Tourettes SyndromeI will keep this short so as not to bore everyone. But ever
since I was a kid, from the age of 9, I had these tics, like jerking my head
and making noise, and just really was a mess. Most of my friends just
accepted them but there were always those few who would make fun of me about
what I was doing. For the most part my parents did not know what was wrong
with me or even what to do. Mostly mom would just tell me to slow down and
relax, or my grandmother would make me some chamomile tea and it seemed to
help a little bit. Mom took me to the doctors but they had no idea as to
what I had, so it went untreated for years till I graduated and went to
college. In college I did a lot of pot smoking but no one ever said or
noticed that I was different when I smoked; maybe that was because we were
all too high to notice anything. Now I work for a government (city) and they do drug testing. But some friends of mine begged me to try it once more, since it was 25 years since I smoked pot. I did do it, and wow! It made my tics go away. My friends all said that I seemed to be a lot more relaxed. I now have a problem. Working for a government agency, I can't just risk smoking pot again. I think we need to get a law passed in Congress to allow us to use it for medical reasons. It helped me and I would use it again. Having Tourettes can be a living hell from the moment you wake up until you fall asleep. I |