Just Diagnosed? Again
Question:
Thank You to the couple of helpful suggestions I got to my 1st ever Question we posted. But I did not understand why any of you think you have the right to judge whether my Family should be "Devastated" or not. None of you know what our circumstances are! I did not ask for a Debate I asked for Support!
Response:
TIGGERISHY wrote: > Thank You to the couple of helpful suggestions I got to my 1st ever Question we > posted. But I did not understand why any of you think you have the right to > judge whether my Family should be "Devastated" or not. None of you know what > our circumstances are! I did not ask for a Debate I asked for Support!
Tiggerishy, I hope thinking of it like this will help … You walk into the middle of a busy meeting that has already been going on for several hours, and everyone knows each other, and lots of conversations are going on already about many different topics — some of them related to what you want to ask about. You ask your question. The normal flow of conversation continues, some people answer your question directly, others indirectly, but the conversation goes off in many different directions as well. It doesn’t mean that people are being judgmental … just that the normal dynamics of conversation are continuing … and some of those conversations continued in directions they were already going when you walked into the room 
I hope you can find support among the "debate," because there are some kernels of wisdom in among that "debate" … or maybe you can even think of the "debate" as part of the support? I don’t think anyone meant to judge you, but I am sorry if you were left feeling that way Please do stick with us and get to know us … — Tourette Syndrome – Now What? http://members.home.net/tourettenowwhat
Response:
i am new to this "post" stuff, but i will say that you and your family have every right to be devastated by the diagnosis. there is so much i want to say, it would take forever, but i will try to make it short. i am 41, self-diagnosed in 1991, after reading a letter in ann landers, and i was devastated. after hiding symptoms all my life, and being ridiculed by unkind people, i was devastated to find out there was a name for my condition, and angry that no one had known, and i had to cope w/all that misery by myself. after about 9 years of all the emotions and different drugs that i’ve run thru, i can almost accept ts, but it still is difficult. i only hope that an earlier diagnosis may help your child, and with support and education, and perhaps certain drugs, she will be able to live a great life! good luck, and don’t let anyone mess with you!
