Category: Tourettes Disorder

demonic possession

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And your point in posting this discourse is ?????

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Demonic Possession Melissa A. Bromwell Belief in the possibility of demonic possession has waned since the advent of sophisticated medical knowledge. What had previously been considered to be examples of control of an individual by a spirit or devil are now commonly accepted as numerous forms of mental illness, easily explained by nervous system activity. If all types of behavior (including emotional states and cognitive states) are produced and mediated solely by the brain, there leaves no potential for such a phenomenon as demonic possession to exist and such cases would clearly be instances of various illnesses. However, neuroscience has not yet been able to explain all of the characteristics common to purported cases of demonic possession ((1). A possessed individual is typically characterized by having strange physical ailments or disfigurements; verbal outbursts, mostly obscene or sacrilegious in nature; violent behavior and vulgar behavior; bodily spasms and contortions; ability to speak languages never before studied; self-mutilation; "superhuman" abilities such as psychic abilities, abnormal strength, or an ability to perform behaviors out of the realm of human possibility such as levitation; cessation of normal bodily functions for periods of time, including breathing and heart beat; and a pronounced revulsion to symbols, places, people, objects, and ceremonies having any religious context. Other phenomena associated with the presence of a demon include an acrid stench; marked decrease in the temperature of the room which a possessed individual occupies; writing appearing out of nowhere; sounds and voices arising from nowhere; and objects moving on their own and destruction of objects in the room, without anyone having laid a hand upon them ((2), (3). Despite the striking quality of this description, the expansion of the fields of medicine and psychology has led to diagnoses other than demonic possession for individuals who present circumstances similar to those mentioned above. These sorts of cases are now readily explained in terms of abnormal functioning in the brain and nervous system. There are various disorders which may mimic demonic possession; these include schizophrenia (and other periods of psychosis), dissociative identity disorder, and Tourette syndrome ((4). Schizophrenia is characterized by the presence of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, affective flattening or inappropriate emotional responses, avolition, and alogia. General psychotic episodes, such as might accompany mood disorders, can also closely simulate a state of demonic possession by hallucinations or delusions. The delusions can be ones of thought insertion, thought broadcasting, delusions of guilt, delusions of grandeur, such as being God (or a demon), or delusions that God (or a demon) is speaking to the person and giving commands for a special mission (5). The resemblance between several of these criteria and demonic possession is rather striking. The inappropriate emotional displays seen in psychoses correspond to those frequently documented in cases of demonic possession where the possessed individual expresses either flattened affect or outbursts of extreme affects; a possessed individual will often laugh at situations which are morbid, such as injury to another individual, or crying and screaming when there appears to be no appropriate stimulus for such a response, such as being presented with a crucifix or holy water (6). Psychosis is generally thought of as a break with reality; society will frequently consider individuals who believe themselves to be possessed as delusional and not "in touch with reality." An individual who appears to be possessed and claims to be a demon may be viewed as suffering from a delusion of grandeur. Family members and friends caring for possessed individuals can become extremely disturbed by the state in which the individuals present themselves and often request an exorcism as a last resort. One might think of this as an example of Folie

Horror story, of shy male. must read

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cb <gilesmcmur…@yahoo.com> wrote: > If you take accountability to solve your problems (your REAL problems, > which is to start feeding your confidence and stop letting your > weaknesses take over you), you can succeed.

Well, theoretically, that’s nice.  It’s pretty hard to have confiedence when you have absolutely no success to back it up. > >> I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my > >> life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would > >> cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My > >7) Would rather die than change. > I say this guy should just get a sexual therapist/surrogate and reduce > his fears of women, or just do some other kind of therapy.  The way I

I actually have made *some* progress in the past couple of years.  I remember how several times, the first time I really started trying to talk to a girl, my face turned red, my pulse soared, and I was visibly nervous. Now, I can make small talk with them (sometimes, when I can force myself) without it being a big deal.  And I did finally manage to ask a girl out, even though it took me forever and didn’t work out.  Anyway, all this does is prove to me how pathetic I am and how much the odds are against me of actually having any success because they simply aren’t interested, no matter what I do.

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Charlie <AnonAi…@yahoo.com> wrote: > like.  It helps if you actually LIKE the thing.  However, I might take > cooking classes, just because cooking decently would be a nice skill to > have.

Yeh.  Get to meet a bunch of women who constantly complain about cooking for their husbands and boyfriends, yet, they won’t be the slightest bit interested in you.  How fun.

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i think maybe this was a bit harsh, apologies "Mr. Teatime" <mr_teatime…@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:QxNI9.2987$dr4.27250877@news-text.cableinet.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> #1 You’re very unhelpful > #2 You’re annoying > #3 I don’t think you really read or understood what the guy was saying > #4 Unless someone is very mentally ill, I think that everyone tries > consciously or unconsciously to improve their life.

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#1 You’re very unhelpful #2 You’re annoying #3 I don’t think you really read or understood what the guy was saying #4 Unless someone is very mentally ill, I think that everyone tries consciously or unconsciously to improve their life.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -jdobbs2…@yahoo.com (john dobbs) wrote in message <news:9e63d1b0.0212072232.260050f6@posting.google.com>… > From:  "lonerx1" <lonerx1@y…> > Date:  Fri May 3, 2002  11:10 pm > Subject:  My horror story (don’t let this happen to YOU) > Well, I probably am outside even the bounds of this group with my > situation. Briefly (like anyone cares) here is my story. > I am a 47 year old male. Never had sex…never even KISSED a woman > before. Nothing physically wrong with me, and I am "fully > functional". I have always masturbated regularly with no problem. > I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. > Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in > me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be > extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I > can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always > shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly". > One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. > As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women > that I am attracted to. > The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so > different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with > computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a > Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests. Also, I am a > hard-core Atheist, who was brought up as a strict Catholic. Was even > going to enter the Priesthood at 14 years of age, because I figured > that no one would ever want me. So, my problems run VERY deep for a > long time > I am fairly successful in my work. I am Systems analyst at a major > company, and make about 50k/yr. So, I am NOT a deadbeat, and that is > not the issue here. I am confident in my abilities at work, but > around women I have NO self-esteem at all. I’ll stop with > the "issues" here, as this is more than enough to give an idea of my > situation. > I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my > life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would > cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My > Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother > has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would > have ended my misery. > Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading > this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only > gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no > longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for > you. > Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who > thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s > a living hell.

I hate to tell you this, but your issues range beyond mere shyness or involuntary celibacy. One, you place way too much on being involuntarily celibate. Lots of people are for extremely long periods of time. Why are you so bothered? Because you are alone? Because you feel without a woman you can’t be complete, that your life is worthless? Since you’ve never had a woman, how can you tell? If you don’t know why you are so distressed by your situation – and, no, it is not ‘objectively’ so distressing – perhaps you need counseling of some kind. Two, IF the matter is so important to you – go to a sex surrogate. You’ll stop being a virgin in no time. The money doesn’t seem to be a problem for you, so why not go? Since you are 47, and haven’t done this yet (and don’t tell me you’ve never THOUGHT about it; or at least thought about prostitutes, etc.) – I can’t help but wonder why. I sincerely believe that if these two issues were clearer in your life, you might truly understand what you need in order to feel better. – Thoughtcube

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"Mr. Teatime" <mr_teatime…@hotmail.com> wrote in message <news:QxNI9.2987$dr4.27250877@news-text.cableinet.net>… > #1 You’re very unhelpful > #2 You’re annoying > #3 I don’t think you really read or understood what the guy was saying > #4 Unless someone is very mentally ill, I think that everyone tries > consciously or unconsciously to improve their life.

Yeah, everyone fights tooth and nail to improve their lot. Blaming attitude is bs.

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> I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. > Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in > me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be > extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I > can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always > shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly". > One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. > As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women > that I am attracted to.

I’ve seen plenty of ugly guys with attractive women.  I don’t know what height-weight ratios are "ideally", but I know it’s possible to change it. I’ve done it before. > The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so > different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with > computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a > Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests.

Yeah, those are all very male interests.  It’s quite possible to get interested in new things, though.  Except TV, I think that’s pretty gender neutral.  Of course, watching TV doesn’t exactly get you out meeting people. Take a cooking class, or a dance class, or get interested in something women like.  It helps if you actually LIKE the thing.  However, I might take cooking classes, just because cooking decently would be a nice skill to have.

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On 08 Dec 2002 22:09:13 GMT, kitzneg…@aol.com (kitznegari) wrote: >wry said: >>It’s not even the celibacy part that bothers me.  It’s knowing that no one >>is the slightest bit interested in even knowing you, let alone caring about >>you, that really hurts. >ouch :(  that image just sucks too much to mention.

Yeah, you’re lucky if you haven’t felt like that for the majority of your life.  I can only thank God that part of my life is finally over with.  It’s like the worst pain in the world.  And you know what, other people just try to trivialize it, like "oh, you’ll be ok" or something stupid like that.  No, it won’t be ok.  And even if through some miracle things do turn out, you still have this big mental scar left on you.  Only people who understand this feeling that i have found are in this ng. For celibacy, sure sex is great and i understand the frustration of never having it.  I mean if I was 47, I figure I’ve waited long enough… I’d go out of my way to have it just to experience it once (hooker, perhaps).  I know it’s not much, but it’d be nice for at least a bit.  It wouldn’t solve your lonliness, of course, which is 100 times much worse than the frustration of being a virgin.

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"kitznegari" <kitzneg…@aol.com> wrote in message

news:20021208171508.08422.00000201@mb-bh.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> MnR said: > >> This is why we must show no mercy to females. Take every opportunity > >> to make their lives a living hell. Read all of darkfalz’s posts and > >> learn. > >Heh, darkfalz is our yoda. > Maybe that’s why he left… he couldn’t stand to be the one who fueled, focused > and enabled your hate any longer.  He’s a good person, dark is… he was just > messed up for a while, he was venting, and now he’s back to realizing that > women and men are BOTH good, and you people are still using his past hatred as > a weapon.  I don’t think he was proud of his history of hate anymore… but you > people are too foolish to learn from the GOOD that he did.  It’s a shame. If > nothing else, it’s a testimony to me that no matter how bad and full of hate > you’ve gotten, you can always go back. > kitznegari… the penniless sitar player > http://spinning_plates.tripod.com

I think its all that internal hatered which is reflected in the person and scares away any potential mate.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -z…@pacific.net wrote in message <news:kRJI9.87$15.41@www.newsranger.com>… > In article <b3f99f5c.0212080238.7f9ca…@posting.google.com>, banhappinesspills > says… > >jdobbs2…@yahoo.com (john dobbs) wrote in message <news:9e63d1b0.0212072232.260050f6@posting.google.com>… > >> From:  "lonerx1" <lonerx1@y…> > >> Date:  Fri May 3, 2002  11:10 pm > >> Subject:  My horror story (don’t let this happen to YOU) > >> Well, I probably am outside even the bounds of this group with my > >> situation. Briefly (like anyone cares) here is my story. > >> I am a 47 year old male. Never had sex…never even KISSED a woman > >> before. Nothing physically wrong with me, and I am "fully > >> functional". I have always masturbated regularly with no problem. > >> I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. > >> Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in > >> me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be > >> extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I > >> can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always > >> shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly". > >> One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. > >> As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women > >> that I am attracted to. > >> The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so > >> different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with > >> computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a > >> Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests. Also, I am a > >> hard-core Atheist, who was brought up as a strict Catholic. Was even > >> going to enter the Priesthood at 14 years of age, because I figured > >> that no one would ever want me. So, my problems run VERY deep for a > >> long time > >> I am fairly successful in my work. I am Systems analyst at a major > >> company, and make about 50k/yr. So, I am NOT a deadbeat, and that is > >> not the issue here. I am confident in my abilities at work, but > >> around women I have NO self-esteem at all. I’ll stop with > >> the "issues" here, as this is more than enough to give an idea of my > >> situation. > >> I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my > >> life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would > >> cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My > >> Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother > >> has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would > >> have ended my misery. > >> Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading > >> this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only > >> gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no > >> longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for > >> you. > >> Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who > >> thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s > >> a living hell. > >This is why we must show no mercy to females. Take every opportunity > >to make their lives a living hell. Read all of darkfalz’s posts and > >learn. > That’s an intelligent response…NOT! > First of all, no one HAS to remain celibate their whole life if they make 50K a > year. He can pay periodical visits to a prostitute. > I know, prostitutes are destestable human beings, etc. Moral objections aside > (and he says he’s an atheist anyway), prostitutes have experience dealing with > this kind of situation. > Making women’s lives a "living hell" will not solve anything. It sounds like > something a psychopath would say. > zoe

Er..prostitutes are the only females in our society that pull their own weight. Emotionally, it is an extremely difficult vocation. Anyone who would describe a hooker as detestable is a sociopath. Making females accountable for their selfishness is the only way things will ever improve.

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kitznegari <kitzneg…@aol.com> wrote: > Maybe that’s why he left… he couldn’t stand to be the one who fueled, focused > and enabled your hate any longer.  He’s a good person, dark is… he was just > messed up for a while, he was venting, and now he’s back to realizing that > women and men are BOTH good, and you people are still using his past hatred as > a weapon.  I don’t think he was proud of his history of hate anymore…

but you How do you know this?  Has he told you, or are you just making this up? > people are too foolish to learn from the GOOD that he did.  It’s a shame. If > nothing else, it’s a testimony to me that no matter how bad and full of hate > you’ve gotten, you can always go back.

Oh brother, that was even cheesier than the ending of "Return of the Jedi". : P

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banhappinesspills <charlie…@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who > > thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s > > a living hell.

You know, I’ve thought of this.  Not trying to actually get some kind of serious revenge on women, but just simply annoying tham all, all the time, just for the sake of being annoying as possible.  Not in a rude way, but in a "making them look and feel stupid way".  Like, when waiting in line in a store, pull a tube of yeast infection medication out of your pocket, turn to the woman behind you and loudly say "Is this yours?  I’m sure I saw it fall out of your purse".  Or bounce paperwads, or whatever, off their heads whenever they aren’t looking.  Or take the anti theft device out of a book at the bookstore and throw it in their bag when they aren’t looking.  Or just picking on their smoking, or their clothes, or their hair, or jewelry, or whatever.  Or just ask them stupid questions just to be annoying.  Stuff like that. : P

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cb <gilesmcmur…@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yeah, you’re lucky if you haven’t felt like that for the majority of > your life.  I can only thank God that part of my life is finally over > with.  It’s like the worst pain in the world.  And you know what, > other people just try to trivialize it, like "oh, you’ll be ok" or > something stupid like that.  No, it won’t be ok.  And even if through > some miracle things do turn out, you still have this big mental scar > left on you.  Only people who understand this feeling that i have > found are in this ng.

I wish you would post here more often.  Because you know what it’s like. We need more positive posts here.  I would like to make positive posts here, but there’s not much positive going on in my life right now, in fact two close family members have just been struck with serious life threatening illnesses. Makes me appreciate how good last week, even though it was fucked, was. Things only get worse and worse and worse….

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The Putt King <theputtk…@aol.com> wrote in message news:20021208070611.05475.00007722@mb-mq.aol.com… > To wry bread: > You say nobody is interested in you.

Because whenever I talk to girls, you can just tell.  Once they realize that you are trying to go any further than small talk, they’ll just shut up and ignore you, or give you that condescending smile, which is worse. > Can I ask you why you think this is ?

Because I see it every day. > What in your ophion is wrong with you ?

I’m a 30 year old asian guy that lives with his mother.  Isn’t that enough? > Why don’t people like you ?

I have no idea.  I’m nice.  I smile.  I make pleasant conversation.  It doesn’t matter.  I get treated like I’m some kind of pervert or creep merely for talking to people.

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On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 18:50:59 GMT, Voxel Descartes <cu…@phi0s0phers.net> wrote: >> One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. >> As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women >> that I am attracted to. >3) He refuses to take responsibility for his shyness, instead blaming it >on his trichotillomania.

Yeah, this responsibility is a huge part of the answer.  I have tourette’s syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, and I’m a minority who lived in areas that’s relatively racist.  Oh yeah, not to mention I am extremely shy and definitely very shy around women.  I blamed my failure on these things a lot when I was younger, and no doubt they made my shyness *quite* extreme.  I could care less about any of those things now, they are no longer an obstacle to me.  Shyness is still a problem but obviously I can work on that. If you take accountability to solve your problems (your REAL problems, which is to start feeding your confidence and stop letting your weaknesses take over you), you can succeed. >> I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my >> life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would >> cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My >7) Would rather die than change.

Yeah, I remember that feeling.  If you think about it rationally, it doesn’t make a lick of sense, but that’s how a lot of people think. They aren’t aware of the payoffs of changing, only that staying the same seems to be comfy and feel better.  The problem is that "change" is very scary and potentially very harmful, so people avoid it because they think it will hurt a lot.  One has to be willing to risk that. Not only that, but failure happens more often than success, so all the trying you do seems all for naught.  Sometimes, you might end up having to be in a situation where you have "nothing to lose" in order to find that courage.  But if you can avoid that and convince yourself to risk change, all the better.  Only thing you can do is keep plugging away at trying to change and hope one day you figure out how to succeed because your only other option is a life of misery or death. I say this guy should just get a sexual therapist/surrogate and reduce his fears of women, or just do some other kind of therapy.  The way I see it, the guy has less than 10-15 years left of actually having a great social/sex life.  After that, he’s left with crappy senior activity.  He’s wasted a lot of time due to his own scared attitude. They guy makes a mint and he has no family.  If I was in that situation, I’d travel the world and have adventures, pay for every therapist I could, buy hookers, etc..  Because what in heaven’s name is he using that money for?  Probably nothing but electronic toys.  I make a little more than half what he makes and I can afford to go on short vacation approximately 15 times a year (avg $250/trip), and I do just that.  If I were him, I’d use that 10-15 years and money to just have a blast, cuz there’s really nothing left to lose.

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jdobbs2…@yahoo.com (john dobbs) wrote in news:9e63d1b0.0212072232.260050f6@posting.google.com: > From:  "lonerx1" <lonerx1@y…> > Date:  Fri May 3, 2002  11:10 pm > Subject:  My horror story (don’t let this happen to YOU)

Sounds like karma in action, to me. > Well, I probably am outside even the bounds of this group with my > situation. Briefly (like anyone cares) here is my story. > I am a 47 year old male. Never had sex…never even KISSED a woman > before. Nothing physically wrong with me, and I am "fully > functional". I have always masturbated regularly with no problem. > I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. > Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in > me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be > extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I > can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always

1) He’s 47, and has never been with a woman, yet STILL refuses to take responsibility for changing his standards in a mate. > shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly".

