Hello,

I go by rake. I'm 47 years old and have had TS since I can remember but was diagnosed later in life.

My mom says she remembers me jumping and jerking as a baby of 2 or 3 years old but back then people just didn't know much about TS so she and my doctor thought it was just a nervous twitch that would go away.

LOL........well, 40 some odd years later and not only am I still twitching (tics) my tic are worse now than when I was younger which is out of the norm.

Along with TS my doctor says I have depression and anxiety........well, duh. After being made fun of all my young life and even still today at times I think that alone will cause depression and for extreme anxiety.

I've tried Haldol, clonidine and several other meds to control my tics, depression and anxiety but nothing seems to control them enough to allow me to function as a normal person.

BTW, is there anyone else here that is on ssdi or ssi for their TS?

I've been on ssdi for several years for this but have never met not one person that has TS much less on ssdi for it.

Rake