Posted by Amigan on October 1, 2007, at 5:01:50
In reply to Re: Battling with tourette! HELP :(, posted by med_empowered on September 30, 2007, at 19:38:54
> haloperidol and pimozide are both considered the go-to drugs traditionally for tourette's, but I agree with not taking them..I mean, what's the point in suppressing tics if you feel like crap and you get tardive dyskinesia?
Right on!
> Have you tried therapy for the other stuff going on that might make tics works?No, i don't believe in the power of psycho-therapy. I'm one of the people who prefers the psychiatric approach.
>Benzos are a good call, I think;
Nah, i'm sure that they make my tics worse. And by reading other reports, i see that i'm not the only one.
From the article that phillipa provided, (thanks phillipa) i read that clonidine (which is a centrally acting anti-hypertensive drug) and atypical antipsychotics like risperidone are also used as a treatment. Perhaps i should try them.
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