2) He chooses to wallow in the past. > One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. > As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women > that I am attracted to.

3) He refuses to take responsibility for his shyness, instead blaming it on his trichotillomania. > The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so > different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with > computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a > Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests. Also, I am a

4) He refuses to branch out of Geek World. > hard-core Atheist, who was brought up as a strict Catholic. Was even > going to enter the Priesthood at 14 years of age, because I figured > that no one would ever want me. So, my problems run VERY deep for a > long time

5) See #2. > I am fairly successful in my work. I am Systems analyst at a major > company, and make about 50k/yr. So, I am NOT a deadbeat, and that is > not the issue here. I am confident in my abilities at work, but > around women I have NO self-esteem at all. I’ll stop with > the "issues" here, as this is more than enough to give an idea of my > situation.

6) See #4. > I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my > life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would > cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My > Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother > has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would > have ended my misery.

7) Would rather die than change. > Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading > this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only > gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no > longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for > you.

8) As #3, except now he’s blaming the number of years he happens to have been on Earth. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who > thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s > a living hell.

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"john dobbs" <jdobbs2…@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:9e63d1b0.0212072232.260050f6@posting.google.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> From:  "lonerx1" <lonerx1@y…> > Date:  Fri May 3, 2002  11:10 pm > Subject:  My horror story (don’t let this happen to YOU) > Well, I probably am outside even the bounds of this group with my > situation. Briefly (like anyone cares) here is my story. > I am a 47 year old male. Never had sex…never even KISSED a woman > before. Nothing physically wrong with me, and I am "fully > functional". I have always masturbated regularly with no problem. > I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. > Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in > me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be > extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I > can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always > shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly". > One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. > As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women > that I am attracted to. > The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so > different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with > computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a > Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests. Also, I am a > hard-core Atheist, who was brought up as a strict Catholic. Was even > going to enter the Priesthood at 14 years of age, because I figured > that no one would ever want me. So, my problems run VERY deep for a > long time > I am fairly successful in my work. I am Systems analyst at a major > company, and make about 50k/yr. So, I am NOT a deadbeat, and that is > not the issue here. I am confident in my abilities at work, but > around women I have NO self-esteem at all. I’ll stop with > the "issues" here, as this is more than enough to give an idea of my > situation. > I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my > life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would > cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My > Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother > has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would > have ended my misery. > Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading > this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only > gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no > longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for > you. > Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who > thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s > a living hell.

HOLY CRAP that is a depressing story, 47 and never even kissed a girl! some of the younger guys in this newsgroup seem to be following in your footsteps.

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In article <b3f99f5c.0212080238.7f9ca…@posting.google.com>, banhappinesspills says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->jdobbs2…@yahoo.com (john dobbs) wrote in message <news:9e63d1b0.0212072232.260050f6@posting.google.com>… >> From:  "lonerx1" <lonerx1@y…> >> Date:  Fri May 3, 2002  11:10 pm >> Subject:  My horror story (don’t let this happen to YOU) >> Well, I probably am outside even the bounds of this group with my >> situation. Briefly (like anyone cares) here is my story. >> I am a 47 year old male. Never had sex…never even KISSED a woman >> before. Nothing physically wrong with me, and I am "fully >> functional". I have always masturbated regularly with no problem. >> I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. >> Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in >> me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be >> extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I >> can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always >> shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly". >> One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. >> As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women >> that I am attracted to. >> The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so >> different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with >> computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a >> Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests. Also, I am a >> hard-core Atheist, who was brought up as a strict Catholic. Was even >> going to enter the Priesthood at 14 years of age, because I figured >> that no one would ever want me. So, my problems run VERY deep for a >> long time >> I am fairly successful in my work. I am Systems analyst at a major >> company, and make about 50k/yr. So, I am NOT a deadbeat, and that is >> not the issue here. I am confident in my abilities at work, but >> around women I have NO self-esteem at all. I’ll stop with >> the "issues" here, as this is more than enough to give an idea of my >> situation. >> I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my >> life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would >> cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My >> Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother >> has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would >> have ended my misery. >> Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading >> this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only >> gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no >> longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for >> you. >> Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who >> thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s >> a living hell. >This is why we must show no mercy to females. Take every opportunity >to make their lives a living hell. Read all of darkfalz’s posts and >learn.

That’s an intelligent response…NOT! First of all, no one HAS to remain celibate their whole life if they make 50K a year. He can pay periodical visits to a prostitute. I know, prostitutes are destestable human beings, etc. Moral objections aside (and he says he’s an atheist anyway), prostitutes have experience dealing with this kind of situation. Making women’s lives a "living hell" will not solve anything. It sounds like something a psychopath would say. zoe

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MnR said: >> This is why we must show no mercy to females. Take every opportunity >> to make their lives a living hell. Read all of darkfalz’s posts and >> learn. >Heh, darkfalz is our yoda.

Maybe that’s why he left… he couldn’t stand to be the one who fueled, focused and enabled your hate any longer.  He’s a good person, dark is… he was just messed up for a while, he was venting, and now he’s back to realizing that women and men are BOTH good, and you people are still using his past hatred as a weapon.  I don’t think he was proud of his history of hate anymore… but you people are too foolish to learn from the GOOD that he did.  It’s a shame.  If nothing else, it’s a testimony to me that no matter how bad and full of hate you’ve gotten, you can always go back. kitznegari… the penniless sitar player http://spinning_plates.tripod.com

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wry said: >It’s not even the celibacy part that bothers me.  It’s knowing that no one >is the slightest bit interested in even knowing you, let alone caring about >you, that really hurts.

ouch :(  that image just sucks too much to mention. kitznegari… the penniless sitar player http://spinning_plates.tripod.com

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From:  "lonerx1" <lonerx1@y…> Date:  Fri May 3, 2002  11:10 pm Subject:  My horror story (don’t let this happen to YOU) Well, I probably am outside even the bounds of this group with my situation. Briefly (like anyone cares) here is my story. I am a 47 year old male. Never had sex…never even KISSED a woman before. Nothing physically wrong with me, and I am "fully functional". I have always masturbated regularly with no problem. I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly". One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women that I am attracted to. The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests. Also, I am a hard-core Atheist, who was brought up as a strict Catholic. Was even going to enter the Priesthood at 14 years of age, because I figured that no one would ever want me. So, my problems run VERY deep for a long time I am fairly successful in my work. I am Systems analyst at a major company, and make about 50k/yr. So, I am NOT a deadbeat, and that is not the issue here. I am confident in my abilities at work, but around women I have NO self-esteem at all. I’ll stop with the "issues" here, as this is more than enough to give an idea of my situation. I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would have ended my misery. Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for you. Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s a living hell.

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john dobbs <jdobbs2…@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my > life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would > cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My > Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother > has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would > have ended my misery.

I know what that’s like.  I know what it’s much worse to lose a parent when they are the only people that have ever loved you. > Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading > this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only > gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no > longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for > you.

It’s not even the celibacy part that bothers me.  It’s knowing that no one is the slightest bit interested in even knowing you, let alone caring about you, that really hurts. > Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who > thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s > a living hell.

I’m trying.  It’s like swimming the english channel with bowling balls strapped to my arms and legs, and duct tape on my mouth, but I’m trying….sort of…..

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -jdobbs2…@yahoo.com (john dobbs) wrote in message <news:9e63d1b0.0212072232.260050f6@posting.google.com>… > From:  "lonerx1" <lonerx1@y…> > Date:  Fri May 3, 2002  11:10 pm > Subject:  My horror story (don’t let this happen to YOU) > Well, I probably am outside even the bounds of this group with my > situation. Briefly (like anyone cares) here is my story. > I am a 47 year old male. Never had sex…never even KISSED a woman > before. Nothing physically wrong with me, and I am "fully > functional". I have always masturbated regularly with no problem. > I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. > Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in > me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be > extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I > can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always > shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly". > One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. > As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women > that I am attracted to. > The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so > different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with > computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a > Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests. Also, I am a > hard-core Atheist, who was brought up as a strict Catholic. Was even > going to enter the Priesthood at 14 years of age, because I figured > that no one would ever want me. So, my problems run VERY deep for a > long time > I am fairly successful in my work. I am Systems analyst at a major > company, and make about 50k/yr. So, I am NOT a deadbeat, and that is > not the issue here. I am confident in my abilities at work, but > around women I have NO self-esteem at all. I’ll stop with > the "issues" here, as this is more than enough to give an idea of my > situation. > I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my > life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would > cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My > Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother > has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would > have ended my misery. > Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading > this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only > gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no > longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for > you. > Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who > thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s > a living hell.

This is why we must show no mercy to females. Take every opportunity to make their lives a living hell. Read all of darkfalz’s posts and learn.

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To wry bread: You say nobody is interested in you. Can I ask you why you think this is ? What in your ophion is wrong with you ? Why don’t people like you ?

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -banhappinesspills wrote: > jdobbs2…@yahoo.com (john dobbs) wrote in message <news:9e63d1b0.0212072232.260050f6@posting.google.com>… >>From:  "lonerx1" <lonerx1@y…> >>Date:  Fri May 3, 2002  11:10 pm >>Subject:  My horror story (don’t let this happen to YOU) >>Well, I probably am outside even the bounds of this group with my >>situation. Briefly (like anyone cares) here is my story. >>I am a 47 year old male. Never had sex…never even KISSED a woman >>before. Nothing physically wrong with me, and I am "fully >>functional". I have always masturbated regularly with no problem. >>I am not very attractive looking. I found that out in my teens. >>Problem is that the ONLY women who have ever showed any interest in >>me are "plus size" (trying to be PC here), and I find obesity to be >>extremely repulsive (I am quite thin myself, 6′1 and 170lbs). I >>can’t help that. But women I have found "attractive" have always >>shunned me. In my earlier days, I was made fun of for being "ugly". >>One problem I have always struggled with is that I pull my hair out. >>As a result, I am EXTREMELY shy and uncomfortable around any women >>that I am attracted to. >>The other issue that comes into play here is that my Interests are so >>different than nearly all Females. I love to "code", and mess with >>computers, play computer games, and watch a LOT of TV. I am also a >>Ham Radio operator. Basically, those are my interests. Also, I am a >>hard-core Atheist, who was brought up as a strict Catholic. Was even >>going to enter the Priesthood at 14 years of age, because I figured >>that no one would ever want me. So, my problems run VERY deep for a >>long time >>I am fairly successful in my work. I am Systems analyst at a major >>company, and make about 50k/yr. So, I am NOT a deadbeat, and that is >>not the issue here. I am confident in my abilities at work, but >>around women I have NO self-esteem at all. I’ll stop with >>the "issues" here, as this is more than enough to give an idea of my >>situation. >>I really see no hope for me, and to be honest, I badly want to end my >>life. The only reason that I haven’t is because of the hurt it would >>cause to my last remaining "REAL" contact here on Earth. My Mom. My >>Dad and Sister died 3 days apart last year, and I am all my Mother >>has left (she lives 1000mi from me). If it weren’t for that, I would >>have ended my misery. >>Unwanted Celibacy is EXTREMELY destructive, and I urge anyone reading >>this to try to do something about it before you get too old. It only >>gets worse with time, and will drain your life-force until life no >>longer is worth living. It’s too late for me, but it may not be for >>you. >>Good luck to all. I hope my story serves as an example to anyone who >>thinks that they might be able to deal with UNWANTED Celibacy. It’s >>a living hell. > This is why we must show no mercy to females. Take every opportunity > to make their lives a living hell. Read all of darkfalz’s posts and > learn.

Heh, darkfalz is our yoda.

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Fiona, My 14 yr old with mild TS is very challenging at times.  It is very hard for me to see where the TS comes into play and what is just normal tough teenage behavior.  Others have given you good advice.  Don’t be so hard on yourself. If he is doing dangerous stuff in the car, I would refuse to take him anywhere until it stops.  I’ve recently been tougher with my son because I don’t want to attribute all his behaviors as being out of his control when they’re really not.  Any kid will get away with as much as he can TS or not.  Good luck.  Stay in touch. Lisa

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Hi, I have 2 possibly 3 kids with TS syndrome.My son 10 diagnosed last March,my daughter 8 few months ago.My 3 year old is exhibiting same extreme aggressive traits my son had & the usual frenetic hyper energy levels. I am so glad to have found this site. As a parent I am burnt out,full of guilt over my parenting skills,not knowing whats the syndrome & whats just bad behaviour . Does it even matter?My major problems aside from the constant swearing are temper tantrums with aggression,extreme ODD,& building social skills/self esteem. I am a recent single parent having separated just a year ago when discovered my X had Narcisstic Personality Disorder. I read somewhere that if you dont discipline kids with T. properly it can turn into a personality disorder.This would be my worst nightmare…for my kids to become the living dead. I would like to ask about consequences…I seem to constantly consequence & dont think its getting me anywhere.Is there an alternative ? My son when angry will take off seat belt,throw things at me or open car door.Needless to say am livid.Have considered refusing to drive him anywhere just not realistically feasible. Right now feels like am running mini group…has anyone done any behavioural training that has helped them cope ? Nice to meet you all Fiona

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"jph" <fay…@shaw.ca> wrote in message

news:emXH9.41376$Qr.844974@news3.calgary.shaw.ca… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I have 2 possibly 3 kids with TS syndrome.My son 10 diagnosed last March,my > daughter 8 few months ago.My 3 year old is exhibiting same extreme > aggressive traits my son had & the usual frenetic hyper energy levels. > I am so glad to have found this site. > As a parent I am burnt out,full of guilt over my parenting skills,not > knowing whats the syndrome & whats just bad behaviour . > Does it even matter?My major problems aside from the constant swearing are > temper tantrums with aggression,extreme ODD,& building social skills/self > esteem. > I am a recent single parent having separated just a year ago when discovered > my X had Narcisstic Personality Disorder. > I read somewhere that if you dont discipline kids with T. properly it can > turn into a personality disorder.This would be my worst nightmare…for my > kids to become the living dead. > I would like to ask about consequences…I seem to constantly consequence & > dont think its getting me anywhere.Is there an alternative ? > My son when angry will take off seat belt,throw things at me or open car > door.Needless to say am livid.Have considered refusing to drive him anywhere > just not realistically feasible. > Right now feels like am running mini group…has anyone done any behavioural > training that has helped them cope ? > Nice to meet you all > Fiona

I can wish you well, but I can’t answer your question.  You might try also posting it to: http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/forumdisplay.cgi? action=topics&forum=Tourette+Syndrome&number=99&DaysPrune=5&LastLogin= That forum seems to attract a higher percentage of parents while there seem to be a higher percentage adults congregating here.  Bonnie Grimaldi came up with a regimen of nutritional supplements that has attracted many advocates.  I have not tried it myself, do not personally know anyone who has, and therefore have no opinion one way or another, but you might search for her site and consider trying it.  There are competing theories on nutritional causes and effects on the MGH site. More than one idea may be helpful (or perhaps none are and it is all placebo effect), but Grimaldi’s approach seems to have the most.avid following.

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>From: "jph" fay…@shaw.ca

Hi Fiona. I am a parent of a son with TS, but he is now 21, dxed at age 10. I had my normal share of trials and tribulations with my 3 children too. And sometimes seemed and felt like a single parent due to my husband’s schedule. I found some books to be helpful by Faber and Mazlish. Easy reading with real hands on stuff. They are more touchy, feely stuff. I also did consequence stuff after the touchy feely didn’t work or I needed an immediate stop to some behaviors. Canter is an educator that does lots with consequences in classrooms, but I would think that he and she (a married couple) may have a book out for parents too. Whether the undesirable behaviors are TS or not, some of these techniques can be very helpful. Good luck. Jan

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Hi Fiona,     I have an 11 year old with TS and rage attacks. Get the book: "The Explosive Child". It will save your relationship! Joanne "jph" <fay…@shaw.ca> wrote in message

news:emXH9.41376$Qr.844974@news3.calgary.shaw.ca… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I have 2 possibly 3 kids with TS syndrome.My son 10 diagnosed last March,my > daughter 8 few months ago.My 3 year old is exhibiting same extreme > aggressive traits my son had & the usual frenetic hyper energy levels. > I am so glad to have found this site. > As a parent I am burnt out,full of guilt over my parenting skills,not > knowing whats the syndrome & whats just bad behaviour . > Does it even matter?My major problems aside from the constant swearing are > temper tantrums with aggression,extreme ODD,& building social skills/self > esteem. > I am a recent single parent having separated just a year ago when discovered > my X had Narcisstic Personality Disorder. > I read somewhere that if you dont discipline kids with T. properly it can > turn into a personality disorder.This would be my worst nightmare…for my > kids to become the living dead. > I would like to ask about consequences…I seem to constantly consequence & > dont think its getting me anywhere.Is there an alternative ? > My son when angry will take off seat belt,throw things at me or open car > door.Needless to say am livid.Have considered refusing to drive him anywhere > just not realistically feasible. > Right now feels like am running mini group…has anyone done any behavioural > training that has helped them cope ? > Nice to meet you all > Fiona

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"jph" <fay…@shaw.ca> wrote in message

news:emXH9.41376$Qr.844974@news3.calgary.shaw.ca… > Hi, > I have 2 possibly 3 kids with TS syndrome.My son 10 diagnosed last March,my > daughter 8 few months ago.My 3 year old is exhibiting same extreme > aggressive traits my son had & the usual frenetic hyper energy levels. > I am so glad to have found this site. > As a parent I am burnt out,full of guilt over my parenting skills,not > knowing whats the syndrome & whats just bad behaviour .

