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Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong section.
I've lived with manic depression since 1994 and more recently adult-onset tick disorder, more commonly known as Tourette’s. Life is a constant struggle especially when visiting places that use fluoro lights i.e the supermarkets, doctors and other places. The worst part is trying to hide it. I explain the feeling of trying to prevent ticks as shaking a bottle of coke. I’m not sure why I reached out here, but I guess I was looking to find other people or groups that meet that share the similar struggles I do. Anyway, thanks for your time.

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

hi there @Hash welcome to the forums community, it's lovely to have you here!

thank you for sharing your story, i can see you've had to deal with so much and it shows A LOT of strength that you've come here for support.

i'm sure others will be able to connect to your story and experiences too, you're definitely not alone here.

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

Hello @Hash and welcome to the forums!

You might like to join the support groups or explore the resources here:

https://www.bipolarlife.org.au/

You can follow my story here:

Send smooth-sailing sentiments to Spirit_Healer

And if you have any questions, ask away!

We all support each other here 😊

@rav3n @tyme

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

@Hash . Great I can connect with you. Altho i loathe technology, this place is great for all of us. Im a newbie here...just a few days. Never done this connecting with strangers online, ever. You've got some tough stuff going on there. I hope this forum is everything you're looking for, and more 💪✌️

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

Thanks for all the support and kind posts people. I live in South Australia and it looks like there aren't any support groups this way which is a shame. Thank you. 🙂

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

@Hash welcome to the forums. I hope you find it helpful to share your experiences here and that you can connect with others.

I'm also in South Australia 🙂.

Anyway you aren't alone and we are here to support you however we can 😊

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

@Hash Im in SA too. I havent checked out any support groups till now. I feel like ive hit the jackpot👍

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

Are there any physical groups that are run around SA anymore? I probably should've been clearer. If anyone knows I'd really appreciate it. I did take a look around but there doesn't seem to be any. There used to be one on South Road at Torrensville but it was shutdown back in 2020. Thanks for any help.

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

@Hash sorry, i dont know. I was a city girl a decade ago but im out of the loop now.

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

Hey @Dizzy4 @Hash @Former-Member @Spirit_Healer ,

How's everyone. I'm loving the convo here 🙂

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Re: Living with Tourettes and Manic Depression

Hi @tyme. I'm a bit all over the place today but I'm here. How are you going?

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