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Date sent: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 10:48:57 -0500 (EST)
From: "Sharon Mech"
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The pattern described - "ticcy" while not engaged in a task, but "normal"
when engaged is apparently not at all uncommon among Touretters.

There are a couple of marvelous stories in some of Dr. Oliver Sacks' books.

I don't have 'em here, so I may be remembering cross-eyed, but check out
"The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat" for one, and "An Anthropologist
On Mars" for a couple others, including the story of a surgeon who has
Tourette's. Same pattern - he's hooty and ticcy and occasionally a bit
scatological in "normal" life, but absolutely rock solid in surgery.

Ain't variety in the human species fascinating?

Cheers from a VERY snowy Central Ohio - Marko, I think someone got
confused & we're getting YOUR weather.

Sharon Mech
Cantor, mezzo, sinner & occasional health educator
sharon-at-cmhc.com