Weatherlite
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First, for those who are unaware, it's not always like you see on TV. Very few of Tourettes patients do the swearing and vulgar behavior. The majority have tics which are involuntary movements or sounds, such as clucking.
Anyway, I've had this for as long as I can remember. I even recall my first grade teacher (I'm 32 now) yanking my head back by the hair and screaming at me asking why I kept looking at the lights strangely. It was then that I started to try to control my movements. I've been able to control them ever since...for the most part. Usually what happens is the movement I want to control will stop only to be replaced with another movement but that one is less irritating or is more socially acceptable so I let it go.
Anyway, My son was exhibiting many of the same behaviors recently. I never knew what I had, only that I had a problem. So, I brought my son to the doc and got a referral to a psychologist because we thought it may have been OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) because of all of the repetitive motions. I learned that OCD needs to have a compulsive thought of something like "I have to do this or else something BAD will happen!". She said she thought it was tics or Tourettes (tics is tourettes without verbal utterances)
So, we got him tested through a pediatric neurologist and it was confirmed that he has it. Talking to the doc we were able to determine that I too have had this my whole life and that I was just one of the lucky ones who have been able to "control" it...control meaning to simply lessen its affect on our lives.
Ok, so now to my questions and theories and how this affects my "Men's Health" portion. From what I understand (and Headdoc you may be able to enlighten me more) Tourettes is caused by a problem in the brain with Dopamine. I can't find any info on if it's too much, too little, bad receptors etc etc.
Well, I originally started checking out TRT because of my sex life, or lack of. I had no desire. I slept with my wife to appease her. Sure enough I needed TRT. My desire improved a little bit but not much. My 60 y/o father has more sex in one week than I do in a month..and that's only because I just don't feel like it. So anyway, I've been on TRT for about a year. So much in my life has improved since I started it...except for this.
So, I did some more research and found out that there are various brain chemicals associated with libido...and Dopamine is one of them. So, I'm wondering if there could be any correllation to my Tourettes and my lack of libido. I haven't found any studies on this subject. I'm just wondering if taking a drug for Tourettes stabilization would also help my libido? Is this a possibility? I'd do anything to feel like I think I should. I see guys all around me who get horny at the drop of a hat and always want it. I'd LOVE to be that way....never been, not even as a teen.
Anyway, let me know if you guys have any experience or knowledge of this.
Thanks!
Anyway, I've had this for as long as I can remember. I even recall my first grade teacher (I'm 32 now) yanking my head back by the hair and screaming at me asking why I kept looking at the lights strangely. It was then that I started to try to control my movements. I've been able to control them ever since...for the most part. Usually what happens is the movement I want to control will stop only to be replaced with another movement but that one is less irritating or is more socially acceptable so I let it go.
Anyway, My son was exhibiting many of the same behaviors recently. I never knew what I had, only that I had a problem. So, I brought my son to the doc and got a referral to a psychologist because we thought it may have been OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) because of all of the repetitive motions. I learned that OCD needs to have a compulsive thought of something like "I have to do this or else something BAD will happen!". She said she thought it was tics or Tourettes (tics is tourettes without verbal utterances)
So, we got him tested through a pediatric neurologist and it was confirmed that he has it. Talking to the doc we were able to determine that I too have had this my whole life and that I was just one of the lucky ones who have been able to "control" it...control meaning to simply lessen its affect on our lives.
Ok, so now to my questions and theories and how this affects my "Men's Health" portion. From what I understand (and Headdoc you may be able to enlighten me more) Tourettes is caused by a problem in the brain with Dopamine. I can't find any info on if it's too much, too little, bad receptors etc etc.
Well, I originally started checking out TRT because of my sex life, or lack of. I had no desire. I slept with my wife to appease her. Sure enough I needed TRT. My desire improved a little bit but not much. My 60 y/o father has more sex in one week than I do in a month..and that's only because I just don't feel like it. So anyway, I've been on TRT for about a year. So much in my life has improved since I started it...except for this.
So, I did some more research and found out that there are various brain chemicals associated with libido...and Dopamine is one of them. So, I'm wondering if there could be any correllation to my Tourettes and my lack of libido. I haven't found any studies on this subject. I'm just wondering if taking a drug for Tourettes stabilization would also help my libido? Is this a possibility? I'd do anything to feel like I think I should. I see guys all around me who get horny at the drop of a hat and always want it. I'd LOVE to be that way....never been, not even as a teen.
Anyway, let me know if you guys have any experience or knowledge of this.
Thanks!
