tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805716.post805252753133383221..comments2024-02-10T08:21:19.099+00:00Comments on Kapitano: Mad, Innit?Kapitanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14647896216499813443noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805716.post-57506878129330182372009-06-14T05:11:54.317+01:002009-06-14T05:11:54.317+01:00First of all, the word is "affect", not ...First of all, the word is "affect", not "effect".<br /><br />Second, Tourette's, OCD and ADHD are not watertight compartments - what one therapist diagnoses as one, another will diagnose as another.<br /><br />Third, the term tic is very broad. It might refer to:<br />* Sniffing<br />* Muscle spasams<br />* Barking<br />* Straightening of clothes<br />* Hand washing<br />* Crossing oneself<br />* Humming<br />* Saying certain words<br /><br />...and many other possibilities. So it ranges from momentary twitches to extended complex actions, single rapidly repeated movements to long rituals.<br /><br />There is no evidence of a single cause, and little evidence of neurological causes. Indeed, it's absurd to suggest that an imbalance of a neurotransmitter is responsible for someone habitually rotating teacups before drinking from them or counting their footsteps. These things exist at cognitive and behavioral levels.<br /><br />You're trying to reason as though phenomena with different names can't have overlapping natures, and different things with one name must have a common defining feature.Kapitanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647896216499813443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805716.post-40037404858705596972009-06-14T02:31:53.614+01:002009-06-14T02:31:53.614+01:00That was the most misinformed thing I have EVER re...That was the most misinformed thing I have EVER read about tourette's in my whole life o_O<br />I'm not talking about your opinion that it is not neurological, you can think what you like about that, it doesn't effect me. However, what you have done is describe OCD and referred to it as Tourette's, that's just really stupid.<br />You don't seem to even have any idea what a tic actually is.wtfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805716.post-63223719665525974912008-05-27T13:09:00.000+01:002008-05-27T13:09:00.000+01:00Fascinating, Kap.I would definitely been diagnosed...Fascinating, Kap.<BR/><BR/>I would definitely been diagnosed as ADHD if it had been around when I was at school. As it was I was sent of to a plethora of psychologists who said I was a 'late developer.' ;)<BR/><BR/>It seems that Humanity has to neatly label everything ... which is either somewhat ironic, or a necessary evil to warrant spurious medication and doctors fees.Camyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07177883358479925188noreply@blogger.com