does someone with tourette syndrome have control how much they talk?

May 10, 2011

does someone with tourette syndrome have control how much they talk?

there is a girl that sits next to me in one of my classes, and the first day of school she said she had tourette syndrome to the whole class, but she said that her’s is like a tick of some sort. As the year went on she constantly talked to random people, and it’s really annoying. I really want to tell her shut up, but I don’t want to bash her tourette syndrome.

One Response to “does someone with tourette syndrome have control how much they talk?”

Melody Says:
May 10th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
No, being a motor mouth is not caused by Tourette syndrome, but most people with Tourette do have ADHD, and being hyper can easily come out as talking…way too much.

Tourette syndrome, by the definition you’ll find in a doctor’s handbook, means someone makes movements and sounds they cannot control, which are caused by a problem deep in the brain that controls movements.

So no, it’s not exactly her Tourette’s, but it’s very likely to be related, and yes, she probably can’t help it.

Just try to be nice. Maybe if you just talk to her some she’ll eventually slow down a bit.
Who knows? You might just make a friend you didn’t think you’d have.

Sometimes people seem a little strange when you don’t know them very well, but they can turn out to be pretty cool.