It might be helpful to keep in mind two phenomena: 1.    People’s strengths and weaknesses are often opposite sides of the same coin; they do what they are good at when it might be better to try something else. 2.    People who have a sense of responsibility (a virtue we need more of) also have a tendency to hold themselves responsible for things that are beyond their control (a weakness that can be unpleasant and even dangerous). There is no book on how to raise your kids; you must make it up as you go along.  Sometimes, the actions and outcomes will be stunningly brilliant.  Sometimes, the actions will be brilliant but the outcome will still be less than you had  hoped for–that is not failure. Sometimes, you will err.  That is human, everybody errs sometimes, but kids are remarkably resilient and you will probably be very proud of them in 20 years in spite of it.  Take parenting seriously, but be easy on yourself in the process. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Does it even matter?My major problems aside from the constant swearing are > temper tantrums with aggression,extreme ODD,& building social skills/self > esteem. > I am a recent single parent having separated just a year ago when discovered > my X had Narcisstic Personality Disorder. > I read somewhere that if you dont discipline kids with T. properly it can > turn into a personality disorder.This would be my worst nightmare…for my > kids to become the living dead. > I would like to ask about consequences…I seem to constantly consequence & > dont think its getting me anywhere.Is there an alternative ? > My son when angry will take off seat belt,throw things at me or open car > door.Needless to say am livid.Have considered refusing to drive him anywhere > just not realistically feasible. > Right now feels like am running mini group…has anyone done any behavioural > training that has helped them cope ? > Nice to meet you all > Fiona

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etched permanently into the ether: I have been manic -depressive as long as I can remember . One of my side problems seems to be when something ( at work or personal ) crops up that might turn bad on me , I can’t seem to get it out of my mind . Since I have been getting worse as time goes by and no doctors I have been to have had an answer except to blame my childhood . I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this . I have just ruined an entire weekend with something from work that might turn up to be nothing .

I have striven all my life to do things in such a way as to be considered a "good" person.  I am obsessed with being good and kind.  So, if I screw anything up, I feel guilty for a long time.  It interferes with all my thinking for a few weeks.  Then, after I think I’ve forgotten it, something happens to remind me and I start all over again. I saw a show on emotions–I think this is a fairly normal reaction–as our emotions can be triggered by events that remind us of other events.  A sound, a smell, or an object can set off the guilt.  I think bipolars may have a stronger sense of this guilt than others–so it lasts longer and it is stronger than in normals. HTH, Nancy administrator/creator/moderator alt.med.fibromyalgia.recovery.info (moderated) alt.support.depression.manic.moderated to email me from news groups, just remove the Z.

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I have been manic -depressive as long as I can remember . One of my side problems seems to be when something ( at work or personal ) crops up that might turn bad on me , I can’t seem to get it out of my mind . Since I have been getting worse as time goes by and no doctors I have been to have had an answer except to blame my childhood . I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this . I have just ruined an entire weekend with something from work that might turn up to be nothing .

Obsessive compulsive disorder is frequently co-morbid with bipolar. Even when the moods are stable the obsessive thoughts can run wild. There are medications that will help, ADs and/or APs, but the side effects can be troublesome. Avoiding stress has proven to be the best way for me. I’m a lot better now that I am on SSDI.

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I am the same way about things bothering me like that.  Sometimes the slightest thing that is usually no big deal will get me so upset that I worry about it for days and it ends up really messing up my life for awhile. Whenever I am taking an antidepressant that is working for me I find this is much better but for me this is an on and off situation because I tend to be treatment resistant when it comes to antidepressants.  In fact this was how I first discovered that I had a problem like you are describing – the first time I got some relief from it with medication.  Until then I did not realize that it was not normal to feel the way I felt about things.  Now I can tell when my meds are not working because I will start getting like that again – sometimes even before the heavy depression sets in. I hope you find some help – I know how devastating this can be, Bonnie

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have been manic -depressive as long as I can remember . One of my side problems seems to be when something ( at work or personal ) crops up that might turn bad on me , I can’t seem to get it out of my mind . Since I have been getting worse as time goes by and no doctors I have been to have had an answer except to blame my childhood . I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this . I have just ruined an entire weekend with something from work that might turn up to be nothing .

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Hi, John, Thanks for writing!  My idea is that maybe you’ve got some obssessive/compulsive disorder going on w/ your bipolar.  My niece had terrible trouble with OCD–her coat hangers had to be the same color as the clothes she hung on them, in a certain order in the closet, etc., and if she couldn’t achieve that order, she grew increasingly more and more agitated and upset.  Her initial signs of bipolar were really bad and nearly constant headaches.  It took my sister and brother-in-law years of searching and eliminating all the things it could have been, and finally when my niece was maybe a junior in high school she finally was diagnosed correctly; medication has made a world of difference in her life! You may want to ask your physician about obssessive thinking; it’s a big problem for people w/ Tourette Syndrome, so I know there is such a thing–unwanted and intrusive thoughts that repeat in your mind.  A friend of mine has schizo-affective disorder, and that’s her main complaint.  The difference is that the voice in the case of TS clients is their own voice; in her case, it’s a seemingly external voice, not her own, playing in her head. Good luck and let us know! Kathy

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have been manic -depressive as long as I can remember . One of my side problems seems to be when something ( at work or personal ) crops up that might turn bad on me , I can’t seem to get it out of my mind . Since I have been getting worse as time goes by and no doctors I have been to have had an answer except to blame my childhood . I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this . I have just ruined an entire weekend with something from work that might turn up to be nothing .

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I have been manic -depressive as long as I can remember . One of my side problems seems to be when something ( at work or personal ) crops up that might turn bad on me , I can’t seem to get it out of my mind . Since I have been getting worse as time goes by and no doctors I have been to have had an answer except to blame my childhood . I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this . I have just ruined an entire weekend with something from work that might turn up to be nothing .

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First of all, regarding "getting worse," give Trileptal a shot — it’s my new best friend, with no neg. side effects for me.  Commit yourself to the cause of getting better — don’t analyse the hell out of it, just commit to the grand concept of it.  Also, get some good psycho-therapy.  There is very, very strong and almost uncontested evidence that appropriate therapy is almost as important as meds in dealing with BP.  Now, realize that your obsession is low-level paranioa, BUT don’t kick yourself in the ass for it. Just notice it.  Every time you notice something bad happen, snap a rubber band around that you wear around your wrist, and let it go at that.  If you think of it again, snap the band again, and so on.  Every time you encounter something that makes you obsess about things going bad, write it down, and then write down everything that actually happens as a result of it.  You’ll probably find that the only results are more related to "thoughts of yourself feeling bad" (Bob Dylan) than the event that triggered the whole thing . . . Best wishes, K

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have been manic -depressive as long as I can remember . One of my side problems seems to be when something ( at work or personal ) crops up that might turn bad on me , I can’t seem to get it out of my mind . Since I have been getting worse as time goes by and no doctors I have been to have had an answer except to blame my childhood . I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this . I have just ruined an entire weekend with something from work that might turn up to be nothing .

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question — is it migraine or not?

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Hi.  I experience a terrible headache about a week previous to beginning menstruation.  It lasts for days. The central location for the pain is behind my nose and at the place where your nose meets the rest of your face, sort of at the outside of each nostril.  It radiates into my forehead, but mostly it lives on both sides of my nose.  I have never experienced visual disturbances or nausea in association with this headache.  It does not seem asymmetrical.  For these reasons I doubt that it is a migraine.  And yet I don’t know what other kind of headache could last for days.  I have interpreted it as a sinus problem for a long time but there is no infection associated with it.  There is also a lot of pressure, my neck becomes stiff and painful, and sometimes my eyes feel like they have too much pressure behind them, the way it does before you begin to cry. My other symptom is a "Stuck Tune" in my head that repeats endlessly out of my control. If this sounds familiar to you, I would love to hear from you, please Thank you for listening. Jenn

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi.  I experience a terrible headache about a week previous to beginning menstruation.  It lasts for days. The central location for the pain is behind my nose and at the place where your nose meets the rest of your face, sort of at the outside of each nostril.  It radiates into my forehead, but mostly it lives on both sides of my nose.  I have never experienced visual disturbances or nausea in association with this headache.  It does not seem asymmetrical.  For these reasons I doubt that it is a migraine.  And yet I don’t know what other kind of headache could last for days.  I have interpreted it as a sinus problem for a long time but there is no infection associated with it.  There is also a lot of pressure, my neck becomes stiff and painful, and sometimes my eyes feel like they have too much pressure behind them, the way it does before you begin to cry. My other symptom is a "Stuck Tune" in my head that repeats endlessly out of my control. If this sounds familiar to you, I would love to hear from you, please Thank you for listening. Jenn

The location of pain behind the nose, near the nostrils, is not one I’ve run into before in talking to a fair number of migraineurs, but that doesn’t rule out migraine.  The neck and eye symptoms are more typical.  I haven’t heard of the "stuck tune" phenomenon before, but we were using a structured interview and there was no question that would have elicited that information if the patient didn’t voluntarily mention it.  You will need a medical workup, ideally by someone familiar with many kinds of headaches, to resolve this.  Writing down ALL of the symptoms you have, how long they last, exactly when in relation to the headache they appear, what if anything seems to bring them on or make them worse, and whether they are present unassociated with the headache will help you give a complete history. Collect the information before you look too deeply into migraine diagnosis on your own.  Diagnosis relies heavily on history, and you do not want to bias your assessment of symptoms by know what is "typical" for one or another headache type.

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Just a side-note: I haven’t heard of the "stuck tune" phenomenon before, but we were using a structured interview and there was no question that would have elicited that information if the patient didn’t voluntarily mention it.  

I get stuck tunes (intrusive music) but not in specific relationship to my migraines. It is an epiphenomenon associated with sub-clinical OCD, and thus serotonin-mediated, so it might occur in migraineurs, but not as a primary symptom. Just my two cents, cat yronwode

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a side-note: I haven’t heard of the "stuck tune" phenomenon before, but we were using a structured interview and there was no question that would have elicited that information if the patient didn’t voluntarily mention it. I get stuck tunes (intrusive music) but not in specific relationship to my migraines. It is an epiphenomenon associated with sub-clinical OCD, and thus serotonin-mediated, so it might occur in migraineurs, but not as a primary symptom. Just my two cents, Wow.  Now that is interesting to me. serotonin-insufficient Priscilla who is waiting for an appointment with her psy-doc for meds adjustment meanwhile various songs keep getting stuck in her mind P.S.  But wait — it happens to lots of people, doesn’t it? — "Love is not something wonderful that you feel; it is something difficult that you do."      – Elizabeth Goudge

The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder thought occurred to me, but I thought I’d leave it at what I said and see what others had to contribute.  I have Tourette’s Syndrome, and a touch of OCD and/or ADD not infrequently accompanies that.  I do have the phenomenon of stuck tunes at times, but I don’t have migraine, just an interest in the problem.  I ran across a clue in a crossword puzzle "Lighthouse in Wales," so for the last couple of days I’ve been treating myself to replays of "My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light.  He courted a mermaid once by night, And out of this union there came three, A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me. . . ." Sandy L

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Wow!!  My family is full of serotonin deficiencies!!  (I have panic disorder as does my daughter and my son has OCD!!!) And boy do I EVER get songs stuck in my head!  I wake up with them sometimes – I’ll have to pay attention to see if it coincides with my migraines. If I really like some artist’s CD, I have to be careful not to play it too often or one of their songs just won’t leave!!  How interesting! Liz (who always thought it was just my brain’s way of dealing with "down time")

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a side-note: I haven’t heard of the "stuck tune" phenomenon before, but we were using a structured interview and there was no question that would have elicited that information if the patient didn’t voluntarily mention it. I get stuck tunes (intrusive music) but not in specific relationship to my migraines. It is an epiphenomenon associated with sub-clinical OCD, and thus serotonin-mediated, so it might occur in migraineurs, but not as a primary symptom. Just my two cents, Wow.  Now that is interesting to me. serotonin-insufficient Priscilla who is waiting for an appointment with her psy-doc for meds adjustment meanwhile various songs keep getting stuck in her mind P.S.  But wait — it happens to lots of people, doesn’t it? — "Love is not something wonderful that you feel; it is something difficult that you do."      – Elizabeth Goudge

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Just a side-note: I haven’t heard of the "stuck tune" phenomenon before, but we were using a structured interview and there was no question that would have elicited that information if the patient didn’t voluntarily mention it.   I get stuck tunes (intrusive music) but not in specific relationship to my migraines. It is an epiphenomenon associated with sub-clinical OCD, and thus serotonin-mediated, so it might occur in migraineurs, but not as a primary symptom. Just my two cents,

Wow.  Now that is interesting to me. serotonin-insufficient Priscilla who is waiting for an appointment with her psy-doc for meds adjustment meanwhile various songs keep getting stuck in her mind P.S.  But wait — it happens to lots of people, doesn’t it? — "Love is not something wonderful that you feel; it is something difficult that you do."      – Elizabeth Goudge

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"My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light.  He courted a mermaid once by night, And out of this union there came three, A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me. . . ."

No, no … It’s "me father" and "He slept with a mermaid one fine night". If your gonna be obsessive, these details are important!

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Insofar as music is a thought, it gets "stuck" if serotonin levels drop, but by itself it does constitute a severe enough symptom to result in a diagnosis of OCD. Do you mean "does" here?  or "does not"?  I would think the latter … especially if we’re talking "sub clinical"

 Yep — a typo — i meant "does NOT."  Thanks for catching that. cat yronwode

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"My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light.  He courted a mermaid once by night, And out of this union there came three, A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me. . . ." No, no … It’s "me father" and "He slept with a mermaid one fine night". If your gonna be obsessive, these details are important!

Thanks for the info.  I guess the recording I heard was an expurgated version–Oscar Brand, I think.  They did that in the ’50s and ’60s.

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Insofar as music is a thought, it gets "stuck" if serotonin levels drop, but by itself it does constitute a severe enough symptom to result in a diagnosis of OCD.

Do you mean "does" here?  or "does not"?  I would think the latter … especially if we’re talking "sub clinical"

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Wow!!  My family is full of serotonin deficiencies!!  (I have panic disorder as does my daughter and my son has OCD!!!) And boy do I EVER get songs stuck in my head!  I wake up with them sometimes – I’ll have to pay attention to see if it coincides with my migraines. If I really like some artist’s CD, I have to be careful not to play it too often or one of their songs just won’t leave!!  How interesting! Liz (who always thought it was just my brain’s way of dealing with "down time")

I thought this was just me.  Only problem is, I don’t necessarily have to listen many times, just once can be too much…. Suzie

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Hi.  I experience a terrible headache about a week previous to beginning menstruation.  It lasts for days.

Yuppers-me too. Progesterone cream seems to help a bit. Not as much lately as it used to though. The central location for the pain is behind my nose and at the place where your nose meets the rest of your face, sort of at the outside of each nostril.  It radiates into my forehead, but mostly it lives on both sides of my nose.  I have never experienced visual disturbances or nausea in association with this headache.  It does not seem asymmetrical.  For these reasons I doubt that it is a migraine.  

*Many* of my migraines are symmetrical in location, and I never have auras any more, and have never in 35 years had nausea or vomiting. (Well, until last Sunday. But that’s a whole ‘nother story.) And yet I don’t know what other kind of headache could last for days.  I have interpreted it as a sinus problem for a long time but there is no infection associated with it.

I have also had migraines that started out as sinus headaches and "graduated" into migraines. There is also a lot of pressure, my neck becomes stiff and painful, and sometimes my eyes feel like they have too much pressure behind them, the way it does before you begin to cry.

I often feel those symptoms during a migraine. My other symptom is a "Stuck Tune" in my head that repeats endlessly out of my control.

<laugh Sorry-I don’t mean to laugh, but that happens to me *all* the time! Especially during a migraine. I find that if I "reprogram" my head with other noise (say a TV set on very low volume) the tune will go from my head, and the slight distraction from the pain seems to help a bit. If this sounds familiar to you, I would love to hear from you, please Thank you for listening.

It all sounds very familiar to me. Best of luck to you, Jenn. Dana

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a side-note: I haven’t heard of the "stuck tune" phenomenon before, but we were using a structured interview and there was no question that would have elicited that information if the patient didn’t voluntarily mention it. I get stuck tunes (intrusive music) but not in specific relationship to my migraines. It is an epiphenomenon associated with sub-clinical OCD, and thus serotonin-mediated, so it might occur in migraineurs, but not as a primary symptom. Just my two cents, Wow.  Now that is interesting to me. serotonin-insufficient Priscilla who is waiting for an appointment with her psy-doc for meds adjustment meanwhile various songs keep getting stuck in her mind P.S.  But wait — it happens to lots of people, doesn’t it?

No, it doesn’t. actually. Or rather, what some people call "i’ve got a song stuck in my head" is NOTHING in terms of freuqnecy, intensity, and duration of the "real deal." For those who don’t have it, i ought to explain that intrusive music is not the same as "thinking" of a song — it is actually the experience of the song playing, as if recorded, over and over. When it is very intense, it  cannot be turned off and the person affected with it may find it difficult to repress the impulse to sing, whistle, or hum along. Intrusive music is essentially an iunfinished musical piece (a song or fragment of a song) that continually and repeatedly intrudes upon waking or dreaming consciousness. Dreaming of intrusive music is aindicative of its non-volitional character; i have at times had it so intensely that it woke me up, due to the loud volume of the music. OCD folks have low serotoinin and so do migraine folks and depressed folks. There are other brain chemicals involved in threse three syndromes, and they are by no means the same. However, serotonin is implicatied in the COMPLETION of thoughts, hence OCD people repeat thoughts, being low in serotonin. Insofar as music is a thought, it gets "stuck" if serotonin levels drop, but by itself it does constitute a severe enough symptom to result in a diagnosis of OCD. cat yronwode

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Jenn, there ARE sinuses right there…but why would a sinus headache be connected to your period? If I were you, I’d have a sinus scan, just to be sure (you don’t need to have an active infection to have blocked sinuses). But I must say, the neurological stuff and the attachment to your menstrual cycle sound like migraine. Any other migraineurs in your family? See a doc, honey. Good luck –Julianne

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The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder thought occurred to me, but I thought I’d leave it at what I said and see what others had to contribute.  I have Tourette’s Syndrome, and a touch of OCD and/or ADD not infrequently accompanies that.  I do have the phenomenon of stuck tunes at times, but I don’t have migraine, just an interest in the problem.  I ran across a clue in a crossword puzzle "Lighthouse in Wales," so for the last couple of days I’ve been treating myself to replays of "My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light.  He courted a mermaid once by night, And out of this union there came three, A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me. . . ."

