Production Catastrophe - S7E11 Preview

08/05/21 • 0 min

A small preview of the good times awaiting you on Episode 11 of Season 7, out this weekend. It'll be a good one; we're checking back in with Australia. Eyes peeled!

A small preview of the good times awaiting you on Episode 11 of Season 7, out this weekend. It'll be a good one; we're checking back in with Australia. Eyes peeled!

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S7 - Replay - Exorcism (and Other Bogus Solutions)

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This is a replay of an episode from 2019 that speaks pretty well to the emails we get asking for discussion of alternative "remedies" -- and why the podcast doesn't (or does so with heavy heaps of caution). Here's the writeup that accompanied the original airing:

For Episode 10 of Season 3, we've called a doctor. (Yes, one with TS.) Clay Jones, M.D., is a pediatrician with a frequent byline on the widely read Science-Based Medicine (SBM) blog and is co-host of The Prism Podcast, which explores science, skepticism and the perils of not being an informed or careful seeker of what should be life-improving solutions.

That's kind of an uncomfortable subject to dig into sometimes, particularly within the Tourette community. I've heard from Touretters asking whether I've tried certain alternative "remedies" or "healing" practices, or if I know anyone who has. What's tough about that is we as Touretters don't have a wholesale, go-to, zap-it-away solution presently. And as noted in a previous post here, current insurance protocols don't make it any easier.

That may lead individuals searching for relief wherever hope might be -- which, sadly, is the scenario that swindlers love. That's not to say there's no merit in looking outside the mainstream for a solution that might work for you when all else has failed. Just be careful. Really careful. Ask questions. Ask for the science behind it, and don't accept feelgood anecdotes as a substitute. Some listeners I've heard from are desperate -- the word used -- for relief from complicated TS. Clay, on this episode, discusses his own TS before helping us develop our defenses against peddlers of illegitimate answers.

Clay Jones, M.D., on Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/author/clayjones/

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S7 - Episode 11 - Hit a Seven

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Seamus Evans, an ambassador for the Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia, is a standup comedian, television and radio personality, and keynote speaker working in his experience with Tourette and the boundaries it seemed to set for him -- which he essentially laughed right past. Not that it was overnight-easy. Not that he didn't have the challenges and self-doubt and depression and everything else on the TS dinner menu. He brought all of that along and today shares what he figured out about himself. His story is so kinetic that we need a part-two. Plus: a listener question about music and concentration.

https://www.seamusevans.com/

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Support the show https://www.patreon.com/tourettespodcast

Tourette's Podcast is made possible by the Tourette Association of America, tourette.org. Support!

You can give Tourette’s Podcast individual support at https://www.patreon.com/tourettespodcast

Tourette's Podcast Discussion Group on Facebook