Don't take Pharmaceuticals for Stopping Tics

I didn't choose to take pharmaceutical drugs to stop my tics. 

Instead, I learned how to take back control of my mind and body, naturally and holistically.

I'm now healed.

What drives me to to the point if despair, however, is how the doctors (at the very least, the ones I came across) just didn't have a clue about how to help.

The choice is either pump yourself full of drugs and numb yourself to the world, or "wait and see."

I gave up looking for help from them and decided to do everything in my power to stop my tics. They caused too much suffering and awkwardness and pain and embarrassment for too many years! Maybe you can resonate?

The doctors offer a range of seemingly different style of drugs for Motor Tics because there isn't actually one that works... they pick and choose from a range of medications that block or reduce dopamine (neuroleptics), or prescribe ADHD medications or antidepressants (among others.)

What I can't believe for the life of me though is why they'd choose to prescribe a drug with a side effect that literally does exactly what we don't want it to do...

For example, on the NHS website - the National Health Service in the UK - the 'main medicine for tics' are the 'Neuroleptics' (or alternatively called 'Antipsychotics' or 'Major Tranquillizers'.)

You see, the words used make a difference. 'Neuroleptics' sounds much softer and appealing than 'Major Tranquillizer', don't you think? They are the same thing!

Anyway, most of these Major Tranquillizer's (e.g. risperidone, pimozide and aripiprazole) have serious side effects... 

...and wait for it...

...side effects include 'shaking and twitches'. 

This is absurd.

I'm not a Doctor, but I did learn how to Stop my Tics, naturally.

I wish that you do too!

-Dazz

(Source: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tics/)