Heh!  Over on another newsgroup I frequent there’s a thread about various recordings of "The Windmills of Your Mind," so that one’s going around and around and around in my head — actually fairly appropriately, come to think of it.  ;-)  That’s maybe better than the previous one (which is coming back now I’m thinking of it) which was also from a thread on that newsgroup — a song by Leonard Nimoy about Bilbo Baggins which someone found a video clip of somewhere on the web — http://www.ntk.net/2002/08/02/baggins.mov for anyone else who wants to be driven mad by late 60s wierdness. Ear worms, ear worms.  *sigh* Priscilla — "Love is not something wonderful that you feel; it is something difficult that you do."      – Elizabeth Goudge

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Sleezy poster posts first as child, then as adult. Like I been saying, posters on this ng are not who they are posing as!

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What’s low or high about it? Whether it comes straight from the heart or not, It may raise a reasonable hypothetical about what many posters may be thinking. I always thought that about the beast of usenet. that you can’t read people’s faces, so that often it’s just a matter of reading for content. If you happen to maintain emotional integrity, people can only respect you for that fact, and want to become part of that. We all crave that respect, so can only respect it when we see it in others. so buyer beware; as it ever was; as you exemplify and as we have been preaching the whole time. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ever since AST posters unjustly and unfairly attacked me, in xposts, 3 separate times over the last month,  I responded by saying over and over again,  I dont know what going on here, but these people attacking me do not know enough about TS to be who they are posing as,  someone with TS or the parent or spouse of someone with TS.   Well, today, you imposters sunk to a new low. Posing as a child, then hours later the same poster from the same site posting as an adult.   NEXT TIME you pose as a child,  try posting using a nickname, doesnt make it seem like porno parsons put you up to posting the post…sicko.. As I been saying all along,  posters to this ng are NOT who they claim to be. Something really really rotten going down on this ng! Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed- east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!easynews!crtntx1- snh1.gtei.net!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- 2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1   ETAsAhQ1UKwZOScDhIJLJvPA3VXL9TjfGQIUZfL8n9xZePfHCKBppO3AzJb5xek= Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110099 Hello group, I am a 16 y.o. boy from Tennessee who has had TS for a few years.  It has become worse and I have been put on medication, which has not helped.  In a post, one of the drugs I am on was mentioned– Risperdal. I am also taking Geodon, which has helped more than anything, but not completely.  There are numerous psychological and socological effects on sufferers of TS, as you all may know (very well, also) but growing up with the ability to do public speaking, but not even knowing if one will get through a speech he or she has written without tic-ing to the point of no control is very challenging.    I am posing a Question to this group:  Are there famous people out there with TS? Also, is there someone who can be a voice for this, so that it isn’t just thought of as an "alleged" disorder… that word "Alleged" enfuriated me.  How do you think you are, Janus, just coming out and saying that a documented condition is "alleged" that it doesn’t really exist at all?  I think you need to live day in and day out with a severe case of Tourette Syndrome, to hear the laughter, the scorns, and the ridicule due to the difference, and your little word "alleged" would change quite dramatically.    If you, Janus, truly are a doctor, then you are a severe discredit to your profession.  Would you rather "bleed" a person than treat them? Oh, what happens if a person comes to you severely depressed… would you merely dismiss the case as a matter of over-stressing one’s self, or much worse, if they are on in years, of simply being a tired old person? I think you need to rethink your theoretic process and come up with one to HELP, not to harm.  Also, didn’t you take an oath that said "First, do no harm"?  Maybe you are just another morally and compassionately corrupt medical professional who cares about nothing else besides what you shot on the back nine yesterday, or what you will have for lunch.    I sincerely apologize for the length of my post, but these are things I needed to get off of my chest.  May your Tourette Syndrome cases become blessings more than curses and allow you overcome obstacles in your lives.  God bless you and God bless America. Thank you, A. Parrish Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news- hub1.bbnplanet.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- 2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1   ETAuAhUAvTp4//vOEJnRBwmh1ytNDJnBR0MCFQChrX3ynq9344agyzuWXj+fWl9a8g == Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110170 I got this E-Mail yesterday from a parent and child asking for help. If i cant answer the question i send them to this group for the answer. I think that until this group changes, NO ONE should come here for help. Look at the sring of posts. It is mostly arguing and bad mothing each other. We are supposed to be adults. Weare supposed to help other adults and children. I know that we wont always agree, but we need to set aside the differences for the good of those who need us. If someone wants to set up another group for complaints and bitching, go ahead but lets leave this one for helping. This group should be held to a higher standard than others because of our cause. I know that there are people in here that want to start things up and cause problems. By responding to them we let them win. If you see something you dont agree with, ignore it. If you dont agree with what i am saying now, ignore it. Please lets start helping and not hurting. Put yourself in the shoes of the ewly diagnosed.  Confsed and frightened, they come into this group and see 30 people fighting. Where do they go now? Thier doctor who know nothing about ts? Outdated magazine articles? Talk shows that love to exploit? WHERE! I havent posted here in a while because I hate the bashing. We have all complained about the negativity surounding TS and the mis-information out there We are the ones to get the straight story from, lets not scare the ones that need us away. Sorry for the soap box Leonard MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

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Posing as a child, then hours later the same poster from the same site posting as an adult.  

Sick. Perhaps some scheme to recruit children for child pornography.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What’s low or high about it? Whether it comes straight from the heart or not, It may raise a reasonable hypothetical about what many posters may be thinking. I always thought that about the beast of usenet. that you can’t read people’s faces, so that often it’s just a matter of reading for content. If you happen to maintain emotional integrity, people can only respect you for that fact, and want to become part of that. We all crave that respect, so can only respect it when we see it in others. so buyer beware; as it ever was; as you exemplify and as we have been preaching the whole time.

From the time you all started firing your cannons for no good reason,   it’s been your integrity or lack of it, being questioned. You talk of the posters and their thoughts as if the other posters thoughts here are the only consideration. You are  a poster, so your thinking in terms of other posters thoughts, is natural. But, I am a _reader_ normally,  so my thoughts about other peoples thoughts run to that of the _readers_ thoughts  not the posters. You pander to each other on the ng, as if your only audience on the ng were each other, when in reality there are _two_ audiences on every ng.   other posters,  AND then readers. And, I, a reader, wanted to know WTF was really going down on this ng. Took a dip in shark infested waters to find out. Ok,  now I know. Curiousity satisfied. You gals/guys are _really_ something else! But, everyone has to earn a living, so I wont begrudge anyone here that. sheesh – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ever since AST posters unjustly and unfairly attacked me, in xposts, 3 separate times over the last month,  I responded by saying over and over again,  I dont know what going on here, but these people attacking me do not know enough about TS to be who they are posing as,  someone with TS or the parent or spouse of someone with TS.   Well, today, you imposters sunk to a new low. Posing as a child, then hours later the same poster from the same site posting as an adult.   NEXT TIME you pose as a child,  try posting using a nickname, doesnt make it seem like porno parsons put you up to posting the post…sicko.. As I been saying all along,  posters to this ng are NOT who they claim to be. Something really really rotten going down on this ng! Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed- east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!easynews!crtntx1- snh1.gtei.net!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- 2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1      ETAsAhQ1UKwZOScDhIJLJvPA3VXL9TjfGQIUZfL8n9xZePfHCKBppO3AzJb5xek= Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110099 Hello group, I am a 16 y.o. boy from Tennessee who has had TS for a few years.  It has become worse and I have been put on medication, which has not helped.  In a post, one of the drugs I am on was mentioned– Risperdal. I am also taking Geodon, which has helped more than anything, but not completely.  There are numerous psychological and socological effects on sufferers of TS, as you all may know (very well, also) but growing up with the ability to do public speaking, but not even knowing if one will get through a speech he or she has written without tic-ing to the point of no control is very challenging.    I am posing a Question to this group:  Are there famous people out there with TS? Also, is there someone who can be a voice for this, so that it isn’t just thought of as an "alleged" disorder… that word "Alleged" enfuriated me.  How do you think you are, Janus, just coming out and saying that a documented condition is "alleged" that it doesn’t really exist at all?  I think you need to live day in and day out with a severe case of Tourette Syndrome, to hear the laughter, the scorns, and the ridicule due to the difference, and your little word "alleged" would change quite dramatically.    If you, Janus, truly are a doctor, then you are a severe discredit to your profession.  Would you rather "bleed" a person than treat them? Oh, what happens if a person comes to you severely depressed… would you merely dismiss the case as a matter of over-stressing one’s self, or much worse, if they are on in years, of simply being a tired old person? I think you need to rethink your theoretic process and come up with one to HELP, not to harm.  Also, didn’t you take an oath that said "First, do no harm"?  Maybe you are just another morally and compassionately corrupt medical professional who cares about nothing else besides what you shot on the back nine yesterday, or what you will have for lunch.    I sincerely apologize for the length of my post, but these are things I needed to get off of my chest.  May your Tourette Syndrome cases become blessings more than curses and allow you overcome obstacles in your lives.  God bless you and God bless America. Thank you, A. Parrish Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news- hub1.bbnplanet.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- 2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1      ETAuAhUAvTp4//vOEJnRBwmh1ytNDJnBR0MCFQChrX3ynq9344agyzuWXj+fWl9a8g == Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110170 I got this E-Mail yesterday from a parent and child asking for help. If i cant answer the question i send them to this group for the answer. I think that until this group changes, NO ONE should come here for help. Look at the sring of posts. It is mostly arguing and bad mothing each other. We are supposed to be adults. Weare supposed to help other adults and children. I know that we wont always agree, but we need to set aside the differences for the good of those who need us. If someone wants to set up another group for complaints and bitching, go ahead but lets leave this one for helping. This group should be held to a higher standard than others because of our cause. I know that there are people in here that want to start things up and cause problems. By responding to them we let them win. If you see something you dont agree with, ignore it. If you dont agree with what i am saying now, ignore it. Please lets start helping and not hurting. Put yourself in the shoes of the ewly diagnosed.  Confsed and frightened, they come into this group and see 30 people fighting. Where do they go now? Thier doctor who know nothing about ts? Outdated magazine articles? Talk shows that love to exploit? WHERE! I havent posted here in a while because I hate the bashing. We have all complained about the negativity surounding TS and the mis-information out there We are the ones to get the straight story from, lets not scare the ones that need us away. Sorry for the soap box Leonard MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

Response:

Ever since AST posters unjustly and unfairly attacked me, in xposts, 3 separate times over the last month,  I responded by saying over and over again,  I dont know what going on here, but these people attacking me do not know enough about TS to be who they are posing as,  someone with TS or the parent or spouse of someone with TS.   Well, today, you imposters sunk to a new low. Posing as a child, then hours later the same poster from the same site posting as an adult.   NEXT TIME you pose as a child,  try posting using a nickname, doesnt make it seem like porno parsons put you up to posting the post…sicko.. As I been saying all along,  posters to this ng are NOT who they claim to be. Something really really rotten going down on this ng! Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed- east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!easynews!crtntx1- snh1.gtei.net!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- 2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1       ETAsAhQ1UKwZOScDhIJLJvPA3VXL9TjfGQIUZfL8n9xZePfHCKBppO3AzJb5xek= Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110099 Hello group, I am a 16 y.o. boy from Tennessee who has had TS for a few years.  It has become worse and I have been put on medication, which has not helped.  In a post, one of the drugs I am on was mentioned– Risperdal. I am also taking Geodon, which has helped more than anything, but not completely.  There are numerous psychological and socological effects on sufferers of TS, as you all may know (very well, also) but growing up with the ability to do public speaking, but not even knowing if one will get through a speech he or she has written without tic-ing to the point of no control is very challenging.     I am posing a Question to this group:  Are there famous people out there with TS? Also, is there someone who can be a voice for this, so that it isn’t just thought of as an "alleged" disorder… that word "Alleged" enfuriated me.  How do you think you are, Janus, just coming out and saying that a documented condition is "alleged" that it doesn’t really exist at all?  I think you need to live day in and day out with a severe case of Tourette Syndrome, to hear the laughter, the scorns, and the ridicule due to the difference, and your little word "alleged" would change quite dramatically.     If you, Janus, truly are a doctor, then you are a severe discredit to your profession.  Would you rather "bleed" a person than treat them? Oh, what happens if a person comes to you severely depressed… would you merely dismiss the case as a matter of over-stressing one’s self, or much worse, if they are on in years, of simply being a tired old person? I think you need to rethink your theoretic process and come up with one to HELP, not to harm.  Also, didn’t you take an oath that said "First, do no harm"?  Maybe you are just another morally and compassionately corrupt medical professional who cares about nothing else besides what you shot on the back nine yesterday, or what you will have for lunch.     I sincerely apologize for the length of my post, but these are things I needed to get off of my chest.  May your Tourette Syndrome cases become blessings more than curses and allow you overcome obstacles in your lives.  God bless you and God bless America. Thank you, A. Parrish Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news- hub1.bbnplanet.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- 2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1       ETAuAhUAvTp4//vOEJnRBwmh1ytNDJnBR0MCFQChrX3ynq9344agyzuWXj+fWl9a8g == Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110170 I got this E-Mail yesterday from a parent and child asking for help. If i cant answer the question i send them to this group for the answer. I think that until this group changes, NO ONE should come here for help. Look at the sring of posts. It is mostly arguing and bad mothing each other. We are supposed to be adults. Weare supposed to help other adults and children. I know that we wont always agree, but we need to set aside the differences for the good of those who need us. If someone wants to set up another group for complaints and bitching, go ahead but lets leave this one for helping. This group should be held to a higher standard than others because of our cause. I know that there are people in here that want to start things up and cause problems. By responding to them we let them win. If you see something you dont agree with, ignore it. If you dont agree with what i am saying now, ignore it. Please lets start helping and not hurting. Put yourself in the shoes of the ewly diagnosed.  Confsed and frightened, they come into this group and see 30 people fighting. Where do they go now? Thier doctor who know nothing about ts? Outdated magazine articles? Talk shows that love to exploit? WHERE! I havent posted here in a while because I hate the bashing. We have all complained about the negativity surounding TS and the mis-information out there We are the ones to get the straight story from, lets not scare the ones that need us away. Sorry for the soap box Leonard  MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

Response:

Sleezy poster posts first as child, then as adult. Like I been saying, posters on this ng are not who they are posing as!

Question:

What’s low or high about it? Whether it comes straight from the heart or not, It may raise a reasonable hypothetical about what many posters may be thinking. I always thought that about the beast of usenet. that you can’t read people’s faces, so that often it’s just a matter of reading for content. If you happen to maintain emotional integrity, people can only respect you for that fact, and want to become part of that. We all crave that respect, so can only respect it when we see it in others. so buyer beware; as it ever was; as you exemplify and as we have been preaching the whole time. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 18:35:15 -0400, Janice <Jan…@nospam.com> wrote: >Ever since AST posters unjustly and unfairly attacked me, in xposts, 3 >separate times over the last month,  I responded by saying over and over >again,  I dont know what going on here, but these people attacking me do >not know enough about TS to be who they are posing as,  someone with TS >or the parent or spouse of someone with TS.   >Well, today, you imposters sunk to a new low. >Posing as a child, then hours later the same poster from the same site >posting as an adult.   >NEXT TIME you pose as a child,  try posting using a nickname, doesnt make >it seem like porno parsons put you up to posting the post…sicko.. >As I been saying all along,  posters to this ng are NOT who they claim to >be. >Something really really rotten going down on this ng! >Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed- >east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!easynews!crtntx1- >snh1.gtei.net!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- >2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail >From: TeEnGuY4…@webtv.net (Hot~Teen~Guy~ 4~U) >Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette >Subject: Tourette Syndrome’s Psychological and Sociological Effects >Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 00:03:35 -0500 (CDT) >Organization: WebTV Subscriber >Lines: 39 >Message-ID: <3747-3D4B6427-…@storefull-2291.public.lawson.webtv.net> >NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net >Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) >Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit >X-WebTV-Signature: >1   ETAsAhQ1UKwZOScDhIJLJvPA3VXL9TjfGQIUZfL8n9xZePfHCKBppO3AzJb5xek= >Content-Disposition: Inline >Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110099 >Hello group, >I am a 16 y.o. boy from Tennessee who has had TS for a few years.  It >has become worse and I have been put on medication, which has not >helped.  In a post, one of the drugs I am on was mentioned– Risperdal. >I am also taking Geodon, which has helped more than anything, but not >completely.  There are numerous psychological and socological effects on >sufferers of TS, as you all may know (very well, also) but growing up >with the ability to do public speaking, but not even knowing if one will >get through a speech he or she has written without tic-ing to the point >of no control is very challenging.   >  I am posing a Question to this group:  Are there famous people out >there with TS? Also, is there someone who can be a voice for this, so >that it isn’t just thought of as an "alleged" disorder… that word >"Alleged" enfuriated me.  How do you think you are, Janus, just coming >out and saying that a documented condition is "alleged" that it doesn’t >really exist at all?  I think you need to live day in and day out with a >severe case of Tourette Syndrome, to hear the laughter, the scorns, and >the ridicule due to the difference, and your little word "alleged" would >change quite dramatically.   >  If you, Janus, truly are a doctor, then you are a severe discredit to >your profession.  Would you rather "bleed" a person than treat them? >Oh, what happens if a person comes to you severely depressed… would >you merely dismiss the case as a matter of over-stressing one’s self, or >much worse, if they are on in years, of simply being a tired old person? >I think you need to rethink your theoretic process and come up with one >to HELP, not to harm.  Also, didn’t you take an oath that said "First, >do no harm"?  Maybe you are just another morally and compassionately >corrupt medical professional who cares about nothing else besides what >you shot on the back nine yesterday, or what you will have for lunch.   >  I sincerely apologize for the length of my post, but these are things >I needed to get off of my chest.  May your Tourette Syndrome cases >become blessings more than curses and allow you overcome obstacles in >your lives.  God bless you and God bless America. >Thank you, >A. Parrish >Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news- >hub1.bbnplanet.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- >2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail >From: JOURNEYH…@webtv.net >Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette >Subject: STOP IT!!! >Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:31:14 -0400 (EDT) >Organization: WebTV Subscriber >Lines: 28 >Message-ID: <20081-3D4C0552-…@storefull-2317.public.lawson.webtv.net> >NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net >Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) >Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit >X-WebTV-Signature: >1   ETAuAhUAvTp4//vOEJnRBwmh1ytNDJnBR0MCFQChrX3ynq9344agyzuWXj+fWl9a8g >== >Content-Disposition: Inline >Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110170 >I got this E-Mail yesterday from a parent and child asking for help. If >i cant answer the question i send them to this group for the answer. I >think that until this group changes, NO ONE should come here for help. >Look at the sring of posts. It is mostly arguing and bad mothing each >other. We are supposed to be adults. Weare supposed to help other adults >and children. I know that we wont always agree, but we need to set aside >the differences for the good of those who need us. If someone wants to >set up another group for complaints and bitching, go ahead but lets >leave this one for helping. This group should be held to a higher >standard than others because of our cause. I know that there are people >in here that want to start things up and cause problems. By responding >to them we let them win. If you see something you dont agree with, >ignore it. If you dont agree with what i am saying now, ignore it. >Please lets start helping and not hurting. Put yourself in the shoes of >the ewly diagnosed.  Confsed and frightened, they come into this group >and see 30 people fighting. Where do they go now? Thier doctor who know >nothing about ts? Outdated magazine articles? Talk shows that love to >exploit? WHERE! I havent posted here in a while because I hate the >bashing. We have all complained about the negativity surounding TS and >the mis-information out there We are the ones to get the straight story >from, lets not scare the ones that need us away. >Sorry for the soap box >Leonard > MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. >www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

Response:

Janice <Jan…@nospam.com> wrote: >Posing as a child, then hours later the same poster from the same site >posting as an adult.  

