jmo531 - No, you did'nt offend me at all hon! ((((((jmo531)))))). I love reading your encouraging and very supportive replies and they are almost like morphine to me because when I'm scared out of my mind and the you or others here reply, it is very comforting and greatly eases my mind:-). Now if I could just learn how to make graphical smiles instead of these text ones...lol.

Butterflylady - I think it's fantastic that you studied this disorder. A lot of people are ignorant or ill-informed and just stare or giggle rather than getting to know people with Tourette's and what makes them tick. I've had this for as long as I can remember (I'm 42 now) and used to take Klonopin for it but I hear that Orap is supposed to be good too. I took Haldol during my teens (w/Cogentin to conteract the side effects) but that was a pretty rough ride. I guess I cope prett well considering and sometimes I wish Tourette's was the ONLY thing I had to worry about (GAD/OCD/Panic is MUCH worse!!.

Take care and thank's for the responses (they mean a LOT to me!)