Bay Area
Question:
Hello. I am writing to this newsgroup because I have full fledged Tourette’s and I have yet to meet anybody else with TS. (I also have I personally live in LA but I spend most of my time in the Bay Area because I go to UC Berkeley. Are there any other Cal students reading this? I know other people with TS go to Cal because I am working with the Disabled Students Program. However, I cannot get their names because DSP has to keep that stuff confidental. I would like to start support group of some kind in the Bay area and also perhaps a big brother type program. I myself have had lot of problems recently and I was just hospitalized for TS and depression. I used to refuse any neuroleptic medication because I am very concerned about Tardia Dyskinesia. However, I am now taking Zyprexa and hopefully that will help me.
Response:
"Just another lurker" <ishan…@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:9c8cbe5c.0201010405.4ccfd08b@posting.google.com… I used to refuse any neuroleptic medication > because I am very concerned about Tardia Dyskinesia.
Tardive Dyskinesia is rare in the small dosages used for Tourettes. Then again, just the general side effects of neuroleptics is enough to make one pause. :)) Jodi
Response:
‘Twas 1 Jan 2002 04:05:24 -0800 when the wise and venerated ishan…@hotmail.com (Just another lurker) enlightened alt.support.tourette with these thought provoking words: >Are there any other Cal students reading this? I know other people >with TS go to Cal because I am working with the Disabled Students >Program. However, I cannot get their names because DSP has to keep >that stuff confidental.
Maybe you could start a Tourette support group through the university. That might help people find you through that confidentiality. The DSP could send all the students with TS invitations to the support group. — RB |