Sick. Perhaps some scheme to recruit children for child pornography.

Response:

Ever since AST posters unjustly and unfairly attacked me, in xposts, 3 separate times over the last month,  I responded by saying over and over again,  I dont know what going on here, but these people attacking me do not know enough about TS to be who they are posing as,  someone with TS or the parent or spouse of someone with TS.   Well, today, you imposters sunk to a new low. Posing as a child, then hours later the same poster from the same site posting as an adult.   NEXT TIME you pose as a child,  try posting using a nickname, doesnt make it seem like porno parsons put you up to posting the post…sicko.. As I been saying all along,  posters to this ng are NOT who they claim to be. Something really really rotten going down on this ng! Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed- east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!easynews!crtntx1- snh1.gtei.net!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- 2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail From: TeEnGuY4…@webtv.net (Hot~Teen~Guy~ 4~U) Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette Subject: Tourette Syndrome’s Psychological and Sociological Effects Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 00:03:35 -0500 (CDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 39 Message-ID: <3747-3D4B6427-323@storefull-2291.public.lawson.webtv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1       ETAsAhQ1UKwZOScDhIJLJvPA3VXL9TjfGQIUZfL8n9xZePfHCKBppO3AzJb5xek= Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110099 Hello group, I am a 16 y.o. boy from Tennessee who has had TS for a few years.  It has become worse and I have been put on medication, which has not helped.  In a post, one of the drugs I am on was mentioned– Risperdal. I am also taking Geodon, which has helped more than anything, but not completely.  There are numerous psychological and socological effects on sufferers of TS, as you all may know (very well, also) but growing up with the ability to do public speaking, but not even knowing if one will get through a speech he or she has written without tic-ing to the point of no control is very challenging.     I am posing a Question to this group:  Are there famous people out there with TS? Also, is there someone who can be a voice for this, so that it isn’t just thought of as an "alleged" disorder… that word "Alleged" enfuriated me.  How do you think you are, Janus, just coming out and saying that a documented condition is "alleged" that it doesn’t really exist at all?  I think you need to live day in and day out with a severe case of Tourette Syndrome, to hear the laughter, the scorns, and the ridicule due to the difference, and your little word "alleged" would change quite dramatically.     If you, Janus, truly are a doctor, then you are a severe discredit to your profession.  Would you rather "bleed" a person than treat them? Oh, what happens if a person comes to you severely depressed… would you merely dismiss the case as a matter of over-stressing one’s self, or much worse, if they are on in years, of simply being a tired old person? I think you need to rethink your theoretic process and come up with one to HELP, not to harm.  Also, didn’t you take an oath that said "First, do no harm"?  Maybe you are just another morally and compassionately corrupt medical professional who cares about nothing else besides what you shot on the back nine yesterday, or what you will have for lunch.     I sincerely apologize for the length of my post, but these are things I needed to get off of my chest.  May your Tourette Syndrome cases become blessings more than curses and allow you overcome obstacles in your lives.  God bless you and God bless America. Thank you, A. Parrish Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news- hub1.bbnplanet.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- 2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail From: JOURNEYH…@webtv.net Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette Subject: STOP IT!!! Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:31:14 -0400 (EDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 28 Message-ID: <20081-3D4C0552-…@storefull-2317.public.lawson.webtv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1       ETAuAhUAvTp4//vOEJnRBwmh1ytNDJnBR0MCFQChrX3ynq9344agyzuWXj+fWl9a8g == Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110170 I got this E-Mail yesterday from a parent and child asking for help. If i cant answer the question i send them to this group for the answer. I think that until this group changes, NO ONE should come here for help. Look at the sring of posts. It is mostly arguing and bad mothing each other. We are supposed to be adults. Weare supposed to help other adults and children. I know that we wont always agree, but we need to set aside the differences for the good of those who need us. If someone wants to set up another group for complaints and bitching, go ahead but lets leave this one for helping. This group should be held to a higher standard than others because of our cause. I know that there are people in here that want to start things up and cause problems. By responding to them we let them win. If you see something you dont agree with, ignore it. If you dont agree with what i am saying now, ignore it. Please lets start helping and not hurting. Put yourself in the shoes of the ewly diagnosed.  Confsed and frightened, they come into this group and see 30 people fighting. Where do they go now? Thier doctor who know nothing about ts? Outdated magazine articles? Talk shows that love to exploit? WHERE! I havent posted here in a while because I hate the bashing. We have all complained about the negativity surounding TS and the mis-information out there We are the ones to get the straight story from, lets not scare the ones that need us away. Sorry for the soap box Leonard  MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

Response:

In article <am0pkustvk8hrtr7q94oqccem2bttss…@4ax.com>, grr…@AMpost.com says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> What’s low or high about it? > Whether it comes straight from the heart or not, It may raise a > reasonable hypothetical about what many posters may be thinking. > I always thought that about the beast of usenet. > that you can’t read people’s faces, so that often it’s just a matter > of reading for content. > If you happen to maintain emotional integrity, people can only respect > you for that fact, and want to become part of that. > We all crave that respect, so can only respect it when we see it in > others. > so buyer beware; as it ever was; as you exemplify and as we have been > preaching the whole time.

From the time you all started firing your cannons for no good reason,   it’s been your integrity or lack of it, being questioned. You talk of the posters and their thoughts as if the other posters thoughts here are the only consideration. You are  a poster, so your thinking in terms of other posters thoughts, is natural. But, I am a _reader_ normally,  so my thoughts about other peoples thoughts run to that of the _readers_ thoughts  not the posters. You pander to each other on the ng, as if your only audience on the ng were each other, when in reality there are _two_ audiences on every ng.   other posters,  AND then readers. And, I, a reader, wanted to know WTF was really going down on this ng. Took a dip in shark infested waters to find out. Ok,  now I know. Curiousity satisfied. You gals/guys are _really_ something else! But, everyone has to earn a living, so I wont begrudge anyone here that. sheesh – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 18:35:15 -0400, Janice <Jan…@nospam.com> wrote: > >Ever since AST posters unjustly and unfairly attacked me, in xposts, 3 > >separate times over the last month,  I responded by saying over and over > >again,  I dont know what going on here, but these people attacking me do > >not know enough about TS to be who they are posing as,  someone with TS > >or the parent or spouse of someone with TS.   > >Well, today, you imposters sunk to a new low. > >Posing as a child, then hours later the same poster from the same site > >posting as an adult.   > >NEXT TIME you pose as a child,  try posting using a nickname, doesnt make > >it seem like porno parsons put you up to posting the post…sicko.. > >As I been saying all along,  posters to this ng are NOT who they claim to > >be. > >Something really really rotten going down on this ng! > >Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed- > >east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!easynews!crtntx1- > >snh1.gtei.net!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- > >2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail > >From: TeEnGuY4…@webtv.net (Hot~Teen~Guy~ 4~U) > >Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette > >Subject: Tourette Syndrome’s Psychological and Sociological Effects > >Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 00:03:35 -0500 (CDT) > >Organization: WebTV Subscriber > >Lines: 39 > >Message-ID: <3747-3D4B6427-…@storefull-2291.public.lawson.webtv.net> > >NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net > >Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) > >Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > >X-WebTV-Signature: > >1      ETAsAhQ1UKwZOScDhIJLJvPA3VXL9TjfGQIUZfL8n9xZePfHCKBppO3AzJb5xek= > >Content-Disposition: Inline > >Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110099 > >Hello group, > >I am a 16 y.o. boy from Tennessee who has had TS for a few years.  It > >has become worse and I have been put on medication, which has not > >helped.  In a post, one of the drugs I am on was mentioned– Risperdal. > >I am also taking Geodon, which has helped more than anything, but not > >completely.  There are numerous psychological and socological effects on > >sufferers of TS, as you all may know (very well, also) but growing up > >with the ability to do public speaking, but not even knowing if one will > >get through a speech he or she has written without tic-ing to the point > >of no control is very challenging.   > >  I am posing a Question to this group:  Are there famous people out > >there with TS? Also, is there someone who can be a voice for this, so > >that it isn’t just thought of as an "alleged" disorder… that word > >"Alleged" enfuriated me.  How do you think you are, Janus, just coming > >out and saying that a documented condition is "alleged" that it doesn’t > >really exist at all?  I think you need to live day in and day out with a > >severe case of Tourette Syndrome, to hear the laughter, the scorns, and > >the ridicule due to the difference, and your little word "alleged" would > >change quite dramatically.   > >  If you, Janus, truly are a doctor, then you are a severe discredit to > >your profession.  Would you rather "bleed" a person than treat them? > >Oh, what happens if a person comes to you severely depressed… would > >you merely dismiss the case as a matter of over-stressing one’s self, or > >much worse, if they are on in years, of simply being a tired old person? > >I think you need to rethink your theoretic process and come up with one > >to HELP, not to harm.  Also, didn’t you take an oath that said "First, > >do no harm"?  Maybe you are just another morally and compassionately > >corrupt medical professional who cares about nothing else besides what > >you shot on the back nine yesterday, or what you will have for lunch.   > >  I sincerely apologize for the length of my post, but these are things > >I needed to get off of my chest.  May your Tourette Syndrome cases > >become blessings more than curses and allow you overcome obstacles in > >your lives.  God bless you and God bless America. > >Thank you, > >A. Parrish > >Path: news.alt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news- > >hub1.bbnplanet.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter- > >2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail > >From: JOURNEYH…@webtv.net > >Newsgroups: alt.support.tourette > >Subject: STOP IT!!! > >Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:31:14 -0400 (EDT) > >Organization: WebTV Subscriber > >Lines: 28 > >Message-ID: <20081-3D4C0552-…@storefull-2317.public.lawson.webtv.net> > >NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net > >Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) > >Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > >X-WebTV-Signature: > >1      ETAuAhUAvTp4//vOEJnRBwmh1ytNDJnBR0MCFQChrX3ynq9344agyzuWXj+fWl9a8g > >== > >Content-Disposition: Inline > >Xref: news alt.support.tourette:110170 > >I got this E-Mail yesterday from a parent and child asking for help. If > >i cant answer the question i send them to this group for the answer. I > >think that until this group changes, NO ONE should come here for help. > >Look at the sring of posts. It is mostly arguing and bad mothing each > >other. We are supposed to be adults. Weare supposed to help other adults > >and children. I know that we wont always agree, but we need to set aside > >the differences for the good of those who need us. If someone wants to > >set up another group for complaints and bitching, go ahead but lets > >leave this one for helping. This group should be held to a higher > >standard than others because of our cause. I know that there are people > >in here that want to start things up and cause problems. By responding > >to them we let them win. If you see something you dont agree with, > >ignore it. If you dont agree with what i am saying now, ignore it. > >Please lets start helping and not hurting. Put yourself in the shoes of > >the ewly diagnosed.  Confsed and frightened, they come into this group > >and see 30 people fighting. Where do they go now? Thier doctor who know > >nothing about ts? Outdated magazine articles? Talk shows that love to > >exploit? WHERE! I havent posted here in a while because I hate the > >bashing. We have all complained about the negativity surounding TS and > >the mis-information out there We are the ones to get the straight story > >from, lets not scare the ones that need us away. > >Sorry for the soap box > >Leonard > > MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. > >www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

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The grandiosity of those with TS writing to Dr. Jancovic

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Janus writes: >those who have not engaged in personal attacks, or started any pissing >contests, are presumed to have TS.

Bwwwwaaaahhhaaaaahaaaahaaaa!!!!!!! We’re cured! CURED, I say!!!  Every single one of us, past or present, all our children, all our loved and not-so-loved-ones!  Everyone who has ever been on this newgroup is CURED!  No more TS!!! Including Janus him/her/itself!!! Move along people, nothing more to see here…no reason to be here…

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news:MPG.17b39efa47d55d869896c4@news.alt.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> In article <F2h29.18432$p56.5952…@newsb.telia.net>, > John.Mor…@malerbakken.com says… > > Yes, it is a support group, and its primary area of interest is dedicated to > > dealing with the various aspects of TS and related challenges. There is, > > however, no "basic requirement" on those who want to read or post to this > > group. >  There are wonderful people posting here who do not have TS > > themselves, but have a strong interest in helping others. That is enough. > > Nowhere is it written that you have to "qualify" to a public unmoderated > > newsgroup, nor to this one. Off course, discussing matters related to TS is > > the prime goal, but as you may have noticed, the discussions can take many > > turns. > > So, it is a support group, but it is still open to anyone with an opinion to > > share. > You have gone and said the single most, dirtiest, most obscene 4 letter > word in the english language!

I be you pardon? Remeber that English is a secondary language for me, and I might very well use wrong expressions from time to time and causing unintentional confusion. This statement is only confusing. I do not understand where you say I have used foul language. > Anyone without the disorder playing any but the most marginal of roles > in a support group for people with a disorder,  is _not_ a wonderful > person here to _help_ anyone except help them out of something,  and help > themselves into something.

Not true. My wife has not the slightest trace of TS, it all comes from my side of the family, yet she is used as a lecturer for mamagement of TS in the schools in numerous meetings around this country. She has an indirecet relation to TS, and use her experiences and skills to tell others about what teachers can do. And, believe as you may, some of it really works. > The very idea that people with TS need the "help" of those without TS is > an obscene insult!

And only a blind can help a blind cross the street? I frankly believe that you are oversensitive in this. Stigmatising in the way  you describe below has never before (at least the last 7 years when I have been using AST) been mentioned as a problem. I believe you are exagerating this. There is actually such things as concern and good will in the world. Some people have the indirect experiences that I have just described. Some may be even more remote, but a genuine willingness to understand is enough to defend being a poster on AST. If I was able to give you a summary of the traffic on this group over the years, you would find that most discussions are about daily life, not the huge challenges of the medicine world on how to crack the genetic code for TS and creating a remedy for it. (We have actually discussed if those of us with TS would like that for ourselves. TS is what we are and know, and some of us are not too sure that we would like to change that much. As you correctly state below, TS is not all together a negative syndrome, the package can contain some good things too.) You do not have to have TS yourself in order to say some words of comfort to mother, when little Tommy has been thrown out of the school for the third time in a week. I am not sure what your intentions are by this "blow out", but as a TS person I have not felt patronised by posts and offers of support from people on this group, and there has been no discussion about it as far as I can remember (then I am a man, right, so my memory does not go that far. Others may want to correct me.) A support group can be only that: mutula support amongst people with a common interest. I do not see offers to _help_ on a person to person basis, but you do not have to have TS in order to provide information to someone where the nearest neurologist with knowledge about children is located. Sorry, I belive you are wrong in this, and that your arguments go too far. How would you arrange it, technically and administratively, if the group was to function according to your concept of only those having TS would be allowed to post? Would that be a closed user forum with a "qualifying" process? I do not see how that can be done in an unmoderated public newsgroup. If you know different, let me know about it.  The moment anyone tells you they want to _help_ you, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> watch out!   They just declared you a disabled person, a cripple, a > person unable to help yourself,  a needy person in need of _help_! They > stolen your self confidence, your self esteem, to build up their own, > disempowered you to empower themselves at your expense.  so please do not > tell me anyone is here to help anyone but their sad sack selves. > People with TS are not disabled, crippled, impaired,  in need of > help.  People with TS are amongst the most gifted people in the > world.  People with TS do not need the _help_ of people who do not > possess the self esteem to accomplish something with their lives,  and > seek to bolster their own lack of self esteem at the expense of those > with tS  whom they label disabled the minute they insult them by > proffering help NO ONE ASKED FOR! > See,  now you got me going on a rant! Needless to say,  i think you get > the picture regards my opinions of those suggesting they crashed a > support group to _help_ anyone cept out of something!

