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// August 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Blog
I was recently diagnosed with Tourettes? It’s true. what is it? well for me it is an annoying nervous tick that mainly happens when I’m tired or under stress. Sometimes I do it uncontrollably with out thinking of it and then I catch myself. Oddly enough when I work at it and I focus I can control it. even then I tend to over compensate…for instance I usually talk out one side of my mouth….well….. I have caught myself switching sides. Is it curable? not really unless I control it. The Doctor gave a prescription to a med and gave me a warning against taking it. one of which was extreme weight gain and falling asleep a lot with ease. So to heck w that I can live with it.
Watching interviews of myself embarrass me a bit because I see it and not the interview. if you go look at the first video at the bottom in my press section you can see it too.
Recently I was on the news and it was very subtle. My wife says that it is too bad that I don’t have the Cussing Tourettes, then these interviews would be hilarious. I agree and I feel better knowing what it is that gives me the fits of odd movement. I also feel more comfortable being able to put a name to it and letting people know so they don’t think I am some sort of weirdo. which after all calms me from doing it.
One guy I never met in my life spotted it two weekends ago and asked my wife & I if I had Tourettes. which completely blew our minds! I have to stop and ask myself why hasn’t anyone ever asked me that even before I was diagnosed? Anyway when I told him YES I do have it, he said that it was awesome to look at. that it fit the whole artist thing and to just go with it. LOL!
-Chad
I hope I will be able to do some 
