So, I have been having a time!
First off, I am not sure if I mentioned this before, but police make my Coprolalia come out more. My father had always joked saying, 'you should say, f-you pig.'
Power of suggestion people. My newest vocal tic appeared while I was at SummerFest with my friends. We were walking down towards the fair grounds and I saw a police officer. I quickly put my chewy necklace in my mouth but I still managed to yell out, 'Oh my God, it's a pig!' They were luckily too busy directing traffic to react to me. My friends however got a big kick out of it.
After we were leaving the fest, I found myself banging my head forward really violently. My boyfriend waited with me for the tic to stop, as I did it at least 12 times in a row. Roughly five minutes in space. Needless to say by the end of the night my neck was in such pain. I took tylonal and put icy-hot on my neck. The next day it was nearly impossible to move my neck downward. I talked my dad into getting me a neck brace. I decided I would rather look weird than be in that much pain.
I asked people on a Tourette's Support Facebook Page what they would do. Every one of the comments mentioned Lavender. Lavender baths, lavender lotion massages... Lavender everything will calm you down and in turn calm the tics down in frequency as well as severity.
I also think I might be developing Echolalia, (repeating sounds and words) because I have been repeating words I have said and others. Honestly, I don't mind this one. I wish I could trade my Coprolalia for this. Unfortunately Tourette's does not work that way. :( oh well! Sae la vie.