Oldest trick in the book, Janus: When you feel your temperature rising, stop typing! Go back when you are composed. That creates

Rant – Don't read if you're in a good mood :(

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I read the recipe.  I don’t think in that dish I would like the mushrooms, and I find Broccoli Rabe to be rather bitter.  But I tend to like things simple when it comes to food.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – so cool.  Found a recipie for it:  Was missing mushrooms + wine. http://www.italianfoodforever.com/recipes/poultry/chickencacciatore.php Gonna try it 2morrow. Alan — http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm That’s almost like a Cacciatore.  My mother was always a very good cook, but I’m so damn picky that most of it was lost on me.  I liked that dish though. Robin 5) She isn’t taking her daily vitamin.  She hasn’t finished the first bottle she bought (when we started taking them) and I am almost finished my second. I agree with you here.  I believe in the importance of adequate vitamin/mineral/anti-oxidant intake especially during dieting/exercise. Personally, I take a multi-vitamin along with extra Zinc(50mg), vitamin E(~1200IU), vitamin C(~2grams) plus eat alot of veggies+fruit and drink loads of milk. 5 glasses of skim milk is the average for me.     Plus I have a really wierd craving for tomatoes+tomatoe sauce.  My favorite meal is grilled chicken with spaghetti garlic tomatoe  sauce + fresh cut tomatoes + onions + 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil.  Only problem is that my mom complains that I finish off all the pasta sauce when she cooks pasta. Interesting thing is that a few days ago, after a series of pre-surgery tests/exams, my surgeon said that he’s never seen such a high bone density ever in anyone and was wondering what I was eating/doing.  I was pleasantly suprised and told him: WeightLifting Rules. Alan http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm

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so cool.  Found a recipie for it:  Was missing mushrooms + wine. http://www.italianfoodforever.com/recipes/poultry/chickencacciatore.php Gonna try it 2morrow. Alan — http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – That’s almost like a Cacciatore.  My mother was always a very good cook, but I’m so damn picky that most of it was lost on me.  I liked that dish though. Robin 5) She isn’t taking her daily vitamin.  She hasn’t finished the first bottle she bought (when we started taking them) and I am almost finished my second. I agree with you here.  I believe in the importance of adequate vitamin/mineral/anti-oxidant intake especially during dieting/exercise. Personally, I take a multi-vitamin along with extra Zinc(50mg), vitamin E(~1200IU), vitamin C(~2grams) plus eat alot of veggies+fruit and drink loads of milk. 5 glasses of skim milk is the average for me.     Plus I have a really wierd craving for tomatoes+tomatoe sauce.  My favorite meal is grilled chicken with spaghetti garlic tomatoe  sauce + fresh cut tomatoes + onions + 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil.  Only problem is that my mom complains that I finish off all the pasta sauce when she cooks pasta. Interesting thing is that a few days ago, after a series of pre-surgery tests/exams, my surgeon said that he’s never seen such a high bone density ever in anyone and was wondering what I was eating/doing.  I was pleasantly suprised and told him: WeightLifting Rules. Alan http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm

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Alan S.  spake thusly so cool.  Found a recipie for it:  Was missing mushrooms + wine. http://www.italianfoodforever.com/recipes/poultry/chickencacciatore.php Gonna try it 2morrow.

I make something a little like this, but it’s less prep time.  I buy a fresh pasta sauce (usually arrabbiata – tomato & bacon) and some chicken pieces, one per person.  All I do is get a big casserole-type pot, throw in some chopped onion, zucchini, mushrooms, capsicum, whatever, add the skinned and trimmed chicken pieces, throw the pasta sauce on top, add a tablespoon or two of white wine, cover the pot and then cook for an hour.  I usually serve it with potatoes boiled in their skins… yummy! Hi, BTW.  Just started using a friend’s WW pure points CD in an effort to finally lose the weight I put on giving up smoking.  Finding a supportive newsgroup was great for quitting cigs, so thought I’d do the same with the weight-loss effort. :) — Maggie 145/144/120

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Thanks Joy.  Yeah, I’ve been reading that you’ve been having problems too. I guess I’ve kinda been identifying with you secretly.  lol

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Robin, please hang in there and don’t give up. And please don’t compare yourself to anyone else. We all have different situations and different challenges, plus we all lose weight differently. I really feel for you. I’ve been in a very similar situation lately, too. No losses or gains. I know how frustrating it is. But you do weigh less that you did before! And you are getting a lot of good exercise! Don’t give up! — Joy 285/254.6/150 10% Goal 256.5 (Reached 6/11/02) LDC Goal 246 (Looking like a fairy tale at this point!)  I’m losing it.  I started WW in February of 2002.  I started at 192, before my vacation in May, I had seen 164.5 ONCE!  Only once, and then it disappeared.  Actually I’m thinking I  might have hallucinated it. Mainly, I had gotten down to 167.5 maybe 166.5.  When I got back I had gained a couple of pounds, then I was on again off again, never really getting anywhere.   I think I had seen around the 167.5 again briefly but the move and all that had me pretty well ofcourse.  After things calmed down here I weighed 172, on July 9th when I started up again.  I feel like I’m not getting anywhere, and for me that’s fatal to a diet.  I feel depressed and although if on time my TOM is due on the 28th, I don’t think that’s the problem right now.  I saw 168.5 the other day, but then it disappeared. Again, seems like it never happened.  I’m always seeing 170, occasionally 169.5 and I can’t seem to get away from those numbers.  In a downward trend that is.  I even started exercising  officially for about an hour every single day, and still nothing!  I’m not doing anything differently than I was.  I know you guys mostly aren’t big on the pre-packaged foods, but if it wasn’t for them I probably would either not be dieting at all, or I’d be eating far worse.  I haven’t increased my intake of them, if anything I might have decreased it.  I can’t imagine seeing the low 160s again, knowing I’m still going to lose weight, let alone the 150s, where I would love to get to, mainly because that would be the lowest ever since I gained this weight in HS when I was very sick in the first place. My tics are kinda bad, which makes me feel like crap as it is & my  mood is pretty awful, especially considering how happy I am in my new place.  I saw that "Chris & Pat" started the same time I did, and Pat who was closer to me in weight started above mine a bit, and is now down below what I’ve gotten to.  Much of that is my fault, but it make me kinda angry at myself. For a while I felt on top of the world, like all I have to do is keep it up and I’ll keep losing and losing, but not it just doesn’t seem that way. And hasn’t.  A couple of the new clothes I bought around April were turned out to be a bit snug on me (bottoms)  so I figured a few more weeks and they’d be perfect.  They’re still hanging in my closet, useless. I was playing with my dog by the lake the yesterday and I had my videocamera propped up on it’s case running at one point, and oh my God I wish I hadn’t watched that video.  15 minutes of the back of me, and to make it worse I was wearing a 2 piece bathing suit (which I greatly prefer comfort and convience wise) with knit shorts.  I don’t think I’ll be wearing that bathing suit anymore regardless of comfort. My Mother & Grandmother & Father are both coming this weekend and the next, with their long term live-in significant others, seperately of course, as they despise each other, and that in itself tends to be like a bad omen. Okay, well I’m going to watch moonlighting in a few minutes, which hopefully will distract me temporarily.  I used to love that show growing up.  I have a lot of laundry and other stuff to do to get this place ready to be combed over by my parents. I hate to be whining about all this, but It’s been going through my head and I just thought maybe getting it out might help. Thanks for "listening" if you’ve made it this far. Robin 192/169.5/108  (always nice to have dreams anyway)

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Alan, you can have my share of tomatoes then. I have an extreme aversion to them (ever since my Dad cooked them for me when I was a very little kid and I got sick). The only thing I can stand them in in ketchup and spaghetti sauce, and that has to be very smooth. — Joy 285/254.6/150 10% Goal 256.5 (Reached 6/11/02) LDC Goal 246 (Looking like a fairy tale at this point!)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –     Plus I have a really wierd craving for tomatoes+tomatoe sauce.  My favorite meal is grilled chicken with spaghetti garlic tomatoe  sauce + fresh cut tomatoes + onions + 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil.  Only problem is that my mom complains that I finish off all the pasta sauce when she cooks pasta. Alan http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm

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The ex-gf did too.  She used to get sick when she used to eat anything with tomatoes.  Wierd.  Anyway, I love tomatoes plus they are good for you.  They are  loaded with lycopenes, an extremely powerful anti-oxidant,  which guard against prostrate cancer. mmm tomatoes in Olive oil + garlic + toasted wheat bread + chicken. Good stuff. Alan who loves all tomatoe products. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Alan, you can have my share of tomatoes then. I have an extreme aversion to them (ever since my Dad cooked them for me when I was a very little kid and I got sick). The only thing I can stand them in in ketchup and spaghetti sauce, and that has to be very smooth. — Joy 285/254.6/150 10% Goal 256.5 (Reached 6/11/02) LDC Goal 246 (Looking like a fairy tale at this point!)     Plus I have a really wierd craving for tomatoes+tomatoe sauce.  My favorite meal is grilled chicken with spaghetti garlic tomatoe  sauce + fresh cut tomatoes + onions + 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil.  Only problem is that my mom complains that I finish off all the pasta sauce when she cooks pasta. Alan http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm

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That’s like my husband Joy.  Only a little bit of red sauce, and ketchup. He usually prefers white sauces or garlic and butter type things.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Alan, you can have my share of tomatoes then. I have an extreme aversion to them (ever since my Dad cooked them for me when I was a very little kid and I got sick). The only thing I can stand them in in ketchup and spaghetti sauce, and that has to be very smooth. — Joy 285/254.6/150 10% Goal 256.5 (Reached 6/11/02) LDC Goal 246 (Looking like a fairy tale at this point!)     Plus I have a really wierd craving for tomatoes+tomatoe sauce.  My favorite meal is grilled chicken with spaghetti garlic tomatoe  sauce + fresh cut tomatoes + onions + 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil.  Only problem is that my mom complains that I finish off all the pasta sauce when she cooks pasta. Alan http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm

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That’s almost like a Cacciatore.  My mother was always a very good cook, but I’m so damn picky that most of it was lost on me.  I liked that dish though. Robin

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 5) She isn’t taking her daily vitamin.  She hasn’t finished the first bottle she bought (when we started taking them) and I am almost finished my second. I agree with you here.  I believe in the importance of adequate vitamin/mineral/anti-oxidant intake especially during dieting/exercise. Personally, I take a multi-vitamin along with extra Zinc(50mg), vitamin E(~1200IU), vitamin C(~2grams) plus eat alot of veggies+fruit and drink loads of milk. 5 glasses of skim milk is the average for me.     Plus I have a really wierd craving for tomatoes+tomatoe sauce.  My favorite meal is grilled chicken with spaghetti garlic tomatoe  sauce + fresh cut tomatoes + onions + 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil.  Only problem is that my mom complains that I finish off all the pasta sauce when she cooks pasta. Interesting thing is that a few days ago, after a series of pre-surgery tests/exams, my surgeon said that he’s never seen such a high bone density ever in anyone and was wondering what I was eating/doing.  I was pleasantly suprised and told him: WeightLifting Rules. Alan http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm

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Robin, please hang in there and don’t give up. And please don’t compare yourself to anyone else. We all have different situations and different challenges, plus we all lose weight differently. I really feel for you. I’ve been in a very similar situation lately, too. No losses or gains. I know how frustrating it is. But you do weigh less that you did before! And you are getting a lot of good exercise! Don’t give up! — Joy 285/254.6/150 10% Goal 256.5 (Reached 6/11/02) LDC Goal 246 (Looking like a fairy tale at this point!)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I’m losing it.  I started WW in February of 2002.  I started at 192, before my vacation in May, I had seen 164.5 ONCE!  Only once, and then it disappeared.  Actually I’m thinking I  might have hallucinated it. Mainly, I had gotten down to 167.5 maybe 166.5.  When I got back I had gained a couple of pounds, then I was on again off again, never really getting anywhere.   I think I had seen around the 167.5 again briefly but the move and all that had me pretty well ofcourse.  After things calmed down here I weighed 172, on July 9th when I started up again.  I feel like I’m not getting anywhere, and for me that’s fatal to a diet.  I feel depressed and although if on time my TOM is due on the 28th, I don’t think that’s the problem right now.  I saw 168.5 the other day, but then it disappeared. Again, seems like it never happened.  I’m always seeing 170, occasionally 169.5 and I can’t seem to get away from those numbers.  In a downward trend that is.  I even started exercising  officially for about an hour every single day, and still nothing!  I’m not doing anything differently than I was.  I know you guys mostly aren’t big on the pre-packaged foods, but if it wasn’t for them I probably would either not be dieting at all, or I’d be eating far worse.  I haven’t increased my intake of them, if anything I might have decreased it.  I can’t imagine seeing the low 160s again, knowing I’m still going to lose weight, let alone the 150s, where I would love to get to, mainly because that would be the lowest ever since I gained this weight in HS when I was very sick in the first place. My tics are kinda bad, which makes me feel like crap as it is & my  mood is pretty awful, especially considering how happy I am in my new place.  I saw that "Chris & Pat" started the same time I did, and Pat who was closer to me in weight started above mine a bit, and is now down below what I’ve gotten to.  Much of that is my fault, but it make me kinda angry at myself. For a while I felt on top of the world, like all I have to do is keep it up and I’ll keep losing and losing, but not it just doesn’t seem that way. And hasn’t.  A couple of the new clothes I bought around April were turned out to be a bit snug on me (bottoms)  so I figured a few more weeks and they’d be perfect.  They’re still hanging in my closet, useless. I was playing with my dog by the lake the yesterday and I had my videocamera propped up on it’s case running at one point, and oh my God I wish I hadn’t watched that video.  15 minutes of the back of me, and to make it worse I was wearing a 2 piece bathing suit (which I greatly prefer comfort and convience wise) with knit shorts.  I don’t think I’ll be wearing that bathing suit anymore regardless of comfort. My Mother & Grandmother & Father are both coming this weekend and the next, with their long term live-in significant others, seperately of course, as they despise each other, and that in itself tends to be like a bad omen. Okay, well I’m going to watch moonlighting in a few minutes, which hopefully will distract me temporarily.  I used to love that show growing up.  I have a lot of laundry and other stuff to do to get this place ready to be combed over by my parents. I hate to be whining about all this, but It’s been going through my head and I just thought maybe getting it out might help. Thanks for "listening" if you’ve made it this far. Robin 192/169.5/108  (always nice to have dreams anyway)

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He’s a butt, but if it weren’t for the butts we wouldn’t know who to appreciate I suppose.   lol I knew he’d have pearls of wisdom in response to my post, I was expecting it.  Actually, it was kind of eerily mild for him.  Odd.   :)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You are so supportive |  I feel like I’m not |getting anywhere, and for me that’s fatal to a diet. WW will fail you in the end…95% of the time.  Just ask the NIH.

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Well Michael, however stuck I seem to feel right now, a few months ago I was in complete need of big ugly tentlike plus sizes that did not fit me properly because of my weight and sort of smallness when it comes to the shoulder area.  Sleeves of those things hang on me so badly, so that they can fit over my hips.  Even if I never lost another pound with WW, I’m not gaining, and I’m still wearing my Junior Sizes.  So no, I can’t say that I’m expecting ww to "fail me." I can’t "blame" my lack of substantial loss at this point on WW either. WW is not a groundbreaking diet miracle.  It’s based on the age old premise of moderation, and that can never fail US.  Us failing it is a different story however.  My grand relatives are all in their mid 80s or older and they’ve been talking about not dieting, just not over indulging since as long as I can remember.  The point being they’re still alive.  And well. And thin.

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You are so supportive – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – |  I feel like I’m not |getting anywhere, and for me that’s fatal to a diet. WW will fail you in the end…95% of the time.  Just ask the NIH.

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Thanks for the support Sonia.   I know you guys can relate and just about anyone here is no stranger to the evil uncooperating scale woes, but I guess that’s why I’m here.  :)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Robin, I just wanted to lend you some support in your struggles. I can’t pretend to understand how you dealt with depression and a weightl loss battle. I just know youy did say so yourself that as soon as you started proactively dieting, and became in control of that portion of your life, you started feeling better. I too prefer using the prepackaged foods. THe only times I really succeeded on diets was when I was on Jenny Craig twice. Now granted, eating solely prepacked food doesn’t really teach you how to eat in the real world ( a lesson I learned only too well) but that is why during the weekends I tend to move away from the packaged foods and jsut measure accordingly. I do bank my points to use then also, so if I want to go to the Portugese BBQ rodizio (which I went to last week) I can do that if I plan for it. Believe me, I am getting frustrated that my weight loss seems to have slowed down. I panic because I have so much to lose, and now it seems I am developing certain health conditions because of my weight, something I really hadn’t had to deal with in the past. Now that frightens me and gives me motivation to keep going no matter what. Just remember that this newgroup is always here, whether you want to vent and rave, confess your food sins (LOL) or share your successes. We all can relate in some way, believe me. Sonia 352.6/314.2/305 (LDC) since 4/26/02

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yeah, I thought of that.  I have the Tanita scale with the body fat moniter, so I guess I could check that.  I don’t think what I’m doing has really added any muscle quite yet, as much as I’d like to believe that.  I think I’d also be embarressed to post my body fat percentage here.  It’s pretty sad. Robin

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I even started exercising  officially for about an hour every single day, and still nothing! Could it also be that your exercising has added muscle to your body?  That could account for some of the stall.  If you can, get a body fat count. Then later on if you encounter another stall, you can check your body fat count again.  If you see a drop in body fat but not a drop in weight, then you’ve added muscle, which is a *good* thing. Just a thought. koa

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Thanks for the pointers.  Just to let you know, I don’t go to Weight Watchers.  I do it at home only.  There are several reasons why the meetings wouldn’t work out for me.  One of which, is the way I am, the meetings would trigger binges probably every time I got out of a meeting.  The homebody thing works best for me.  I need to stay calm, and keep my focus in order to try and get anywhere diet wise, and although I think most people feel the other way, for me staying home a lot is best.

I haven’t tried it but a few of the folks here swear by the online version of WW.  Maybe that would work for you.  Anybody have details to share?  How much support can you get through online program?  Are there councilors available to answer questions etc… — Started Weight Watchers together February 2002: Chris 332.4/260/185 Pat 198.4/167.6/155 Combined loss of 103.2 lbs

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yeah, I thought of that.  I have the Tanita scale with the body fat moniter, so I guess I could check that.

Those scales are innaccurate when it comes to %bf.  Get calipered if you wanna know %bf. Alan

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5) She isn’t taking her daily vitamin.  She hasn’t finished the first bottle she bought (when we started taking them) and I am almost finished my second.

I agree with you here.  I believe in the importance of adequate vitamin/mineral/anti-oxidant intake especially during dieting/exercise. Personally, I take a multi-vitamin along with extra Zinc(50mg), vitamin E(~1200IU), vitamin C(~2grams) plus eat alot of veggies+fruit and drink loads of milk. 5 glasses of skim milk is the average for me.     Plus I have a really wierd craving for tomatoes+tomatoe sauce.  My favorite meal is grilled chicken with spaghetti garlic tomatoe  sauce + fresh cut tomatoes + onions + 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil.  Only problem is that my mom complains that I finish off all the pasta sauce when she cooks pasta. Interesting thing is that a few days ago, after a series of pre-surgery tests/exams, my surgeon said that he’s never seen such a high bone density ever in anyone and was wondering what I was eating/doing.  I was pleasantly suprised and told him: WeightLifting Rules. Alan http://homepages.nyu.edu/~aqs200/Index.htm

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|  I feel like I’m not |getting anywhere, and for me that’s fatal to a diet.   WW will fail you in the end…95% of the time.  Just ask the NIH.

