Tourette's Cure - Worked for Me

[FNPinMaple]

Dear friends,

I have Tourette's syndrome, or at least 'had' it until about a year ago. While my symptoms were quite severe, I now, with proper care, am completely symptom free.
I have been using an oral appliance that has eradicated my symptoms, the appliance being based off the work of Dr. Anthony Sims    http://www.absimsdds.com/
My orthodontic specialist spoke to Dr. Sims, and made a similar appliance for me, and my tics stopped.

I can't believe this, and didn't believe the videos on Dr. Sims website when I saw them, but PLEASE check it out before you judge this.

To give you an idea of the extent of my Tourette Syndrome experience, I viewed a video of myself recent, where I would tic on average 6-8 times in 2 minutes.
Which, in a 16 hour day would be 2,880 tics, a not-so-insignificant number.
Furthermore, my tic (main one) was a serious jaw-wrench, which led to severe headaches, intense lacerations inside my mouth (had to have teeth taken out to stop the deep lacerations), and a loud cracking in my TMJ.

Since settling in with this appliance, I might have 1 in a whole day, and often never, and all the internal "neurological storms'' that can come with tourette syndrome are now gone.

Here is a paper on the treatment:
http://www.tmjstack.com/casereport.pdf

reply with any questions.
This has been a dream come true for me.

with love, and empathy,
Rob

[macminigirl]

I just wanted to chime in on this discussion because my daughter is a patient of Dr. Sims. She also had seizures, insomnia and various other neuro symptoms that have been greatly improved with the appliance. Her case is still very much a work in progress, but I can attest to his wisdom and quality of care. For anyone undecided, you could try various heights of popsicle sticks at home. If you experiment, bring your lower jaw forward as you bite down on the sticks and test this for a period of time to see if it reduces the symptoms. You can see testimonials under the YouTube channels: DoctorStack, Anthony Sims

[Lorenrose]

I would like to know if anyone with Tourette's or child with Tourette's has had struggles academically. My daughter is in the ninth grade and is so far behind school just does not much more to offer. I wanted to know if anyone has heard of any place or anything else I can do to help her improve.
Thanks
Loren

[begr8ful]

Hi Loren-
I think it's good to look in to the least physically stressful removal which might not be possible. Mine was pulled and I wish I'd had it surgically extracted. I think more people than not have had no issues with dental extractions. I'm in the 1% of....oops. No fun, but things happen.
Tom

[Lorenrose]

Wow I'm about to have my daughters wisdom teeth pulled. It frightense and saddens me to hear what happened to you. Do you think it's a bad idea then to have wisdoms teeth pulled.

Thanks Loren

[begr8ful]

Thanks for the reply Rob. I'm still undecided about this due to the costs and lack of patient's "testimonies" online.
Glad you're doing well with the TS.
Tom

[FNPinMaple]

Dear Tom,
I apologize, I had to look up dystonia in order to know what you were speaking of. And, while I battled with chronic insomnia prior to using the mouth appliance, I no longer have that issue either - for the most part.

I am happy to hear that you had some positive effects when attempting the simple test. God willing, this will help you.
As for his move, I am not sure. I never actually spoke to, nor worked with Dr. Sims, or his colleague. I only had an appliance built from the academic paper, and a conversation he had with my specialist in BC.

I really wish I could help my friend. Apologies that I cannot.
Best of luck with your treatment.
warm regards,
Rob