This biography of a famous non-fiction writer, James Patterson, and the subject of his father, Hal Friedman has written a very compelling story of a boy with a serious illness is excited about Tourette syndrome known. Tourette's syndrome has been described by a French doctor in 1885. The syndrome consists of multiple motor and vocal tics that dialing a totally outside the control of the patient. Among applicants to repeat these thoughts, uncontrolled movements of otherpopular movements, inappropriate words and obscene gestures. The syndrome may be associated with attention deficit disorder and obsessive-compulsive behavior disorder.
This story boy begins at age four, when he raises his facial tics, between the nose and facial grimacing started. It was the most disturbed by uncontrolled blinking.His physical activity would be so violent at times, broke several teeth. Sometimes it is all involuntary motor activity that goes to all the ticNight would break so much that is part of the support from her bed. His verbal behavior was so bad that I use socially inappropriate words accompanied by obscene gestures.
One can imagine the difficulties that his parents were not only in normal daily activities in front of the house, but also in an attempt to keep him in school. At the age of 4-17, his parents met with 12 doctors, each of which I recommend you use a new drug. Most of the drugs wereControl of tics and tic serious, and that in the neuropsychiatric category of drugs such as antidepressants, sedatives and tranquilizers are included known. It 'clear to the boy and his parents, that each of these doctors are looking for something to help him, but none of them exactly what to do.
Things get worse when he is in his teens, when she saw him in a drug called neuropsychiatric resperidol which in turn makes you gain weight. It weighs 340 pounds and is richmore destructive if it is ugly and tic tic. He describes all the tiles are broken in the shower of this violent activity
He then found that the only relief that can be obtained by alcohol, leading to alcohol dependence. He is also addicted to nicotine. He also takes a great combination of his usual sedatives, tranquilizers and anti-depressants prescribed by doctors. One night, when he goes to alcohol, almost burns the house downdown a cigarette. It 'was at this point that his parents with the advice of your doctor confessed to a detoxification unit. But when they arrive in the structure and are ready to take, he begs her not to leave him there and then get him to sign the AMA [against medical advice].
He has a great school, although he lost a high school at the age of seventeen. His father takes him into a field of survival go to the mountains of Wyoming during the winter.E 'during this experience of survival, decreasing alcohol, nicotine and other drugs nuerosphysciatric and loses 100 pounds in weight. When he returns home, again through biofeedback therapy, he learns to control his abnormal behavior. The next hurdle for him is to be allowed back to school for his age level adjust. The beauty of this story is when her mother, her best support system has been throughout this ordeal, his case argued before schoolAuthority and, ultimately, allow him to return to school. [This part of the book will bring tears to my eyes.]
Like most victims of Tourette's, he shows with great intelligence. With his new capacity, his actions and behavior [and drug] control, he graduated on time and high in its class. He received a scholarship at Syracuse University. Because his teachers were so impressed with his marketing skills he had his own studio in Studies SocietySchool of Syracuse.
I encourage you to read this very moving true story of a boy aged 4 to 17 years in a position of great opportunity with the knowledge of their inner strength, despite the lack of knowledge on the part of medical science in the treatment of Tourette syndrome to overcome .
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