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Robin, I just wanted to lend you some support in your struggles. I can’t pretend to understand how you dealt with depression and a weightl loss battle. I just know youy did say so yourself that as soon as you started proactively dieting, and became in control of that portion of your life, you started feeling better. I too prefer using the prepackaged foods. THe only times I really succeeded on diets was when I was on Jenny Craig twice. Now granted, eating solely prepacked food doesn’t really teach you how to eat in the real world ( a lesson I learned only too well) but that is why during the weekends I tend to move away from the packaged foods and jsut measure accordingly. I do bank my points to use then also, so if I want to go to the Portugese BBQ rodizio (which I went to last week) I can do that if I plan for it. Believe me, I am getting frustrated that my weight loss seems to have slowed down. I panic because I have so much to lose, and now it seems I am developing certain health conditions because of my weight, something I really hadn’t had to deal with in the past. Now that frightens me and gives me motivation to keep going no matter what. Just remember that this newgroup is always here, whether you want to vent and rave, confess your food sins (LOL) or share your successes. We all can relate in some way, believe me. Sonia 352.6/314.2/305 (LDC) since 4/26/02

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I even started exercising  officially for about an hour every single day, and still nothing!  

Could it also be that your exercising has added muscle to your body?  That could account for some of the stall.  If you can, get a body fat count.  Then later on if you encounter another stall, you can check your body fat count again.  If you see a drop in body fat but not a drop in weight, then you’ve added muscle, which is a *good* thing. Just a thought. koa

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 I’m losing it.  I started WW in February of 2002.  I started at 192, before my vacation in May, I had seen 164.5 ONCE!  Only once, and then it disappeared.  Actually I’m thinking I  might have hallucinated it.  Mainly, I had gotten down to 167.5 maybe 166.5.  When I got back I had gained a couple of pounds, then I was on again off again, never really getting anywhere.   I think I had seen around the 167.5 again briefly but the move and all that had me pretty well ofcourse.  After things calmed down here I weighed 172, on July 9th when I started up again.  I feel like I’m not getting anywhere, and for me that’s fatal to a diet.  I feel depressed and although if on time my TOM is due on the 28th, I don’t think that’s the problem right now.  I saw 168.5 the other day, but then it disappeared. Again, seems like it never happened.  I’m always seeing 170, occasionally 169.5 and I can’t seem to get away from those numbers.  In a downward trend that is.  I even started exercising  officially for about an hour every single day, and still nothing!  I’m not doing anything differently than I was.  I know you guys mostly aren’t big on the pre-packaged foods, but if it wasn’t for them I probably would either not be dieting at all, or I’d be eating far worse.  I haven’t increased my intake of them, if anything I might have decreased it.  I can’t imagine seeing the low 160s again, knowing I’m still going to lose weight, let alone the 150s, where I would love to get to, mainly because that would be the lowest ever since I gained this weight in HS when I was very sick in the first place. My tics are kinda bad, which makes me feel like crap as it is & my  mood is pretty awful, especially considering how happy I am in my new place.  I saw that "Chris & Pat" started the same time I did, and Pat who was closer to me in weight started above mine a bit, and is now down below what I’ve gotten to.  Much of that is my fault, but it make me kinda angry at myself. For a while I felt on top of the world, like all I have to do is keep it up and I’ll keep losing and losing, but not it just doesn’t seem that way.  And hasn’t.  A couple of the new clothes I bought around April were turned out to be a bit snug on me (bottoms)  so I figured a few more weeks and they’d be perfect.  They’re still hanging in my closet, useless. I was playing with my dog by the lake the yesterday and I had my videocamera propped up on it’s case running at one point, and oh my God I wish I hadn’t watched that video.  15 minutes of the back of me, and to make it worse I was wearing a 2 piece bathing suit (which I greatly prefer comfort and convience wise) with knit shorts.  I don’t think I’ll be wearing that bathing suit anymore regardless of comfort. My Mother & Grandmother & Father are both coming this weekend and the next, with their long term live-in significant others, seperately of course, as they despise each other, and that in itself tends to be like a bad omen. Okay, well I’m going to watch moonlighting in a few minutes, which hopefully will distract me temporarily.  I used to love that show growing up.  I have a lot of laundry and other stuff to do to get this place ready to be combed over by my parents. I hate to be whining about all this, but It’s been going through my head and I just thought maybe getting it out might help. Thanks for "listening" if you’ve made it this far. Robin 192/169.5/108  (always nice to have dreams anyway)

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 I’m losing it.  

***snip*** My tics are kinda bad, which makes me feel like crap as it is & my mood is pretty awful, especially considering how happy I am in my new place.  I saw that "Chris & Pat" started the same time I did, and Pat who was closer to me in weight started above mine a bit, and is now down below what I’ve gotten to.  Much of that is my fault, but it make me kinda angry at myself.

**snip** I hate to be whining about all this, but It’s been going through my head and I just thought maybe getting it out might help. Thanks for "listening" if you’ve made it this far. Robin 192/169.5/108  (always nice to have dreams anyway)

Hi Robin I understand your frustration.  Pat is the one who constantly struggles.   Lately, her weight loss chart looks like the Andes Mountains, up this week, down the next.  In the past 2 months she has had 2 even weeks and 2 weeks where she has gained.  If it wasn’t for her being good during vacation it would be an overall gain instead of a small loss over that time. It helps that we are doing it together.  We are both stress eaters and leaning on each other during the tough times keeps us on track. Just this week Pat asked me to go through her journal and see if I could find an explaination.  Well, this is what I found: 1) She doesn’t keep a complete journal.  More than a few days were incomplete (Bad Patty!) 2) She is a snack hound (She already knew this but it is different when it’s in writing.)  Almost 1/2 her points for 6 days over the last 14 were from snacks (for this I did not include fruit but only "bad" snacks, cookies, chips (she likes Baked Doritos) Skinny Cows etc…)  I know that her points were ok but all those "empty" calories can throw off your body chemistry. 3) Her water intake has dropped (when I could find it written in the journal.) 4) Her exercise time is down (due to increase in work schedule.) 5) She isn’t taking her daily vitamin.  She hasn’t finished the first bottle she bought (when we started taking them) and I am almost finished my second. Try talking to your meeting leader and bring your journal, they are pretty good at spotting trends we may miss. Good luck! — Started Weight Watchers together February 2002: Chris 332.4/260/185 Pat 198.4/167.6/155 Combined loss of 103.2 lbs

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You know, I hadn’t done the math like that, but if you consider how much severe cheating I did for a while, that alll time 5 month average really isn’t so awful  I guess.  I did 4.33 weeks for each of the 5 months, and got a slightly lower figure, but still 1 lb.  I want to lose 10 lbs. a month. When I apply myself, that’s what I know I can do, so it’s what I want.  It really has slowed down though.  It makes me nuts!  I’ve actually noticed that the past week or so I’ve been eating  about 25.5 points, and I’m doing 1 hour of aerobics.  I might have been eating a bit too much. Actually for sanity reasons, I’m thinking of doing what Dave thought of (that’s my husband) and cheating when he’s home on the weekends.  Not all day long unreasonably, but some of my more favorite things.  That way if we go to dinner and then to pleasure Island to dance I can enjoy it a bit more. What I should do then is probably cut my intake the rest of the week similar to a wendi type of thing, but I keep forgetting to do it.  I have habit of wanting to use every last half point I can find. You did help a little though.  Numbers do help put things in perspective for me sometime. argh.  I hate this. I’m trying to stay in a good mood about this diet stuff, but it’s hard.  I’m prone to severe chronic depression.  Until pretty recently I was actually really depressed for like 12 years.  Unfortunately, I’m not exaggerating. It seemed to come out of the blue along with the worsening of the Tourette Syndrome Sophmore year.  The thing is that I think one of the things that made it so bad to begin with was the weight gain from all the meds.  I’ve told doctors and people like that that if I lose tons of weight, I would be a lot less depressed, or at least I could deal with it better.  They said it wouldn’t matter, but they were wrong.  Not the first time  :)  I never really responded to any of the medications, which is not all that rare when the depression isn’t really a mental disorder, but more of an organic thing. I like to joke that I’m actually certifiably not insane.  It’s technically true, but it appeals to my dark humor.  As I’ve started to really work on losing weight, since I guess February of 2001, my depression has gone way down.  And usually I don’t consider myself to suffer from depression anymore.  I have to make sure I don’t fall back into it though.  It’s a trap like nothing else. Okay, why am I saying all this on a public ng?  To a degree I have no idea why I am, but on the other hand it’s because it’s very much tied in to me trying to lose weight.  It’s how it started, and although I haven’t been on medications since late ‘97, the effects aren’t exactly gone.  Unfortunately, no matter how the damage was done, I’ve gotta work my ass off to fix it, and it’s so exhausting and frustrating. Vent vent.  lol Thanks for your help Petal. Robin

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Robin, Breathe…think happy thoughts…relax… :) You’ve lost 22 1/2 pounds in 5 months. That’s an average of 1.13 lbs. a week. Guess what? A safe rate of loss is 1-2 lbs. per week, so you’re doing fine! Things to check: -are you journalling and keeping track of what you’re eating? Are you eating too little? Are you eating too much? When you exercise, are you eating your activity points? -how has your weight loss been going over the past months? It sounds like you went from 192 to 164ish in May and have been hovering around that weight ever since. If this is the case, your weight loss has probably slowed down because that’s a lot of weight dropped in a relatively short amount of time. I think you’ve hit a plateau to compensate. -what type of exercise are you doing and how often? -(broken record mode) have you taken your measurements? If so, have they changed even when your scale weight hasn’t? Don’t dismiss what you’ve accomplished so far – it’s an achievement that you can be proud of. Hang in there. :) Cheers, Petal  I’m losing it.  I started WW in February of 2002.  I started at 192, before my vacation in May, I had seen 164.5 ONCE!  Only once, and then it disappeared.  Actually I’m thinking I  might have hallucinated it. Mainly, I had gotten down to 167.5 maybe 166.5.  When I got back I had gained a couple of pounds, then I was on again off again, never really getting anywhere.   I think I had seen around the 167.5 again briefly but the move and all that had me pretty well ofcourse.  After things calmed down here I weighed 172, on July 9th when I started up again.  I feel like I’m not getting anywhere, and for me that’s fatal to a diet.  I feel depressed and although if on time my TOM is due on the 28th, I don’t think that’s the problem right now.  I saw 168.5 the other day, but then it disappeared. Again, seems like it never happened.  I’m always seeing 170, occasionally 169.5 and I can’t seem to get away from those numbers.  In a downward trend that is.  I even started exercising  officially for about an hour every single day, and still nothing!  I’m not doing anything differently than I was.  I know you guys mostly aren’t big on the pre-packaged foods, but if it wasn’t for them I probably would either not be dieting at all, or I’d be eating far worse.  I haven’t increased my intake of them, if anything I might have decreased it.  I can’t imagine seeing the low 160s again, knowing I’m still going to lose weight, let alone the 150s, where I would love to get to, mainly because that would be the lowest ever since I gained this weight in HS when I was very sick in the first place. My tics are kinda bad, which makes me feel like crap as it is & my  mood is pretty awful, especially considering how happy I am in my new place.  I saw that "Chris & Pat" started the same time I did, and Pat who was closer to me in weight started above mine a bit, and is now down below what I’ve gotten to.  Much of that is my fault, but it make me kinda angry at myself. For a while I felt on top of the world, like all I have to do is keep it up and I’ll keep losing and losing, but not it just doesn’t seem that way. And hasn’t.  A couple of the new clothes I bought around April were turned out to be a bit snug on me (bottoms)  so I figured a few more weeks and they’d be perfect.  They’re still hanging in my closet, useless. I was playing with my dog by the lake the yesterday and I had my videocamera propped up on it’s case running at one point, and oh my God I wish I hadn’t watched that video.  15 minutes of the back of me, and to make it worse I was wearing a 2 piece bathing suit (which I greatly prefer comfort and convience wise) with knit shorts.  I don’t think I’ll be wearing that bathing suit anymore regardless of comfort. My Mother & Grandmother & Father are both coming this weekend and the next, with their long term live-in significant others, seperately of course, as they despise each other, and that in itself tends to be like a bad omen. Okay, well I’m going to watch moonlighting in a few minutes, which hopefully will distract me temporarily.  I used to love that show growing up.  I have a lot of laundry and other stuff to do to get this place ready to be combed over by my parents. I hate to be whining about all this, but It’s been going through my head and I just thought maybe getting it out might help. Thanks for "listening" if you’ve made it this far. Robin 192/169.5/108  (always nice to have dreams anyway)

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Robin, Breathe…think happy thoughts…relax… :) You’ve lost 22 1/2 pounds in 5 months. That’s an average of 1.13 lbs. a week. Guess what? A safe rate of loss is 1-2 lbs. per week, so you’re doing fine! Things to check: -are you journalling and keeping track of what you’re eating? Are you eating too little? Are you eating too much? When you exercise, are you eating your activity points? -how has your weight loss been going over the past months? It sounds like you went from 192 to 164ish in May and have been hovering around that weight ever since. If this is the case, your weight loss has probably slowed down because that’s a lot of weight dropped in a relatively short amount of time. I think you’ve hit a plateau to compensate. -what type of exercise are you doing and how often? -(broken record mode) have you taken your measurements? If so, have they changed even when your scale weight hasn’t? Don’t dismiss what you’ve accomplished so far – it’s an achievement that you can be proud of. Hang in there. :) Cheers, Petal

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I’m losing it.  I started WW in February of 2002.  I started at 192, before my vacation in May, I had seen 164.5 ONCE!  Only once, and then it disappeared.  Actually I’m thinking I  might have hallucinated it. Mainly, I had gotten down to 167.5 maybe 166.5.  When I got back I had gained a couple of pounds, then I was on again off again, never really getting anywhere.   I think I had seen around the 167.5 again briefly but the move and all that had me pretty well ofcourse.  After things calmed down here I weighed 172, on July 9th when I started up again.  I feel like I’m not getting anywhere, and for me that’s fatal to a diet.  I feel depressed and although if on time my TOM is due on the 28th, I don’t think that’s the problem right now.  I saw 168.5 the other day, but then it disappeared. Again, seems like it never happened.  I’m always seeing 170, occasionally 169.5 and I can’t seem to get away from those numbers.  In a downward trend that is.  I even started exercising  officially for about an hour every single day, and still nothing!  I’m not doing anything differently than I was.  I know you guys mostly aren’t big on the pre-packaged foods, but if it wasn’t for them I probably would either not be dieting at all, or I’d be eating far worse.  I haven’t increased my intake of them, if anything I might have decreased it.  I can’t imagine seeing the low 160s again, knowing I’m still going to lose weight, let alone the 150s, where I would love to get to, mainly because that would be the lowest ever since I gained this weight in HS when I was very sick in the first place. My tics are kinda bad, which makes me feel like crap as it is & my  mood is pretty awful, especially considering how happy I am in my new place.  I saw that "Chris & Pat" started the same time I did, and Pat who was closer to me in weight started above mine a bit, and is now down below what I’ve gotten to.  Much of that is my fault, but it make me kinda angry at myself. For a while I felt on top of the world, like all I have to do is keep it up and I’ll keep losing and losing, but not it just doesn’t seem that way. And hasn’t.  A couple of the new clothes I bought around April were turned out to be a bit snug on me (bottoms)  so I figured a few more weeks and they’d be perfect.  They’re still hanging in my closet, useless. I was playing with my dog by the lake the yesterday and I had my videocamera propped up on it’s case running at one point, and oh my God I wish I hadn’t watched that video.  15 minutes of the back of me, and to make it worse I was wearing a 2 piece bathing suit (which I greatly prefer comfort and convience wise) with knit shorts.  I don’t think I’ll be wearing that bathing suit anymore regardless of comfort. My Mother & Grandmother & Father are both coming this weekend and the next, with their long term live-in significant others, seperately of course, as they despise each other, and that in itself tends to be like a bad omen. Okay, well I’m going to watch moonlighting in a few minutes, which hopefully will distract me temporarily.  I used to love that show growing up.  I have a lot of laundry and other stuff to do to get this place ready to be combed over by my parents. I hate to be whining about all this, but It’s been going through my head and I just thought maybe getting it out might help. Thanks for "listening" if you’ve made it this far. Robin 192/169.5/108  (always nice to have dreams anyway)

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Thanks for the pointers.  Just to let you know, I don’t go to Weight Watchers.  I do it at home only.  There are several reasons why the meetings wouldn’t work out for me.  One of which, is the way I am, the meetings would trigger binges probably every time I got out of a meeting.  The homebody thing works best for me.  I need to stay calm, and keep my focus in order to try and get anywhere diet wise, and although I think most people feel the other way, for me staying home a lot is best. Funny you should mention the mulitvitamin thing.  Everyone is always yelling at me to take one, but I just never remembered to do it.  The other day I told my husband if he gets me the chewable dinosaur ones I’ll take one every day.  See, sad as it is I know myself.  I’ve been taking one every day now :)  It’s not that I’m afraid to swallow pills, for ten years I took in excess of a dozen pills a day.  I just seem to respond to the kiddie stuff better.  I have the food tastes of a kid, so it made sense that it would work.  lol  how sad is that.  I just wish I had my kiddie appetite back.  I didn’t used to eat enough. I do journal pretty well, detailed, even when I eat something "bad."  It doesn’t seem that I’ve been using too many points on empty foods. My husband and I are both stress eaters as well.  He kinda does a half assed version of WW, but he seems to lose weight anyway.  Last night he got home and it was pouring and he wanted to order food.  Thankfully, I decided that of any of the places that deliver around here, it is just not worth it.  It would have been a waste of points.  I talked him out of overeating just because of a bad day.  The problem is, I don’t always have the will power to talk him out of it, and I give in instead. About the water.  I actually lowered my intake, because I think I was actually WAY overdoing it, and I was always seeming up on the scale because day and night I was drinking so much.  I was eating one night, and I looked at the bottles and asked my husband what 17 X 4 was.  When he answered, I realized that I had just drank over my daily suggested minimum of water in one sitting.  Rather quickly.  I had four 16.9 oz. bottles within like 10 minutes.  I don’t think that’s what you’re supposed to do.  I had had a lot more water, more than double during the day also, so I think I was getting well beyond the point of where the water is beneficial. Robin

