General Chat

as i was reading your thread,my first thought was that the lad was suffering from 'OCD' but now its been diagnosed as tourette's,it's going to be a long hard struggle,and i feel really sorry for the lad,and his mother. bryan.

And so you should be - I hope your friend gets the help she and the boy both need. Good luck to them both. Keith

I would write to this so called Doctor and tell him the outcome of this. Why are Doctors so patronising, they see a child for a few minutes think they know it all (they don't always) and fob you off. In my opinion Mothers know best, they are with there children 24 hours a day, but medics don't seem to listen. I got angry reading this, so how your friend and indeed you feel, I do not know. Sue

Oh my,yes,you are spitting and rightly so.That is bloody ridiculous.Things like this make my blood boil.I hope the young lads mother takes this futher.These bloody big wigs think they are the only ones who can tell whats wrong with people and everyone else is stupid.OOOOHHHH ,you have me spitting now as well. Elizabeth.

Its a shame its taken this long to get him diagnosed makes my blood boil the way they poo poo people. Lets hope now he gets the understanding he needs.

Yes I would be angry too . This sort of thing happens so often. My Mum fell once the doctor said oh she hasn't broken anything she would cry with pain. Cutting a long story short she had broken her hip ended up in hospital for 2 month and couldn't have it fixed. She never walked again. At the time my Dad was dying i went to the doctor to ask for some help. His words. I never forgot them ' Your mother is senile your father dying of cancer. Only God can help you. Needless to say eventually this doctor resigned before he got struck off. He got taken to court in the end. Germaine x

Because they dont like diagnosing.......in case you get benefits....i know.xxxx

That's terrible. He should be reported to whatever 'body' you report them too. At the very least his work should be investigated. Doesn't sound like he should be let near any vulnerable person.

My friend, who is a single mother, has a son aged 14. She has brought him up single-handedly, with lots of help from her lovely Mum. Since early childhood, her son has been 'difficult' and as the years went on his behaviour became increasingly bizarre - washing his hands up to 50 times an hour, endlessly spitting, interspersed with bouts of crying, terrible behaviour etc. She has been back and forth to the Doctors, nothing done. Absolutely at her wits end, she demanded to see the School Psychologist. There was a ten-month waiting list. When she finally saw him, the diagnosis was that he was a Very Naughty Boy, with a Very Bad Mother. Her mother was also involved in this 'Family Dynamic' and this lovely, 71-year-old lady was closely questioned about her marital relationship with her husband! They were all sent away with a Star Chart, and my friend was told: to be more strict/not so strict, not punish/punish etc. Meanwhile, the problem got worse and he had facial tics and was barking like a dog for hours on end. Something struck a chord in me and I asked her if anyone had ever suggested he had Tourette's Syndrome? I found an article in a mag, cut it out and sent her off to the Psychologist with it. He laughed and said 'Is your friend medically qualified? No, I thought not. You let me do the diagnosis my dear'. He has now come to the attention of the Police three times in three months - smashing a shop window, stealing and riding a motorbike up the bypass and setting off fire alarms at school. Yesterday, this fourteen-year-old boy has finally been diagnosed with - Tourette's Syndrome!!! I am so so mad about this - if I, with my pile of Bella magazines and an old medical book, could diagnose this seven years ago, why has it taken the £65K-a-year Psychologists so long? Olde Crone - really, really angry.

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