions and discussion of "mental tics" and disorders like OCD, ADHD sometimes associated with Tourette Syndrome

Combatting stigma and discrimination: sorting out the myths from the facts; and stories of hope, achievment, and inmspiration

Scientific reports and ongoing reseach into Tourette Syndrome and related disorders which may or may not impact the future of the disorder

Discussion of Tourette Tics in general What is a tic? Simple vs Complex.

Descriptions and discussion of Tourette tics involving the head, neck, face except vocal tics.

Descriptions and discussion of tics with arms, legs, hands, feet, fingers and toes

Description and discussion of tics of the torso including the abdomen, shoulders, breathing etc.

Description and discussion of Vocal Tics Including Sounds and Words. Repeated words and phrases (echolalia)as well as swearing and obsenities (coprolalia) WARNING: the purpose of discussing coprolalia is intended to provide a better understanding of this manifestation of Tourette Syndrome. Though explicit language is tolerated, it's use must be limited to illustrate the tic. Flagrant use of obsenity will not be tolerated and inappropriate postings will be removed.

Discussion group for parents of children with Tourette and related disorders

Discussion group for teens and uoung adults with Tourette Syndrome.

A board for teens to talk about non-TS related issues.

Discussion group for adults with Tourette Syndrome