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  I’m losing it. ***snip*** My tics are kinda bad, which makes me feel like crap as it is & my mood is pretty awful, especially considering how happy I am in my new place.  I saw that "Chris & Pat" started the same time I did, and Pat who was closer to me in weight started above mine a bit, and is now down below what I’ve gotten to.  Much of that is my fault, but it make me kinda angry at myself. **snip** I hate to be whining about all this, but It’s been going through my head and I just thought maybe getting it out might help. Thanks for "listening" if you’ve made it this far. Robin 192/169.5/108  (always nice to have dreams anyway) Hi Robin I understand your frustration.  Pat is the one who constantly struggles. Lately, her weight loss chart looks like the Andes Mountains, up this week, down the next.  In the past 2 months she has had 2 even weeks and 2 weeks where she has gained.  If it wasn’t for her being good during vacation it would be an overall gain instead of a small loss over that time. It helps that we are doing it together.  We are both stress eaters and leaning on each other during the tough times keeps us on track. Just this week Pat asked me to go through her journal and see if I could find an explaination.  Well, this is what I found: 1) She doesn’t keep a complete journal.  More than a few days were incomplete (Bad Patty!) 2) She is a snack hound (She already knew this but it is different when it’s in writing.)  Almost 1/2 her points for 6 days over the last 14 were from snacks (for this I did not include fruit but only "bad" snacks, cookies, chips (she likes Baked Doritos) Skinny Cows etc…)  I know that her points were ok but all those "empty" calories can throw off your body chemistry. 3) Her water intake has dropped (when I could find it written in the journal.) 4) Her exercise time is down (due to increase in work schedule.) 5) She isn’t taking her daily vitamin.  She hasn’t finished the first bottle she bought (when we started taking them) and I am almost finished my second. Try talking to your meeting leader and bring your journal, they are pretty good at spotting trends we may miss. Good luck! — Started Weight Watchers together February 2002: Chris 332.4/260/185 Pat 198.4/167.6/155 Combined loss of 103.2 lbs

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Thank you TSNW.   I bookmarked them and will read through when i have a little more time. Jodi "TSNW" <tsnwREMOVEC…@optonline.net> wrote in message

news:3D3C48D4.91A91964@optonline.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Jodi wrote: > > > > Paula wrote: > > > > > Now, correct me if I am wrong. > > > > > TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? > > > > > That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder. > > Not sure if i attributed this right, sorry if i didn’t. > > I was in the ICU waiting room last night, my favorite aunt passed away. > > :(     I was talking to her daughter who told me,  (behind a whispered > > hand, and within feet of her granddaughter) that her granddaughter had > > a mental illness, bi-polar.  Now, i don’t know alot about bi-polar, > > other than the basics of what it is,  but i sure wouldn’t whisper to > > people (esp., in front of the child) that my granddaughter had a mental > > illness.  I think when you say "mental illness," people think CRAZY. > > I’m going to do some research on bi-polar, and after things settle down > > from her mother passing away, send her links about bi-polar. Anyone > > have any favorite links they want to share? > > Jodi > I’m very sorry about your aunt, Jodi … ((( hugs ))) > Here are all my bipolar links:

http://pub23.ezboard.com/ftourettesyndromenowwhatfrm5.showMessage?topic ID=85.topic – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> — > Tourette Syndrome – Now What? > http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com > Misleading info about TS published by Jankovic in NEJM > http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com/JankovicNEJM.htm > Alert:  forgeries have occurred on alt.support.tourette. > If you get e-mail which seems nasty or suspicious, > it may be a forgery.

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in article ujof4kc0o5s…@corp.supernews.com, Jodi at hellofromj…@charter.net wrote on 7/22/02 12:22 PM: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>> Paula wrote: >>>> Now, correct me if I am wrong. >>>> TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? >>>> That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder. > Not sure if i attributed this right, sorry if i didn’t. > I was in the ICU waiting room last night, my favorite aunt passed away. > :(     I was talking to her daughter who told me,  (behind a whispered > hand, and within feet of her granddaughter) that her granddaughter had > a mental illness, bi-polar.  Now, i don’t know alot about bi-polar, > other than the basics of what it is,  but i sure wouldn’t whisper to > people (esp., in front of the child) that my granddaughter had a mental > illness.  I think when you say "mental illness," people think CRAZY. > I’m going to do some research on bi-polar, and after things settle down > from her mother passing away, send her links about bi-polar.  Anyone > have any favorite links they want to share? > Jodi

Jodi, ‘bipolar’.. new term for ‘manic/depressive’. It is treatable, but it takes some trial and error with the medications. Paula —

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Correct me IF I am wrong but wasn’t Dr George de la Tourette a French Neurologist who first ID TS in his paper in 1885? Freud, go back to momma! "TSNW" <tsnwREMOVEC…@optonline.net> wrote in message

news:3D340938.9FC2D547@optonline.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Paula wrote: > > Now, correct me if I am wrong. > > TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? > > That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder. > Not according to the DSM, which classifies it as a mental disorder. > And not if physicians believe what was printed in one of the most > widely-read medical journals, the NEJM, which redefines TS to a > condition including behavioral disorders, ADHD, and OCD. > — > Tourette Syndrome – Now What? > http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com > Misleading info about TS published by Jankovic in NEJM > http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com/JankovicNEJM.htm > Alert:  forgeries have occurred on alt.support.tourette. > If you get e-mail which seems nasty or suspicious, > it may be a forgery.

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Sort of like the term "Military Intelligence" I have yet to meet any Intelligence in the military! :) . – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> However, it has been my experience that ‘lay people’ (those people who are > not educated in such matters but have control over things such as insurance > applications) remain quite uneducated.

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> > Paula wrote: > > > Now, correct me if I am wrong. > > > TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? > > > That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder.

Not sure if i attributed this right, sorry if i didn’t. I was in the ICU waiting room last night, my favorite aunt passed away. :(     I was talking to her daughter who told me,  (behind a whispered hand, and within feet of her granddaughter) that her granddaughter had a mental illness, bi-polar.  Now, i don’t know alot about bi-polar, other than the basics of what it is,  but i sure wouldn’t whisper to people (esp., in front of the child) that my granddaughter had a mental illness.  I think when you say "mental illness," people think CRAZY. I’m going to do some research on bi-polar, and after things settle down from her mother passing away, send her links about bi-polar.  Anyone have any favorite links they want to share? Jodi

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Jodi wrote: > > > Paula wrote: > > > > Now, correct me if I am wrong. > > > > TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? > > > > That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder. > Not sure if i attributed this right, sorry if i didn’t. > I was in the ICU waiting room last night, my favorite aunt passed away. > :(     I was talking to her daughter who told me,  (behind a whispered > hand, and within feet of her granddaughter) that her granddaughter had > a mental illness, bi-polar.  Now, i don’t know alot about bi-polar, > other than the basics of what it is,  but i sure wouldn’t whisper to > people (esp., in front of the child) that my granddaughter had a mental > illness.  I think when you say "mental illness," people think CRAZY. > I’m going to do some research on bi-polar, and after things settle down > from her mother passing away, send her links about bi-polar.  Anyone > have any favorite links they want to share? > Jodi

I’m very sorry about your aunt, Jodi … ((( hugs ))) Here are all my bipolar links: http://pub23.ezboard.com/ftourettesyndromenowwhatfrm5.showMessage?top… — Tourette Syndrome – Now What? http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com Misleading info about TS published by Jankovic in NEJM http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com/JankovicNEJM.htm Alert:  forgeries have occurred on alt.support.tourette. If you get e-mail which seems nasty or suspicious, it may be a forgery.

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Paula wrote: > Well, there is nothing wrong with my son MENTALLY. > I’m ticked.

This is what we’re up against, particularly when people like Jankovic further the notion that TS involves behavioral disturbances and disorders.  If you’re ticked enough, in a few more days I will be able to e-mail you a comprehensive list of addresses:  letters might help DO something about this.  The status quo will continue as long as we let it. — Tourette Syndrome – Now What? http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com Misleading info about TS published by Jankovic in NEJM http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com/JankovicNEJM.htm Alert:  forgeries have occurred on alt.support.tourette. If you get e-mail which seems nasty or suspicious, it may be a forgery.

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in article 3D32E66B.7AF33…@optonline.net, TSNW at tsnwREMOVEC…@optonline.net wrote on 7/15/02 10:12 AM: > Paula wrote: >> Well, there is nothing wrong with my son MENTALLY. >> I’m ticked. > This is what we’re up against, particularly when people like Jankovic > further the notion that TS involves behavioral disturbances and > disorders.  If you’re ticked enough, in a few more days I will be able > to e-mail you a comprehensive list of addresses:  letters might help DO > something about this.  The status quo will continue as long as we let > it.

Now, correct me if I am wrong. TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder. Shoot, I had more trouble getting health insurance because I take medication for panic attacks and they covered my son with TS without batting an eye. Go figure. Paula —

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Paula wrote: > Now, correct me if I am wrong. > TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? > That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder.

Not according to the DSM, which classifies it as a mental disorder. And not if physicians believe what was printed in one of the most widely-read medical journals, the NEJM, which redefines TS to a condition including behavioral disorders, ADHD, and OCD. — Tourette Syndrome – Now What? http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com Misleading info about TS published by Jankovic in NEJM http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com/JankovicNEJM.htm Alert:  forgeries have occurred on alt.support.tourette. If you get e-mail which seems nasty or suspicious, it may be a forgery.

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in article 3D340938.9FC2D…@optonline.net, TSNW at tsnwREMOVEC…@optonline.net wrote on 7/16/02 6:53 AM: > Paula wrote: >> Now, correct me if I am wrong. >> TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? >> That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder. > Not according to the DSM, which classifies it as a mental disorder. > And not if physicians believe what was printed in one of the most > widely-read medical journals, the NEJM, which redefines TS to a > condition including behavioral disorders, ADHD, and OCD.

And.. what if a TS sufferer does not have ADHD and/or OCD????? There ain’t nuthin’ wrong w/my baby’s mind!!! HRUMPF Paula —

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To everyone: Please note that DSM is a standard book of diagnostic criteria with a complex history, for which entire graduate courses, HMO and medical guidelines and rulebooks and policies are based. Some clinicians use it exclusively in order to diagnose,some use it as a guideline and reference, other’s don’t use it at all. As with research, there needs to be a standard by which people can compare. Insurance companies do utilize it, often in unfortunate ways. I am in great pain now due to neck re-injury, so I am not saying this articulately at all, but PLEASE do not fall into the trap of saying that because a condition is in DSM it is a ‘mental’ condition. LIFE is a mental condition.  I guarantee you any of us here *including those of you who do not believe you have any conditions* could be diagnosed with something in DSM.  Anyone here smoke? Would you have trouble if you quit cold turkey? Substance issues. Drink too much coffee? Do you get headaches or "need" your coffee if you haven’t had it? Bingo. Technically, you have a ‘mental disorder’? I think not. So please people, do get so upset. Clinicians know all about the perils of DSM’s…..ask any of them. As for the Insurance co’s, that’s a horse of a different color (although seeing colored horses would constitute a hallucination). UNLESS AND UNTIL DOCTOR’s, PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS START REBELLING AGAINST AND SUING INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WHAT IT HAS BECOME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE! Doctors know this, the honest ones will tell you. Those that love academia and teaching and research NEED the Hospitals to do their work. The hospitals are run by Suits who care about MONEY and are not the ones to fight the Insurance companies and are themselves a large part of the problem. You may notice that other good docs are NOT accepting many insurances, and either take just the few best ones, or private pay only. Clinicians, psychologists, even social workers are more frequently doing the same thing these days. Where was is…oh yeah, Ouch…. Jo "TSNW" <tsnwREMOVEC…@optonline.net> wrote in message

news:3D340938.9FC2D547@optonline.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Paula wrote: > > Now, correct me if I am wrong. > > TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? > > That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder. > Not according to the DSM, which classifies it as a mental disorder. > And not if physicians believe what was printed in one of the most > widely-read medical journals, the NEJM, which redefines TS to a > condition including behavioral disorders, ADHD, and OCD. > — > Tourette Syndrome – Now What? > http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com > Misleading info about TS published by Jankovic in NEJM > http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com/JankovicNEJM.htm > Alert:  forgeries have occurred on alt.support.tourette. > If you get e-mail which seems nasty or suspicious, > it may be a forgery.

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in article T0%Y8.61108$uw.33…@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net, Joanne Cohen at joco…@attbi.com wrote on 7/16/02 3:06 PM: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> To everyone: Please note that DSM is a standard book of diagnostic criteria > with a complex history, for which entire graduate courses, HMO and medical > guidelines and rulebooks and policies are based. Some clinicians use it > exclusively in order to diagnose,some use it as a guideline and reference, > other’s don’t use it at all. As with research, there needs to be a standard > by which people can compare. Insurance companies do utilize it, often in > unfortunate ways. I am in great pain now due to neck re-injury, so I am not > saying this articulately at all, but PLEASE do not fall into the trap of > saying that because a condition is in DSM it is a ‘mental’ condition. LIFE > is a mental condition.  I guarantee you any of us here *including those of > you who do not believe you have any conditions* could be diagnosed with > something in DSM.  Anyone here smoke? Would you have trouble if you quit > cold turkey? Substance issues. Drink too much coffee? Do you get headaches > or "need" your coffee if you haven’t had it? Bingo. Technically, you have a > ‘mental disorder’? I think not. > So please people, do get so upset. Clinicians know all about the perils of > DSM’s…..ask any of them. As for the Insurance co’s, that’s a horse of a > different color (although seeing colored horses would constitute a > hallucination). UNLESS AND UNTIL DOCTOR’s, PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS START > REBELLING AGAINST AND SUING INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE > MAKING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WHAT IT HAS BECOME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE! > Doctors know this, the honest ones will tell you. Those that love academia > and teaching and research NEED the Hospitals to do their work. The hospitals > are run by Suits who care about MONEY and are not the ones to fight the > Insurance companies and are themselves a large part of the problem. You may > notice that other good docs are NOT accepting many insurances, and either > take just the few best ones, or private pay only. Clinicians, psychologists, > even social workers are more frequently doing the same thing these days. > Where was is…oh yeah, Ouch…. > Jo

hehe, I realize all of that, Jo. However, it has been my experience that ‘lay people’ (those people who are not educated in such matters but have control over things such as insurance applications) remain quite uneducated. Paula – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "TSNW" <tsnwREMOVEC…@optonline.net> wrote in message > news:3D340938.9FC2D547@optonline.net… >> Paula wrote: >>> Now, correct me if I am wrong. >>> TS is a neurological ‘disorder’, right? >>> That does not equate to a ‘mental’ disorder. >> Not according to the DSM, which classifies it as a mental disorder. >> And not if physicians believe what was printed in one of the most >> widely-read medical journals, the NEJM, which redefines TS to a >> condition including behavioral disorders, ADHD, and OCD. >> — >> Tourette Syndrome – Now What? >> http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com >> Misleading info about TS published by Jankovic in NEJM >> http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com/JankovicNEJM.htm >> Alert:  forgeries have occurred on alt.support.tourette. >> If you get e-mail which seems nasty or suspicious, >> it may be a forgery.

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in article 3d322…@dnews.tpgi.com.au, Lara at kbu…@tpg.com.au wrote on 7/14/02 9:46 PM: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "Paula" <spock…@bellsouth.net> wrote in message >> Why would TS be considered ‘mental’ health rather than neurological??? >> Am I missing something? >> Paula > Because the American Psychiatric Association says so??? LOL > Diagnostic criteria for 307.23 Tourette’s Disorder > DSM-IV-TR: Tourette’s Disorder > This revision of the fourth edition of the manual published by the American > Psychiatric Association to set forth diagnostic criteria, descriptions and > other information to guide the classification and diagnosis of mental > disorders was published in 2000 replacing DSM-IV. > Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text > Revision.  Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association > http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/dsm4tr.htm > bollocks

Well, there is nothing wrong with my son MENTALLY. I’m ticked. Paula —

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When you apply for a concealed weapons permit, you are asked if you have any mental issues. We all know that TS is Neurological but many leagal documents call it a mental issue. If you had to answer that question, what would you put. If you are against guns, i respect that. Lets not make gun control the topic here. If you are asked if you have any mental problems, do you say yes for TS? I said no….                      Leonard Misner  MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

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in article 8447-3D2EBDF9-…@storefull-2311.public.lawson.webtv.net, JOURNEYH…@webtv.net at JOURNEYH…@webtv.net wrote on 7/12/02 6:31 AM: > When you apply for a concealed weapons permit, you are asked if you have > any mental issues. We all know that TS is Neurological but many leagal > documents call it a mental issue. If you had to answer that question, > what would you put. If you are against guns, i respect that. Lets not > make gun control the topic here. If you are asked if you have any mental > problems, do you say yes for TS? > I said no…. > Leonard Misner > MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. > www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

The answer would be no. What legal documents? Paula —

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>JOURNEYH…@webtv.net > We all know that TS is Neurological but many leagal >documents call it a mental issue. If you had to answer that question, >what would you put. >If you are asked if you have any mental >problems, do you say yes for TS? >I said no…. >                     Leonard Misner

An emphatic, no.      Jan

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> >If you are asked if you have any mental > >problems, do you say yes for TS? > >I said no…. > >                     Leonard Misner

I’d also say ‘No’.

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I also put no, however most insurance companies cover TS as Mental Health which could be viewed as having a Mental condition. Just another reason to change the way insurance companies view TS etc.                Leonard  MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

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in article 12614-3D316141…@storefull-2314.public.lawson.webtv.net, JOURNEYH…@webtv.net at JOURNEYH…@webtv.net wrote on 7/14/02 6:32 AM: > I also put no, however most insurance companies cover TS as Mental > Health which could be viewed as having a Mental condition. Just another > reason to change the way insurance companies view TS etc. > Leonard > MY TOURETTE SYNDROME WEBSITE. > www.angelfire.com/mi2/tourette

Why would TS be considered ‘mental’ health rather than neurological??? Am I missing something? Paula —

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"Paula" <spock…@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > Why would TS be considered ‘mental’ health rather than neurological??? > Am I missing something? > Paula

Because the American Psychiatric Association says so??? LOL Diagnostic criteria for 307.23 Tourette’s Disorder DSM-IV-TR: Tourette’s Disorder This revision of the fourth edition of the manual published by the American Psychiatric Association to set forth diagnostic criteria, descriptions and other information to guide the classification and diagnosis of mental disorders was published in 2000 replacing DSM-IV. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision.  Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/dsm4tr.htm bollocks

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